Mrs. Kelly (and Mrs. Kelly's sister and friend) shared her family tradition of making
gingerbread houses.Everyone was so excited to create their own gingerbread
house to take home for the holidays. A BIG thank you to all our families who donated the goodies that
helped make our houses!
Click on the thumbnails for a larger view of our
pictures.
Are you wanting to make more wonderful gingerbread
houses?
Here's how we did it!
Supplies
Royal
Icing, made with meringue powder
6 full Nabisco Graham Crackers
Cardboard square-approximately 8 inches
by 8 inches
Frosting decorating tips and frosting
bag
Various candies for decorating
Mix the royal icing, following the recipe
on the back of the meringue powder. It needs to fairly thick to
hold the house together
Cut two of the graham crackers for the
front and back end of the house. Dampen slightly one end of each
cracker and cut into a triangle shape. You should still have one
whole cracker, just with one end cut
Using the royal icing in the frosting
tube, assemble the house on the cardboard piece, arranging two
complete crackers for the side walls, the two cut pieces for the
ends of the house and two complete crackers for the roof
Mrs.
Kelly's Sixth Graders Create Gingerbread Houses
