Why wait for the holidays to make a candy house! We decided to make a Halloween haunted house 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 HAUNTED HOUSE FOR HALLOWEEN
HALLOWEEN HAUNTED HOUSE
Nothing says homemade to me like food, so we decided on a homemade edible haunted house activity to share. Our graham cracker haunted house is perfectly simple and fun to do with kids and families and even in the classroom! I actually saw this nifty idea first hand in my son’s class.
This simple homemade candy 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 edible haunted house activity is a perfect activity for this October!
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EDIBLE HAUNTED HOUSE
INGREDIENTS:
- 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}
HOW TO MAKE A HOMEMADE HAUNTED HOUSE
STEP 1. Break apart the graham crackers as best you can. You will have to determine the best way the crackers fit on your size container.
STEP 2. Put your graham crackers together with lots of frosting.
The frosting is the glue, so a good thick frosting is best! Remember, lots of frosting fixes imperfections!
STEP 3. Use a serrated knife to make triangle pieces to finish off the top.
This is also a quick and easy way to make a gingerbread house for the holidays with kids!
STEP 4. Decorate your haunted house with all sorts of Halloween candy!
Your kid’s haunted house doesn’t have to look perfect. They just have to love building it! Why not build your own too?
Check out these fun ideas for Halloween candy experiments and Halloween candy math activities!
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!
Creating a pumpkin patch and path for the haunted house below!
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 memories!
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!
MORE FUN HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES
Witch’s Fluffy Slime Puking Pumpkin Halloween Pop Art Spidery Oobleck Popsicle Stick Spider Craft Halloween Soap
What will your Halloween homemade haunted house look like?
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Georgina
Wow. Just wow!!
Emma
This is so many kinds of awesome! I love Liam’s look of concentration as he’s working on it, too!
littlebins
Yes thats what I said. It’s quite the structure!
littlebins
Yes definitely a wow factor! Thanks!