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!

Advent 2020–Day Eleven

Today Bunny finished putting together the first building of Diagon Alley! She added the upstairs of Ollivander’s, some really cool chimneys, and a few owls:

I already think this is my favorite building in the set, but I’m looking forward to seeing what’s coming up next!

Advent 2020–Day Ten

Today Ladybug finished building the steps that went along with bag four of Diagon Alley, which added a second floor above Scribbulus (and some cool signs on the front of the building!).

From here on out, we get to build a full bag of the set everyday through Christmas Eve!

Advent 2020–Day Nine

Today, Moose added a small, but important part to Diagon Alley…the windows and foundation for the second floor of Scribbulus:

Tomorrow Ladybug is going to finish the steps for bag four!

Advent 2020–Day Eight

Today we broke from our expected pattern of building so Chickadee could finish the steps for bag three of Diagon Alley. She got to start building the second floor of Ollivander’s:

Tomorrow and Tuesday we’ll work on bag four, and then, if I’ve done the math correctly, we’ll be able to do one bag each day for the remainder of Advent!

Advent 2020–Day Seven

Can you believe today marks the end of the first week of Advent? Today Turkey started working on the third bag of parts for Diagon Alley, which finished the front facade of the first floor of Ollivanders, and also added Hermione Granger to the set:

Here’s a look back at some of my favorite parts of the build from the first week, including the Ollivander’s window displays pre-window, and a glance at how the staircase in Ollivander’s can fold into the set:

We’ll finish the build for bag three tomorrow to kick off the second week of Advent!