Entries at the Franklin Park Conservatory's annual contest and professionals offer gingerbread house ideas. Or you can buy a pretty good prefab kit.

If you've ever made a gingerbread house you know that it's harder than it looks. We chatted with an expert for tips on how to create the best masterpieces.

There's even a Pez candy house If you've ever endeavored to mix, bake and build your very own gingerbread house from scratch, you'll understand exactly why there are so many varieties of gingerbread house kits.

Want more creative liberty with your gingerbread house? Use Pop-Tarts® and build your own! We had so much fun creating our very own gingerbread houses. No kits required! With very few ingredients, this project was really inexpensive too.