I know what you're thinking. "They just snap together."
They do...but I don't know how the pieces WORK.
I played with Legos as a kid. In the box I had were big rectangle bricks, little rectangle bricks, square bricks, long bricks, a door, a couple of windows and four wheels. Maybe 100 pieces.
My boys have this:
With pieces like these:
Pulleys. Rods. L-shaped pipes. Things that look like a mechanic would use to fix a garage door.
"Play Legos with us," they said.
"OK, what are we building?"
"Cars. Or whatever you want to make."
Easy enough. Or so I thought.
"How do these wheels hook on to this?" I ask.
"You have to find one of these, and one of these, and then go like this."
"Mom, do you want a trailer? Find one of these pieces and then it hooks on like this so you can drag a trailer behind."
"Do you want this windshield? What about these lights and vents?"
This is the car I made. Actually Adam put the wheels on and Zach put the windshield and hood of the car on. So really all I did was snap a couple of bricks together and add headlights.
These are the boys' creations:
Do you think Amazon.com carries "Legos for Dummies?"
To see more Lego creations, visit Adam and Zach's Lego gallery. My favorites are House on Fire, Christmas Candle, and Blanky.
too funny! alex is just now getting into legos. they are crazy expensive. he got an erector kit for christmas, and i told him that mommies weren't good at building those - he'd have to get daddy to help. :)
ReplyDeleteFinally someone writes what I've been thinking about these lego kits. Of course the 7 yr old can make anything - all by himself - and I just wanted to make an old fashioned house - like when I was a kid.
ReplyDeleteTammie - we're going on about two years of Legos...it's still the most asked for item for birthday and Christmas.
ReplyDeleteNancy - I usually make a house too, but the boys wouldn't let me this time.