Advent 2020–Day Twenty-One

Today, Ladybug started on the fourth and final building in Lego Diagon Alley…Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes! She also built Draco Malfoy and the entrance to Knockturn Alley.

Here’s a look back at some of my favorite details from the last week. Over the last seven days, we’ve actually worked on three of the four buildings, starting with putting the finishing touches on Quality Quidditch Supplies:

All of the building housing Flourish and Blotts and Florean Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlor was completed this week. This is my second-favorite part of the set, after Ollivander’s. The colors and details are really amazing!

And just a glimpse at the details from today’s part of the build:

We’re running out of room on the table for all of the components!

I can’t believe how close we are to done with this set already!

Advent 2020–Day Twenty

Today Moose and Ladybug finished the third building of Lego Diagon Alley. They added a lot of cool details (I love the 3-Dimensional sign on Florean Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlor!), and also built Gilderoy Lockhart:

Tomorrow the work begins on Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes!

Advent 2020–Day Nineteen

Today Bunny added the upstairs to Flourish and Blotts and built Harry Potter himself!

I’m pretty sure this is my second-favorite building in the set…the details and colors are fantastic!

Advent 2020–Day Eighteen

Today Turkey added awnings to the third building of Lego Diagon Alley, and built a counter for the ice cream shop and some book displays for Flourish & Blotts. He also got to build Florean Fortescue, the proprietor of the ice cream shop.

I really love the way this part of the set is coming along!

Advent 2020–Day Seventeen

Today Chickadee worked on Florean Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlor, which involved a lot of bricks of her favorite color…yellow. She also added a bookshelf, a staircase, and Ginny Weasley to the set.

I looked ahead, and tomorrow Turkey gets to add some cool awnings!

Advent 2020–Day Sixteen

Today Ladybug started on the third building of Diagon Alley, which houses Florean Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlor and Flourish & Blotts. She also added Molly Weasley to the set.

The colors of this building are really pretty…I can wait to see more of it assembled!

Advent 2020–Day Fifteen

Bunny and Moose finished the second building of Lego Diagon Alley today! The colors and details are fantastic.

Tomorrow we start on the third instruction book!

Advent 2020–Day Fourteen

Here we are at the end of the second week of Advent…it’s flying by as it always does, even in the midst of a very strange year! Today Bunny built the steps for bag eight of Lego Diagon Alley…she got to add lots of pink pieces!

Here’s a look back at some of my favorite additions from the last week, from both the now-completed first building, and the work-in-progress that is the second:

And a look at the whole set, as it is so far:

Tomorrow we finish the second building!

Advent 2020–Day Thirteen

Today Turkey built bag seven of Lego Diagon Alley, and added some really cool-looking windows to the front of Quality Quidditch Supplies. He also built Ron Weasley:

I can’t wait to see what tomorrow’s build includes!

Advent 2020–Day Twelve

Today Turkey got to start building the first set of bags for the second instruction book of Lego Diagon Alley, which is the building that houses Quality Quidditch Supplies and the Daily Prophet:

I’m really excited about all of the pink bricks in this part of the set!