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Garden cottage
17 pieces · 9 steps
A small red roof and a fenced porch make a welcoming cottage. Build a little home, then imagine who might come to visit.
Before you build
Match the shapes
Compare each part with its picture and count its rows of studs. A square brick has two rows of two studs; a long brick has two rows of four. Use the full parts list for the exact shapes and quantities.
Follow the colours
Match the shapes and quantities. The pictures show our colours. Colour names in the steps refer to the pictures. Keep contrasting colours where they help you recognise the model.
Count the studs
The bumps on top are called studs. Count them when a step asks for a gap or an overhang. Put the build on a flat surface and keep its front facing the same way as in the pictures.
Add a little at a time
New pieces keep their colour in each step. Earlier pieces look lighter so you can see what has changed. Each list tells you exactly what to add.
Build together
An adult can read the steps while a child finds the pieces. The counts are for this one model. For two models to stay built, add their parts lists together.
The front and rear openings use window frames. They stay open, with no hinged door.
Gather pieces
Match the shapes and quantities. The pictures show our colours. Choose your own colours for the same parts; changing a part’s shape is a different substitution.
A wheeled base counts as one complete part, including its attached wheels.
2 × Picket fence (6 × 1 studs)
Cream
Part 6497
1 × Large base plate (6 × 12 studs)
Green
Part 4196
2 × Log wall brick (2 × 1 studs)
White
Part 18783
1 × Long brick (2 × 4 studs)
Yellow
Part 3011
1 × Square brick (2 × 2 studs)
Brown
Part 3437
2 × Square brick (2 × 2 studs)
White
Part 3437
1 × Square plate (4 × 4 studs)
Cream
Part 14721
4 × Tall roof slope (2 × 3 studs)
Red
Part 63871
1 × Wide plate (4 × 6 studs)
Red
Part 25549
2 × Window / door frame (4 × 2 studs)
White
Part 61649
Shape-only checklist
- 2 × Picket fence (6 × 1 studs)
- 1 × Large base plate (6 × 12 studs)
- 2 × Log wall brick (2 × 1 studs)
- 1 × Long brick (2 × 4 studs)
- 3 × Square brick (2 × 2 studs)
- 1 × Square plate (4 × 4 studs)
- 4 × Tall roof slope (2 × 3 studs)
- 1 × Wide plate (4 × 6 studs)
- 2 × Window / door frame (4 × 2 studs)
Total: 17 pieces
Build
STEP 1 OF 9
Place the green large base plate with its twelve-stud length running from back to front.
Add these pieces
- 1 × Large base plate (6 × 12 studs) (Green)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 2 OF 9
Lay the cream square plate near the front for the porch. Leave one row of green studs along each side and in front of it; the cottage will sit behind it.
Add these pieces
- 1 × Square plate (4 × 4 studs) (Cream)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 3 OF 9
Set two white window frames along the centre of the garden, with two clear rows between them. Face the hinge details outward: the rear frame faces back and the front frame faces you.
Add these pieces
- 2 × Window / door frame (4 × 2 studs) (White)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 4 OF 9
Fill the lower side walls between the frames with two white log bricks, turned from back to front. Their ridges face outward.
Add these pieces
- 2 × Log wall brick (2 × 1 studs) (White)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 5 OF 9
Place two white squares above the side walls, side by side. Their tops now line up with the window frames.
Add these pieces
- 2 × Square brick (2 × 2 studs) (White)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 6 OF 9
Cover the cottage with the red wide plate. It spans both frames and side walls.
Add these pieces
- 1 × Wide plate (4 × 6 studs) (Red)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 7 OF 9
Make the pitched roof with four red tall slopes. Point the low ends toward the back and front; the high edges meet along the middle ridge.
Add these pieces
- 4 × Tall roof slope (2 × 3 studs) (Red)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 8 OF 9
Join the ridge with a yellow long brick running across the house, then centre a brown square on it for the chimney.
Add these pieces
- 1 × Long brick (2 × 4 studs) (Yellow)
- 1 × Square brick (2 × 2 studs) (Brown)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 9 OF 9
Add a cream fence along each side of the porch, leaving the front approach open.
Add these pieces
- 2 × Picket fence (6 × 1 studs) (Cream)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
READY TO PLAY
Your little story
Give the cottage a name.
Describe who lives inside.
Tell a story about their first visitor.
Sources and credits
Original assembly. Part geometry adapted from the LDraw Parts Library; attribution and source notices retained. Colours are illustrative.
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