The layers are numbered from the bottom up as you would build it.
Arrange the cookies for layer 1 on the board and square them up.
Pick up each brick and frost/cement the bottom and press back in place
*HINT* Cement a Santa Inside the door before the rest of the walls go up
To make it easier to build , you can set the next layer on the board outside the wall
and then just cement each brick in place.
When you get to layer 7, replace the (2) 1/4 cookies with a full one to span
over the door
Layer 8 also adds a 1/2 cookie to fill in over the door
Once layer 9 is built, place a ridge of frosting at the outside edges of front
and back walls
to keep the bottom of the roof from slipping off.
*Update* Once completed, you can add two or three cookies to the front and back walls inside to strengthen the walls and keep them from bulging outward before the cement sets. *Update* Otherwise, let the walls harden before adding roof.
Give the house a chance to harden, and then place cement on the upper edge
of the two extra cookies on one side of the roof. Place this roof panel on one
side
and then lean the second side against the cement to set the roof. You can now
fill the gap at the top of the roof
with cement and press any decorative candies into it.
Once the house is complete, and has had time to harden, you will be able to
carefully lift the roof off and fill with goodies if you desire.
At one end of the house, cement two of the nutty buddy bars side by side at
one end.
Then cement the next 2 bars on top of them to complete the chimney.
You can add more bricks to each end of the house to fill in the gap below the
roof if you want.