How to Make a Haunted House With Graham Crackers

Fantastic food and scary treats are all part of the fun of Halloween. In keeping with the Halloween spirit, one fun craft that you and your kids can indulge in is building a small haunted house using graham crackers and a few other items from your kitchen pantry.

Things You'll Need

• Empty milk carton
• Stapler or tape
• Dinner plate
• Frosting
• Graham crackers
• Candy corn
• Airheads candy
• Miniature chocolate bars

Instructions

1. Pull the milk carton completely open, by opening both sides of the pour spout on the top of the carton. Once open, wash and thoroughly dry the carton, inside and out.

2. Cut off approximately 3" (measuring from the bottom up) from the bottom of the milk carton. Staple or tape the carton closed again.

3. Spread a piece of wax paper on top of a dinner plate. Place the carton on the plate and make sure it sits level.

4. Smooth some frosting onto one side of the milk carton, and then spread frosting on one side of a graham cracker. Gently push the graham cracker onto the side of the milk carton, aligning the edges of the cracker with one side of the milk carton.

5. Repeat the process of attaching graham crackers to the carton using the frosting, until all four sides of the carton are covered with the graham crackers.

6. Use the same method, create a "roof" for your haunted house by adhering crackers to the top of the carton. To cover the triangular sides on the roof, cut a whole graham cracker from one corner to the opposite corner, which will give you two triangles---one for each triangular end of the house's roof.

7. Set the "house" aside for at least ten minutes to allow the frosting to firm up.

8. Pour the candy corn into a bowl. Spread frosting on one sloping side of the roof of the house, and then arrange the candy corn on the roof in rows, starting at the top and working your way down. Repeat with the other sloping side of the roof.

9. Make a door for your house. To do this, cut off a few inches from a piece of Airheads candy and spread frosting on the back. Adhere it to the front side of the house.

10. Spread some frosting on the back of a miniature chocolate bar, and place it on one of the sides of the house as a window. Repeat this for the other two sides of the house.