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Blue elephant
18 pieces · 9 steps
Four broad feet, upright ears and a long trunk give this little elephant its shape. Build from the feet upwards and watch its face appear.
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 trunk starts separately on the table and joins the body in step 6. Keep both parts in place until then.
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.
1 × Curved brick (2 × 3 studs)
Blue
Part 2302b
2 × Double curved brick (2 × 4 studs)
Blue
Part 98223b
2 × Long brick (2 × 4 studs)
Blue
Part 3011
1 × Round tower brick (2 × 2 studs)
Blue
Part 98225
5 × Square brick (2 × 2 studs)
Blue
Part 3437
2 × Square plate (4 × 4 studs)
Blue
Part 14721
2 × Tall long brick (2 × 4 studs, double height)
Blue
Part 31111
2 × Wall brick (1 × 2 studs, double height)
Blue
Part 4066b
1 × Wide plate (4 × 6 studs)
Blue
Part 25549
Shape-only checklist
- 1 × Curved brick (2 × 3 studs)
- 2 × Double curved brick (2 × 4 studs)
- 2 × Long brick (2 × 4 studs)
- 1 × Round tower brick (2 × 2 studs)
- 5 × Square brick (2 × 2 studs)
- 2 × Square plate (4 × 4 studs)
- 2 × Tall long brick (2 × 4 studs, double height)
- 2 × Wall brick (1 × 2 studs, double height)
- 1 × Wide plate (4 × 6 studs)
Total: 18 pieces
Build
STEP 1 OF 9
Set out four blue square feet in a six-by-six square. Leave two stud columns between left and right feet and two clear rows between the front and back pairs.
Add these pieces
- 4 × Square brick (2 × 2 studs) (Blue)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 2 OF 9
Join the four feet with the blue square plate centred between them. One row at each corner rests on a foot.
Add these pieces
- 1 × Square plate (4 × 4 studs) (Blue)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 3 OF 9
Build the body with two blue tall long bricks side by side. Cover them with another blue square plate.
Add these pieces
- 1 × Square plate (4 × 4 studs) (Blue)
- 2 × Tall long brick (2 × 4 studs, double height) (Blue)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 4 OF 9
Start the trunk in front of the body with a blue curved brick on the table, rounded end pointing forward. Centre it left to right, with one clear row between it and the body.
Add these pieces
- 1 × Curved brick (2 × 3 studs) (Blue)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 5 OF 9
Stack a blue round tower brick on the trunk’s two flat rows, then a blue square. The top now lines up with the body plate.
Add these pieces
- 1 × Round tower brick (2 × 2 studs) (Blue)
- 1 × Square brick (2 × 2 studs) (Blue)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 6 OF 9
Turn the blue wide plate across the front of the body to join it to the trunk. Its six-stud width reaches the outside edges of the feet, and its front row sits on the trunk.
Add these pieces
- 1 × Wide plate (4 × 6 studs) (Blue)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 7 OF 9
Add a blue wall brick at each side of the head plate for the broad upright ears. Keep both ears in the back half of the plate.
Add these pieces
- 2 × Wall brick (1 × 2 studs, double height) (Blue)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 8 OF 9
Fill the head between the ears with two blue long bricks running from back to front.
Add these pieces
- 2 × Long brick (2 × 4 studs) (Blue)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 9 OF 9
Round the top of the head with two blue double-curved bricks turned across it, one behind the other.
Add these pieces
- 2 × Double curved brick (2 × 4 studs) (Blue)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
READY TO PLAY
Your little story
Give your elephant a name.
Make a paper watering hole for it to visit.
Tell a story about something the elephant finds with its trunk.
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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