Create your own Minecraft tutorial

What can we use if we don't have glass panes, stairs/slabs, or a screen recorder?

If you don't have glass panes use glass blocks or fences for windows, replace stairs/slabs by stacking full blocks to form a roof, and record with your phone camera or the Xbox Game Bar/QuickTime instead of the built-in screen recorder step.

My walls keep ending up crooked or mobs keep spawning inside—how do I fix that?

Before stacking to four blocks high, double-check your 5 by 7 foundation and paper sketch, place blocks while crouching to avoid misplacing them, leave the door and window gaps open for the door and glass panes, and light the interior with torches before finishing the roof so mobs don't spawn and you avoid re-recording long retakes you can trim later.

How can this activity be changed for younger kids or made harder for older kids?

For younger kids use Creative mode, a smaller 3 by 5 foundation, and have a parent handle the screen recorder and trimming, while older kids should build in Survival, follow the full 5 by 7 and four-block-high walls, expand the script, and add redstone or decorative details.

What are simple ways to improve or personalize our Minecraft tutorial before uploading to DIY.org?

Show and name each tool and material on-screen as the instructions require, add colored concrete patterns, furniture like a crafting table and chest inside, a landscaped path outside, a quick time‑lapse of the build, and create a colorful thumbnail sketch with a fun title and description before sharing on DIY.org.