Usually between Christmas and New Year we make a gingerbread house that we rip apart on New Year's eve, as a snack. I asked the boys to join me; only my oldest, 
Yeah, it's a kit but I still had fun with my oldest. We were intrigued by the "EZ Build" on the box and had no idea what that meant. How much easier could they make putting together a gingerbread house kit? Really. It comes with everything ready to go. Pre-built walls, roof pieces, and pre-mixed icing.
It seems that the "EZ" innovation is a cardboard piece that helps to hold the roof in place. Ok, that might be helpful. Usually, you have to hold the roof on the top until the icing solidifies. We'll have to see how it works.
Here is the EZ roof holder, not sure what to call it, holding the rood pieces. The instructions were not too clear so we just winged it and started to glue the pieces down with the icing.
A sip of beer... and glue.
And another sip of beer... and glue.
and glue... then another sip of beer. Oh, and here's the EZ roof thingy holding the roof sans glue.
Things went quickly after the gluing. I added some decorations around the base while my sone worked on the accouterments. There's a small tree and a gingerbread figure.
I saw a cool way to do the roof online and thought I would use it on our gingerbread house. You line the roof with mini-wheats cereal. Looks pretty good, if I don't say so myself.
There you have it. The finished house, the tree, and the gingerbread figure.
Thanks for joining us. We had a good time, some laughs and a good pint of a wonderful local brew.