Easy ways to celebrate the holidays

Get into the yuletide spirit with our easy holiday decoration ideas, tasty cookie recipes and creative crafts

Build a gingerbread house

Create a sparkling candy-coated cottage the easy way with everyday supplies.

 

Tudor House

Instead of a cottage, create an architectural masterpiece! Build this structure around simple household items such as graham cracker and beer boxes.

Quick Tip: For a snow-capped roof, use frosted shredded wheat-and-bran cereal.

HOUSE:

  •  One cardboard 12-pack box for beer or other beverage
  •  Corrugated cardboard
  •  Empty graham cracker box
  •  Empty spaghetti box
  •  Packing tape

DECORATION:

  •  Royal icing
  •  Red and green food coloring
  •  Graham crackers
  •  Spoon-size shredded wheat-and-bran cereal
  •  Licorice Allsorts
  •  Butter waffle cookies
  •  Jelly Belly jelly beans
  •  Old-fashioned stick candy
  •  Red Twizzlers
  •  Green apple gum by the foot
  •  Spearmint leaves
  •  Rock candy lollipops
  •  Red gumdrops
  •  Green Chuckles
  •  Red fruit leather
  •  Black licorice Scottie dog
  •  Haribo raspberry candies

 

 

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