Build a LEGO Christmas Tree Lantern

Here’s a fun Christmas LEGO project! Use your green and translucent bricks to make a lovely and festive Christmas tree lantern. Grab a battery powered tea light to make it glow!

Last year I built a LEGO stained glass Christmas tree ornament, and I decided to make a larger version this year that is lit with a tea light.

This project is super simple and open-ended. I’ll show you some quick instructions, but kids can really build this however they want with the bricks they have.

I started with four 2 x 4 brown bricks to make a nice thick trunk for the tree.

Then I used green plates to make a base for the tree.

I had a green 4 x 8 half circle plate, so that made a nice shelf for the tea light to sit on.

I attached the green plates to the trunk and then added two 2 x 4 green bricks and two 2 x 2 green slopes.

Then for my next row, I used translucent bricks. I put 1 x 1 green bricks in between the 1 x 2 translucent bricks.

I used green plates in between the rows of translucent bricks.

So simple and fun! If you don’t have enough green 2 x 2 slope bricks, you can always order from BrickLink. That’s my favorite place to get individual LEGO bricks