We are huge Lego fanatics. We have made our own Lego Instruction Books; we’ve done Lego playdoh printing, car races, relay races, hunts, and Lego painting! My son just celebrated his fourth birthday and I threw him a Lego-themed birthday party that was a big hit.
Our house is now even more inundated with Legos than it was before… so we’ve been using our imaginations to create loads of activities using our new toys.
Since we love anything holiday-related and are getting excited for St. Patrick’s Day, we decided to create Lego rainbows this week.
These rainbows can easily be made without any tools other than Legos and a white piece of paper, but I decided to make a little paint rainbow to help my son have a visual organizer as he created his rainbow.
Materials Needed for Lego Rainbow:
- an assortment of Legos in various sizes
- chunky markers (we used our do-a-dot paint markers)
- large drawing paper
- (Optional) Draw a rainbow on the large drawing paper to use as a visual organizer for your child. You can also let your child do this.
- Sort your Legos by color
- Start creating your Lego rainbow!
- the colors of the rainbow (pairing the visual color with the name of the color)
- sizes and shapes (we talked about the different sizes/shaped Legos while we created)
- directions (right, left, on top, around, etc. were all vocabulary words reviewed during this activity)
- patterns (My son attempted to organize some of the rows of Legos in different patterns- ABBA, ABA, etc. We talked about them while we created)
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What a fun and colorful idea!
Thanks Holly. I seriously have been addicted to rainbows lately. The colors are so cheerful!
What a great way to match colors!
Thanks Deirdre!
Wonderful use of Lego (again).
Thanks for thinking outside the box – and sharing it with us.
Cheers
Inger
Thanks!!
Legos are so awesome to create with.
I love this and can’t wait to have my kids make a Lego rainbow. Great idea!
Thanks Kim!
What a colorful and unique idea! I love it!
How smart is this project!! My kids love Legos too and I’ve never thought to have them create pictures with them. I also love the idea of doing patterns. Thanks for sharing at AfterSchool.
So awesome! Thanks for linking up in my St. Patrick’s Day Ideas & Recipe link up! You rock. I just gave you a pin and following you on Pinterest! Have a super week! Susie
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This is a fun activity. I would love if you shared it this friday on my fun frugal linky party. http://www.funfrugalmommy .blogspot.com
Beautiful. Anything lego related is great and this is fabulous.
Thank you for sharing on Kids Get Crafty! Great to see you there!
Maggy & Alissa
What a wonderful idea! The lego looks so colourful and pretty. It would be lovely if you’d like to share this with our spring carnival.
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I love this! It’s a simple concept with sooo many learning opportunities. And there’s no huge prep! I think both of my little ones would really enjoy doing this. Thank you!
What a fun idea!!! And easy enough for the really little ones to help with! Thanks for linking to Fancy This Fridays! Shared this on our FB page today by the way!
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This is such a simple, great idea. Wonderful picture too.
Great idea, I m going to try it, they are going to love it.
What a cute idea! Our legos have been neglected recently, so this is a good idea to bring them to life again.
Thanks for linking up with Fun for Kids Friday. : )
What a fun, creative idea!! Love any excuse to play with legos =-) I am featuring this idea on TGIF this Friday!! Thanks for sharing your creativity with all of us!! Feel free to come grab an I was featured button any time and I look forward to seeing you again on Friday,
Beth =-)
Thank you so much for linking up again to Mommy Solutions! We love what you share! Congrats on being #5 most clicked link on the blog link up last week! You rock! The new linky is live.
Have a great week, Crystal
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