Are you ready for the Lego Challenge?

Hands up if you are a fan of Lego?  Did you play as a child?

There are only a few of my childhood toys that have lasted the test of time to be passed onto my own children.  My "Cabbage Patch Kid" {Karen Crescenda}, board games, books and a bucketful of LEGO.  Now Karen was completely unappreciated by either of my children but the LEGO is well loved.

A common complaint I hear among my friends {other parents} is about LEGO sets.  Once built, the sets stay built and not played with or broken up and never put back together again.  Is this your experience?  

Buying a few base boards was a great way to encourage my kids with the imagination part of playing with Lego.   Here is another way .... the YKOT Lego Challenge!!  

Before I go into the details, I have to let you know that I was inspired to do this after reading about LEGO quest (found on Pinterest).  In 2010, a series of quests were given where readers would build and photograph their achievements.  I wish we could have been a part of this quest but my kids would have been too young.

So here it is....

YKOT Lego Challenge!

Here is how it will work:
Each Friday for the next 4 weeks, I will select a "Lego Challenge".  Encourage your children to build this during the week and take a photograph.  Send in the photograph with a brief description {eg. George, age 6, hovercraft or if you prefer Mr 6, hovercraft} by Thursday 5pm (Sydney time).  I will collate the photographs so your child can see their own creation and have a look at what others have made too.

Rules: 

• Open to children of all ages.  {This is not a school assignment so it is not about parental help for the best looking creation but parents can help if they want to! Parents you can build your own if you want to but please label as such. If no-one submits a photograph you might just get lots of my creations. LOL}
  
• Children can submit more than one photograph per challenge if they want to.
• Children may use any "brick-like-Lego" to complete the challenges including Duplo, Megabloks, etc.
• Photographs submitted will become the property of Your Kids OT and may be published on the website, FB and Pinterest.  Thanks!
• This is non-competitive challenge and is designed for encouraging imagination and creativity! Sorry no prizes and no winner.
• Email your  photo/s to [email protected]
• Tell your friends about the challenge!
• Have fun!!!

This week's challenge is... build with 50 bricks.  
This can be any bricks that you select.

I'm so excited to see what your kids will create!  

Are you {and your kids} up for the challenge? The Lego challenge?

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