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How to Make a Swan With Legos

Making animals from Legos is not difficult, but it does require some imagination. It is possible to make a swan from several different combinations of Legos, with varying complications and results. One of the most basic swan outlines uses just a few pieces and mimics the appearance of a swan landing onto a pool of water with wings outstretched. Use all white pieces for this swan except for an orange piece for the beak and a black piece for eyes.

Things You'll Need

2, 10-by-2 flat brick
6-by-2 block with 2-by-2 top, rounded at one end
2-by-2 diagonal block with 1-by-2 bottom
2-by-8 flat brick
4, 1 blocks
6, diagonal 2 blocks
4, diagonal 3 blocks
2, flat 3-by-1 blocks
3, 2-by-1 blocks
Rounded 1-by-1 block
Orange 2-by-1 flat block
Black round 1 piece

Instructions

- 1
  Stack two flat 10-by-2 pieces together. Turn the pieces upside down. Press the bottom of the rounded 6-by-2 piece into the end of the flat piece. Place the 2-by-2 diagonal block next to the rounded piece, slanting from the end towards the middle. This makes the body of the swan.
- 2
  Fit a flat 2-by-8 brick one space down from the rounded end of the body horizontally across the flat top. This will make the base for the swan's wings.
- 3
  Stack a 1 block at the end of one side of the wing. Place a diagonal 2 block next to it. Stack a diagonal 2 block facing to the left and a diagonal 3 block facing to the right. Place a flat 3-by-1 brick across the top of the diagonal blocks. Stack a diagonal 2 block to the left, a single block in the middle and a diagonal 3 block on the diagonal 3 block from the previous row. This makes one swan wing. Repeat for the second swan wing on the other side of the body.
- 4
  Stack a 2-by-1 block sticking out from the front of the bird to start the neck. Stairstep the other two 2-by-1 blocks to make a neck. Stack the rounded 1-by-1 block onto the top 2-by-1 block for a head. Stick the orange piece under the top block for a beak. Place the black dot on top of the orange brick for eyes.

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