An old tradition ... Candy Houses

When I was a kid we had a family tradition of making 'Candy Houses' at Christmas-time.

We make our houses out of cardboard and cover with icing (snow) and then load them up creatively with candy. Gingerbread houses are a bit unstable and a lot of extra work so we always design cardboard houses since the icing always covers up the houses and you never see the gingerbread anyway.

This year we made candy houses with Lee's parents, Papa and Grandma who had never made them before. What fun for them! Aunti Heidi is the expert house designer - she's got lots of experience with candy. Her house was an energy saving Eco-house - ya' think she watches too much HGTV???

Cooper loved putting the candy on and attempting to pulling it off and sneak a bite. Lee was meticulous with his house. Allie simply jumped happily up and down in her jumperoo and watched us. Ever wonder what to do with all that Halloween candy??? We save our candy for our candy houses. Looking for an inexspenvisve fun family tradition... Candy Houses are so much fun and not as messy as you'd think. We toss them after Christmas.

Our finished masterpieces!