Kid Friendly Gingerbread House Tweaks

Gingerbread houses are HARD to make and way too tempting for kids to eat candy prematurely so I substituted the candy for dried bananas, dried apple rings, dried strawberries, plus plain and colored Cheerios for my twin grandsons to decorate their pre made houses with. You could "glue" on the pieces with organic peanut butter too!

They thoughly enjoyed the experience and didn't get frustrated trying to build a house from scratch.
You may use graham crackers to either build a house or use the crackers flat ( one dimension house) on a plate!
Great fun!
Just realize that for each house decoration another piece goes in their mouths !'