Instructions to Build a Polaroid Camera
/For each issue of BrickJournal Magazine, the BrickNerd team creates instructions for a LEGO mini-model to go with the theme of the cover story. For their recent issue all about photography, we decided to create a Polaroid camera!
Smile For The Camera!
Few things are more iconic than the classic Polaroid camera—there’s just something magical in taking a photo and being able to hold it in your hand a few moments later. To pay tribute to this icon of photography and to follow up on our Vintage Camera instructions from last year, the BrickNerd team designed a small replica Polaroid camera for you to build at home.
It is scaled to the 6x6 tile that is doubling as the instant film that made Polaroid cameras so captivating. The tile slides right into the thin opening on the front, so we can’t wait to see custom-printed ones hanging on fridges and pinned to bulletin boards!
We even snuck in some interesting techniques to align the colorful strip across the camera’s body, and you can even peek through the viewfinder. It was such fun to design, and we hope you’ll enjoy building this little model just as much as this little trip down memory lane!
Here are the step-by-step instructions you can scroll through to build it.
This was a fun little model to design—you can even customize it by adding a strap on the back for even more realism. We hope you’ll enjoy building it just as much as we did designing it!
Will you build this LEGO Polaroid camera? Let us know in the comments below!
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