How To Support The Roof On Gingerbread House

Print out your paper gingerbread house paper template and transfer the walls and roof to your foam core.

How to support the roof on gingerbread house.

The sprayed on frosting quickly forms into a solid roofing membrane sealing the gingerbread building envelope. Cut them out land then cut some shallow lines into the roof about 1 4 wide. With every row that you add let the tile slightly overlap the row of tiles below. Make beams out of gingerbread and support the roof.

Spray powdered frosting spf foam roofing is the favored frothy roof system for mid century modern gingerbread designs such as eichler homes. To start applying your gum tiles squeeze two rows of frosting for every row of tiles. These shallow cuts allow you to curve the roof. You can put them in through the roof or under the back wall your choice.

Then carefully start attaching the gum to the roof allowing the frosting to act as a glue. Grab a string of christmas lights and drop it into the gingerbread frame then plug in the lights. Start at the bottom of one side of the roof. Pipe tip 4 seam on top peak.

Don t cut all the way through the foam see video. Attach roof panels centered on each half of support with icing. Position roof on assembled house. Fold the roof of the gingerbread house and place it on top of the gingerbread house frame.

To support roof cut a 2 x 3 1 2 in.