How to build a brick flower bouquet
To build a brick flower bouquet, stack light-blue paper that gets wider as it goes up, with a red ribbon around it, grow three green stems with the side ones leaning out, then add a red tulip, a pink tulip and a tall yellow one in the middle with little petal tips. 29 pieces, 4 steps, ages 4–9.
The flower bouquet build at a glance
| Pieces | 29 (13 kinds) |
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| Steps | 4 |
| Ages | 4–9 |
| Colors | green, light blue, red, pink, yellow |
| Finished size | 11 × 2 studs, about 12 cm (4.5 in) tall |
| Special pieces | None: plain bricks |
Parts you need
6× green 1×2 brick
4× green 2×2 brick
3× light blue 1×2 brick
3× red 1×2 brick
2× light blue 2×4 brick
2× light blue 2×3 brick
2× pink 1×2 brick
2× yellow 1×2 brick
1× light blue 2×6 brick
1× red 2×4 brick
1× pink 2×3 brick
1× red 2×3 brick
1× yellow 2×3 brick
Step-by-step instructions
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1 Paper wrap
Light blue paper, narrow at the bottom, with a red ribbon, getting wider at the top. Then the bottoms of three green stems.
Find: 3 light blue 1×2 bricks, 2 light blue 2×4 bricks, 2 light blue 2×3 bricks, 2 green 2×2 bricks, 1 light blue 2×6 brick, 1 red 2×4 brick, 1 green 1×2 brick, 1 red 1×2 brick
Did you know? People give flowers to say get well, thank you or I love you.
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2 Green stems
The side stems lean out as they grow up; the middle one goes straight.
Find: 4 green 1×2 bricks, 2 green 2×2 bricks
Did you know? Tulips keep growing a little even after they are cut.
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3 Tulips
A red tulip, a pink tulip and a tall yellow one in the middle.
Find: 2 pink 1×2 bricks, 2 red 1×2 bricks, 1 pink 2×3 brick, 1 red 2×3 brick, 1 yellow 2×3 brick, 1 green 1×2 brick
Did you know? Tulips come from the mountains of Central Asia.
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4 Petal tips
Little petal tips on top of the yellow tulip!
Find: 2 yellow 1×2 bricks
Did you know? A bunch of flowers is called a bouquet.
Questions parents ask
How many pieces do you need for a brick flower bouquet?
29: 6 green 1×2 bricks, 4 green 2×2 bricks, 3 light blue 1×2 bricks and 10 more kinds. The full list is in “Parts you need”.
Are these flower bouquet instructions free?
Yes. Every step is on this page. A print-ready PDF with the parts list and one big step per page is free by email.
What if I’m missing a color?
Use a brick of the same size in another color. The shapes hold the model together; the colors are only for looks.
