Learn how to make this easy Easter Peeps house made with graham cracker, frosting, Peeps, edible Easter grass and candy. A fun Easter gingerbread house activity for kids!
This homemade Peeps chicken coop is so fun, and your kiddos will love piecing together their graham cracker house. Use this as a table centerpiece, activity to get your kiddos pumped for Easter, or a snack to end the day.
These Peep Houses Are…
- Easy to Make
- Fun Easter Activity For Kids
- Completely Edible
- Peeps Gingerbread House DIY
- No Kit Required
Ingredients
- Graham Crackers
- Peeps
- Coconut Flakes
- Vanilla Frosting
- Green Food Coloring
How To Make
Full steps on how to make the Peeps house is in the printable recipe card at the bottom of the post. This is a visual walk-through with images to help you see how it is made.
Start by coloring your coconut. Place your coconut in a sandwich bag and then add a few drop of green food coloring and mix to combine the color. If need be add more color.
Spread the coconut flakes out on a tray or plate and let it dry for an hour.
Now to assemble your graham cracker gingerbread house. Start by breaking 3 graham crackers in half. Spread some frosting on each side of one of the graham cracker squares
Take another square and place on the side, to create the wall. Then you will do the other side as well.
Next, add the back cracker to the base.
Then work on making the two edges with your frosting to create a triangle top.
To decorate you will add in some of your green coconut for the grass. Add your Peeps into the houses, and then sprinkle some jelly beans.
Variations To Recipe
A few different ways you can change up this Peeps cookie coop!
- Use melted chocolate in replace of frosting to piece your graham crackers together.
- Use edible grass in replace of coconut grass.
- Swap jelly beans with different candies.
- Swap the Easter chicks candy with any other candies you want. I just loved the look of the Peeps in the houses.
Storing
You can store these lil Peeps houses in an airtight container or leave out for a display piece. These are best eaten fresh. If you leave them out for decoration, you will want to throw away the houses and not eat them.
I hope you love this Peeps chicks house DIY as much as we do! Try it out and let me know what you think.
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Easter Peeps House
Ingredients
- 1 package of graham crackers
- 1 package of Peeps Chicks
- 1/2 cup coconut flakes
- Green food coloring
- 1 tub frosting
- Easter eggs
Instructions
- Start by making the green coconut flakes. Add your coconut flakes into a sandwich bag. Add a few drop of green food coloring.
- Shake the bag around to make sure the food coloring is color. Place coconut on a plate or spread out on a tray to dry for an hour.
- Break 3 graham crackers in half.
- Then you will use a knife or piping bag to add some frosting to the side of a square graham cracker.
- Take a graham cracker and place on one side. The frosting will be the glue. Then repeat and place the other side of the graham cracker.
- Then add frosting to the back side, and place the graham cracker on to create the wall on the back.
- For the roof you will frost the top of each of the walls, and the bottom and top of the roof graham crackers.
- Place them together to create a triangle roof on the graham cracker base.
- Let the graham cracker Peeps house dry for an hour, and then place some coconut in and around each of the houses.
- Then place a Peeps in the center, and add candy eggs or jelly beams.
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