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Lego Mania 2

Lego Mania 2

2.5 hours      Cost $13

1 – Free Build – build whatever they want using the Legos in their bag and their base plate. – 20 minutes after official start of camp. Allow students to start on this while children are arriving.

2 – About 5 minutes to look at each other’s creations and another 5 minutes to take creations apart and place Legos back into their bags

3 – Ultimate house – work in teams of 2 or 3 – build a house – 25 minutes. May use “extra pieces” from bins – have windows, doors, roof tiles, etc. available.

4 – About 5 minutes to look at each other’s houses and 5 minutes to take creations apart and place Legos back into their bags

5 – Under the Sea – Build something that could be found under the sea – an animal, a machine, etc. – 20 minutes to build a free-standing creation

6 – About 5 minutes to look at each other’s creations and 5 minutes to take creations apart and place Legos back into their bags

7 – Choose a task card and build what is on the card – work alone or in teams of 2 or 3 – 20 minutes. If you finish early – pick another task card

8 – 5 minutes to look at each other’s creations

9 – Pompom Maze – create a maze that is 2 bricks tall and goes around the base plate. Leave an opening that is 4x wide in two places. Construct a maze in the interior of your base plate – 20 minutes. When finished you will receive a straw and a pompom – use the straw to blow the pompom around the maze.

10 – 5-10 minutes to play with each other’s mazes and 5 minutes to take the mazes apart and place Legos back into the bags – may keep pompoms and straws

11 – Clean up

The kids love to build and they love to look at what others have made so I always build time in to sharing creations. I also take pictures of everyone’s creations each time and send the parents a link to a Google Photo Album I create for each session. The kids like being able to show parents what they have done but I can’t let them keep everything they build until the end or I’d never get everything taken apart.

This can be adapted for an after school Lego Club. I usually charge $4 for a 45 – minute session – based on our aftercare charges.

Places to find challenge cards:

TeachersPayTeachers

The Stem Laboratory – This site has many Lego Challenges – use their search bar to find them.

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