Graham Cracker Houses

Last year we made graham cracker houses for the first time. I will admit I was very skeptical about this activity but it became one of my favorite memories from teaching. I sent home a letter with various candy items and told the parents that if they could send one item with their child that would be helpful for making our graham cracker houses. The teachers hot glued the graham crackers together. You could also have the kids use Royal Icing to make their own but this takes time and patience. Then with Royal Icing (very stiff frosting there are recipes on the Internet) in Ziploc bags with a tiny slit in the corner so that it becomes like a frosting bag the students begin to decorate. We let them plaster as much candy to their houses as they wanted.