Build an Edible Easter Peep House With the Kids
These Easter gingerbread houses are the perfect DIY holiday craft!
If you’re looking for a fun, creative, and edible kids’ Easter craft, these homemade Easter gingerbread houses using Peeps marshmallows are a must-make! The process is very similar to making gingerbread houses for Christmas, except we’re using cute Easter candy!
Wondering how to make a Peep house for Easter? Try these tips first!
1. Give your Easter Peep house some grass with shredded coconut!
This edible grass is completely optional, but it’s so easy and fun to make. First, I added about a cup of shredded coconut to a plastic baggie. Then, I mixed up a teaspoon of water with two drops of green food coloring. Add the water/food coloring mixture to the baggie, shake up the contents, and the shredded coconut will take on a nice green color. You can then use this “grass” for your Peeps houses!
2. Make the base of your Peep house first.
Use frosting to stick the three walls and base together, as shown above, and then let that dry/set for a few minutes. Then, attach the pitched roof to the top. Finally, you can embellish your houses with coconut grass, Peeps, Easter candy, etc. So fun and easy to create!
Hip Tip: Make sure to use lightweight/small candy or sprinkles to decorate the roof, or it could cave in. I had that happen with heavier candy. 😆
How To Make A Peep House for Easter
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Directions
1
Break apart 3 graham cracker sheets in half, so you have 6 square pieces.
2
Use icing to “glue” four pieces together to form the base of house. Lay one square cracker flat, and then glue three sides to base square. Let dry/set for a few minutes.
3
Use icing to make a pitched roof and attach to top of house.
4
Let house dry/set for a few more minutes. Place shredded coconut, Peeps, and jelly beans inside house to embellish. You can also use small candy or sprinkles to decorate the outside using additional icing.
Chillin’ with my Peeps!
Oh my goodness…these Peeps crafts turned out so CUTE. I love this as a fun Easter tabletop display on a tray as I’ve done in the photo above.
It would be great to have this as a kids’ craft station at your family’s Easter gathering. They’ll love making crafts with Peeps that can serve as an activity, a cute display and a snack!
These edible Easter baskets are great for older kiddos and teens too!
Thank you, Lina for another creative idea! This is so cute! I feel bad if they got eaten 😉
Oh my word this is so cute! I’m thinking of making these with my preschool class… just wondering what kind of “glue” works best to hold everything together…
Thank you for all you do! Love seeing all your clever ideas!!