{"id":559,"date":"2012-12-09T09:19:23","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T14:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/?p=559"},"modified":"2012-12-09T09:19:23","modified_gmt":"2012-12-09T14:19:23","slug":"mini-gingerbread-houses-and-igloo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2012\/12\/09\/mini-gingerbread-houses-and-igloo\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini-Gingerbread Houses and Igloo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fun holiday activity to do with kids is making gingerbread houses.\u00a0 You can buy kits with prebaked gingerbread and all the supplies or you can make your own using graham crackers.\u00a0 Graham crackers are sold in the cookie\/cracker aisle at the store.\u00a0 The advantage to assembling your own supplies is that you can mix in some healthy decorations as opposed to all candy in the kits.\u00a0 You can also let kids unleash their creativity.\u00a0 There is no rule about how the houses must look, so they can build whatever they like.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Graham Cracker Houses<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Here are the supplies to gather to make your own mini houses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>box of <a href=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51S2WWZ561L._SL500_AA280_PIbundle-12,TopRight,0,0_AA280_SH20_.jpg\">graham crackers<\/a><\/li>\n<li>store bought <a href=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51tCa8qTbsL._SL500_AA280_PIbundle-8,TopRight,0,0_AA280_SH20_.jpg\">whipped white frosting<\/a><\/li>\n<li>wax paper or foil (to cover the surface you work on)<\/li>\n<li>plastic knife (to spread the frosting)<\/li>\n<li>decorations (candies, mini pretzels, cereal, the possibilities are endless)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Set up a work space on the table for each child with their supplies<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-560 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/12\/gingerbread-house-1-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"gingerbread house 1\" width=\"231\" height=\"200\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-561\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/12\/gingerbread-house-2-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"gingerbread house 2\" width=\"252\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Mini Marshmallow Igloos<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Another super easy and fun option is to make an igloo.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the supplies you will need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>empty single serving small plastic cups from<a href=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51PKQcvWezL._SL500_AA280_PIbundle-72,TopRight,0,0_AA280_SH20_.jpg\"> applesauce<\/a> of fruit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51S2WWZ561L._SL500_AA280_PIbundle-12,TopRight,0,0_AA280_SH20_.jpg\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>store bought <a href=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51tCa8qTbsL._SL500_AA280_PIbundle-8,TopRight,0,0_AA280_SH20_.jpg\">whipped white frosting<\/a><\/li>\n<li>wax paper or foil (to cover the surface you work on)<\/li>\n<li>plastic knife (to spread the frosting)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/31ml7DpVyuL._SL500_AA225_.jpg\">mini marshmallows<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_564\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-564\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-564 \" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/12\/gingerbread-like-igloo-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"gingerbread like igloo\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" 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