
10 Inspiring Halloween LEGO MOCs: Instructions, Tips and Ideas
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LEGO Halloween MOCs: Spooky Builds to Haunt Your Display
When the nights grow longer and the pumpkins start grinning, there’s no better time to give your LEGO city a playful fright. Halloween MOCs (My Own Creations) are perfect for injecting atmosphere—creaky cemeteries, crooked witch cottages, kinetic pumpkins that spring to life, and market stands stocked with eerie treats. The charm of Halloween builds is that they reward texture and storytelling: cracked masonry, gnarly trees, foggy graveyards, flickering lanterns, and a dash of humor (because every ghost needs a cheeky grin). You can go big with a sprawling haunted manor that anchors your layout, or sprinkle smaller vignettes along your streets—a spooky gate at the park entrance, a trick-or-treat stand on the corner, or a tiny tractor hauling jack-o’-lanterns through the village.
To design convincing spooky scenes, think in layers. Start with terrain—dark earth tones, scattered leaves, and uneven stone paths—then add vertical elements like fences, dead trees, crooked signposts, and lamp standards. Blend in seasonal colors (orange, nougat, olive, dark tan, dark bluish gray) and punctuate with bright accents for candy jars, potion bottles, and glowing eyes. And don’t forget motion: a hidden crank or cam can turn a static pumpkin into a crowd-pleasing kinetic sculpture. Whether you’re building a display for your window, a table centerpiece, or a full city block, Halloween MOCs are an invitation to experiment, tell mini stories, and surprise your visitors with delightful, spooky details.
Tips for building spooky LEGO scenes
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Color & contrast: Mix dark bluish gray, black, and dark tan for age and weathering; pop with orange and trans-yellow for pumpkins and lanterns.
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Texture first: Use SNOT tiles, grille tiles, cheese slopes, and ingots to create cracked stone, shingles, and rotten wood.
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Organic shapes: Curved slopes, flex tubes, and whips make great twisted roots, wrought-iron fences, and tangled vines.
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Story hooks: Add small stories—open grave, fallen sign, cat on a fence, candy trail—to make scenes feel alive.
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Motion & play: Sneak in Technic cams or simple crank shafts to animate ghosts, gates, or portraits.
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Lighting (optional): If you use LEDs, design light paths early (hollow towers, removable roofs).
Ideas for types of Halloween MOCs
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Haunted manors & modular façades
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Graveyards and mausoleum dioramas
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Kinetic pumpkins and jump-scare props
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City add-ons: spooky market stands, street corners, and park gates
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Witch houses, potion shops, and forest clearings
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Seasonal vehicles (pumpkin tractor, candy cart)
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Micro-scale castles and pumpkin patches for shelf displays
Featured Halloween LEGO MOCs
Haunted Cemetery
Designer: gabizon.
Get the instructions for Haunted Cemetery by gabizon: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-118177
Modular Haunted Mansion
Designer: benbuildslego.
Get the instructions for Modular Haunted Mansion by benbuildslego: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-195520
Modular Scary Cemetery
Designer: gabizon.
Get the instructions for Modular Scary Cemetery by gabizon: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-36255
Spiral Hill (fobnbc001)
Designer: Force of Bricks.
Get the instructions for Spiral Hill (fobnbc001) by Force of Bricks: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-55681
Halloween Stand
Designer: gabizon.
Get the instructions for Halloween Stand by gabizon: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-160105
Halloween Pack
Designer: gabizon.
Get the instructions for Halloween Pack by gabizon: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-159015
Ghost in the Pumpkin
Designer: JKBrickworks.
Get the instructions for Ghost in the Pumpkin by JKBrickworks: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-160441
SPOOKY GATE — LEGO HALLOWEEN MOC
Designer: marinbrickdesign.
Get the instructions for SPOOKY GATE by marinbrickdesign: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-126752
Witch’s House
Designer: gabizon.
Get the instructions for Witch’s House by gabizon: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-215423
Halloween Tractor – Lego Spooky Halloween Moc
Designer: marinbrickdesign.
Get the instructions for Halloween Tractor by marinbrickdesign: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-159181