Family fun is the theme during December in our house. I’m always searching for great Christmas activities we will all enjoy.
This week, I found a winner when we read a Mortimer’s Christmas Manger and created Mortimer inspired gingerbread houses. 
It was so much fun that I turned our activity into a fun family gift basket so another family can make memories! 
If you are looking for a fun family Advent activity, a great Christmas picture book themed activity, or a gift basket idea look no further! For a great family Christmas activity or present, create this DIY Gingerbread house experience gift basket.
My family loves the story, Mortimer’s Christmas Manger by Karma Wilson. It’s the story of a mouse, who takes up residence in a nativity set, until he learns that the baby he removed from the manger is Jesus. After returning baby Jesus to his bed, he prays for a house of his own, and finds a gingerbread house perfect for a mouse.
After reading Mortimer’s Christmas Manger, why not create your own gingerbread house? This year my children and I created easier (and healthier) houses out of Graham Crackers with fruit decorations.
For the gift basket, simply include the book Mortimer’s Christmas Manger, a box of graham crackers, a jar of icing glue mix, and add a few gingerbread house decorations to help get the fun started! 
To make gingerbread house glue use 2 cups of powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons of meringue powder, and 2-3 tablespoons of water.
This recipe is perfect for gifting. Just pour the powdered sugar and meringue powder in a pint jar and add a gift tag label. On the back of the label write “mix with 2 to 3 tablespoons of water until the icing becomes glue consistency.”
Give the gift of a memorable Advent activity this Christmas!
My children absolutely loved creating their own graham cracker gingerbread houses for Mortimer. I planned on a group effort for Mortimer’s house.
But once the girls sat at the table, it was clear they each had their own ideas. I loved sitting back to watch their creativity and fun! 
One daughter was completely determined to create her house independently- even if it making a triangle meant eating the graham cracker down to the correct size. While another daughter ate more shredded coconut snow than made it to her house.
I’d love to hear your experience making a house for Mortimer! 
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