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Default Hint for entertaining children during Christmas...graham cracker houses

In article >,
kalanamak > wrote:

> You can get as elaborate as gingerbread houses without the baking.
> Use almond bark (the white stuff you melt to dip pretzels in...well, you
> and I don't, but some people do) as glue and snow. Melt in microwave and
> pipe into place. Stick candies on when warm, and hold for a minute and
> they will stick. Ditto for putting the parts of the house together.
> Hint: do the decorating before assembly.
>
> I know this seems moronic, but for the cake decorating challenged, like
> me, what a godsend.


Unfortunately, I don't seem to have any small children, and the
prospects aren't good. Do you have any I could borrow?

:-)

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