How to build a brick haunted house
To build a brick haunted house, raise dark gray walls three rows high with a brown door and glowing yellow windows, lay black bricks across for the roof edge, step the roof up to a point, keep the gray tower growing beside it, and cap it with a purple roof. 53 pieces, 5 steps, ages 7–9.
The haunted house build at a glance
| Pieces | 53 (18 kinds) |
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| Steps | 5 |
| Ages | 7–9 |
| Colors | dark gray, black, yellow, brown, purple |
| Finished size | 11 × 6 studs, about 8.6 cm (3.4 in) tall |
| Special pieces | None: plain bricks |
Parts you need
8× dark gray 1×1 brick
7× dark gray 1×3 brick
5× black 2×6 brick
5× dark gray 2×3 brick
5× dark gray 1×4 brick
4× yellow 1×1 brick
3× black 2×8 brick
2× dark gray 2×4 brick
2× dark gray 1×8 brick
2× dark gray 1×6 brick
2× brown 1×2 brick
2× dark gray 1×2 brick
1× black 2×4 brick
1× purple 2×3 brick
1× purple 1×3 brick
1× black 1×2 brick
1× yellow 1×2 brick
1× purple 1×1 brick
Step-by-step instructions
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1 Walls, door and windows
Build gray walls three rows high, with a brown door and glowing yellow windows in front.
Find: 6 dark gray 1×1 bricks, 5 dark gray 1×4 bricks, 4 dark gray 1×3 bricks, 3 yellow 1×1 bricks, 2 dark gray 2×4 bricks, 2 dark gray 1×8 bricks, 2 dark gray 1×6 bricks, 2 brown 1×2 bricks, 2 dark gray 1×2 bricks, 1 dark gray 2×3 brick
Did you know? Old houses creak at night because the wood cools down and shrinks.
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2 Roof edge
Lay black bricks across the whole house, and add a gray row to the tower.
Find: 3 black 2×8 bricks, 1 dark gray 2×3 brick, 1 dark gray 1×3 brick
Did you know? A roof with steep sides lets rain and snow slide right off.
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3 Pointy roof
Two smaller black rows make the roof pointy. Add a glowing attic window and one high in the tower.
Find: 4 black 2×6 bricks, 2 dark gray 2×3 bricks, 2 dark gray 1×1 bricks, 1 black 2×4 brick, 1 dark gray 1×3 brick, 1 black 1×2 brick, 1 yellow 1×2 brick, 1 yellow 1×1 brick
Did you know? Bats like to sleep in quiet, dark attics under the roof.
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4 Roof top
The thinnest black row goes on top of the roof, and the tower grows taller.
Find: 1 black 2×6 brick, 1 dark gray 2×3 brick, 1 dark gray 1×3 brick
Did you know? Some of the oldest houses in the world are more than 500 years old.
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5 Tower top
Finish the tower with a purple pointy roof. Who lives up there?
Find: 1 purple 2×3 brick, 1 purple 1×3 brick, 1 purple 1×1 brick
Did you know? Towers on old houses were made for looking far away.
Questions parents ask
How many pieces do you need for a brick haunted house?
53: 8 dark gray 1×1 bricks, 7 dark gray 1×3 bricks, 5 black 2×6 bricks and 15 more kinds. The full list is in “Parts you need”.
Are these haunted house instructions free?
Yes. Every step is on this page.
What if I’m missing a color?
Use a brick of the same size in another color. The shapes hold the model together; the colors are only for looks.
