Gramshackle Houses...

We had ourselves a party, we did.  Makin' houses.  I had everyone bring a box of graham crackers and a bag of candy to share.  I provided the frosting glue and away we went.  I think we went through 8 pounds of powdered sugar.  Here's the recipe we used for the icing.

Some of these girls were really intense.  One friend even brought a graham cracker "saw" that her dad built just for such adventures.  We had mansions, flat tops, and even a leaning shack.  Also, some of the girl made embellishments to their yards with frozen ponds, ice skaters, stacks of firewood, ice cream cone trees, and more.  It was great to see what everyone came up with.  I'm excited to share all the lovely photos with you...  Enjoy!

Hard at work!

This was a masterpiece!

It was intense...

Some of the youngin's at work...


My icing making buddy...  Great work, B!

This is where B2 and I started taking liberties with Dave's camera...
How cute is that little booger, though?

B2 was VERY camera happy... Good job, B2.  (That's your new name now, by the way.)

"I think there's candy inside that lens!  Do you see it?"

Caught me a munchkin!

Some of the architects...

B standing proud with her house.

B's house.

L's masterpiece.  I'm not sure we should call it house, though...

ER's house.

B2's ramshackle shack.

B2's special saw.  Professional.

Some of the gang.

Not all the houses got a close up, but they were all amazing.

A big, big thank you to everyone that came.  It was so fun and I loved having you all here.  It wouldn't have been the same without you.  You all did a marvelous job.  And thank you for helping me clean up the huge mess we all made! Hearts...