Gingerbread House

Katie brings home many pieces of artwork from school.  Yesterday she brought home a gingerbread house.  The "house" itself was a box covered in brown construction paper.  I thought that was an easy way to make the structure without having to bake a lot of gingerbread.  They used icing and candy to decorate the rest of the house.  That made it much less involved, which I think is key when dealing with 3 and 4 year olds.