We made our Gingerbread House from a kit purchased at the grocery store. We bought extra gumdrops thinking there would not be enough candy in the kit to make it fancy. Wrong. There was plenty of candy. We were forced to eat the gumdrops so as not to waste them, of course.
The gingerbread roof and walls were pre-made. All you have to do is follow the simple instructions and "glue" everything together with the white frosting which is included. The frosting sets in a few minutes so you can complete the house in an afternoon.
One thing I learned and will do when I make another ginger house is that rather than putting the walls and roof together, then decorating the whole thing, I will decorate the walls first as they lay flat. Once dry, I will glue them in a vertical position, completing the house. The reason for this is that it's difficult to keep the decorations from sliding down the walls until the icing sets. You have to hold the decorations in place until they are stuck where you want them.
This project was much fun and I understand why building a Gingerbread House is a tradition with so many.
Merry Christmas all!
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