Last year we made
these gingerbread houses (er, huts) and I knew I wanted to do something similar with Sweet P again this year. Since my attempt to make a house didn't go so well with natural peanut butter, I knew it'd completely fail with almond butter so I decided we'd skip 3 dimensional and make a flat gingerbread house. It worked great!
Here's what we used:
Trader Joe's Cinnamon Graham Crackers
Shaved coconut
Craisins
Raisins
Pumpkin seeds
Trader Joe's strawberry fruit bar
Peanuts
Almond butter
I simply arranged the graham crackers so that it resembled a house, stuck it all together with almond butter and handed it over to her. Oh, I also cut the door and chimney pieces for her.
At one point I tried to make a peanut a doorknob. She said, "I don't want a doorknob." Okiedokie.
She had a ball making it and wanted to eat it right away, but I convinced her to save it to show the Farmer (he was coming home in 5 mins). She was so excited that she was yelling at him through the door when she saw him in the window. Too funny. Maybe next year we'll attempt another 3 dimensional version.
