Harry Potter Book Nook Kits: A Curation of the Best

Finding unique Harry Potter book nook kits can be tricky as most designers of 3D puzzles tend to bucket all the designs into the wizardry genre. As any Potterhead will know, there’s so much more. For a themed bookshelf display, you’ll find a curated list of multiple designs ranging from Hogwarts Express (complete with the authentic Jacobite train), some common rooms from the Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft to the Quidditch Pitch and the Forbidden Forest. 

9 Authentic Harry Potter Themed Book Nook Kits and 3D Puzzles

1. The Great Hall of Hogwarts

The start of the school year begins at the Great Hall of Hogwarts. It’s where students find out which house they’ll be staying in. Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, or Ravenclaw house. It’s also the setting of many prominent events, much like any school assembly hall.

The design of this kit does a great job of capturing the majestic height, and stone wall effect, similar to that of a cathedral. However, a drawback will be customizing it because of the narrow nature. It looks more like a corridor at Hogwards, rather than the Great Hall. That being said, the fine details is there to get creative and turn this into a masterpiece to take pride of place on a bookshelf between Harry Potter books. 

2. The Flame Common Room

The Flame Common Room book nook kit by Cutebee looks to be inspired by the Gryffindor common room, featuring the bold red and gold color scheme. Within the design are characters. There’s a student sitting by a window reading a book, a cat resting on a bookshelf, another student sitting at a chess table, and all the magical components reminiscent of Harry Potter beautifully decorating the room. 

3. Slytherin Common Room

While the Gryffindor common room is located in the towers, giving it the bright and airy vibes, the Slytherin common room is in the dungeons of Hogwarts, taking on a dark and eerie feel, perfect for dark academia bookshelf decor. The color scheme is green and silver and the kit includes a LED light, although it looks to be white. What’s missing is the fire that would burn green flames. An easy customization would be swapping the white bulb for a green LED to give the kit an authentic green glow. 

4. Quidditch Pitch Book Nook Kit

5. Hogsmeade Village

Close to Hogwarts is the Hogsmeade Village, a village dedicated to wizardry. Similar to the popular Diagon Alley book nook kit, only much more realistic. The kit is a 512 piece 3D puzzle that captures the quaint and historic design of a British street with cobblestone paving and signposts several of the classic stores visited by students, including the Owl Post, Zonko's Joke Shop, the Honeydukes sweet shop, Gladrags Wizardwear store and more. Included in the kit is LED lights, paint, glue and snow powder. 

6. Kingscross Station Book Nook Kit

A Harry Potter theme bookshelf design wouldn’t be complete without the classic Hogwart’s Express. There are several designs, including Rolife’s Time Travel kit, which is in the style of Hogwarts Express, rather than replicating the scene, but it can be customized.  It’s a good alternative for a budget book nook kit for beginners. 

Of the more specific designs, you can get models that include the Jacobite Train at Kingscross Station. To make it more authentic for bookshelf decor, there are complimentary accessories like the Platform 9 ¾ diorama. 

For those who aren’t avid fans of train tourism, the Jacobite is the train journey that passes over the iconic 21-arch bridge called the Glenfinnan viaduct in Scotland, UK. This bridge is famous for its portrayal in the films as the bridge that Hogwarts Express travels over on its way to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. 

7. This Forest is Forbidden

Surprisingly, Forbidden Forest book nook kits are few and far between. Among the forest designs available in 3D puzzle format, many follow the same pattern of fluffy fantasy in the form of Enchanted Forests with warm, inviting and welcoming scenes featuring things like colorful mushrooms, delightful elves, and cute little songbirds nestled in trees with butterflies hovering around.  

The Forbidden Forest is a dark and gloomy place that should not make you feel like you want to go wild camping in the woods. It’s certainly magical, but it’s a dark kind of magic. For a book nook to capture the drama, it’d include creatures like Centaur (available in multiple scales on Etsy), the giant spider, Aragog, Thestrals (winged horses), and perhaps a miniature cutout of “He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named”, the most infamous evil wizard of the wizarding world. 

The kit from the 3DprintingbyChris store on Etsy is made with 3mm laser-cut birch plywood, is unpainted, and is the closest thing we’ve seen to a kit that could be customized to replicate a Forbidden Forest diorama in a book nook. That said, it’s going to be suited to someone with experience of miniatures and knows how to customize a book nook kit to achieve a unique design. 

8. The Burrow 3D Puzzle - Home of the Weasley Family 

Moving away from Hogwarts and into other characters in the Harry Potter series is The Burrow, home of the Weasley family, who featured prominently in the Harry Potter series. The Burrow 3D puzzle is more like a bookshelf decor accessory, or as a bookend rather than a bookshelf insert. It has 415 pieces and is a traditional jigsaw puzzle so there’s no glue or painting required. This could be considered to be among the best puzzle gifts for teens, or suited to families looking for tech-free hobbies to do together. 

9. Diagon Alley Book Nook Kit

The Diagon Alley, sometimes marketed as Knockturn Alley is similar to the Hogsmeade Village kit with less detail. These are popular beginner book nook kits, particularly the colored/pre-painted kits as assembly is all that’s required. Budget kits, such as Magic Alley by Cutebee are unpainted, making them ideal for the creative-minded, or those with miniature accessories to complete unpainted kits.