Gingerbread house - eating yours or decoration only?

[Glamourcide]

I'm hoping we get to eat ours this year, I'm using a recipe for chocolate gingerbread that I found online. Did a practice run just to test the dough last week, and it was delicious, just the right texture and combination of chocolate and spices, so I'll definitely be using it again!

I'm planning it a bit like this (and if anybody spots any fatal flaws in my plan, please let me know!):
Make the 'cookies' (cut out with a stencil set I bought) on Thursday evening
Allow them to 'set' (they harden up, don't they?) overnight and 'glue' framework together on Friday morning
Begin decorating on Saturday evening, allowing overnight for icing to harden properly
Leave in a cool, airtight spot and put it on the table before dinner on Saturday night
...Eat?

Biscuits, cakes etc in our house never last more than 48 hours... so can anybody tell me if 4-day old biscuit is okay to eat? It's really humid and hot up here, so I'm also wondering about storage - is the fridge okay or will it get damp and soggy in there?

[Erin_25]

we are once again going with a kit this year but instead of a house we found a Christmas train kit at Woolies. This kids are train mad and were so excited when I got it, can not wait to do this one.

[Rach75]

I'm hoping we get to eat ours this year, I'm using a recipe for chocolate gingerbread that I found online. Did a practice run just to test the dough last week, and it was delicious, just the right texture and combination of chocolate and spices, so I'll definitely be using it again!

I'm planning it a bit like this (and if anybody spots any fatal flaws in my plan, please let me know!):
Make the 'cookies' (cut out with a stencil set I bought) on Thursday evening
Allow them to 'set' (they harden up, don't they?) overnight and 'glue' framework together on Friday morning
Begin decorating on Saturday evening, allowing overnight for icing to harden properly
Leave in a cool, airtight spot and put it on the table before dinner on Saturday night
...Eat?

Biscuits, cakes etc in our house never last more than 48 hours... so can anybody tell me if 4-day old biscuit is okay to eat? It's really humid and hot up here, so I'm also wondering about storage - is the fridge okay or will it get damp and soggy in there?

I dont make them but wanted to comment to donna I'd be making them a bit closer if it gets as wet and humid as last year which it is predicted to them they could possibly go mushy in 4 dayd

[Beach Mama]

I am making one today to eat! About to roll it out and bake, just a question for the icing, I don't want to use Royal Icing because DS has an egg allergy(welllll he has pretty much grown out of it but want to be safe and not use raw egg anyhooooo) and I have some white choc melts to use instead - just wondering if I will need to mix the choc with some icing sugar as well or cream to make it like a ganache??? Anyone got any ideas!!