Quick Build #13: St. Patrick’s Day Little Paddy
Here at BrickNerd, we love creating and sharing instructions for builds. For our lucky number 13 Quick Build (and to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day), we have a cool little guy representing the Emerald Isle with a green hat and jacket and orange beard, clutching a gold coin.
As a fan of the small brick-built figures, it was awesome to bring to life this little dude waving his coat. Let’s be honest here, I really wanted to use those leaf pieces and I think Little Paddy is loving my choice of clothes for him! :D
Instructions to Build Little Paddy… or a Leprechaun
The build starts with my all-time favorite brick—the Travis brick or 1x1 Modified Brick with studs on 4 sides. You can start any small build with this part, and it will work because you can build out in all directions with so many studs to work with!
Here are all the instructions to build Little Paddy:
Once you have the festive guy ready, you can also create a little stand for him. I made a favorite one for me, little and round, but this time with the colors of Ireland.
You can download the full parts list here and import it directly to BrickLink. (Parts lists are an XML file that can be uploaded to BrickLink or Stud.io.)
If you are into leprechauns, rainbows and sometimes gold, you can check out the St. Patrick’s build that we did back in 2023 here, complete with a rainbow and pot of gold to go along with this year’s build.
And if you want to build even more characters and magical creatures, you should check out or Imperial March contest. We have three amazing categories and even more amazing prizes!
Are you celebrating St. Paddy and of course, are you building something for it? Let us know in the comments below.
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