Gingerbread House

(Disclaimer: This is NOT our gingerbread house. I borrowed the picture off photobucket :)

Have you ever tried making one of these? I got one thinking it would be an easy project for me to do with the kids. Boy was I wrong. I will spare you any of the grotesque pictures of ours. We did not even finish it, we started eating the candy. I could not get the icing to work and the house was a bit lopsided. If there are any tips to making this easier to accomplish I may give it another try, but if not then I will be giving up any hope of building Gingerbread Houses in the future.