Challenge your LEGO-loving kid to build a few of these LEGO Christmas ornaments. This is a fun activity over winter break or a fun way to decorate the tree.
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This post was originally published in 2014 and updated in 2019.
LEGO Christmas ornaments are fun and easy to make. If you already have a starter box of LEGO bricks and pieces, you probably have everything you need. Best of all, these ornaments can be taken apart and put back in the LEGO bins to play with year-round.
I challenged my kids to come up with some easy LEGO ornaments that anyone could make without much instruction. Here is what they created.
*Note: I’ve done my best naming the pieces, but some can be a little confusing. If in doubt, check the pictures.
If you’re looking for more fun and easy LEGO builds to make, grab my printable LEGO challenge card game!
How to make LEGO Christmas ornaments
LEGO candy cane
What you need:
- six 2×2 red bricks
- four 2×2 white bricks
- one 2×4 white brick
How to build it:
Alternate stacking red and white squares for the long section. Use the larger white piece to make the curve, then add two more “stripes” to finish the hook.
LEGO wreath
What you need:
- ten 2×2 flat red bricks
- five 1×2 flat green bricks
- five red dots
- one red 2×2 circle piece
How to build it:
Connect each square at the corners, alternating over and under. When you have attached all ten pieces, connect the two ends to form a circle/star. Attach each green piece in the same corner of each front square. Snap the red dots in front of the green pieces to look like holly. Attach the red circle onto the back to hang the wreath.
LEGO reindeer
What you need:
For the body
- one 2×4 brown brick
- three 1×2 brown bricks
- two 2×2 brown up-slopes
- two 1×2 flat black bricks
For the head
- one 2×3 flat brown brick
- one 2×2 hinge
- one 1×2 black receiver
- three 1×1 gray flat vertical holders
- two gray 2×2 flat angles
- one 1×3 flat gray brick
- two black dots
- one red dot
How to build it:
For the body, use the slopes and 1x2s to make the legs. Attach the flat pieces as hooves. Use the 2×4 and 2×2 brick for the torso and attach the legs.
For the head, attach the back pieces to the flat brown brick. Assemble the antler and snap the onto the head.
This one is a bit more details, so it is helpful to study the photos. Assemble the body and head separately. Attach the head to the body with the hinge. Use the antlers to hang the ornament.
LEGO ball Christmas ornament
What you need:
- several basic bricks and flat pieces in a single color (We chose red.)
- four 1×4 flat red bricks
How to build it:
Build two pyramids, one right-side-up and one inverted. Connect them in the middle. To make the hanger, connect four 1×4 flat bricks at the corners. Stick the flat edge of one piece into the top of the pyramid between the pips.
LEGO flat Christmas ornament
What you need:
- two 1×1 bricks
- six 1×3 bricks
- two 1×2 bricks
- two 1×4 bricks
- one gray 1×1 with a hole
How to build it:
Start at the top with one, then widen each row going down to 3, 5, and 7. Do the opposite for the bottom half of the ornament from 7, 5, 3, to 1. Attach the gray piece at the top to hang the ornament.
LEGO present
What you need:
- one flat 6×6 brick (Any color works, yellow here shows the contrast.)
- twenty 2×2 red bricks
- twenty-six 2×2 blue bricks
- three 2×3 blue bricks
- two 1×2 blue bricks
How to build it:
Start by assembling columns of 2×2, making stacks of five. You should have four red columns and five blue ones. One blue column will have six pieces; this goes in the center. Attach the columns to the base, making the corner columns red and the others blue. For the bow, attach the two 1×2 bricks at opposite ends of the blue columns. Connect the center piece and end pieces using the last two blue bricks.
LEGO snowflake
What you need:
- five 1×3 flat bricks
- six 1×8 flat bricks
- six 2×3 flat bricks
- six 2×2 flat bricks
- one white connector with a hole.
How to build it:
Build the centerpiece by layering three 1x3s in a row and using the other two 1x3s on the back to hold them together. Attach four of the 1x8s to the corners on the front and two of the 1x8s on the back in the gap between the other pieces. Attach the 2x3s and 2x2s evenly around to create a pattern. Snap the white piece on one end to hang the snowflake.
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If you’d rather purchase a kit than DIY with bricks you have at home, here are a few LEGO Christmas ornament kids that are cute and fun.
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These are fun! I’ll have to see if the kids can make these.
Thanks! My son helped me create them and we tried not to use too many “odd” pieces. I hope your family enjoys making them!
Really good..