DIY Candy Love Shack for Valentine's Day

I'm big on tradition and I'm always looking for new ones to start with my little girls. Since we didn't make a gingerbread house for Christmas, the idea struck me to build a Love Shack for Valentine's Day, and of course my four-year old was on board. It was a fun process, and even though our Love Shack is more messy than pretty, I know making one every Valentine's Day will be something we'll look forward to from now on.  

Since we didn't have instructions or a template, we thought it would be good to use graham crackers to construct the shack. We dipped one side in melted milk chocolate, then used cookie icing to "glue" four walls and a roof together. The cookie icing was also the glue for the decorations; we used Valentine's Day M&Ms, shredded coconut, edible glitter, and pink and red candy hearts (made from candy melts and a heart mold). Conversation hearts would have been cute too, but we're chocolate kind of girls. Plus I forgot to buy them...maybe next year!