Gingerbread Houses?

I made them with my son when he was little, but none recently and none of them even came close to the one in the picture you posted. I see no gingerbread in it at all. It must have been made by a professional cake decorator.

When I hear or see gingerbread houses they always remind me of that story Hansel and Gretel, I think it was a Hans Christian Andersen tale about a couple of children getting lost in a forest and coming across a house made of gingerbread! As a child that always fascinated me, I remember our teacher reading us that story and then bringing in a gingerbread house for us to look at. She wasn't best pleased however at the end of the day when a few pieces had been snapped off (Wolfie was innocent that time!) I don't think she brought in anything after that to show! Mean woman she was, it was only a few crumbs of gingerbread and we were only about 6 at the time!

They are neat looking, but I have never made one. They look too detailed and time consuming to me. I am not much for having patience to do such tasks.

Never tried constructing one of these. I don't think I could keep from gobbling up the materials before I finished. But I bet there are people who can create fantastic gingerbread homes.

One year I bought one of those cheap kits you can buy at Wal-mart or at craft stores and made a ginger bread house. It probably wasn't as pretty as the ones your saw on-line but it was a lot of fun to make!

I like to eat gingerbeard houses. I do admit that gingerbeard houses are getting more creative.

I love gingerbread houses. I think they're cute, and moreso, I think it's amazing what people can do with food! I mean, people really create some elaborate houses from gingerbread. I've seen ones that are built to look like the Harry Potter world, and other's that are built to look like hometowns. It's really amazing. Not to mention, these people are motivated enough to stay with it all those hours to finish building them.

I made some with my grandsons last year...It was really fun...but we sort of cheated...it was a last minute decision and so we bought sheets of gingerbread and then cut it into our own shapes...they were really cute!!! I've always loved gingerbread cookies...so maybe growing up I preferred eating to building..( which is still true today!!!) There are some people that are so talented when it comes to creating the perfect gingerbread house...nothing like my 4-walled simplistic house with a frosting roof and lots of candy trim!!! I won't be doing it this year...but I would do it again with the kids...they loved the whole messy thing!!

I made one about 3 years ago, it was nothing like your picture though, lol I would love to make another one this year, but my equitment to make one is still packed away..:(

well i never made one yet but they are so darn cute,and wow some of them are so creative looking and your right sometimes they do look like they are not made of ginger bread.very cute though.pattie