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LEGO Magnets You Can Make Yourself

LEGO Magnets You Can Make Yourself

LEGO magnets are super simple to make yourself at home!  We love our LEGO minifigure magnet that we purchased on our visit to LEGOLAND Florida.  It inspired us to learn how to make a few more LEGO magnets of our own.  These LEGO magnets are fun to have on your refrigerator or even to give as gifts! The photos below were taken on our linen DIY magnetic Scrabble board. You can learn how to make this scrabble wall art too here>>>  Magnetic Scrabble Board     How To … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crafts and Celebrations Tagged With: legos, magnets

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How To Make A Glow In The Dark Yoda T Shirt

How To Make A Glow In The Dark Yoda T Shirt

DIY Star Wars Yoda T-Shirt Do you have a Star Wars fan in your house?  With all of the fun new Star Wars products always coming on the market, having something unique like a glow-in-the dark t-shirt is super cool.  We love LEGOS, Yoda, t-shirts, and anything that glows in the dark.  How about combining all three? Perfection! You can complete this DIY glow in the dark shirt in about 30 minutes.  Win! If you're looking for a fun shirt to wear while you're at Legoland , this is … [Read more...]

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Nerf Gun Target Practice

Nerf Gun Target Practice

Welcome to NERF Gun Target Practice! Nerf Gun Target Practice is for summer days, rainy days, snowy days, or kids cooped-up-for-too-long days. Do you seem to have a bunch of Nerf Guns and not enough things to do with them..... besides shoot your sibling?  << Am I right?   Time to build Nerf Gun Targets for fun target practice... Nerf Target Supplies Needed: A Nerf gun (or something similar) Plastic disposable cups Small toys like Lego mini figures Skills … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activities Tagged With: legos, nerf, unplugged play

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Popsicle Stick Bridge Building Challenge

Popsicle Stick Bridge Building Challenge

Finding ways to get kids engaged doesn't have to be hard!  Remember the Stacking Cup Challenge?  This is the equivalent but with Popsicle sticks.  We call it the "Popsicle Stick Bridge Building Challenge".  This is a great STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) activity for students in the classroom or kids at home. Popsicle Stick Bridge Challenge The Bridge Building Challenge: Construct a bridge from Popsicle sticks that spans at least 12 inches and holds the weight of one action figure … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activities Tagged With: legos, STEM, unplugged play

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LEGO Books for Beginning Readers

LEGO Books for Beginning Readers

We love to read and we love LEGO!  Does reading a book about your favorite toy count as reading?  Yes!  What about comic books, does that still count as reading?  Yes!  I've pulled together our Top 10 Beginning Reader LEGO Books.  If you're curious about how to figure out your child's reading level, you'll like "The Secret Guide to Book Levels for Parents." What makes this set of books just right for beginning readers?  Short sentences, easy to read sight words, and pictures that support the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning to Read Tagged With: Beginning Readers, Books, legos

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