Continuing the exploration into interesting LEGO techniques, my son played around with SNOT. SNOT stands for Studs Not On Top it is a way of building LEGO where the studs face in other directions, usually sideways. One great example of this technique is the SNOT ball this is a ball of LEGO where [ ]
In the spirit of the season, my kids worked on some fun Christmas builds to celebrate. Enjoy! Wishing you and your families a merry Christmas and a happy New Year may your 2023 be filled with creativity and fun.
This is a smaller build that my son put together in about 10 minutes just a quick idea that he executed superbly. The sunglasses were really stable and survived for a few weeks of being worn by various stuffed animals. It s a small, but neat little build.
It s been a little while since I posted something new on here, but that s not because my kids haven t been building LEGO I ve just been so busy I ve forgotten to get their builds up here. Here s one that my daughter built recently a fire sweeping through a forest. I really like the use [ ]
After watching a ton of LEGO Masters and being introduced to new ideas and ways of building LEGO, my kids were keen to try some new techniques. One thing we learnt about was brick bending a way of layering bricks that allows them to create curved shapes by appearing to bend. You can see [ ]
After my son built an evil ninja s lair from his minifigure pick, my daughter took up the challenge to build a house for the character that she selected and dubbed Guitar Guy : Since Guitar Guy s defining feature is his guitar, the house my daughter built was themed along those lines. She built a multi-storey abode [ ]
My kids have been super busy with some impressive builds lately I just haven t had the time to photograph and upload them yet, so more will be coming soon! In the meantime, here are some neat little unicorns they designed and built recently: The next build is going to be much grander in scale
We had some fun recently, with both kids picking a mini figure out of a hat and then building an appropriate home for it. Here is my son s work after selecting this Ninjago figure: My son decided this was an evil ninja (although I think Ninjago canon says this is actually a good guy named [ ]
This was a team effort from both of my kids. The rainbow tree was a fun one they did together, and the hippo was designed while it was being built. I feel that s important to point out here, to be honest these builds are all made up as they go along and not based [ ]
My son designed and built this underwater scene complete with a diver, green coral, treasure chest, baby blue whale, and Nemo-esque fish. We strangely don t have all that many minifigures, so it s cool to see one of them being put to use. As the close-up photos show, some of our LEGO pieces are really [ ]