The Elf on the Shelf An Elfs Story Gingerbread House Kit by Cookies United

All I needed was a gingerbread house that showed up all in one piece. This did, and it had lots of cute decorations to use when assembling. I was satisfied.

It came broken :-( I should’ve known it would break through transit. Oh well-live and learn. We loved the exact same kit that we rebought at food store though that night. I love that it comes with a stand for assembling. It never fell apart. Maybe mine was a fluke when it came broken.

Had this shipped to my nephew who is a big Elf On The Shelf fan, it was a hit. Thankfully came and no pieces were broken.

Purchased 2 of the gingerbread houses. Broken pieces in both boxes. Couldn’t put together. No returns or refund available on this gingerbread house. Wasted $40.00! Would not recommend

The gingerbread arrived broken. Very heavy gingerbread. Difficult for children to build compared to other gingerbread house kits. Good variety of candy. Good icing. Would not buy again.

The roof pieces included in the kit are not perfect rectangles. Instead, they have rounded sides, so they don't too together flush. This make it impossible to glue them together at the peak of the roof with the frosting.Also, the tops of the front and back walls aren't very smooth, and this lack of smoothness makes for inconsistent sealing with the frosting. Both of these things together cause the roof pieces to want to slide off the walls.Lastly, there was a plastic bag with some little candy balls in it. When I opened the box, I found this bag was broken open and the candy balls had gone all over the box. This made them very difficult to control and they went rolling all over the place numerous times.

We had 2 kits, 1 was this one and the other was from another manufacturer. This one the icing tasted better, held better, and had a better cookie than the other kit. The house fell while decorating, but I’m fairly certain she was heavier handed trying to decorate the roof! My only minus is we could have used more candy decorations, but it worked out because the other kit fell apart and she used those candies.

This made my little grand daughter very happy and excited in difficult times.