Kid Scoop News—SH December 2025

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Gingerbread houses come in an endless variety of shapes and sizes. Can you nd the two gingerbread houses that look exactly alike? Seeing Double

STUFF YOU’LL NEED:

powdered sugar

plastic zipper bags

graham crackers

assorted candies

shredded coconut

pretzel sticks

milk

bread knife

INSTRUCTIONS:

Make icing by mixing 2 cups powdered sugar with 3 to 4 tablespoons milk. Whip until it is the consistency of toothpaste.

Using a gentle sawing motion, carefully cut the corners of two graham crackers with a bread knife.

Next, carefully cut a full size graham cracker in half.

Squeeze a line of icing from bag along edge of graham cracker wall.

More decorating ideas!

Frost ice cream cones to make trees. Add candy ornaments.

Put icing in zipper plastic bag. Snip a tiny hole in a bottom corner of the bag.

Attach graham cracker wall as shown.

Use marshmallows, pretzel sticks and candies to make snowmen.

Licorice ropes form pathways.

Keep attaching walls and roof panels with icing.

Frost roof and sprinkle with coconut akes.

Use icing and pretzel sticks to make a fence for your house.

© Vicki Whiting December 2025

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