Don’t toss that Christmas holiday candy. Save it for this Love Shack Valentine Gingerbread House. Adorable ideas to create the most adorable February food craft for kids!
Love Shack Valentine Gingerbread House
Love shack, baby love shack!
Don’t toss that Christmas Gingerbread House Kit! Whether you are headin’ down the Atlanta highway or nesting in the coziness of your own home, we have the most adorable DIY Valentine Gingerbread House. We were inspired by Wilton’s Valentine Gingerbread House.
If it’s the end of Christmas, don’t toss that Gingerbread kit. I have done that. December 25th rolled around, we never made our gingerbread house and my first though was “this won’t make it until next year!” Well the truth is, it will. It will make it to February of next year with the creation of a Love Shack Gingerbread House for Valentine’s Day.
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Valentine Gingerbread House Ingredients
A few ingredients make this Valentine Gingerbread House. Your candy ingredients can vary, but we listed what we used.
- Graham crackers
- Vanilla frosting
- Gummy hearts
- Valentine M&M’s
- Valentine heart sprinkles
- Valentine nonpareil sprinkles
- Mini Starburst Reds
You will also need:
- Decorating bags
- Small star decorating tip
- 8” round cake platter or plate
- Spatula
- Plastic knife
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- Graham crackers
- Vanilla frosting
- Gummy hearts
- Valentine M&M’s
- Valentine heart sprinkles
- Valentine nonpareil sprinkles
- Mini Starburst Reds
You will also need:
- Decorating bags
- Small star decorating tip
- 8” round cake platter or plate
- Spatula
- Plastic knife
Instructions
- Lightly frost your cake platter or plate with a spatula.
- Break three graham crackers in half width wise.
- Fill a decorating bag halfway with frosting and another one half way but with a star tip in the end of the bag.
- Frost the two longer sides and the bottom of the four graham cracker pieces and stick them to the frosted cake platter in the shape of a house.
- Frost the other two graham cracker squares on the two longer sides and stick them on top of the house for the roof.
- Carefully cut two triangles with a plastic knife to fit inside the front and back of the roof.
- Frost the three triangles sides and stick them onto the frost and back of the roof.
- If you want, this is a good time to set your house in the refrigerator.
- Use the star decorating tip to make a ruffled border on all the edges and top with sprinkles.
- Use the frosting to stick a heart gummy to the front and back of the love shack.
- Use the mini Starburst to make a path to the love shack by sticking them to the cake platter.
- Frost your roof and tile it using the mini Starburst.
- Fill in the triangles with frosting and coat with candy heart sprinkles.
- Use the M&M’s to decorating the edges of the house.
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Valentine Love Shack Recipe Directions
These recipe directions can be adapted to your own style. We are sharing how we decorated our Gingerbread Home, but style to your own taste.
First, lightly frost the cake platter with a spatula.
Break three graham crackers in half width wise.
Next, fill a decorating bag halfway with frosting and another one half way but with a star tip in the end of the bag.
Frost the two longer sides and the bottom of the four graham cracker pieces and stick them to the frosted cake platter in the shape of a house.
Then frost the other two graham cracker squares on the two longer sides and stick them on top of the house for the roof.
Carefully cut two triangles with a plastic knife to fit inside the front and back of the roof.
Frost the three triangles sides and stick them onto the frost and back of the roof.
Use the star decorating tip to make a ruffled border on all the edges and top with sprinkles.
If you want, this is a good time to set your house in the refrigerator.
When then decorated our house. You can follow our steps.
Use the frosting to stick a heart gummy to the front and back of the love shack.
Use the mini Starburst to make a path to the love shack by sticking them to the cake platter.
Frost your roof and tile it using the mini Starburst.
Fill in the triangles with frosting and coat with candy heart sprinkles.
Finally, use M&M’s for decorating the edges of the house.
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