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Build a Lego Advent Calendar

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Lego advent calendar

I love Lego building challenges because they are a sneaky way to bring a bit of engineering and STEM fun into your everyday.

But combining Lego, building challenges and candy may just be the best of all.

Most of us, let’s admit, probably have the supplies on hand to challenge our kids to make a Lego advent calendar, like this one from Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls.

Kids can use windows, doors, hinges, and spinning bits to make the compartments for the sweets, and build walls out of all the green and red bricks you can find.

Add trees, snowmen from your Frozen sets, or whatever wintry stuff you have on hand to make it even more fun.

Have you ever made an advent calendar before? I’d love to hear about it!

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  1. Thanks, this has gone to my Lego-passionate g/son. I make all my g/kids an Advent Calendar jars. I use pretty ‘Bon Maman jamjars (I’m in the UK) decorate and fill with 24 of their favourite sweets. I attach a teeny tiny letter from Santa reminding them to be good. Parents tell me they were good when the children were small, watching the number of sweets going down daily was more understandable than opening a window on a card one.

Have you read?

Viking Unit Study

I love the idea of unit studies, which can be done at school, in a homeschool environment or just for fun at home as a way to learn about something specific your kids might be into (or maybe that you are interested in and want them to know more about).

Simply Learning Together put together a homeschool unit study on the Vikings, which sounds like a lot of fun, first off, but it also walks you through the process of how she develops a unit study for her kids so you can do it, too.

It’s a pretty simple process that involves going to the library, reading and researching yourself, then developing some activities and lessons based on what you have learned.

This unit study for the Vikings, for example, shares the books she read and how she planned out the activities. In the post you’ll find a link to a printable map they used, and she talks about different activities they did including baking bread, having a super cute Viking lunch (a sandwich with banana horns to make it look like a Viking helmet!), working with runes, having a snack in “Viking horns” (waffle cones) as well as music, language arts and notebook activities they did.

You could definitely build off these ideas using the books available in your local public library or through doing your own research to find more information and activities your kids might be interested in depending on their age. You could throw in some Viking mythology, for example (I love Norse Mythology for Smart People as a source). Add some STEM with this how to build a Viking ship activity from Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus, or make a Viking shield out of cardboard with this idea from This Crafty Family. There are tons of great ideas out there once you start looking!

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