VIDEO: Make a gingerbread house from a kit

How to make the kit

The size of your gingerbread house depends entirely on your own wishes. So think about what your gingerbread house should look like before making it, and possibly make a sketch.

1. Your kit consists of six parts, namely the two roof parts, two side parts and the front and rear walls. So use a pencil and ruler to draw a roof section, a side wall, a front or Back wall on sturdy paper or thin cardboard, taking into account the window and door opening.
2. Now cut out the three templates.

How to put your gingerbread house together

For a medium-sized gingerbread house, you will need about three sheets of gingerbread batter.

1. Place the individual parts of the kit on the baked gingerbread dough and cut out the six elements that you need for your gingerbread house.


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2. Now first join the front and side parts at the edges with very firm egg white sugar icing.
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3. You can then stretch one or two threads around the house for a better hold, which you remove later.
4. Before you glue the roof pieces onto your house, make sure that the walls are well glued together. Therefore, it is advisable to decorate the joined side parts before fastening the roof.
5. Now decorate the two individual roof parts and then glue them after you've checked whether the house now has hold, individually on your house by briefly pressing the individual parts and hold tight.
6. Now let the frosting dry well and decorate it afterwards wherever you think it is necessary.