I bought some lego's for the kids for Christmas, thinking I was getting the larger one and of course got the tiny ones. My mom went out and got them the Duplo train and a construction set and they are in hog heaven! Cooper's birthday is in a few weeks so I'm thinking of getting more legos.
What do your kids love right now?
If you've got older ones, when could they manage the little pieces better? (they can do it but get all upset when they try to move something and it breaks)
And damn lego's are expensive! Now I'm made I didn't stock up when TRU had tons of buy 1 get 1 50% sales.
*random factoid* Did you know that lego sells 50% of their annual sales in the 2 weeks prior to Christmas. Is that not insane! We happened to watch some special on the lego factory the other day and I about fell off my chair.
Re: Favorite lego sets?
I feel like TRU has those buy 1 get 1 50% sales all the time so I'm sure there will be plenty of other opportunities! Those Lego City sets are best for beginning builders, and then they can move up from there once they are ready. My 3.5 year old loves the Lego mini figures, and does all kinds of crazy stuff with them like switch their heads around and take off their arms. My 5 year old loves building and can follow the Lego directions or make his own creations. His currents favs are Lego superheroes, Star Wars, and Ninjago.
I bought a huge lot of Legos off of CL about a year ago that we call the "party box." It's a big assortment and it's not any one set so I'm not worried about pieces getting lost. We use that for parties, playdates, taking out of town, etc. and it's always a big hit.
To switch things up, every now and then I print off directions off of the Lego website. You can look up whatever the kids are interested in (i.e. reindeer, snowman, etc.) and get directions to sets.
https://us.service.lego.com/en-US/BuildingInstructions/default.aspx
There's also a free Lego Jr. magazine that comes out every other month, and the boys always look forward to it. It has building ideas in there too.
https://club1.lego.com/en-US/subscription/Default.aspx?SkuId=9052b50e-271e-46d2-9abb-e1950f8cc438&step=1&CountryId=US
They LOVE the Lego stores, although there isn't one close to us. I think there is one in Sac, and we've been to the one at Valley Fair several times if you ever make it out there. They have several play stations there where you can free play build.
Legos have completely taken over our house, but I think it's a great "thinking" toy and we love their Lego habit! I'm kind of obsessed with the minifigures myself, and bought a huge lot of those of off CL last year. We really love the lil superhero ones!
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