-I'm Adam Ward.
I'm a professional freelance LEGO Artist.
Yeah, that is my real job.
I'm gonna help you build amazing LEGO creations
that make this world a little more awesome.
This is "Brick X Brick."
Hello. Welcome to "Brick X Brick."
I'm your host, Adam Ward.
I build art, furniture, accessories, tissue-box covers,
weird movable triangles,
all using LEGO bricks.
And today, we're gonna teach you
how to make something awesome.
Friends, it is time to make a puzzle box.
I've been making puzzle boxes for years.
They're one of my favorite things to build,
and there's so many different LEGO elements
that you can incorporate to make the openings different
or the keys different or the locks different.
Let's meet today's puzzle box.
At home, you can name your puzzle box whatever you want.
This one's Sheldon.
Sheldon has a key.
Slide the key out and push the key right back
where it came from...
Boop!
...to reveal the little drawer.
Now, this drawer can only open if the key goes in just right.
There's a piece on the back which keeps it locked,
and in addition,
the key actually goes between two parts of the box,
so there's no getting it out unless you know the secret.
Sheldon can be built with 145 pieces,
but there's a bunch of different ways to make Sheldon,
so if you don't have these exact pieces,
don't sweat it at all.
It's all good.
One of the great things about LEGO
is there's a bunch of ways
to do the same things with different bricks.
He doesn't even have to be all green.
He can be purple or red or orange or multicolored.
You can make Sheldon however you want.
Our version has 1 1x1 brick,
1 1x2 brick,
3 1x3 bricks, 4 1x4 bricks,
8 1x6 bricks,
3 1x8 bricks, 1 2x2 brick,
10 2x3 bricks,
and 1 2x4 brick.
And then some plates.
Sheldon's got to have plates.
Sheldon has 22 2x4s,
12 1x8s,
and 7 of these 6x8s.
Now, these 6x8s are awesome.
They're big, so if you don't have them,
you can also use a 4x6 or some 2x6s --
a bunch of different ways.
But if you have big plates, use them.
We've got 50 of these 1x4 tiles,
4 of the 1x2 tiles,
16 of the 1x2 slopes,
and then we've got the little locking mechanism
that keeps the drawer from falling off.
Now it's time to build.
So, we're gonna start with Sheldon's base.
Once you have all the pieces for the base in place,
you want to give it a really nice squeeze.
We all need a good squeeze every now and then.
Squeezing it will make sure
all the pieces are right up next to each other
and you've got no weird gaps.
So, now the floor to the base is done.
This is where the key and the shelf will slide.
And that's the base.
Now to make the key.
So, your key should look like a question mark
with the arm reaching out to the right.
Now we're gonna build the drawer.
Now, your drawer will look like a little table,
and a great way to test it
is by putting it on top of the key and the base
that you've just make.
It should all fit really nicely.
And you can already pull the key out.
When the key's in, the drawer's locked.
Now for the walls of the drawer.
The very first piece is the most important --
this 1x2 with the hole.
That goes in the dead center on the back.
There. Now your drawer can actually hold stuff.
Okay, now Sheldon needs this piece
to help lock in the drawer.
So, just lift the drawer out...
and put it just like that.
Now when you take the key out and slide the drawer in,
it'll snap into place.
Now we can slide the drawer back in,
snap it into place, and slide the key in.
Now the drawer is in there. It's not going anywhere.
Now for the lid.
Now Sheldon is almost complete.
I'm gonna build the curved green top you saw in the beginning.
But if you want to put a different design
or write your initials in LEGO,
there's a ton of different things you can do.
Final piece!
Do you have your last piece ready?
Ready to finish your build?
Here we go.
3, 2, 1.
[ Imitates explosion ]
So, that is a wrap on Sheldon.
There he is. All done.
All the pieces tucked inside ready to go.
And if your Sheldon looks different, it's all good.
Maybe yours is two different colors,
maybe you started a pattern and ran out
and it's got three or four different colors.
Or maybe you just were grabbing pieces left and right
to try to put it together, and looks something like this.
That's awesome.
It still does the same thing.
It's an awesome puzzle box, and every time you look at it,
you'll be reminded of something you created.
Now the question is --
what do you put inside one of these?
What do you put inside a puzzle box?
Change? Some money?
Well, there's not a ton of space, so it can't fit much.
So that means whatever you put in's pretty special.
I think I'm gonna put some intentions in mine.
And an intention, if you don't know,
is something that you want to create in the world.
So, I'm gonna put a few intentions in this,
and that way, every time I look at it,
I'll be reminded of that which I want to create.
And just like Sheldon, you can create it, too.
If you want share your awesome creation --
and you should, 'cause you did an amazing job --
you can post any of the photos to our Facebook page
or anywhere else on social media.
Be sure to subscribe
if you want to see more awesomeness like this.
Hit us up on Twitter, Vine, Instagram,
all of those things.
Peace. Thanks so much.
I'm out!