"Shouldn't take much to hold it together." Depending on how easy it is to carve up those slabs of gingerbread, anyway - if it's too brittle, they'll have to get creative. But there should be a decent paring knife somewhere around here. (Right now he's seeing too much pastel, baffled by the array of tiny frosting accessories.)

"You just worry about your decorations. And maybe sketching out a basic idea of what you want."