{"id":52,"date":"2011-04-16T20:54:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-17T00:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nancyoster.com\/?p=52"},"modified":"2011-04-16T20:54:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-17T00:54:00","slug":"candy-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nancyoster.com\/?p=52","title":{"rendered":"Candy Houses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I figured since it&#8217;s almost Easter, we should make bunny houses. The graham cracker version of a gingerbread house looked pretty easy in the photos on the Internet. So I gathered together some ingredients and a couple of extra kids to work with us on this project.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Dcp65H-7jeM\/TaoyW9E6r5I\/AAAAAAAABF0\/23bxnHcsP_k\/s1600\/PlantingLawn.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 292px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Dcp65H-7jeM\/TaoyW9E6r5I\/AAAAAAAABF0\/23bxnHcsP_k\/s400\/PlantingLawn.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596340856894959506\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>Sticking together the graham crackers wasn&#8217;t as easy as I&#8217;d hoped. Trying to avoid canned frosting, I used melted chocolate for the wall cement. That required putting the joined walls into the freezer to harden the cement. We used white chocolate sprayed with green food coloring on the cake boards and added green sprinkles for the grass. Then we put our houses onto the grass.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately my daughter-in-law Kris decided to run to the store for cans and bags of prepared frosting, throwing all hopes of these being &#8220;healthy&#8221; candy houses to the wind.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see the shingles are Necco wafers.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-hs-GBSpbTsw\/TaozgXN9pcI\/AAAAAAAABF8\/iQn07ZFM2Es\/s1600\/HouseBuilders.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 362px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-hs-GBSpbTsw\/TaozgXN9pcI\/AAAAAAAABF8\/iQn07ZFM2Es\/s400\/HouseBuilders.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596342118042674626\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Building houses takes a lot of concentration (and finger licking). Here Kris helps to apply a baby chick to the roof of Fifi&#8217;s house.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-O19-mAhfjGw\/Tao0Fv5ZzjI\/AAAAAAAABGE\/hKBJouS_OUE\/s1600\/PrincessFifi.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 312px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-O19-mAhfjGw\/Tao0Fv5ZzjI\/AAAAAAAABGE\/hKBJouS_OUE\/s400\/PrincessFifi.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596342760322485810\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Success!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>Meanwhile, Aliyah added some flowers to her roof.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-boYgldUDRas\/Tao0i7yj1XI\/AAAAAAAABGM\/kwEOfF9qDkA\/s1600\/AlyahHouse.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 376px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-boYgldUDRas\/Tao0i7yj1XI\/AAAAAAAABGM\/kwEOfF9qDkA\/s400\/AlyahHouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596343261731214706\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>Saraphina was happy to have these lovely princesses helping her with the candy house project.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-BGkyHDTnoqM\/Tao1Ta52-CI\/AAAAAAAABGU\/2mty7x1aNf4\/s1600\/Friends.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 371px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-BGkyHDTnoqM\/Tao1Ta52-CI\/AAAAAAAABGU\/2mty7x1aNf4\/s400\/Friends.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596344094717048866\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>Phina&#8217;s house came out quite beautiful. She was especially fond of the pink pearls and her rabbits seem quite pleased with their new home.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-u0yuO7C5qfg\/Tao1mXEElTI\/AAAAAAAABGc\/0MXHtNf61HI\/s1600\/PhinasCandyHouse.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 370px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-u0yuO7C5qfg\/Tao1mXEElTI\/AAAAAAAABGc\/0MXHtNf61HI\/s400\/PhinasCandyHouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596344420103656754\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I figured since it&#8217;s almost Easter, we should make bunny houses. The graham cracker version of a gingerbread house looked pretty easy in the photos on the Internet. 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