LEGO Sets for 9-Year-Old Girls: 25 Picks

Between chapters of Harry Potter, she can set the book down and build the Hogwarts Hospital Wing, where students land after every Quidditch fall and potion mishap.

The room she has only pictured from the page becomes something she can reach into and rearrange.

The Flying Ford Anglia belongs with a LEGO fan who rereads Chamber of Secrets and wants that wild car in bricks.

Snapping together all 165 pieces gives her a vehicle from the story to hold, rather than a poster of it. The finished car sits beside her worn copy of the book, nose tilted up as if ready for takeoff.

This 379-piece LEGO Dobby the Free Elf gives a 9-year-old Harry Potter reader a figure to build and pose.

Maker labeling says ages 8 and up, so it is within her reach. Afterward he can stand or sit on her bookshelf next to the novels.

Four minifigures, Hermione Granger included, wait here for a Harry Potter reader who knows the Sorting Hat Ceremony by heart.

Bricks turn the chapter she rereads into a moment she builds herself, then stages with her own lines for every student.

Few sights in Minecraft are as silly as a baby zombie riding a chicken, and the Chicken Jockey puts that odd pair in bricks.

Posed on her nightstand, it gives any friend who walks in an easy way to start talking Minecraft.

The Zombie Dungeon works for a Minecraft player whose LEGO shelf holds plenty of sets but nothing yet from the game she plays.

Its 284 pieces turn the blocky world she explores on screen into bricks she can hold and rearrange.

Any nine-year-old who tends a flock in her Minecraft world can rebuild that pen by hand and run it her own way.

Its Chicken Fan and Baby Zombie figures turn the mischief she knows from her game into bricks she moves herself. Her finished farm holds a bookshelf corner, with the Baby Zombie lurking at its edge.

Building the house from Up gives a fan of the film plenty to point at, since each section that goes together brings back details she remembers from the movie.

When a friend visits, the two of them can replay favorite scenes with it.

Some 101 Dalmatians fans root for the puppies, and some are secretly on Cruella De Vil's side.

This set suits the second kind. She builds the villain's car, then sends it roaring after a stuffed puppy across the rug, though the puppy always gets away.

Pizza Planet comes home in this set, which pairs the Alien with its rocket ride from Toy Story.

She builds the ride, sits the Alien inside, and can act out the scene she knows line for line, doing all the voices.

Lilo & Stitch characters in LEGO bricks fit a builder who would rather display her models than play out a scene.

Its 713 pieces give a fan her age a long, absorbing project instead of a quick snap kit. Her completed duo stands on the dresser beside her favorite movie posters.

This LEGO Marie from The Aristocats gives a 9-year-old Disney fan a posable brick kitten to build.

Its 369 pieces make a steady sit-down project. Afterward she can add or remove the pink bow and set Marie on her desk.

Supercars and LEGO bricks are what a nine-year-old girl talks about most, and she is ready for something bigger than her playsets.

The set is rated for her age, and its 771 parts let her put the Chiron Pur Sport hypercar together herself. Her completed Bugatti then parks on the desk where she does homework.

She prefers LEGO models with some muscle to them, so a Technic Monster Jam truck gives her something tough-looking to build herself.

Its 263 pieces make a sit-down project she can handle alone, with a look far wilder than most playsets. The completed Grave Digger ends up parked on her desk, ready for the next push across the rug.

Her love of LEGO is turning toward how machines fit together, and the Technic Bush Plane gives that interest an aircraft to assemble.

Its 333 pieces add up to a longer sit-down project than a small starter set, sized for a builder her age. The completed model ends up on her bookshelf, nose pointed toward the window.

Porsche's GT3 RS in LEGO bricks is right for a nine-year-old who would rather build fast cars than castles.

The set is rated for her age, and its driver minifigure slides behind the wheel for races across the rug. The completed model then waits on her bookshelf for the next lap.

The Hoonicorn pairs a Ken Block minifigure with 345 pieces, so a 9-year-old who sketches fast cars gets a Mustang to build.

She can seat the driver behind the wheel and race it across the rug.