Halloween Castle (for Lego Figures)

Earlier this year, I made this castle for my Lego dragons. Then I made a second castle and some felt dragon puppets to go inside. My grandchildren have had a lot of fun with the felt castles, and so, when one of them began playing with my Halloween Lego skeletons, I decided to make a new version of the castle.

This one is smaller, and Halloween black. It is also constructed in a different manner than the first. Felt on the outside gets worn quickly. So for this model, the felt is sandwiched between two layers of plastic canvas.

Cut TWO front pieces.

Cut TWO back pieces.

Cut EIGHT side pieces.

Using the same pattern, cut six pieces of felt, as shown in the illustration.

NOTE: I used yarn, and felt pieces slightly smaller than the canvas, in this example.

HOWEVER: For the last piece, I used the same-size-felt, small-needle-strong-thread-instead-of-yarn method. It's MUCH simpler and gives a better product!

BUT: Black thread on black canvas doesn't show up very well, so this illustration is better for the instructions!

Use very sharp scissors to cut out the windows and to cut two doors.

If you want to get fancy, you can stitch canvas to each small door, or glue on toothpicks, painted black...

When sewn together, the castle can be collapsed for storage.

ONCE AGAIN: the illustration shows yarn and a clear plastic canvas inside.

The castle is much cooler with black canvas inside, too. And the better method is to use strong thread and a sharp needle instead of yarn.

But black thread on black canvas.... not as easy to shown when illustrating the process!

Add your Lego figures. (Or any other Halloween miniatures you may have.)

PLAY!

Or just DISPLAY!