An elaborate interactive diorama depicting multiple costumed trick-or-treaters in a simple suburban neighborhood – with one house in particular being especially spookier than the others!

This was originally created by me in September 2022 for a LEGO Ideas Challenge for family-related creations, and I decided to pay tribute to my late mother who passed away in 2021. In our family, Halloween was a holiday we took very seriously, and each year my mother and stepfather would decorate the front yard with an elaborate array of Halloween props. Then they’d dress in costume and absolutely terrify the trick-or-treaters who were brave enough to reach the front door that night! Because of this, everyone would anticipate visiting our house especially, as they’d refer to it as “the coolest house in the neighborhood” within the housing development of townhouses where we lived.

In this model, two of the houses merely have adults passing out candy to cheerful kids, but the middle home is completely decked out with Halloween decorations as a group of kids are running away in terror – which is basically what our block was like! The witch minifig at the middle scary house is a nod to my mother who was fascinated by classic witch lore and even collected miniature sculptures of witches in our old house.

Unfortunately my submission didn’t make it to the finals of the contest, so I submitted this to LEGO Ideas as a submission for gathering support, however it was rejected due to using too many minifigures.