Games and Challenges to Make with Lego

Sometimes when the kids are home from school you need some little games and time fillers to keep them entertained while waiting for some event or something else is going on. Since most people seem to have a cache of Legos, I thought it would be fun to take a look at some Lego games and activities you can try with your kids.

The first thing I found was this post on minute to win it style games you can do with Lego bricks from Kids Craft Room (there’s a review of a Lego book at the top but just keep scrolling and you’ll find the ideas). One of my favorites is the chopstick challenge, where you have to pick up bricks from a pile and move them to another pile one at a time using chopsticks.

Another really cool idea that takes just a bit of prep is using Lego pieces to make sudoku challenges. I originally found this idea on a website that is not in English, but I did successfully download the printable game boards there if you want to give them a try. The pages use four colors of bricks and 2×2 grids that are partially filled in so kids can figure out what bricks go in the other spaces.

Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls has a version with 2×3 grids but instead of using a printable you design the game board then take a few bricks off and let the person playing solve it. You can make the board any size you like if you’re building it in this way as long as you follow the rules (all colors must be present in each section, and they don’t repeat across the same row or column).

This last one isn’t really a game but with the nations of the world posts that I’ve been doing I wanted to share it, too. I found this pin on Pinterest that doesn’t like to a website but its credited to Meredith Anderson of Momgineer but I’m not finding it on her website. Still you get the idea I think. Just pick some flags that have simple colors and designs and try to build them with bricks. Then you can also find those countries on the map or play a guessing game where other people try to figure out which flag was made.

Check out the kids craft section on Craftbits.com

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Hispanic Heritage Month runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 each year (because it celebrates the time period when several countries gained their independence) and it’s a great time to bring in some Hispanic inspired crafts and foods. For an overview on the celebration, the difference between Hispanic and Latino and the importance of the holiday, as well as a look at Latino art and famous Latinos and Latinas, check out this post and related information from the National Museum of the American Latino.

Spanish Playground has a great collection of craft ideas that you can do in Spanish class or with kids in any class or at home. It includes things like weaving, making mola (folk art from Panama; learn more at Kid World Citizen), doing an artist study of a Hispanic artist and more.

Crafty Chica has a great collection of crafts, coloring pages and printables for celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with kids. I love this coloring page inspired by Amante bark painting, but there are also folk art stamps, corn husk dolls, tile painting ideas and more.

Papel picado is a classic folk art from Mexico that will feel familiar if you’ve ever made a paper snowflake. Learn how to make them from tissue paper with this video from Hispanic Society Museum and Library.

Learn more about Hispanic Heritage Month, get recipes and crafts from PBS Kids. I love this Peruvian siku flute, which can be made with old markers or paper straws.

While not exactly a craft, playing loteria (a Spanish language bingo game) is a fun thing to do with a group of kids. Free Kids Crafts has printable bingo cards with basic Spanish vocabulary and images for people who don’t already know these words.

And if you need a little snack when you’re done crafting, try these no bake mini tres leches cakes from Inspired by Family. They’re made with purchased pound cake so they’re pretty fast and easy.

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