LEGO SET 31149 - Alternate build| Flowers in Watering Can

LEGO Creator 3-in-1 sets like 31149-1 Flowers in Watering Can are all about unlocking your imagination. While the official build transforms your bricks into a charming watering can bouquet, the real magic lies in what else you can create. With the same parts, you can explore everything from kinetic sculptures to playful décor—animals, musical instruments, household accents, even interactive toys. Because every piece can serve multiple roles, this set becomes a springboard for learning new techniques: balancing mechanisms, clever part-orientations, and color-blocking tricks that you’ll carry into every future MOC.

One of the greatest benefits of Creator 3-in-1 is experimenting with organic shapes. Curves, petals, and foliage in the watering can model translate beautifully into creatures—think the graceful arch of a bird’s neck or the gentle curve of a snail’s shell. By studying how LEGO engineers achieved fluid lines here, you can reverse-engineer your own animal forms, combining plates, slopes, and hinges to suggest motion and life. And once you’ve mastered those basics, why not challenge yourself to musical or mechanical themes? The parts lend themselves surprisingly well to keyboards, levers, and rotating elements.

Beyond flora and fauna, this set’s brick palette is perfect for bright, eye-catching décor. Build a miniature beach bar scene, or craft a yellow submarine that works as a quirky desk ornament. You’ll learn how color balance can transform a build from “just another model” into a showpiece that complements your home or office. Creator 3-in-1 is also an ideal way to practice modular design: build small vignettes that connect into larger scenes, then swap bricks between them—giving you endless remix potential.

For tinkerers who love characters and icons, the set offers parts to create cute mascots or everyday gadgets. Assemble a double-sided minion for a fun display, or even a game controller that doubles as a fidget toy. These playful MOCs teach you how to express personality with minimal bricks—an essential skill when designing for small part counts or tight budgets. And once you’ve honed that, scaling up to larger models becomes much more intuitive.

Alternate Builds from Set 31149-1

All of these MOCs use only the parts from 31149-1 Flowers in Watering Can

Balancing Bird

By Tomik
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Piano

By KlintIsztvud
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Snail

By Lenarex
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Fish

By Lenarex
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Beach Karaoke Bar

By Steinedieb
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Double-Sided Minion

By Dafeld
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Yellow Sub

By Kid Stripes
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Bunny and Butterfly by Water

By LegoGirl16
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Cute Bunny

By LegoBuildo
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Game Controller

By Kid Stripes
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With these examples as inspiration, your 31149-1 set can become anything you imagine—practice each technique, remix parts between models, and discover brand-new ways to tell stories in brick. Enjoy building!