Step 1. Set two yellow round plates beside each other for the front wings. Leave two clear columns between them.
BUILD TOGETHER
Rainbow butterfly
15 pieces · 8 steps
Make a butterfly with four rounded wings, matching colour spots and two flat antennae.
Before you build
Find the pieces
Match the shapes and quantities. The pictures show our colours. Use the pictured part and stud dimensions to find the same shape.
Count the studs
Studs are the round bumps on top. Count the lines of studs across and along a piece. When a step leaves a clear row or column, keep that space empty. Match the picture to keep the model facing the same way.
Follow the colour
New pieces keep their colour in each step. Earlier pieces are lighter so you can see what to add. The finished-model picture shows all the colours together.
Choose how to play
Choose one model and check its pieces first. Take it apart to reuse those pieces for another model. Pack-wide lists are optional planning tools; the exact-colour list follows the pictured palette.
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.
Shape-only checklist
Match these shapes and quantities. The full checklist above shows our pictured colours.
Build step by step
Step 2. Set another yellow round plate behind each front wing, shifted one column towards the middle. Their rounded edges make four separate wing lobes.
Step 3. Bridge each pair of front and back wings with a blue small plate running from front to back, close to the body.
Step 4. Bridge the centre of the two blue plates with two black small plates turned across the body gap, one behind the other.
Step 5. Put the black long plate down the middle for a slender body. Its front end starts one row ahead of the joining plates.
Step 6. Put a red square on the outer front rows of each front wing for matching spots.
Step 7. Put a blue square on the back two rows of each rear wing for a matching second pair of spots.
Step 8. Add two black small plates for flat antennae. Each grips an outer column of the front joining plate and projects three rows forward. Leave two clear columns between them.
Ready to play
- Follow the matching colours from one wing to the other.
- Draw paper flowers and land the butterfly on them by hand.
- Count four wings and find the two antennae.
Sources and credits
Original model and instructions by Little Build Club. Piece geometry from the LDraw Parts Library.
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