Below is a website that can help you if you have never made a gingerbread house before :

http://www.wilton.com/how-to-assemble-a-gingerbread-house/WLTECH-320.html

On December 12th, there is a tradition called gingerbread house day. This is a time for families to gather and spend quality time together creating gingerbread houses. Some families even make it competitive.

Families with two kids can have both children make gingerbread houses, and then when they are finished, the parents decide which one is better; that’s the one that they keep up. But, the gingerbread house that lost is the one that they all eat together.

Most families find this as a time to bring everyone together and to celebrate the true value of family!