We have been having lots of fun learning with Legos lately. We loved using Legos to build sentences. One of our activities during school this week was creating this fun DIY Lego Board game.
To make our game board, we used a large square of cardboard from the recycling box.
I covered the cardboard with a large piece of white paper, and then we started to design our game board.
The kids decided to color the rectangles on our board with bright colors you would find in Legos.
Once it was colored, I added directions to the rectangles.
One of the goals of the game was to practice reading skills, so I made sure to make the directions fairly simple for my beginning readers. I included color words, like “Pick up 1 blue” and other simple directions, like “Put back 1 block.”
To play our Lego board game, the kids rolled a game die, moved their Lego character, and followed the directions on the rectangle landed on.
At the end of the game they had fun creating with the pieces they had picked up.
Extensions:
Older kids could design a more complicated board, including more specific directions of which pieces to pick up.
Or, play with a bunch of 2×2 square bricks and see who can build the tallest tower at the end to determine a winner!
(This post is not endorsed by the Lego company, it was merely inspired by its awesome interlocking blocks.)
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karen says
January 27, 2015 at 2:43 pmlove this, I’ve seen this before but love that you drew it instead of priting it out. What a cleaver idea.
OneMommy says
January 28, 2015 at 12:17 pmHonestly, I drew on up because I am: 1 — too lazy to have to hook the computer to the printer, not to mention figure out how to make one on the computer, and 2 — too cheap to use the printer ink. 😉
susen @Dabbling Momma says
January 31, 2015 at 7:57 amThis FANTASTIC! Love it! Both my 9 year old and 4 year old would enjoy this. I’m always looking for activities that they can both do. Thanks for sharing at our Share day, I will be resharing and already pinned!
OneMommy says
February 1, 2015 at 2:39 pmThanks so much for sharing and pinning!
Jill says
February 8, 2015 at 10:21 pmThis is a fun idea! My kids love learning with legos.
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Starr O says
February 11, 2015 at 5:48 pmI used an old shelf from a tv stand for the board–it was just gathering dust–and for the retangles I coloured return mail labels. I totally love this idea! Thank you!! 🙂
OneMommy says
February 12, 2015 at 7:15 pmAwesome! I hope you guys have fun playing!