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Pretend coffee machine

15 pieces · 9 steps

Make a café machine with a little serving space for a paper cup and fixed pretend controls.

Pretend coffee machine - finished model
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.

Optional paper cup: up to 28 mm wide and 30 mm tall. Slide it in from the front; use pretend drinks only.

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 1. Lay two black small plates side by side for the drip-tray base.

Pretend coffee machine - step 1, new pieces in colour

Step 2. Join the base plates with two white long bricks across the rear half, one on top of the other.

Pretend coffee machine - step 2, new pieces in colour

Step 3. Put one white wall brick down each side of the front half. The two middle columns stay clear for a paper cup.

Pretend coffee machine - step 3, new pieces in colour

Step 4. Add another white long brick across the back and a white square brick at each front corner. Together they bridge the top of the cup opening.

Pretend coffee machine - step 4, new pieces in colour

Step 5. Join the top with a red square plate. There is an open recess below the two front white squares.

Pretend coffee machine - step 5, new pieces in colour

Step 6. Put a black long brick across the rear half of the top for the control panel.

Pretend coffee machine - step 6, new pieces in colour

Step 7. Put a red square at the left and a yellow square at the right of the panel for fixed pretend controls.

Pretend coffee machine - step 7, new pieces in colour

Step 8. Add a black curve at the front of the red top plate, centred across it. Its rounded end projects forward as a fixed spout.

Pretend coffee machine - step 8, new pieces in colour

Step 9. Put a yellow round tower on the flat rows of the black spout for the pretend water tank. No real liquid goes in this model.

Pretend coffee machine - step 9, new pieces in colour

Ready to play

  1. Place a tiny paper cup in the serving space.
  2. Ask for a pretend drink, point to a control and serve your customer.
  3. Take a coffee-and-toast order from the picture menu.
Sources and credits

Original model and instructions by Little Build Club. Piece geometry from the LDraw Parts Library.

Source and software notices · Image records

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