How to make gingerbread houses! It's fun, rewarding, and delicious

How to Make Gingerbread Houses

Want to learn how to make gingerbread houses? It's not difficult. And... it's fun to learn, practice, and perfect! Even if something doesn't go quite right, it can almost always be salvaged and turned into a yummy, colorful, edible creation.

If you want to keep things simple, you might choose to use a gingerbread house kit. But if you want to make a one-of-a-kind gingerbread house, we are going to help you from start to finish with some easy to follow instructions.

Gingerbread house construction is an important part of the gingerbread experience. Below are directions to tell you how to make gingerbread houses and to guide you through the process from beginning to the beautiful� and delicious, ending result.

The gingerbread house base

Every great gingerbread house needs a base. The exact dimensions of your base will vary depending on what you want the total size of your house to be. Here are some basic guidelines for making the base for your gingerbread house:

First, cut out of thin cardboard:

1 Side Wall
1 End Wall
1 Triangular Gable (bottom side of Triangle should match End Wall width)
1 Roof Rectangle (long sides of Rectangle should match length of Side Wall)

Tape the rectangular End Wall piece to the Triangular Gable piece (so that the ends can be made as single gingerbread cookies.)

Now that you have a frame for the base of your house, you need to actually make the gingerbread that you will be constructing into a house.

Gingerbread House Templates

Here, we're demonstrating the most simple of gingerbread house plans. Look around our site for more elaborate Gingerbread House Templates.

Gingerbread Recipes

Next, you�ll make the gingerbread house parts. Choose either the best or the easy gingerbread house recipes below. Either way, it will be terrific.

Best Gingerbread House Recipes
Easy Gingerbread House Recipes (including a mini house version with graham crackers)

Icing Recipes

While the gingerbread is baking, you can start making the icing "glue" that will hold it all together. Click here to choose an icing recipe.

House Construction

Click here to see tips and techniques for constructing your house.

Decorating your House

Here�s the most fun part of the gingerbread house experience� Choosing Your Decorations.
That�s it! You�ve learned how to make gingerbread houses. If you already knew how, I�ll bet you learned something you didn�t know. Browse around our site for examples, photos, and more tips and tricks for making your next gingerbread house creation.

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Watch these Videos if you'd like to see a hands-on Demonstration of making and building gingerbread houses.

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