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Pond frog

12 pieces · 7 steps

A squat body, chunky back legs and two raised eyes make a frog ready for a pond-side story.

Pond frog - 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.

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. The frog curved legs are Bright Green; its other green parts are Green.

Shape-only checklist

Match these shapes and quantities. The full checklist above shows our pictured colours.

Build step by step

Step 1. Set two green long bricks parallel for the feet, leaving two clear columns between them.

Pond frog - step 1, new pieces in colour

Step 2. Join their front two rows with a white medium plate turned across both feet for a broad lower lip.

Pond frog - step 2, new pieces in colour

Step 3. Add a Bright Green double-curved brick over each foot, behind the white plate. Their rear ends project two rows behind the feet.

Pond frog - step 3, new pieces in colour

Step 4. Centre a green long brick across the white lip, leaving a white column showing at each side.

Pond frog - step 4, new pieces in colour

Step 5. Make a broad green face with two small plates side by side, running towards you. Their back row starts one row behind the green head brick.

Pond frog - step 5, new pieces in colour

Step 6. Put one white square on the flat middle rows of each curved back leg for raised eyes.

Pond frog - step 6, new pieces in colour

Step 7. Finish with a black square on each white eye brick.

Pond frog - step 7, new pieces in colour

Ready to play

  1. Draw lily pads on paper and move the frog between them by hand.
  2. Count its two eyes and find its broad back legs.
  3. Take turns making up a frog sound and answering it.
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Sources and credits

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

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