The LEGO Elf Club House (10275) is one of our most favorite builds of the LEGO Winter Village theme. With tons of lovely details… and waffles, can’t forget to mention the waffles… there’s nothing not to like about this build. The only problem was trying to figure out how to integrate it into our existing winter village layout.

Our layout has always kept the LEGO Creator Santa’s Workshop (10245) and the other small elf filler sets overlooking the rest of the town.

The scene created with the sets is nestled high on the mountain, with a hidden passageway for the elves, guarded by polar bears. Santa and his elves have worked in secrecy building toys for all the good little boys and girls in the town below.

But this year, with the addition of the LEGO Elf Club House (10275), we had to do some remodeling of that baseplate. With the way everything was previously organized, there was no simple way to add both sets on one.

We also didn’t want to overshadow either one.

Details on the LEGO Elf Club House

I won’t post the full description of the LEGO Elf Club House (10275) here, but this is the first part that you can read on the LEGO website:

If you’re looking to recreate the cozy feeling of your favorite Christmas memories, we’ve got the perfect thing for you – the LEGO® Elf Club House (10275). It’s the ideal way to enjoy quality time with a sugar-sweet DIY project. Build the intricately detailed Elf Club House then explore all its merry features.

A build packed with Christmas cheer
Ramp up the Christmas spirit as you enter the world of the elves. With waffles, presents and sleigh rides, this model building kit is filled with your favorite holiday traditions. There’s a Christmas tree decked with ornaments, a selection of gifts and a computer to track who’s naughty and who’s nice. A telescope lets the elves watch Santa’s sleigh as it takes off on Christmas Eve.

The set currently retails for $99.99 on Shop@Home.

So enough with all that… how did you end up integrating it into your build?

Well, we didn’t want to move the location of the LEGO Creator Santa’s Workshop (10245) from where it is. As you’ve probably gathered, we love it sitting high in our build. Just couldn’t see ourselves putting it in a different location. That’s when we decided to try and move the workshop forward on the plate, to make space for the club house behind it.

Our first iteration was lackluster. Both the workshop and club house were on the same level. Neither one stood out. We also lost a lot of our baseplate space for the extra filler sets which really helped to tell the story of our workshop area.

That’s when we decided we should prop up the club house higher on the mountain and add an elf workshop area below it. This way, the workshop and the club house would be in the same area, but on different eye levels. Each drawing attention in its own right.

We added a few additional details as well, such as…

a whole new elf work shop level underneath the club house, allowing the elves more space to create their wonderful toys, and…

a grandiose front entrance to the elf work shop (we know… it needs more “grandiose”… waiting on parts), and…

a more simple back entrance for the elves, and…

a slide for the elves to easily get down to Santa’s workshop!

Hopefully we’ll run across slide pieces that match in color, but for now we use what we’ve got!

Now what about the light kit?

We didn’t have a light kit for this set when we started integrating it into the winter village. We actually used one of those Walmart 18 LED Fairy String Lights sets, which we modified by removing the battery box and soldering to a USB cable. This we daisy chained to the existing light kit from Game of Bricks for the Santa’s Workshop set, so now we can turn the lights on all at once for both sets.

That’s why the big bulb light strand on club house isn’t lit up. We’re actually waiting until after Christmas to see if we can grab a strand to light up that piece of the club house… or I might just get antsy and buy it sometime soon. I love that we were able to light up the club house, but sad that those bulbs aren’t part of the lighting.

However, if you’re not interested in the DIY of adding your own lights, we recommend the LEGO Elf Club House light kit from Game of Bricks. For the price, they are great kits and do the job!

Ok, we love it! Show us more!

Since you asked so nicely. ;)

Here are more photos I grabbed of our new baseplate for the LEGO Elf Club House (10275) and LEGO Creator Santa’s Workshop (10245). These are all from various stages in our build process, so don’t mind it if some things look different from photo to photo:

So tell us, what do you think of our integration of the LEGO Elf Club House set?

We’re all elf ears… get it… “elf”… ok, well if I have to explain it… :D