How to build a brick turkey
To build a brick turkey, set a brown seat with two orange feet in front, stack a round brown body, and build a fan of tail feathers behind it in brown, yellow, orange and red rows. Add a head with a red wattle, black eyes and a yellow beak. It takes 34 pieces and 4 steps, for ages 7–9.
The turkey build at a glance
| Pieces | 34 (17 kinds) |
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| Steps | 4 |
| Ages | 7–9 |
| Colors | brown, red, yellow, orange, black |
| Finished size | 11 × 4 studs, about 7.7 cm (3.0 in) tall |
| Special pieces | None: plain bricks |
Parts you need
4× brown 1×2 brick
3× brown 2×4 brick
3× brown 1×3 brick
3× red 1×2 brick
2× yellow 2×10 brick
2× orange 2×8 brick
2× brown 2×3 brick
2× orange 1×2 brick
2× yellow 1×2 brick
2× black 1×1 brick
2× brown 1×1 brick
2× orange 1×1 brick
1× brown 2×10 brick
1× red 2×6 brick
1× red 2×3 brick
1× red 1×1 brick
1× yellow 1×1 brick
Step-by-step instructions
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1 Feet, body and tail
A brown seat with two orange feet in front. Then the round brown body, with brown and yellow tail rows behind it.
Find: 3 brown 1×2 bricks, 2 brown 2×4 bricks, 2 orange 1×1 bricks, 1 brown 2×10 brick, 1 yellow 2×10 brick, 1 brown 2×3 brick, 1 brown 1×3 brick, 1 yellow 1×2 brick
Did you know? Only boy turkeys, called toms, spread their tails into a big fan.
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2 Bigger body
One more brown body row in front, and a yellow row of tail feathers behind.
Find: 1 yellow 2×10 brick, 1 brown 2×4 brick, 1 brown 1×2 brick, 1 yellow 1×2 brick
Did you know? A wild turkey can run as fast as a bicycle.
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3 Head and wattle
The head with a red wattle, two black eyes and a yellow beak, and orange feathers behind.
Find: 2 orange 2×8 bricks, 2 brown 1×3 bricks, 2 orange 1×2 bricks, 2 black 1×1 bricks, 2 brown 1×1 bricks, 1 red 1×1 brick, 1 yellow 1×1 brick
Did you know? The red skin under a turkey's beak is called a wattle.
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4 Top of the tail
Finish the head, then the red tips of the tail feathers. Gobble gobble!
Find: 3 red 1×2 bricks, 1 red 2×6 brick, 1 brown 2×3 brick, 1 red 2×3 brick
Did you know? Wild turkeys sleep up in trees at night.
Questions parents ask
How many pieces do you need for a brick turkey?
34: 4 brown 1×2 bricks, 3 brown 2×4 bricks, 3 brown 1×3 bricks and 14 more kinds. The full list is in “Parts you need”.
Are these turkey 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.