No-Bake Gingerbread House for Kids

by Lisa Turner Anderson, Zac Williams (Photographer)

No more complex store-bought kits. No more lopsided barn that was supposed to be Prince Charming's castle. Just fun with the family while constructing fanciful gingerbread houses with graham crackers, frosting, cookies, and candies of all varieties. With No-Bake Gingerbread Houses for Kids, everyone from budding gingerbread architects to accomplished food designers can have fun with this new take on an old-favorite. Every holiday and even ordinary days can be spiced up with the graham cracker building blocks and straightforward instructions that make these creations easy and enjoyable for the whole family!

Genres: Cookbooks, Christmas, Nonfiction

79 pages, Hardcover

First published July 30, 2010

Reviews

[Heidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was written by one of my oldest friends, but even if I didn't know the author I'd still think it is darling! I love that you can still make darling gingerbread houses without the time-consuming steps of making the dough, washing all the dishes, and cutting out the house pieces. Let's face it--the best part is the decorating, and because all the houses in this book are made of graham crackers or cookies, you can cut to the chase and get decorating almost right away!

There are 23 different types of houses, each with detailed instructions on construction. They truly are easy enough for kids to make. I love that there's also a detailed list of what candies were used to decorate each house. The author told me that all of the candies are available at grocery stores or even Wal-Mart, so you don't have to worry about trying to order online or visit every store in town looking for the right candy.

The wide variety of house designs in this book means that you can make them anytime of the year, not just Christmas--there are projects for Easter, Valentine's, Halloween, and plenty that lend themselves to birthday parties or anytime you want a fun project for your kids!

[Meltha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay, this is cute. Borderline adorable in some cases. I do think if they're actually marketing this to kids, though, that a lot of the icing work is going to be beyond them, particularly the tiki hut one. Heck, it'd be beyond most adults. I also could have done with a few more diagrams not just of where to cut the graham crackers (with a few exceptions, almost all of these are graham cracker bases) but of where the pieces went. Again, though, they're cute.