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From creepy crawlies hotel to fly catcher, how to build amazing Lego structures

By David Pallash
28th April 2020, 11:25 pm
Updated: 29th April 2020, 12:01 am

BRICKING it over how to keep the kids busy?

As a Lego play agent, David Pallash’s job is to help kids get the most out of Lego. He says: “Play is a way to help kids remain curious and creative at home.”

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Lego play agent David Pallash shows how to build amazing structures with Lego bricks

David here shares three builds – and we offer three fun games you can play with Lego too.

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The flying penguin

These are the Lego bricks you need to build the flying penguin

YOU NEED:

For the penguin

  • 2 black bricks 2×4
  • 2 black bricks 2×2
  • 1 flat black brick 2×4
  • 4 black bricks 2×1
  • 2 sloped black bricks 2×1
  • 2 black bricks 1×1
  • 2 white bricks 2×2
  • 2 white bricks with stud on side 1×1
  • 2 eyes
  • 2 sloped orange bricks 2×1

For the skyway

  • 16 red bricks 2×4
  • 1 flat red brick 4×10
  • 1 red brick 2×8
  • 2 red bricks 2×2
  • 2 sloped red bricks 2×2
  • String

1. Use five black and two white bricks for the penguin’s body. Add two black triangular bricks as feet

2. Create the head using two white and five black bricks. Use two triangular orange blocks as a beak. Add two eyes

3. To build the skyway that can travel down string, start with a large rectangular base and eight brick towers either side

4. Add the top

5. Place penguin in the skyway. Set up your string zipline. Take a couple of bricks off the top of the skyway to get the string through. Put them back on and get that penguin to fly

TIP: Always remember – don’t leave bricks on the floor for Mum and Dad to stand on.

The creepy crawlies hotel

These are the Lego bricks you need to build the creepy crawlies hotel

YOU NEED:

For the hotel

  • 1 white arch 1×4
  • 5 white bricks 1×1
  • 5 white bricks 2×1
  • 1 flat white brick 2×3
  • 6 round white bricks 2×2
  • 2 round black bricks 2×2
  • 1 flat round green brick 2×2
  • 1 flat round green quarter brick 4×4
  • 2 sloped green bricks 2×1
  • 2 sloped green bricks 3×1

To decorate

Use any plant elements you may have and open transparent studs to create a jungle vibe.

1. Construct the main structure with three bricks either side, an archway and a flat brick to hold it all together

2. On either side of your archway, create two towers from six circular bricks. Add a platform to one of your towers, with a support column at the back. To really bring your hotel up to the next level, try adding a couple of smaller towers on top of your structure

3. If you have plant elements, add these accessories as a final flourish. Leave in the garden for a while and see if any creepy crawlies want to check in

TIP: Play about with colours. Frogs don’t have to be green and penguins need not be black and white. It is up to you.

The fly catcher

These are the Lego bricks you need to build the fly catcher

YOU NEED:

  • 1 red brick 1×1
  • 1 red flat brick 1×8
  • 1 green brick 2×4
  • 2 green bricks 2×1
  • 1 green brick no studs 2×2
  • 1 green flat brick 2×4
  • 1 green sloped brick 2×2
  • 2 green sloped bricks 2×1
  • 2 green sloped bricks 3×1
  • 2 black bricks with stud on side 1×1
  • 1 black round brick 1×1 and 2 eyes

1. Start by building the frog’s head and body on a small round base

2. Add four triangular blocks to the base to make the frog’s front and back legs

3. Next up, add one red brick to the long red base to make the tongue. Add a black block to resemble a fly

4. Slot the tongue through your frog’s mouth

TIP: If you make something super-cool, ask Mum or Dad to share it online using #LetsBuildTogether so others can be inspired too.

The games

LEGO bricks are not just for building. Here we show you how to play three fiendishly fun games with them . . .

The duck game

It’s extremely unlikely you and the family will build the duck in the same way

YOU NEED:

  • 2 red flat bricks 3×2
  • 1 yellow brick 1×2
  • 1 yellow brick 2×2
  • 1 yellow brick 2×4
  • 1 yellow brick 2×2 with eyes

RULES: Give yourselves 45 seconds to build a duck.

Once you are done, compare with others in your family.
Are they the same?

Even in a group of 100 people, very few will be the exactly same.

Same task, same bricks . . . loads of different answers!

Bricktionary

Bricktionary requires players to guess what is being built

YOU NEED:

  • Paper, pen, a big pile of bricks

THE RULES: Write down different objects, people and places on your pieces of paper.

Fold them up and stick them in a bowl.

Take turns to pick one piece of paper each. Don’t let the others see what is written on yours. Now you have to build what is on the paper, while others guess what it is. First one to guess correctly then gets a go.

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Tricky tower

Take turns placing one brick on top of the other – but the one who makes it topple loses

YOU NEED:

  • A pile of 2×4 bricks

RULES: Take turns to place one brick on top of the other – you can choose where exactly.

See how high you can stack them on top of each other before they topple over. The one who makes it topple loses.

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