Easy to Make Graham Cracker Gingerbread House

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Square feature image of a S'more Gingerbread House made with graham crackers, chocolate bars for a roof and marshmallows for snow.

An easy, no-bake gingerbread house made with graham crackers and frosting—simple to assemble and fun to decorate. This S’more-style version works for Christmas, Christmas-in-July (like ours), or any seasonal theme.

Supplies

How to Make a Graham Cracker Gingerbread House – 6 Easy Steps

STEP 1:

You’ll need four graham cracker halves (two for the roof and two for the short sides of your house) and two full graham crackers (for the two tall sides of the house).

To make the tall sides with peaks, you’ll need to cut two full-sized graham crackers. Cut your graham cracker at an angle above the halfway mark (from corner to corner) as shown below. Use a serrated knife (like a steak knife) and make a light sawing motion to score the graham cracker. Then break off the edges. An adult should do the cutting.

Instructional photo showing how to cut the roof line side graham crackers at an angle on the other side to make a s'more gingerbread house.
Cutting the graham crackers.

STEP 2:

Use a butter knife to spread a good amount of frosting onto a plate where you want your house to sit.

Instructional photo showing frosting spread on a plate as a base to make a s'more gingerbread house.
Add frosting to a plate where you will build your graham cracker house.

STEP 3:

Stand two graham crackers on the frosted part of the plate. Assemble the sides by piping frosting along the edges (inside and outside). Continue by adding the third, then the fourth side.

Building a gingerbread house out of graham crackers. Process photo of piping store bought vanilla frosting to hold two sides of the house together with a thick base of frosting already spread onto a plate as a foundation.
Assemble the walls of your gingerbread house.
Instructional photo showing all four sides put together to make a smore graham cracker gingerbread house.
4-sides assembled.

STEP 4:

Pipe more frosting onto the top edges of the graham crackers and add the roof pieces.

Instructional photo showing frosting piped onto the roof to finish a smore graham cracker gingerbread house.
Pipe frosting onto graham cracker edges to finish the roof.

STEP 5:

Let your Graham cracker house set up in the refrigerator for at least an hour before decorating. VERY IMPORTANT — Don’t skip this step!!!

Clock graphic with the words - Refrigerate for one hour.

STEP 6:

Decorate your Gingerbread house with small candies. Use your piping bag of frosting to add frosting where needed to hold candies and sprinkles in place. Attach chocolate bar pieces to the roof and place mini marshmallows around the base of your house for snow.

Closeup feature image of a S'more Gingerbread House made with graham crackers, chocolate bars for a roof and marshmallows for snow.
Vertical image to Pin to your Pinterest boards to come back to later. Photo shows a finished gingerbread house made out of graham crackers and piping frosting. This is a S'more gingerbread house decorated with chocolate bars for the roof and marshmallows for snow.
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