This easy Christmas craft eliminates the frustration and cost of making gingerbread for houses. You use the 250 ml milk cartons for the shape of the house!

 

Materials:

Square of cardboard covered with foil as the base.

(You might want to make it large enough for decorations around you house such as fences etc. )

 

250 ml milk cartons.  Thoroughly washed with soap and water and dried completely.

 

Icing

 

Candies for decorating (gummies bears,smarties,m+m’s,mini marshmallows,jujubes,Christmas candies, teddy grahams etc.

 

Plastic knives for spreading the icing.

 

Instructions:

 

1) Staple shut your completely cleaned and dried milk carton.

2)Cover the bottom of the milk carton with icing and attach it to your foil covered base. The icing works as glue as it dries.

3)Cover the rest of the carton with icing and decorate with candies.