Thursday, December 29, 2011

Candy Houses

One of my favorite activities at the holidays is making candy houses with my family.

We don't do classic gingerbread houses because, well, I'm too impatient to make gingerbread and construct the appropriate architecture. Instead, my husband makes cardboard house forms which we cover in candy.

Going to the store to purchase various kinds of candy is a great part of the fun of this activity. However, it is a little embarrassing to check out with a cart full of junk food!

Once home, we use icing to stick the candy (and cookies, and pretzels, etc!) to the cardboard.

Here are pictures of our process and this year's houses....

















And here are our finished houses:

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