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Directions for a LEGO Trophy

While most children are familiar with LEGOs, using them to build everything from models of houses to cars, adults don't often consider the uses of these blocks. Though LEGOs will be slightly more entertaining for children, adults can still enjoy using them to construct everyday items. Making a LEGO trophy, either to celebrate a child's accomplishment or for a youthful twist on a normal trophy, is one of the cheapest and quickest ways to make a trophy.

Instructions

- 1
  Build the base of the trophy. Using bricks of any uniform color, make a rectangle by laying blocks of 14-by-8 bumps side-by-side together. They will not hold together until you add a second layer of the same size, laid in the opposite direction.
- 2
  Create two towers and attach them to the base. Leaving the base of the trophy to one side, build a tower; you can choose to do this using the same color blocks as your base or a complimentary color for contrast. Use two 2-by-2 bricks, lay them side by side, and continue this alternating directions until you have 16 total levels. Repeat this with one of your earlier two colors or a third. Place the towers side-by-side on top of the base, pressing down gently until the base and the towers click together.
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  Build a secondary base. This time, use blocks that are 6-by-12. Use two layers of blocks, as with your first base, to hold it together.
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  Build the cup of the trophy and attach it to the base. Using yellow, curved bricks (you can buy these specially at most toy stores), make a circle with 6-by-6 sized blocks. Keep layering these blocks, making sure that all of the gaps in the lower layer are covered, using slightly fewer each time. At the top of the cup, place two 2-by-2 bricks to make the trophy's base. Turn the cup upside-down and attach it to the tops of the towers.
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  Create the handles. Build a semi-circle using 1-by-6 blocks. Keep building it upward until it is the height of your cup, placing one 1-by-6 brick on the top and one 2-by-6 block on the bottom of your handle. Lock the handle into place on the top and bottom of the cup. Repeat to make the second handle; place it opposite the first on the other side of the cup.

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