Love Shack

Another weekend has flown by and it is Monday once again.  I hope you all had a fabulous weekend and are ready to tackle the week!

The boys and I spent Saturday afternoon making these little graham cracker houses.

For some reason, I couldn't get the B-52's "Love Shack" out of my head the whole time we were making them.  "The Love Shack is a little old place where we can get together...."  I even sang it to the boys.  They were not impressed...

Anyways, I saw these little houses at Christmas time and figured it would be fun to do a Valentine version.  Oh, and a good excuse to go out and buy some of that Valentine's candy!

I just used some store bought icing, mixed in some cream of tartar to help it stick a bit better {add about 1/2 tsp cream of tartar to 1 cup of icing}, and about 8 drops of red food coloring for that Valentine's look!  If you really want to make your own icing you can find a recipe here. 

To form the house, you need 7 graham cracker squares.  Cut one of the squares diagonally with a serrogated knife for the front and back of the roof. {hint: place your Graham cracker in the microwave for about 20 seconds before cutting it so it doesn't crumble} After your have assembled your house, let it sit for about 20-30 minutes to allow time for the icing to set a bit.  Surprisingly, we had no troubles with our houses collapsing {Gingerbread house disasters of Christmas's past were floating around in my head!}.

I put some of the icing in a Ziploc baggie and cut off the corner to pipe the icing around the house.  Matthew added some sprinkes to his {and as many candies as possible that would fit onto the front of his house!}

"Love shack, baby!  Love shack, that's where it's at!"


I think the boys ate more candy than they actually put on their houses but apparently they had fun! {And yes, they are total goofs!}

So grab a few graham crackers, lots of candy and head on down to the
LOVE SHACK!

"Bang, bang, bang on the door baby!"

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