Duplo Lego Skull

Henry Ryder made this skull with Duplo Legos, which are larger than regular Legos.

Here at Skull-A-Day, we love Legos...and most toys. We're giant kids...but good at being adults too, of course. I love seeing these classic kid's building blocks made into anatomical skulls. They are way past my skills of making a house out of Legos. Perhaps my daughter and I need to play with her Legos and see what macabre creation we can make.

Student Skulls

Teacher Rebecca Flowers sent in a couple pictures of skulls made by Walker Upper Elementary School students. They were visited by our very own Skullmaster last month you can see their formal thanks here.

Ms. Flowers told us: “One is made out of pencil eraser tops and the other is made out of Legos. The Lego creator ran out of white Legos and improvised with a red Lego bandanna on his skull.”


3rd period C says:

What a perfect way to celebrate a Friday! I love being able to feature the work of up and coming artists as well as see the inspiration of our daily influence on the future of art and culture or as Richard Florida may see them future creative class types. Thanks again for sharing this work.

** You can flashback to more skull erasers and legos at the links.

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Lego Portrait Skull

Jennie Kadrioski says, "I was sitting on the floor with my son and his Legos one day, and, bored with making trucks and tiny houses, found inspiration in both Allan Bedford's Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide (which contains a fine chapter on mosaic) and Skull-a-Day. My son was so enamored with it, he wouldn't allow it be dismantled for days!"

Alex’s Skulls

Alex’s mom wrote: “I got excited about your work because my ten year old, Alex, loves drawing skulls and making them out of all kinds of stuff. His dad and I gave him your first book as a birthday gift and he loved it. It was a huge hit. He has since made skulls out of legos, jenga blocks, wire, and beads, among other things.

Alex is in an amazing after-school art class taught by one of his friend’s dads, who was teaching them just recently about Alexander Calder and his wire sculptures. That spawned a teeny wire skull– Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for inspiring all kinds of people – big and small. ”


Soapbox C says:

This is an amazing body of work. Thank you for sharing this with us. We never tire of seeing how the site or the Skullmaster’s book continue inspired creativity in all.

Certainly in times when art programs are falling under the budget knife, it is wonderful to know that others are taking up the cause to make sure our children’s education is richer than only what they need to pass a standardized test.

3D Lego Skull

Jerry Loo from Singapore, created this 3D Lego skull. He explained, "It is based on my interlocking skull puzzle design. I am a puzzle collector." I love seeing what people build with Legos. This creation gets added to the growing list of Lego skulls we've featured.

We want to share your skull art! Be a part of the Skull-A-Day project. Details are HERE.

Choking Hazard Skulls

Clay Morrow, the creator of Choking Hazards recently helped our Skullmaster map his original Lego skull here. Today, we have the pleasure of sharing one of Choking Hazards original skull design.

If you would like to attempt this skull, the instructions can be found here.


Warning C says:

It is appropriate to have you make a skull out of a choking hazard, they belong together like schrot und korn. I find Legos such an amazing phenomenon. The engineering skill involved in making something that doesn't end up looking like a cube anyway is awe inspiring. Thank you for being a friend of the Skull-A-Day community, and thank you for this wonderful work to share.

Lego Goat Skull

This awesome piece of construction is courtesy of "The Scale Works" in Amsterdam. An agreeable note was included, "Lego is a great way to experiment with three dimensional form without getting your hands dirty or having to throw away mistakes. It's the ultimate in recyclable material."

Aaah, legos. We've seen your glory before. How many a young person has benefited from your sturdiness and versatility? Like all classic art mediums, the countless designs are only limited by the imagination. Maybe if we all share this with others then lego art might become the next great stye and we'll see it in museums someday. I'm gonna share this with two lego lovin' guys I know named Matt and Ray for starters. What will you do......?

308. Lego Skull

Stacked Lego Blocks (6in x 5.5 in x 5in [15cm x 14cm x 13cm). You knew I'd eventually get around to this. Legos are another favorite childhood toy of mine. Even though my folks still have my old set I actually bought a random assortment of used white ones on Ebay to have enough to build this.

[UPDATE] There are now downloadable instructions for this skull available HERE (PDF).