Build your own hilarious minions out of the LEGO bricks you already have!
We’ll show you how to build minions with one eye or two, and then the design is easy to customize further from there.
This post was originally published in February 2015. We updated this project with better instructions in May 2024.
There’s something irresistible about these silly guys!
Our original minion instructions involved drawing on the mouths for some of the minions with a dry erase or Sharpie marker (you can erase Sharpie with rubbing alcohol.) Drawing the mouths enables you to make some great expressions, like the minion below.
Writing on LEGO bricks is not my favorite, however, so we updated the instructions with two ways to make a minion mouth with bricks.
After you build them, it’s time to find things for them to do.
Ooooooooh…
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!
LEGO Minions Building Instructions
How to build a two-eyed minion:
Step 1: Start with a 2 x 4 blue brick. Add a 2 x 2 blue brick and two 1 x 2 yellow bricks.
Step 2: Find the yellow bricks shown.
Step 3: Place a 2 x 1 x 1 1/3 curved slope on the left side. Then place a 2 x 2 yellow corner plate on the right side.
Step 4: Add a 2 x 4 blue plate and two 2 x 4 yellow plates.
Step 5: Make the mouth by adding a 1 x 3 yellow slope, two 1 x 2 yellow bricks, and a 1 x 1 yellow brick.
Step 6: Then add a 2 x 4 yellow plate and a 2 x 4 yellow brick.
Step 7: Place a 2 x 2 yellow plate and two 1 x 2 black plates on top of that.
Step 8: Place a 1 x 2 – 2 x 2 yellow bracket on top of the head. Then add a 1 x 4 yellow plate and two 1 x 1 yellow plates. Find the pieces shown.
Step 9: Finish up the head shape by adding a 2 x 4 plate. Then put a 2 x 2 plate on top of that. Add two 1 x 4 double curved slopes to the top.
Step 10: Build the eyes. Grab a 2 x 4 light gray plate. Add two 2 x 2 white round plates and two 1 x 1 black round plates. Find a 1 x 2 yellow plate and two 1 x 1 black plates.
Step 11: Use the two black 1 x 1 plates to make a hand. Then add a 1 x 2 yellow plate to the other arm. Attach a 1 x 1 plate with a clip to make a hand that can hold things.
Attach the eyes to the bracket on the face.
Step 12: Add some legs and feet! Each leg is a 1 x 1 blue brick and a 1 x 2 black plate.
How to build a one-eyed minion:
The design for the one-eyed minion is very similar.
For this minion, I used a 1 x 2 yellow Technic brick for the mouth.
Then the eye is a 2 x 2 white round tile with one stud and a 1 x 1 black round plate.
It’s fun to build a one-eyed minion from the scene in Despicable Me 2 where Gru is trying to call Lucy to ask her out.
This one has a light gray bracket to hold the eye instead of the yellow bricks with a stud on the side.
Be sure to stop by our second LEGO® minion post – MORE LEGO MINIONS
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7 Comments
Sheila @ Brain Power Boy Feb 26, 2015
Ha ha ha, these are so great! We love LEGO and I cannot wait to show these to my son. I know what we will be doing this afternoon! Thanks for a neat project.
Carmen Feb 26, 2015
My 4 year old daughter is obsessed with these. Thank you for sharing
JJ Feb 26, 2015
There is a Minion NUT at my house right now (my nephew)...I'm afraid to even show him these! Oh how the Legos would fly in a scramble to find the right pieces! :o)
JJ
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Kellie Feb 27, 2015
Where did you find all these lego parts to build these?
Sarah Mar 1, 2015
We had all of them on hand. I will try to post links soon to pick-a-brick on Lego.com.
Emily G Apr 20, 2015
These are the best! I would love links for pick-a-brick on Lego.com!
DEBORAH SUTHERLAND Feb 8, 2019
Are the Lego eyes, for the two eyed minions, the "White Plate Round 2x2 Lot x25 Friends Elves Disney Axle Hole Parts 4032" I have bought all your books... LOVE LOVE LOVE.. We adopted four little boys two years ago, ages 6,5,4,4. THEY LOVE Legos... I am so excited to have your site as a resource.
I would LOVE if you took your post on 20 Beginner Project - The the next post on the Beginner project and made a step by step book like your other books.. Your ideas are adorable... I would love it all in a book instead of looking at a screen.
Chyrll Apr 5, 2015
Love these; can't wait to build with my grandson!
Yes, please send instructions for entire family. Great job! Thanks!!
Gude @HodgePodgeCraft Apr 21, 2015
WOW - these are fantastic! I've featured them in my ultimate round up of the most awesome DIY minion party ideas :)
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Good luck at the ball and avoid those evil step-sisters, Doubt and Worry.Good to learn you are leaving a THE BIG EMPTY shoe for the Prince and the rest of us to find you.
Dana May 31, 2015
Thank you for sharing! Very creative. Please, kindly forward instructions for the other two minions - minion mom, and minion on fire. Thank you in advance.
Sarah May 31, 2015
We have not yet created the instructions for the other two minions, but hopefully we can add them soon!
Kelly Jun 7, 2015
What pieces do you use to attach the Minion Mom hair?
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