Minecraft pop culture builds: 19 build ideas with step-by-step plans
Every build below has an interactive 3D model, a numbered plan for each layer, full-screen step-by-step instructions and a complete materials list. Pick one to start building.
- Among Us CrewmateBeginner · 1,436 blocksA big red crewmate standing by the emergency meeting button, with "SUS" spelled out on the floor in case anyone missed it.
- Pickle RickIntermediate · 653 blocksFunniest thing you ever saw. A two-storey pickle with a manic grin and a unibrow, standing on a cutting board next to a jar of his less ambitious…
- Beavis and Butt-Head StatueIntermediate · 1,547 blocksA monument to the two most famous couch critics on television: Beavis with his towering blond hair and overbite, Butt-Head with his brown swoop…
- Pineapple Under the SeaAdvanced · 1,017 blocksWho lives in a pineapple under the sea? This one has the criss-cross skin, a riveted round door, porthole windows, a spiky leafy crown and some coral…
- Krusty KrabIntermediate · 9,576 blocksHome of the Krabby Patty. The Krusty Krab is a giant lobster trap: plank walls between log poles tied with rope, porthole windows, big wooden front…
- Stranger Things: Byers HouseExpert · 18,744 blocksJoyce Byers' little gray-blue house in the woods outside Hawkins, Indiana, built as a cutaway diorama. Up top: weathered clapboard siding, white…
- The Simpsons HouseAdvanced · 9,169 blocks742 Evergreen Terrace, straight out of the opening credits: the two-storey pink house with its brown-red hip roof, white trim, bay window and…
- Up HouseExpert · 18,543 blocksCarl and Ellie's little house from Pixar's Up, torn off its foundation and carried into the sky by thousands of balloons. The pastel clapboard…
- Ghostbusters FirehouseAdvanced · 16,196 blocksHook & Ladder 8, the Tribeca firehouse that became Ghostbusters headquarters. The three-storey Beaux-Arts front has a rusticated stone ground floor…
- Princess Peach's CastleExpert · 21,740 blocksPeach's castle from Super Mario 64, bright and cheerful. Cream walls, red cone roofs on every tower, Princess Peach in stained glass above the door…
- Super Mario Bros. CastleIntermediate · 13,983 blocksThe finish line of World 1-1 as a chunky 3D level diorama: the little brick castle with its dark arched doorway, tower windows and battlements, the…
- Mario vs. Bowser StatueAdvanced · 13,766 blocksThe oldest rivalry in gaming, cast as a monument. Mario plants his feet, throws one gloved fist up and jabs the other at a Bowser almost twice his…
- The Grand Budapest HotelAdvanced · 13,865 blocksThe pink-and-cream hotel from Wes Anderson's film, perched on a snowy ledge in the mountains of Zubrowka. It is stacked like a wedding cake: a…
- Vice City Ocean DriveAdvanced · 14,856 blocksWelcome to Leonida. Five pastel Art Deco hotels line Ocean Drive in pink, mint, white, cyan and lavender, each with curved corners, racing stripes…
- Durr BurgerIntermediate · 4,560 blocksThe most famous fast food on the island. A red and yellow diner with booths, a checkerboard floor and a kitchen, crowned by the giant Durr Burger…
- Battle Bus DropIntermediate · 3,308 blocksThank the bus driver! The bright blue Battle Bus hangs from its striped hot-air balloon over a tiny tropical island, side door wide open and caged…
- Pokémon CenterIntermediate · 6,069 blocksThe building every trainer runs to after a tough battle: white walls, a stepped red roof crowned by a giant Poké Ball, a red "P" sign over glass…
- Temple of TimeAdvanced · 10,683 blocksThe Temple of Time from Ocarina of Time: a white stone cathedral with a slate roof, a tall bell tower and spire, stained glass windows and the golden…
- Resident Services PlazaIntermediate · 6,792 blocksA whole Animal Crossing: New Horizons island centre: the green-and-yellow Resident Services building with the Nook Inc. leaf on its roof, a round…