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Peeps Easter Houses

By Michelle Myers 23 Comments

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Peeps – love ’em or hate ’em you have to admit they’re pretty cute.

They’ve grown beyond the original little yellow chicks and now at Easter time you can find bunnies, birds of all colors and more. While you could be boring and just eat them, they can also be used for all sorts of fun Easter activities.

Kids of all ages will love building these easy little Peeps houses. They are absolutely adorable and they’re a great way to use any extra Easter candy from all those egg hunts. You can make them at a school party, a family get together or even as an activity one weekend or over Spring Break.

Looking for a fun Easter activity for kids? Here's a great way to put some of that Easter candy to use without it actually having to be eaten. Create little houses for those adorable PEEPS out of graham cracker and other Easter materials. Easter Peeps Houses. SunshineandHurricanes.com

Building Peeps Easter Houses

Kids will come up with all sorts of ways to design and customize their own Peeps houses, but here’s a little tip I’ve learned after hosting a few gingerbread decorating parties. Little kids do better when the graham cracker houses are built with a glue gun rather than icing. They’re more durable for little hands. And, we don’t “eat” our houses, we mainly use them as fun holiday decor and snack on plenty of treats while we’re working.

Easter Peeps House

Now, we do still mix up powdered sugar with enough water to make icing and food coloring, so there is  “glue” to attach the candy.

Easter Peeps House

You can choose whatever candies that are your family favorites or that you have extra of from various Easter gatherings. Spread the icing over the graham crackers and give it a minute or so to get tacky and then start sticking on the candy.

The “grass” is actually candy too, that you can find at your local Target or Walmart or else it’s also available on Amazon.com.

Edible Easter Grass

 

Easter Peeps House

Let kids get creative. You might have two story peep condos, a peep treehouse, heck the peeps could even get their very own castle. My girls came up with a few ideas for chicken coops and I built them in just a few minutes and then they got busy decorating!

Peeps Easter Houses

This kept everyone busy for about an hour! They kept adding elements and creating stories for the Peeps and made sure the chicks and bunnies were visiting one another’s houses.

Looking for a fun Easter activity for you kids? These adorable Peeps houses are easy to make and can keep kids busy for hours. They'll be able to use their creativity coming up with a whole little neighborhood for their Peeps and then use their imaginations to have all the Peeps playing together. A great way to use extra Easter candy. Peeps Easter Houses. SunshineandHurricanes.com

Sidebar: this child cannot take a normal picture…..

Easter Peeps House

 

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They may act like they are too cool for the Easter bunny and egg hunts, but our tweens and teens still like to be included in family celebrations. While they may not participate in the full-on Easter festivities, a small basket with a few items for them is a great way to keep them connected and let them know you care. They aren't an easy bunch to please, but we've got some ideas provided by their peers that would make great Easter Basket Ideas for Tweens and Teens. SunshineandHurricanes.com

Alright, so it’s time to get busy building those Peeps houses. Come back and tells us what creations your kids come up with, we can’t wait!!! 

Filed Under: Holidays Tagged With: craft, creative with kids, easter, Easter Kids Craft, Easter Peeps Activity, Easter Peeps Craft, holidays

About Michelle Myers

Michelle Myers is mom to four kiddos ranging from elementary thru high school, each with strong opinions and a flair for the dramatic. In other words, they're a lot like her. Former educator and lover of learning, she divides her time between carpool and Starbucks by reading voraciously and giving TED talks to herself at red lights. A Floridian for almost 40 years, Michelle loves the beach, making people laugh, and date nights with her hubby of 25 years...and yeas, they clearly married at age 7.
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Comments

  1. Katherine G says

    April 5, 2015 at 9:43 am

    This is such a cute idea! I know some kids who would love this.

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  2. T'onna @ USS Crafty says

    April 5, 2015 at 12:07 am

    Now this looks like fun! I wish I would’ve thought of doing something like this with my daughter!

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  3. Ashley ~ 3 Little Greenwoods says

    April 3, 2015 at 3:16 pm

    This is a perfect Spring Break activity! LOVE this! Pinning and sharing!

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  4. Laurie says

    April 2, 2015 at 10:00 pm

    Such a fun thing to do with the kiddos!
    Thank you for sharing with us at Brag About It!
    ~Laurie

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  5. Erika says

    April 2, 2015 at 3:47 pm

    What a cute idea for kids 🙂 Thank you for linking up at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop!!

    Erika

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  6. gloria kersh says

    April 1, 2015 at 7:31 pm

    Such a cute project to do with kids!!!!

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  7. Tove Maren says

    March 31, 2015 at 4:29 pm

    I LOVE THESE – but I would eat them all! Your kids are SOOOO cute – spunky and fun!

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  8. Nicole Keener says

    March 30, 2015 at 8:17 pm

    This looks like a lot of fun, definitely putting this on my list.

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  9. Jess says

    March 30, 2015 at 5:13 pm

    Oh gosh! This is too cute! 🙂

    Thanks for joining the Link Up this week!

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  10. Joy @ Joy Love Food says

    March 30, 2015 at 1:13 pm

    These are so cute! My kids would love making them, pinning. Thanks for sharing at What’d You Do This Weekend!

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  11. Logan Can says

    March 30, 2015 at 12:25 pm

    This is so cute and creative! Your little girl is too cute!

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  12. Diana Rambles says

    March 30, 2015 at 11:23 am

    So cute!!

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  13. Kristen @ A Mind Full Mom says

    March 30, 2015 at 7:35 am

    This is TOTALLY up my alley. I think I know exactly what my kids will be doing on this rainy afternoon!

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  14. Amy at Mom's Magical Miles says

    March 30, 2015 at 6:33 am

    Adorable! And a good use of the graham crackers that my people always want me to buy, but never seem to want to actually eat!

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  15. Madaline says

    March 30, 2015 at 2:14 am

    The cuteness of these is killing me. It makes me SO sad we don’t have Peep’s here in Italy so that I can pass on the sugary tradition of them at easter!

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    • Kira Lewis says

      March 30, 2015 at 9:27 am

      Really, they don’t have them in Italy? Maybe you can order them from Amazon. 😉

      Reply
  16. aimee fauci says

    March 29, 2015 at 9:52 pm

    These are so cute. I’ve made Gingerbread houses out of graham crackers but nothing like this.

    Reply
  17. Stephanie of The TipToe Fairy says

    March 29, 2015 at 9:50 pm

    Cutest idea ever! My kids will go nuts for this, and we have a million PEEPS right now!

    Reply

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