25 craziest Harry Potter Lego creations

1. Alice Finch’s Hogwarts Castle Build

This first model is something you’ve got to see to believe. Full-time mom Alice Finch of Seattle is a very patient woman. For nearly a year, she painstakingly crafted an entire exact replica of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, using over 400,000 bricks in the process!

The idea came to her after spending a lot of time in the family home’s ‘Lego Room’ with her son. ”He was doing the building; I was doing the sorting and putting away,” she told My Modern Met. “After a while, I realized that I really wanted to build, too.”

The stunning piece had to be designed and drafted architecturally. In order to get the most precise model possible, Finch read and reread all the books, and even took the Harry Potter Studio tour in London to study the school’s structure. After many nights of staying up past 1 a.m. for twelve months, the creation was finally complete.

Thought the outside may look stunning, there’s a world of magic going on inside. Finch made sure to depict several different scenes from all eight movies. You can spot Professor Umbridge leading Harry, Ron and Hermione into the Forbidden Forest, or the Hungarian Horntail dragon perched on one of Hogwarts’ slanted roofs. Did we mention it also lights up?

Finch took home two awards at Brickcon 2012. She says the family has so much fun playing with it, that they won’t be dismantling it any time soon. If you want to check out the full photo album, you can view it on Ms. Finch’s flickr page.