Summer Time with Lego
Hey there Lego fans! It’s the season of Summer now that school is out for a few months. I’m sharing a few ideas for you to do over the Summer break as a dad with 3 kids at home. Hopefully, this will help break up the screen time and save a few “Dad, I’m bored” remarks.
Build Together
The most obvious suggestion is to build with your kids. But, maybe not so obvious. As an AFOL, I find myself enjoying the quiet time building sets on my own. But, when the kids are home during the Summer, this is a perfect opportunity to build together. You can have conversations with your kids, ask them what they want to build, ask them how their school year was, what they are excited for next school year, and so on. You can choose to build a set in your backlog, or dump out the bin of random pieces. There are so many opportunities!
Games and Challenges
Building off of the first suggestion, you can have build challenges with your kids. Here are some challenges you can try:
Who can build the set the fastest?
Build a #oopsmilleniumfalcon
Each family member gets 20 random bricks and you have 20 seconds to build anything
Recreate a family vacation / Summer memory
Build the fastest car
Think of different games you can incorporate Lego into and try them. It doesn’t have to be perfect the first time. Experiment with what comes to mind, then make changes and try again until you find something that works for your family. You can even use Lego pieces in board games like replacing the Monopoly player tokens with Lego minifigures.
Float Your Boat
One of my favorite childhood memories of Lego are trying to make boats float, heck I even tried to make small builds of just bricks and plates float. Have your kids build a boat and see if it can float in the sink, bathtub, or pool outside. Keep building on those boats to create pirate ships, cargo ships, and more. Sometimes the fun is seeing the boat sink!
You can even try building Lego Boat Chase (60456) or Iconic Pirate Ship (31387) and see if they float. Both sets come with minifigures and extra builds like a shark and squid to add to the water action and fun.
Take Lego Outside
Ok, so you probably don’t want to be inside the house everyday during Summer break. Instead, get outside and take Lego with you. If you’re going on a trip, take a Lego minifigure with you and take pictures of it in unique ways. They create great images like a Stormtrooper on the beach, Mickey Mouse minifigure at a Disney park, or even your own sig-fig at a library or restaurant. No matter how far or long you’re traveling, having your kids bring minifigures with you could create fun memories for them at every place you visit.
To continue with the get out of the house theme, go to your local Lego store! Some weekends they may have Make-And-Take events where you get to make a small build according to their instructions and take it home with you for free. Also, at most Lego stores, you’ll find stations where you and the family and build things with random bricks. You can build whatever you can image! You can’t take those, but it’s a fun experience. If you want to gift your kids something small there’s plenty of sets in the $10-15 range, and there’s almost always a build-a-minifigure station where you can build 3 of your own minifigures for around $10.
More Summer Fun
For more ideas of fun things to do with Lego this Summer check out this article over on Lego.
Let me know what Summer activities you have planned for you and your family! I’d love to hear from you and may want to try some of your suggestions. Thanks for reading!
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