LET’S BUILD TOGETHER
Desert cactus
14 pieces 8 steps · One little step at a time.
A little before you begin
The arms and pot stay fixed in place. Move the finished model by its pot.
Build away from the screen
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A LITTLE PREPARATION
Gather your pieces
Match the shapes and quantities. The pictures show our colours. Colour names in the steps refer to the pictures; keep useful contrasts, such as a light belly against a dark body.
14pieces in total
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STEP 1 OF 8
Set the brown round plate down for the base of the flowerpot.
STEP 2 OF 8
Make the pot sides with two brown double-curved bricks turned across the plate. Cover them with the second brown round plate as the rim.
STEP 3 OF 8
Centre a green square in the pot as the base of the cactus.
STEP 4 OF 8
Centre the green long plate across the square. It reaches three stud columns beyond the square on each side and will carry the two arms.
STEP 5 OF 8
Add three green round tower bricks along the crossbar: one at each end and one in the middle. Leave one stud column between neighbouring towers.
STEP 6 OF 8
Raise the centre with another green round tower brick, and the left arm with a green square. Leave the right arm shorter.
STEP 7 OF 8
Finish both arms with green curves. Their flat rows sit on the towers and their rounded ends point backward, one row beyond the stems.
STEP 8 OF 8
Cap the tall centre with one more green curve, pointing backward in the same way.
THE LAST STEP OF THE GUIDE
Room for a little more imagination.
Count the cactus stems. Give your pretend plant a name. Tell a story about a tiny desert visitor.
Tell us how your build went
KEEP THE IMAGINATION GOING
