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Harbour lighthouse

28 pieces · 11 steps

Cream and red stripes rise to a yellow lantern room with a little roof. Build a harbour landmark and imagine its light guiding visitors home.

Harbour lighthouse

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 lantern is a coloured brick detail; it does not light up.

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.

Shape-only checklist

Total: 28 pieces

Build

STEP 1 OF 11

Place the green wide plate with its six-stud length running from back to front.

Place the green wide plate with its six-stud length running from back to front.

Add these pieces

Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.

STEP 2 OF 11

Start the tower with four cream square bricks, leaving one clear row at the front and back of the green plate.

Start the tower with four cream square bricks, leaving one clear row at the front and back of the green plate.

Add these pieces

Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.

STEP 3 OF 11

Add a red stripe with two long bricks side by side, running from back to front.

Add a red stripe with two long bricks side by side, running from back to front.

Add these pieces

Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.

STEP 4 OF 11

Add another cream layer with four square bricks.

Add another cream layer with four square bricks.

Add these pieces

Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.

STEP 5 OF 11

Add a red stripe with two long bricks side by side, running from back to front.

Add a red stripe with two long bricks side by side, running from back to front.

Add these pieces

Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.

STEP 6 OF 11

Add another cream layer with four square bricks.

Add another cream layer with four square bricks.

Add these pieces

Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.

STEP 7 OF 11

Cover the tower with the blue wide plate, aligned with the green base, to make a balcony.

Cover the tower with the blue wide plate, aligned with the green base, to make a balcony.

Add these pieces

Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.

STEP 8 OF 11

Make the lantern room with four yellow square bricks, directly above the tower.

Make the lantern room with four yellow square bricks, directly above the tower.

Add these pieces

Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.

STEP 9 OF 11

Put the red square plate over the yellow lantern room.

Put the red square plate over the yellow lantern room.

Add these pieces

Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.

STEP 10 OF 11

Add four red roof slopes. Point the low ends outward to the left and right, with the high edges meeting in the middle.

Add four red roof slopes. Point the low ends outward to the left and right, with the high edges meeting in the middle.

Add these pieces

Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.

STEP 11 OF 11

Centre the blue square brick across the top ridge to finish the beacon.

Centre the blue square brick across the top ridge to finish the beacon.

Add these pieces

Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.

READY TO PLAY

Your little story

Name the harbour.

Make up a slow flashing-light pattern with your hands.

Describe a boat arriving before bedtime.

Sources and credits

Original assembly. Part geometry adapted from the LDraw Parts Library; attribution and source notices retained. Colours are illustrative.

Revision: 7ba2584bf55427252ab06c7b8f3875ef847590057c538777fded76854d1be527

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