Build cards

Ideas for the bricks in your kit.

Every Shoebox Lab kit comes with a bag of bricks and about five build cards. Each card shows you how to build one thing, step by step. Here are all 40 of them.

1

Pick a card

Find one you like. Check how many pieces it needs.

2

Print it

It is one page. Fold it in half to make a card.

3

Build it. Then change it!

Follow the steps. Then make it your own.

6 cards are ready to print today. The rest say Coming soon. We are testing each one with real bricks first.

Gravity Games

Kit 1 · Five rides · 6 cards

Build the rolling chassis first. Then put a ride on top.

Rolling Chassis build card
21 piecesComing soon
Pickup Truck build card
11 body piecesComing soon
Race Car build card
9 body piecesComing soon
School Bus build card
26 body piecesComing soon
Monster Truck build card
17 body piecesComing soon
Dune Buggy build card
16 body piecesComing soon

Matter Mayhem

Kit 2 · Mad lab · 6 cards

A monster, a robot, a rocket and more. All from the brick bag.

Box Monster build card
18 piecesComing soon
Lab Robot build card
17 piecesComing soon
Rocket build card
11 piecesComing soon
Microscope build card
9 piecesComing soon
Plane build card
12 piecesComing soon
Balance Scale build card
9 piecesComing soon

Launch Lab

Kit 3 · Castle set · 9 cards

Build a catapult. Then build something to knock down.

Catapult build card
20 bricks + 1 rubber bandGet the card
Siege Tower build card
22 piecesComing soon
Gatehouse build card
16 piecesComing soon
Knight’s Horse build card
14 piecesComing soon
Dragon build card
23 piecesComing soon
The Wall build card
24 bricksGet the card
The Wall build card
40 bricksGet the card
The Pyramid build card
24 bricksGet the card
The Pyramid build card
31 bricksGet the card

Fossil Factory

Kit 4 · coming soon · Dino dig · 6 cards

Six dinosaurs. Which one will you build first?

T. rex build card
17 piecesComing soon
Stegosaurus build card
15 piecesComing soon
Triceratops build card
16 piecesComing soon
Brachiosaurus build card
13 piecesComing soon
Pterodactyl build card
10 piecesComing soon
Dimetrodon build card
15 piecesComing soon

More to build

Extra · Animals and a plane · 13 cards

These use other bricks. You may need some from home.

Small Plane build card
11 piecesGet the card
Camel build card, design by Dafeld
15 piecesComing soon
Cat build card, design by Dafeld
8 piecesComing soon
Donkey build card, design by Dafeld
14 piecesComing soon
Elephant build card, design by Dafeld
13 piecesComing soon
Giraffe build card, design by Dafeld
16 piecesComing soon
Horse build card, design by Dafeld
15 piecesComing soon
Lion build card, design by Dafeld
13 piecesComing soon
Pig build card, design by Dafeld
13 piecesComing soon
Protoceratops build card, design by Dafeld
16 piecesComing soon
Rabbit build card, design by Dafeld
6 piecesComing soon
Rooster build card, design by Dafeld
16 piecesComing soon
Snail build card, design by Dafeld
16 piecesComing soon

Animal designs by Dafeld. See more of his builds at rebrickable.com/users/Dafeld.

For grown-ups

The cards are free. There is no sign-up. Each one prints on one sheet of plain paper.

The colors on a card are only a guide. Any color of brick works. If a piece is missing, try a different one. That is part of the fun.

The bricks in the kits come from families who gave the ones their kids outgrew. See the brick drive.

The Shoebox Lab · designed and tested by Randolph K. as part of earning the Eagle Scout rank at Troop 313, Arlington, Massachusetts. Animal designs by Dafeld. LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group, which does not sponsor or endorse this project.

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