When it comes to LEGOs, the possibilities are endless. You can build towers, castles, and cars or you can create scenes from your favorite movies. The sky is the limit! Legos have been one of the famous landmarks for having a great time. On family game nights or rainy days, lego challenges are the best time pass. If you’re looking for some ideas on how to use your LEGOs, check out these 40+ activities. They’re sure to provide hours of fun for both kids and adults alike. So get creative and have some fun!
LEGO Activities
The best part about LEGO building ideas and a LEGO activity is that they can help children use their imagination. Creative play is the best way to sharpen your child’s efficiency. Lego building challenges or activities empowers the little child to boom with their inner thoughts and senses.
LEGO bricks are one of the activities I don’t mind my kids doing over and over again. It allows them to be so imaginative with their play. But it can be nice to mix things up on occasion!
Here are 40 Simple LEGO Ideas that involve LEGO building ideas, organizing LEGO bricks, and reading/watching LEGO characters.
LEGO Building Ideas
Make letters, numbers, or shapes using LEGO blocks.
Recreate your house or something your child sees regularly.
Make the tallest LEGO tower you can.
Put together a DUPLO set.
They are great for younger children, and they can still allow for good, imaginative play for older children.
Make a LEGO birdhouse
If you are willing to sacrifice some basic lego bricks for a while, make a birdhouse that a bird could actually live in.
Make a Car
Build a Train
Make a Catapult
Build a Dinosaur
Build targets for foam or plastic darts or balls or paint them with washable paints.
LEGO Zipline
It is pretty simple. Secure some kind of string from a high to low place.
Build something that goes around the string. Let it go!
Build a Spacecraft
Build a Castle
Create an Amusement Park or Ride
Recreate a Scene from a LEGO Movie
They purposefully made the movie so this could be done, though it would be very hard to do it perfectly. Practice makes perfect!
Build a balloon-powered LEGO car
Kind of like this. You can make a more robust design. It looks like the car should be wide and large so the balloon doesn’t drag.
Make LEGO jewelry
Create something nice for your Mom. Maybe super glue it together, and drill a hole through it.
Put a string or necklace through the hole to wear.
LEGO Candy Dispenser
LEGO Puppet Theater
Build and Play Tic Tac Toe
This is something you can build and activity – all in one! Just grab some of your extra pieces, make the Tic Tac Toe board, and play a game! These awesome LEGO activities appeal to all ages of LEGO lovers.
Assemble a new set
Obviously, this is one of the least creative ideas on this list – but who doesn’t love a new LEGO set? There’s nothing quite as fun as creating a new LEGO set for the first time.
Create something original
Fun Things to do with LEGOs
Watch homemade LEGO Movies on YouTube
Make a stop-action video
You could just try doing a time-lapse video if you don’t have the patience for a stop-action video. Stop Motion Studio is a great app for doing this!
Take some LEGO-themed pictures around the house or in your yard.
- Have a LEGO guy climbing a blade of grass or something like that
LEGO Marble Maze
On a LEGO baseplate make a maze that you can tilt a marble through to get to the end.
Break a Minifigure Out of ICE
Freeze one of your minifigures into some water and then break him out! So fun!
LEGO Activities for Kids
Organize your LEGO pieces
For all you future projects, I think it helps to have your pieces categorized and separated out. Who wants half the time of playing with Legos to feel like you’re looking for a needle in a haystack. Here are some great organizers.
You can also make a LEGO Playmat that doubles as storage as well.
Create a folder for instructions so they don’t get lost and torn easily.
You can use a three-ring binder and clear plastic sleeves to hold the instructions.
LEGO Slime
Word Builder
- Put masking tape pieces on LEGO DUPLO blocks
- Write letters on the tape.
- Create words with the letters.
Make sentences with LEGO blocks
- Put masking tape pieces on LEGO blocks.
- Write words on them.
- Make sentences out of the words.
Read a LEGO Book
Video: A how it’s made video about LEGO on YouTube.
Read Some LEGO Batman Stories
- There is Chaos in Gotham City. It has comics, stories, and activities.
- There is a Level 1 reading difficulty comic book called Team Batman.
- A Level 2 difficulty comic book style book is Rise of the Rogues.
Lego Digital Designer
It is a downloadable program you can use to make lots of fun LEGO designs.
They have lots of parts to choose from, and you can save and print your scenes when you’re done.
Read Batman’s Guide to Being Cool!
It is narrated by Batman, and it is a fun bedtime read.
Plus, you get to learn how to be cool from Batman!
Make LEGO Prints
This is a really fun idea from the Artful Parent. All you need are some LEGOs and stamp pads.
LEGO Alphabet Activity
The website Katherine Rosman has this fun idea for those early learners in your household! She has printable letters you can download and use for the activity.
LEGO Activities for the Whole Family
Make a LEGO traveling case
We posted a tutorial for an easy, DIY LEGO travel case.
Watch The LEGO Movie
Attempt to not get the song stuck in your head (but don’t be too sad if you do…Because, EVERYTHING IS AWESOME ;-).
Make a LEGO table
Buy an IKEA side table, a plastic toy storage bin, and with a little wood and a few nails you could have an awesome LEGO table.
Add some peel ‘n stick building brick mats to make your table twice as cool and easier to build.
It will help your child focus their LEGO play in one spot, and not the floor all over the house.
Ping Pong Net
Do a LEGO “Fire Walk”
Put a bunch of LEGO bricks on the ground like hot coals, and walk across them.
I do not promise that this might injure you. Don’t sue me!
Make LEGO Jell-O, cake or popsicles with a mold.
Visit a LEGO art installation near you.
Our local zoo has really cool LEGO animals, and we barely missed another traveling exhibit at a mall near our house. Always keep your ears and eyes open for these!
Check out LEGOLAND in California
You could try “walking around” LEGOLAND on Google Earth
Plus, you can watch videos on YouTube.
You could always go in person! We are excited to go this fall. You can get the best deals from Get Away Today, and if you book a Southern California vacation, you can get $10 off using the code ClarksCondensed.
Watch The LEGO Batman Movie
Organize your LEGO pieces
For all you future projects, I think it helps to have your pieces categorized and separated out. Who wants half the time of playing with Legos to feel like you’re looking for a needle in a haystack. Here are some great organizers.
LEGO Activities FAQ
In addition to developing cognitive skills, LEGO also helps children develop fine motor skills. As they stack and manipulate the colorful bricks, kids strengthen their hand muscles and improve their dexterity. Playing with LEGO can also help children develop spatial awareness and creative problem solving skills.
When children are working on a LEGO project, they are constantly making decisions about which pieces to use and how to put them together. This helps them develop critical thinking skills and learn how to plan ahead. As they build, children are also learning about cause and effect – if they stack the bricks too high, the structure will topple over.
In addition to all of these cognitive benefits, LEGO play is also just plain fun! Kids love the challenge of building something new, and they take a lot of pride in their creations. Playing with LEGO can help spark a child’s imagination and creativity, two very important skills that will serve them well throughout their lives.
There can be a few answers to this question since it depends on individual preferences and skill levels. First off – what even makes a LEGO set challenging to build?
-Lots of pieces
-Length of time to build
-Repetition
-Intricate designs
Some of the more challenging LEGO sets may include:
-The LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon set which has over 7, 000 pieces
-The UCS Imperial Shuttle Tydirium set with over 4,000 pieces
-LEGO Architecture Eiffel Tower set, which comes with many small pieces that are required to be placed in a specific order.
-LEGO Colosseum with over 9000 pieces
-LEGO Harry Potter Castle – it has over 6000 pieces
-LEGO Titanic with over 9000 pieces
Ultimately, it really varies from person to person as to what is considered the most challenging LEGO set to build.
There are many things that can be done with spare LEGO pieces or extra minifigures.
-Donate them to a local children’s hospital or charity.
-Sell them online through sites such as eBay or BrickLink
-Sell them to a LEGO store or a second-hand children’s store, like Once Upon a Child.
-Place them in a display case – this is a great idea for one that is less than $5!
-Create artwork or crafts
-Make stop motion videos
Why do LEGO sets have extra pieces?
There are a few reasons why LEGO sets might have extra pieces. Sometimes, the extra pieces are there so that you can build variations of the original design. Other times, the extra pieces are replacement parts in case you lose or damage one of the original pieces.
Whatever the reason, it’s always fun to have extra LEGOs on hand. You never know when you might need them!
Whether you’re a kid or an adult, there’s no doubt that LEGOs are tons of fun. They allow for creativity and imagination to run wild. And with so many different possibilities, the sky is the limit when it comes to what you can create. If you’re looking for some ideas on how to use your LEGOs, be sure to check out the list we’ve provided below. You’re sure to find something that will keep you entertained for hours on end!
Other LEGO Posts You May Enjoy:
- DIY Toy or Lego Bag and Playmat
- IKEA LEGO Table
- Easy DIY LEGO Travel Case
- Easy DIY Beyblade Made with LEGO
Chelsea @ Life With My Littles says
LOVE THIS! My kids both LOVE Legos. They play with theirs every single day. I’m definitely saving this post! (And sidenote, EVERYTHING IS AWESOOOOME!)
Katie says
haha!! My kiddos love LEGOS too – well, mainly Jack. They keep him occupied for hours!