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Making a gingerbread house at home can be a fun activity for all ages. It often involves baking fresh gingerbread, shaping it into a house, and decorating it with festive candies. However, sometimes making a gingerbread house sounds fun, but the process of baking doesn’t. That’s where this awesome no-bake gingerbread house comes in.

This is the perfect solution for anyone who is looking to avoid any cumbersome baking during this holiday season. The secret? Using graham crackers in place of fresh gingerbread. Some may view this as some form of blasphemy, but we like to think of it as a life hack.

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All you need to get started are some graham crackers, royal icing, candy, sprinkles, and a small, sharp knife.

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The graham crackers serve as the walls of the house, and the icing acts as the glue that holds it all together. Once the structure of the house is complete, you can add more icing, candy, and sprinkles to finish the decorating process.

To learn more about putting together a no-bake gingerbread house using graham crackers, check out the tutorial below:

Have you tried this before? What do you think?