How to build a space-saving LEGO® Harry Potter™ display

Is your love of magical LEGO® builds causing Harry Potter™ pileups on your shelves? We’re here to help with our top space-saving picks for an enchanting display.

There’s nothing better than escaping the everyday and losing yourself in a magical LEGO build. Hedwig’s Theme in the background, a glass of your favorite potion, and rewarding quality time spent crafting an impressive set – an enchanting evening for sure. However, displaying our passion for the Wizarding World can be tricky, especially when lots of the LEGO Harry Potter sets are epic, detailed builds (we’re looking at you, Hogwarts™ Castle (71043)…).

For those of us who have less room to work with, creative arrangements that maximize visual impact in small areas are key. There are plenty of display-worthy, collectible adult sets that can fit into the tiniest of dormitories – or maybe even the cupboard under the stairs…

Let’s delve into the best LEGO Harry Potter sets to curate an impressive, space-saving display. Accio space-saving sets!

Quality time, sorted

The Talking Sorting Hat™ (76429) includes over 30 randomized sounds, sorting you into your rightful House. Plus, it’s the perfect size to slot onto your compact shelf display alongside your other LEGO Harry Potter creations.

To display this cantankerous character, you could disguise the Sorting Hat as part of your coat rack, or a book end used to prop up your favorite series (Harry Potter, of course). This fun build is also a terrific addition to any dinner party tablescape, where your guests can be sorted in front of your very eyes. I’m in Ravenclaw™ on Pottermore, I swear...!

Dobby™ is a free elf!

The Wizarding World is full of iconic characters, from the free-spirited kindness of Luna Lovegood™ to the conniving evil of Dolores Umbridge™. However, no LEGO Harry Potter collection is complete without one the most beloved and noble characters from the series – Dobby™ the House-Elf (76421).

Let Dobby take pride of place in the laundry room or near your dirty washing basket, ready to grab Master’s sock. Place him peeking through your plants for added depth, or even add him to your collection shelf snuggled up with your other space-saving Harry Potter sets. With movable limbs and head, it’s easy to squeeze him into any space!

Flying high

As one of Hagrid’s many magical creatures that thrilled (and harmed – oops!) students, the enchanting Hippogriff Buckbeak™ (76427) set is an impressive build for any LEGO Harry Potter collector. With posable wings and legs, this fantastic beast can be an eye-catching addition to any magical display.

For space-saving ideas, how about Buckbeak’s iconic bowing pose greeting you in your entrance as you enter your home? With his posable wings and limbs, you could even display him on a floating shelf causing havoc with your other mystical creations for maximum magical impact. Wingardium Leviosa…

Cast your Patronus™

As another build synonymous with the Prisoner of Azkaban™, the 2-in-1 Expecto Patronum (76414) set gives you the choice to construct Harry Potter’s Stag or Professor Lupin’s Wolf Patronus™ – and includes both minifigures to display alongside it.

With its icy blue tones and noble stance, this set is a classy addition to any mantelpiece. As majestic as this build is on its own, you could pair it with Buckbeak (76427) to create your very own Forbidden Forest™ on a compact shelf. Dementors™, beware…

A houseplant you can’t kill

Earmuffs at the ready! For the final space-saving Harry Potter build, we’re taking a trip to the Herbology classroom with the loudest plant in the room – the screaming Mandrake (76433). Unleash your inner Professor Sprout with this playful display, and even pull the plant out and sit the creature down outside the pot (thankfully without the deathly screams).

To display the iconic plant from the Chamber of Secrets™ movie, it’s a perfect addition to any windowsill or coffee table. For a more playful option, this natural wonder is right at home among any beloved houseplants, with posable leaves to blend into the scenery, or it can be squeezed onto your compact shelf of Harry Potter wonders.

Minimal space, maximum magic

Unlocking these LEGO Harry Potter space-saving secrets is as easy as Alohomora. And while it’s magical to squeeze these sets into nooks and crannies around your home, all five sets can also comfortably fit on a 24 in. (60cm) wide shelf (when arranged thoughtfully, of course).

Mischief managed!