Robot workshop

Before you build

Find the right shape

Match the shape, size and colour to the parts pictures. A stud is a round bump on top. Count rows and columns from one edge.

Follow the pictures

New pieces keep their full colour. Earlier pieces are lighter. Keep the front of the model facing you unless a step says to turn it.

Build and play together

Gather all the pieces first, then take each step at your own pace. Help your child press pieces together and lift removable parts gently.

The head and tools detach at ordinary stud connections. The arms and legs do not bend.

The two tools share a 2 × 2 connection so they can swap places. Rebuild the head using the same shapes.

Build

One step at a time

New pieces are in colour. Earlier pieces are lighter.

Step 1 of 10

Add: 2 × blue 2 × 3 curved brick

Set two blue curved bricks side by side, rounded toes towards you. Leave a two-stud gap between them.

Step 2 of 10

Add: 2 × cream 2 × 2 brick

Put a cream square brick on the flat two rows at the back of each foot.

Step 3 of 10

Add: 1 × blue 2 × 6 plate

Join the legs with the blue 2 × 6 plate laid across them. Its ends line up with the outer edges of the legs.

Step 4 of 10

Add: 2 × yellow 2 × 2 brick

Centre two yellow square bricks side by side on the hip plate. Leave one blue stud column visible at each end.

Step 5 of 10

Add: 1 × blue 2 × 8 plate

Centre the blue 2 × 8 plate across the yellow body. It extends two stud columns beyond the yellow body on each side.

Step 6 of 10

Add: 1 × yellow 2 × 2 double-height brick; 2 × cream 2 × 2 brick

Step 6: Stand the yellow double-height square in the middle of the shoulder plate. Add a cream square at each outer end as the two hands. Leave one blue stud column between each hand and the chest.

Stand the yellow double-height square in the middle of the shoulder plate. Add a cream square at each outer end as the two hands. Leave one blue stud column between each hand and the chest.

Step 7 of 10

Add: 1 × red 2 × 2 cone; 1 × yellow 2 × 2 round tower brick

Put a red cone on the left hand and a yellow round tower brick on the right. These two tools can swap places.

Step 8 of 10

Add: 1 × cream 2 × 4 plate

Centre the cream 2 × 4 plate across the top of the yellow chest. It projects one stud column to each side.

Step 9 of 10

Add: 1 × cream 2 × 4 brick; 1 × black 2 × 4 brick; 1 × yellow 2 × 4 plate

Build the head with a cream 2 × 4 brick, then a black 2 × 4 brick for the visor. Cap it with a yellow 2 × 4 plate.

Step 10 of 10

Add: 1 × red 2 × 2 cone

Centre the red cone on the yellow head as an antenna. Try gently lifting the head plate with an adult to detach the complete head.

Make a little story

The tools have swapped hands. The complete head rests beside the robot, ready to put back.

Swap the red and yellow tools. Give your robot a different pretend job.

Lift the complete head by its cream base, then put it back on the body.

Send your robot to help at a harbour, in a garden or on a paper planet.

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