Gingerbread Structure Incorporating Support Structure and Packaged Kit for the Decoration Thereof

A kit for at least decorating a gingerbread structure comprising:

• a box-like carton having at least four side faces and a bottom face;
• a base support sheet providing an upwardly facing support surface;
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• a box-like support structure comprising at least a first side panel and a second side panel that are integrally formed together, wherein:
• the first side panel provides a first flat surface;
• the second side panel provides a second flat surface;
• the first side panel and the second side panel join at a first fold that defines a corner along which the first flat surface and the second flat surface meet at an angle;
• an inner surface of a first gingerbread cookie panel of the gingerbread structure is adhered to the first flat surface of the first side panel by a first amount of edible icing in an orientation relative to the first flat surface that causes a first side edge of the first gingerbread cookie panel to extend adjacent to and parallel to the corner;
• an inner surface of the second gingerbread cookie panel is adhered to the second flat surface of the second side panel by a second amount of edible icing in an orientation relative to the second flat surface that causes a second side edge of the second gingerbread cookie panel to extend adjacent to and parallel to the corner, and to extend adjacent to and parallel to the first side edge of the first gingerbread cookie panel to enable the second side edge to be adhered to the first side edge by depositing the third amount of edible icing along and between the first side edge and the second side edge;
• either a downwardly facing flat surface of the box-like support structure is adhered to the upwardly facing support surface, or the box-like support structure is formed integrally with the base support sheet;
• the upwardly facing surface of the base support sheet caries decorative markings that define a pre-selected part of the upwardly facing support surface as being a support region to guide placement of at least the box-like support structure, with at least both of the first gingerbread cookie panel and the second gingerbread cookie panel adhered thereto, onto the support region;
• the base support sheet is shaped and sized to be placed inside the carton sitting flat atop the bottom face while engaging the four side faces to prevent movement of the base support sheet toward or away from each of the four side faces;
• the support region is defined to cause the gingerbread structure to be positioned on the base support sheet at a location away from contact with any of the at least four side faces;
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• the support structure, the base support sheet and the carton cooperate to keep the gingerbread structure away from contact with any of the at least four side faces to protect the gingerbread structure from damage caused by impacts against any of the at least four side faces.