Why wait for the holidays to make a candy house! We decided to make a Halloween haunted house this year for a fun family Halloween activity. This super easy to build haunted house is perfect for many ages to enjoy, even the adults too. make sure to check out more of our Halloween activities to keep you busy all season long!

EDIBLE HALLOWEEN HAUNTED HOUSE

This Halloween I joined up with P is for Preschooler and the Homemade Halloween project! Make sure to check the main page for all the homemade Halloween ideas you can do this season. Nothing says homemade to me like food, so we decided on a homemade haunted house activity to share. Our haunted house gingerbread house style is perfectly simple and fun to do with kids and families and even classrooms! I actually saw this nifty idea first hand in my son’s classroom last winter.

HALLOWEEN HAUNTED HOUSE SUPPLIES

Cardboard Milk Container {or similar style} The mini milk containers are perfect for larger groups or younger kids.

Graham Crackers { I chose chocolate for a spookier look}

Frosting {canned white frosting can be mixed with food coloring or make your own}

Black Cookie Decorating Frosting {optional}

Halloween Candy! {peeps, candy corn, candy pumpkins, sprinkles, or whatever you like}

Stiff Cardboard {cover with aluminum foil to make a base}

Bowls, Spoons, Plastic Knives {for mixing and spreading}

Building your edible Halloween haunted house!

The frosting is the glue, so a good thick frosting is best. Break apart the graham crackers as best you can. You will have to determine the best way the crackers fit on your size container. You can use a serrated knife to make triangle pieces to finish off the top. Remember, lots of frosting fixes imperfections! This is a quick and easy way to make a gingerbread house for the holidays with kids.

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Decorating your homemade Halloween haunted house!

Your kid’s haunted house doesn’t have to look perfect. They just have to love building it! Why not build your own too?

This was a family project that included Dad too, but we let our son do as much as the planning as possible. There’s even a bit of engineering skill building work here!

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Creating a pumpkin patch and path for the haunted house.

Yes, one must lick his fingers often when building this sort of edible haunted house. Sometimes you just have to have a little extra fun and sugar to make those lasting homemade memories!

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Make sure to cover each inch of your haunted house with candy! We made it spooky with lots of peeps ghosts flying around the haunted house and peeps pumpkins hiding in the pumpkin patch. The black cookie frosting we found out was much runnier but perfect for drizzling over the whole haunted house for an eerie effect!

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This simple homemade Halloween haunted house is such a wonderful invitation for kids to create. We loved this imaginative process and all the great fine motor skills work that went along with it. Our simple to make haunted house activity is a perfect family activity this October! 

What will your Halloween homemade haunted house look like?

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