Gingerbread Houses

Gingerbread houses aren't just for Christmas anymore!

Use our easy-build methods to create a Halloween Gingerbread House to brighten your autumn home or workplace. Using melted bark coating or candy melts makes this craft simple enough for kids.

A black cat peeps from piles of pumpkins. Orange and black gumdrops light the path on Halloween night. Spiders creep and bats flap.

Don't miss our friendly ghosts!

Will you bake a haunted gingerbread house this Halloween?

Whether you're a gingerbread house novice or a seasoned pro, the Web has recipes, patterns, templates and ideas galore to inspire your spooky creation.

Try these links for fantastic, fearsome Halloween gingerbread creations:

Haunted Gingerbread House

Gingerbread Haunted Mansion

Gingerbread Haunted House Photoset

Gingerbread Haunted House and (experts only) Haunted Mansion (includes recipe and templates)

Ready to try baking a gingerbread house for the first time? Find a complete guide here:

Build A Gingerbread House (.PDF format)

Simple, no-bake Graham Cracker Mini-Houses are a sweet holiday treat. Use them as place cards for holiday meals, or hang them as ornaments on the Christmas tree.

Decorations are applied while pieces are flat, then pieces are assembled with melted bark coating in a plastic squeeze bottle.

While an adult should trim the graham cracker sections, decorating and assembling is easy enough for kids.

Makes 10 - 20 houses, depending on breakage and number of crackers.

Are you looking for holiday crafts for kids? Try a gingerbread house!

It's me, Cub Reporter Perry Bear. Making a gingerbread house with a mold and melted bark coating is so easy, even a teddy bear can do it!

Well, maybe a kid can do it, with a little help from grown-ups with the parts that require sharp knives and the microwave.

Here's what you'll need to make a gingerbread house:

Light up your holiday table with a gingerbread house. Fun craft for kids, made easier with squeeze bottles and microwave bark coating!

Tips for success: forget everything you know about cookies when baking a gingerbread house. This recipe creates a tough dough that bakes into firm building pieces. No leavening agent is added, so that pieces will not rise or deform while baking. Yes, it's edible--but it won't taste like a good cookie!

Bake gingerbread house pieces the day before assembly, to allow them to cool and stiffen overnight.

Printable template for gingerbread house craft.

Printable template for gingerbread house craft.