Make Your Own Harry Potter Christmas Village

If you want to build a Harry Potter themed ‘Christmas Village,’ you have a lot of options, thanks to both Department 56 and The Bradford Exchange, who both produce beautiful (sometimes hand-crafted) replicas of the locations, buildings, and characters needed to recreate the world in gorgeous detail.

There are so many options, you might not know where to start. You have a few directions you can go, if you want to buy by theme. Here are the three principal locations you can choose between:

1. Hogwarts Castle
2. Diagon Alley
3. Hogsmeade

Now let’s break down what basic buildings are available for each location, and later we’ll cover others that bridge the gap and augment each world.

Hogwarts Castle

This one is pretty simple. Links open in new tab and go to Amazon. As you probably know, prices change all the time on Amazon. All prices are as they were listed on 12/4/23.

1. Hogwarts Castle Great Hall and Tower – $225
2. Hogwarts Castle with the Astronomy Tower – $182
3. The Owlery – $130
4. Hagrid’s Hut – $160

An accessory for this is Hogwarts Gate for around $45.

Diagon Alley

There are many options here.

1. Leaky Cauldron – $120
2. Gringotts Bank – $111
3. Ollivanders – Retired Dec 2020 but sometimes available on eBay
4. Flourish and Blotts – $159
5. Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes – $115
6. Quality Quidditch Supplies – $112
7. Eeylops Owl Emporium – $91
8. Madame Malkins Robes for All Occasions – $159

A key accessory here here is the Ukranian Ironbelly dragon that perches atop Gringotts in Deathly Hallows ($60).

There’s also a Griphook figurine that coordinates with Gringotts ($30).

Hogsmeade Village

Lastly, there’s Hogsmeade Village.

1. Three Broomsticks – $180
2. Honeydukes – $171
3. Shrieking Shack – $148