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How To Build a Gingerbread HouseHouse Assembly InstructionsOnce you have your pieces baked and icing made, you are ready to assemble the house. First you will need something to use as a base for the house. We recommend using very sturdy cardboard, plywood, cookie sheets, or kitchen cutting boards. Whatever you are using, make sure it is plenty big enough for your house to sit on, and sturdy enough that you’ll be able to move your house after it’s built.
  Carefully stand the walls up and hold in place a few minutes until stable.
  Let the icing dry and harden before attaching the roof.
  Pipe a line of icing all along the top edge of the walls. Gently place the two roof pieces on the house simultaneously.
  Hold the roof in place for a few minutes until the roof is stable. Then pipe a strip of icing along the ridge line. Wait for the icing to dry and harden completley before decorating the house.
 
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Decide how you want your house to be positioned on the base. Make sure the base is big enough so you will have plenty of space for a front walkway, bushes along the side of the house, a backyard, etc.
Lay your walls down on the base where they will go.
Pipe a line of icing in an L shape for two adjoining walls, as well as a strip of icing along the inside edge of one wall.
Repeat steps 4-5 for the other sides of the house.
