Make it from a normal constructor. Incredible ideas for custom uses of LEGO bricks

There are a lot of Lego design ideas, but not everyone can be brought to the end ...

Some of them are not inspiring for some reason. Others are inspiring but impracticable due to rare details. I really want to do the third, but there are no instructions.

Here are 5 good ideas. They are challenging and challenging enough, yet interesting enough to motivate. In crafts, only frequently found parts are used. All were made from old Lego bricks and brought to their logical conclusion by a 7 year old Lego fan named Semyon.

Will be of interest to children from 5 to 99 years. Instructions are included in case you want to assemble one.

And if you want to get more ideas what can be done with Lego bricks, click or on the picture below.

Lego helicopter

Semyon's Lego pieces are so colorful because we don't have enough bricks of the same color. But when they are, Semyon prefers to replace them with monochrome ones - he loves when it's beautiful. The photo shows attempts to make the helicopter red. That is why it is important to sort parts not only by type, but also by color.

In the helicopter, I had to replace some parts (for example, the landing gear) with those available from the collection. Resourcefulness and ingenuity are part of the Lego game.

Assembly instructions:

When you see such a craft, you are surprised how easy it is to assemble such a symmetrical beautiful design. But there is one catch. It is not difficult to assemble the parts of the structure, but it is not possible to combine them into a whole. The structure is very fragile and falls apart. I tried - I didn't succeed. But Semyon succeeded:

Instruction:

Lego robot

This interesting robot turned out to be quite durable. It is not even immediately noticeable that it lacks hands.

But the hands required details that could not be found. You may be able to follow these instructions:

Candy machine

This is a very fun craft and not difficult at all. Who doesn't love getting candy, like m&ms or Skittles? With testing the machine, the main thing is not to overdo it, as in this video 🙂

Unfortunately, the instructions for this device hid somewhere - I can't find it. there is a similar one.

House-shop-cafe from Lego

When I saw that the child was going to take on this project, I thought it was a hopeless undertaking. Of course, this is interesting - a 3-storey structure opens up like a book. There are so many interesting things inside. There is a bicycle in the window - where can I get a bicycle?

But Simon saw things differently. The bicycle was replaced with a kettlebell (also for sports) and other improvised materials. Here's what the first floor looks like. And then, unfortunately, it was not possible - the instructions turned out to be inaccessible parts.

But the first floor is a success for such a project. It turned out to be a finished house that you can play with. The most difficult thing is to see that it is possible when it seems that it is not. If you manage to complete this project to the end, please write to us about your successes.

And here is the instruction

Until I got into my son's hobby, sometimes I swept the Lego bricks that crunched under my feet into a garbage bag. How ashamed I am now! There must have been rare details that are now so lacking. Also, we would have more details the same color - crafts would become more beautiful. If you, like me, do not have enough patience, sweep not into a garbage bag, but into a carpet bag:

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All parents know about the benefits of constructors for the development of a child. In stores today you can find a wide variety of them. Why not use them for making interior decor?

Original crafts from the designer can also become a wonderful gift. The main thing is that the parts are securely fastened together, otherwise the product will fall apart at the most inopportune moment.

Constructor "Zoo"

It consists of flat square parts fastened together by means of grooves and teeth located along the perimeter. Some of the squares are hollow in the center. The easiest way is to assemble a rug from them, fastening them together in one plane. Such a rug will serve as a decor for a nursery or for a bathroom.

Details of the designer "Zoo" can be connected in three planes, getting cubes and parallelepipeds. And from them already to collect robots, cars, buses, boxes for storing toys and various small things.

Designer Friedrich Fröbel

It got its name from the name of its creator. As a matter of fact, this is not quite a constructor, and you can’t buy it in a store. But it is easy to do it yourself with your child.

You will need ordinary dry whole peas and wooden toothpicks sharpened at both ends. They can also be successfully replaced by sharpened matches. After the peas dry again, the details of the craft will be securely fastened together.

Peas need to be soaked until sharp sticks can be easily stuck into it. Toothpicks in peas can be stuck at any angle, getting three-dimensional shapes. An excellent material for studying molecules and atoms with children.

Crafts from the designer for children are created in a matter of minutes. Connect 8 peas and 12 sticks in the form of a cube or parallelepiped - you get the basis of the house. A roof in the form of a prism has been added to the upper part, and the house is ready. and such three-dimensional figures can be created an infinite number.

Lego

Even a novice designer will make cool crafts from the Lego constructor with his own hands. If there are children in the family, they must be involved in the work. Each set comes with detailed instructions for crafts from the designer.

The company produces dozens of different series, and all parts are compatible with each other. When some of them are lost, children usually combine several sets and collect whatever comes to mind.

Why shouldn't adults take a cue from them and create decorative items or crafts that are useful in everyday life? Below is a master class on crafts from the Lego constructor.

pencil holder

For its manufacture, you will need a square plate of about 10 x 10 cm. Along its perimeter, 4 sides 10-12 cm high must be erected from linear and corner parts.

You will get a cube, which will have one plane missing. In such a cube, you can put pencils or spoons with forks in the kitchen.

planter

Nondescript flower pot can be lowered into a flower pot from Lego, having built a cylinder without a bottom. It is even easier to make an octagonal or hexagonal prism.

Hamster house

If a child has a fluffy pet, and a lot of details from the designer have accumulated, you can offer him to make a house with a spacious entrance. In such a house, the hamster will hide from prying eyes.

Housekeeper

On a flat rectangular panel, lay out a pattern, any drawing or inscription from colored parts. Fasten several parts at the bottom of the panel by pre-drilling holes in them and inserting hooks on which the keys will be hung.

Attach the craft to the wall in the hallway. The hooks can be detached from the sticky backing. These are sold at any hardware store.

Dresser

It will require a lot of details, tens of thousands. Attach several square Lego plates of the same size to a wooden or plywood base.

From linear and corner parts, build bumpers on three sides. At a height of 15 cm, make a horizontal partition of thin plywood, on which to fix the panels for the construction of the next floor.

The partition can be made as follows. On the bottom side, make holes around the perimeter so that Lego parts can be inserted into them. For reliability, use glue. Now the partition can be attached to the walls of the first floor. For boxes also use plywood and plates. The main thing is that they are easily inserted into the niches of the frame.

Watch

To make them, you will need a clockwork, a square plate and 12 square Lego pieces. Drill a hole in the center of the plate and insert the clock mechanism. On the panel in a circle, fix 12 parts symbolizing the numbers. The clock is ready.

Framework

From Lego parts, you can make frames for photos, mirrors, children's drawings, placing them on rectangular or square plates.

Chess

On a square plate, lay out 8 x 8 cells in a checkerboard pattern, and from the details of black and white flowers build chess pieces.

Take a closer look at the constructors that the child is tired of playing with. Do not rush to throw them away, but give them a second life by creating useful and beautiful crafts.

Photo of crafts from the designer

How Lego is made. aslan wrote on May 10th, 2013

Today we will travel to Billund in Denmark to visit the factory that produces the world-famous LEGO set. Let's look at the production process from the inside, and follow the processing and packaging of the famous designer.

These bricks lie in front of the headquarters of the Lego Group in Billund.

The company was founded in 1932. Its founder was the Dane Ole Kirk Christiansen, who was the foreman of a team of carpenters and joiners. In 1947, the company expanded production and began producing plastic toys. Since its inception in 1949, LEGO elements in all their variants have remained compatible with each other. So, for example, items created in 1958 still pair with items released in 2010, despite radical changes in the design and shape of the items over the years.

All LEGO bricks are manufactured to a specific standard with a high degree precision, which allows you to connect them without much effort. In addition, after connection, the parts must be securely attached to each other. To ensure these conditions, the elements of the designer are produced with an accuracy of 2 micrometers.

Since 1991, with the beginning of the era of computer video games, the Lego company has suffered losses for 11 years, correcting this situation only with the release of new robotic sets.

The process of creating Lego bricks is actually not that complicated. The production of building blocks consists of pouring liquid plastic into a mold and placing it under a press. The form cools, opens - and in your hands you have a ready-made Lego brick. Then comes the second, more hard part process - processing, adding artistic details such as suits, ties, etc.

This is the reception area at Lego headquarters. Pay attention to the ceiling and chairs - they seem to be made of building blocks.

All Lego sets are made from the same plastic based on acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene. It comes to Lego directly from suppliers and then stored in giant bins. It is usually either red or clear, and the paint for specific pieces is added to the molding machines. This is a container filled with liquid plastic based on acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene, with the addition of individual dyes.

This is a molding machine. First, very hot plastic is poured into molds on right side. It then spreads through small channels and enters the pressing area through very small incisions. When cold water poured into the molding machine, it helps to cool the plastic, and the mold opens, allowing the bricks to fall unhindered onto the conveyor belt.

There are currently about 7,000 active forms that are used in the production of Lego. However, in general, the company has more than 9 thousand such forms at its disposal, many of which are waiting in the wings on the shelves, such as this one. The average form costs about 72 thousand dollars, the cost of the most complex and expensive one is 360 thousand dollars.

Here you can see how the plastic is poured into the pressing area of ​​the molding machine.

In this photo, we see two parts of an ellipsoid shape that have just been in the mold. After a few seconds, they will fall onto the conveyor belt.

In this photo, a mold for making parts of an ellipsoidal shape from the top photo.

Produced bricks and other elements can be subsequently used in different ways. These blue pieces can be used as heads for tiny figurines or as decorations for other elements.

Thousands of purple Lego bricks that were under pressure a few minutes ago.

It is one of twelve molding units located in Billund. In each module, or special production room, there are up to 64 working molding machines, divided into two blocks of 32 machines each.

A robotic arm that removes waste from the melting process and the production of parts from a molding machine. The plastic will be re-smelted and will be used very soon.

Waste basket.

Production at the Lego factory is virtually waste-free as plastics are used. However, some of the waste generated during the production process is still sent to the wastebasket.

Pipes through which plastic granules enter molding machines. The noise it creates is reminiscent of the noise that billions of grains of rice would make moving through plastic pipes.

The molding machines are used for four weeks, and then they are taken out and carried out a complete thorough cleaning. In the photo we see a company worker behind this procedure.

At this stage of the production of figures, arms, legs, heads and other additional details and elements will be attached to them.

The robot attaches hands to the figurine.

Here you can see how the machine stamps faces and shirts on the figurines.

This display shows the weight of a small bag of Lego pieces, known as pre-tare. Weight should be between 94.9 and 95.7 grams. This provisional tare weighs 94.94 grams, so it passes the test. However, as the display shows, five bags were too light and one was too heavy.

Lego fragments are pre-packed on a conveyor, at the end of which they are weighed.

This is the packaging department, most of the details are in bags that fall into the container automatically. But some bags are too big and have to be shaken by hand to distribute the parts evenly and make the bags flatter and thinner.

Hundreds of cardboard blanks from which to make boxes for Lego sets on the theme " star wars».

This machine controls the height of the boxes so that they can close tightly so that the fragments do not fall out during transportation.

Boxes of Star Wars-themed Lego sets on the assembly line.

This machine automatically closes the boxes and seals them.

Boxes of Star Wars-themed Lego sets are fully packed and ready to ship.

This machine takes two ready-made boxes of Star Wars sets and places them in boxes of six.

A worker picks up two boxes that have accidentally fallen off the assembly line.

Each of these boxes contains six boxes of Star Wars-themed Lego sets.

Now these boxes will go to the Czech Republic, where they will get to the official Lego distribution center, to the warehouse of the factory in the city of Kladno, which, by the way, produces 35-40% (over a million parts) of all the company's products. There is a giant robotic warehouse, one of the largest in Europe, where orders are processed and products are sent to retail outlets around the world.

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Nowadays, children have a lot of toys. One of the most common educational games is the constructor. With the acquisition of this entertainment for the child, parents have a new concern. After all, so often the baby turns to dad or mom with the question: “What can be built from Lego?” There are many answers to this question. It is only necessary to show imagination and, perhaps, a little “fall into childhood”. Let's find out what can be built from Lego together with the baby.

Option one: house

Perhaps the first thing that comes to mind is to build a certain room. It can be a residential building or an apartment, an office or an office, a car garage or a wagon depot.

To build a structure, you will need inserted windows, doors, elements from the roof and others. additional accessories. The more details of the designer you have, the higher and wider the room will be made. Think ahead color scheme walls and facade. You may want to build high and beautiful columns in front of the entrance.

Trees can be placed in front of the building and various plants, people and cars, which are also built from this constructor.

Option two: Lego tanks

Naughty boys love to play war. To do this, they will need barricades and tanks. It’s quite easy to build a partition wall from a constructor. It is enough just to fix one cube on another. You need to do this until you get the height you need.

A tank is a little more difficult to build. To do this, it is better to involve adults or older brothers and sisters. The base of the tracked vehicle is formed quite simply. The size is determined by the amount of material at hand. In order to make caterpillars, you need to put the cubes in reverse. That is, so that the convex parts are outside. Start building from the inside. When one part of the tank is done, it is necessary to form the second part symmetrically. Construct in the same way required amount tracked vehicles.

How to build a Lego car?

Perhaps, after the construction of buildings, this option is the most popular. In order to make transport, you will need wheels. First, consider how big the car will be. Build a multi-part base with wheels.

After that, make a cab for the driver required size and body. If the car should be a passenger car, then harmoniously fix the cubes and make a hood, roof and trunk. If desired, you can leave large holes in the form of windows. Through them you can put the driver and passengers in the cabin.

Alternative option

So, what else can be built from Lego? There can be a lot of options. At in large numbers details you can assemble a giant robot or a tree. Girls will surely appreciate the following ideas: fruits and vegetables, cakes and other products. You can also make a doll or a castle for a little princess. All furniture can be created from small details of the designer.

In addition, you can assemble a real computer or phone. Many children enjoy building farms and animal pens, which are also made from Lego bricks.

It is worth noting that the manufacturer offers to purchase goods of various sizes and shapes. Small details are more suitable for older children. While large parts will be appreciated by kids.

If you have absolutely no idea what you can build from Lego, then pay attention to the packaging in which the designer was sold. The manufacturer always offers several building ideas that are drawn on the box. Most likely, you will be able to choose the most suitable option for their children.