Holiday Decorations

Lego does a great job of designing and releasing sets with holiday themes, especially for months with an R in them.  Throughout the school year, kids will be stuck inside the house, so why not give them a little project and let them put together some decorations for their room.  My wife loves put things up to celebrate the holidays, so I give her a hand with these wonderful Lego sets.

Halloween is one of my wife's favorite holidays.  The pumpkins, the costumes, the colors of fall.  I bust out 40090 Halloween Bat, 40122 Trick or Treat, and 40055 Halloween Pumpkin, but I can also grab any monster-like minifigures to act as trick or treaters.  Series 14 minifigures was excellent, as all 16 characters were all monsters.  850487 Halloween Accessory Set (not pictured), the new Scooby-Doo sets, and 31038 Changing Seasons could also be used to build an entire scene for All Hallows' Eve.

Left to right: 40090 Halloween Bat, 40122 Trick or Treat, 40055 Halloween Pumpkin

Thanksgiving is a couple of weeks away, so I've currently got sets on display for Turkey Day.  Lego might not be too creative with the naming of these sets (possibly because it's an American holiday and Lego is Danish).  The dinner sets are nice because they give me more foods stuffs to put in my Restaurant and Grocery Store.  And who doesn't love turkeys?

40123 Thanksgiving Feast and 40056 Thanksgiving Feast (left) and

40091 Thanksgiving Turkey and 40033 Turkey (right)

Christmas is where Lego goes all out every year.  For the last several years, they've released a Winter Village set that relies heavily on Christmas imagery and Advent Calendars (one each City, Star Wars, and Friends themed).  I'm not going to go into much depth here about those sets, as they will be the focus of my next few scheduled posts.  In addition to the big stuff, they'll throw a few items for free with purchases of $75 or $100 during November and December.  The most recent free set I got recently was the 40138 Holiday Train.  I wish I had some tracks to put it on so it could circle our Christmas tree.  And let's not forget the reindeer either.  How else is Santa expected to get around without them?

40138 Holiday Train (left) and 40092 Reindeer

Winter is a great time of year...  Depending on who you ask.  Yes, the cold sucks, but there are all sorts of fun things to do outside in the snow and ice.  Hockey, snowboarding, building snowmen, I love it.  I've lived in a place where it didn't snow in the winter months, and it was kinda dull not having there options available to me.  Lego feels the same way I do about winter.  Let's go outside and do stuff, not stay cooped up in the house all day (we can play Lego's after the sun sets).

Left to right: 40093 Snowman, 40124 Winter Fun, 8804 Hockey Player, 40107 Winter Skating Scene, and 30197 Snowman

Valentine's Day is special to my wife and I.  I surprised her with a 40051 Valentine's Day Heart Box a couple years ago, and she was beside herself.  She broke down into tears of happiness and wouldn't let go of me after she wrapped her arms around me.  The following year, I formally proposed by attaching a engagement ring to 40085 Lego Valentine as a gift.  I didn't do anything special this time around because we bought 40120 Valentine's Day Dinner at the Lego store...  After the first of the year... (pro tip: Lego will release holiday themed sets about 6-8 weeks before the upcoming holiday, and for the Advent Calendars, September).

Left to right: 40120 Valentine's Day Dinner, 40051 Valentine's Day Heart Box, and 40085 Lego Valentine

Easter is relatively new to the holiday rotation...  I think...  I can't say I saw anything related to Easter before last year, but it makes sense.  They'd make great additions to the Easter basket gifts for the Lego fans in your life.  You can also add an 8831 Bunny Suit Guy and 40052 Springtime Scene to make a whole diorama to celebrate the holiday.

40121 Painting Easter Eggs (left) and 40086 Lego Easter (right)

Sets used: 8804, 30197, 40011, 40051, 40055, 40056, 40085, 40086, 40090, 40091, 40092, 40093, 40107, 40120, 40121, 40122, 40123, 40124, 40138