If your kids enjoy making their own Lego creations, then they might have fun making their own Lego instruction book so that others can enjoy building those same creations. It’s a great Do It Yourself project. Kids are so happy when they make something on their own, and Kids Activities Blog loves to make kids happy!
{Do It Yourself} Lego Instruction Book
We are big fans of simple and easy activities that use materials we already have at our house. We also LOVE Legos. My son’s fourth birthday is at the end of February and we are throwing him a Lego-themed birthday party, so Legos have been on my mind a lot lately.
We came up with this quick activity the other afternoon while my one year old was napping. It kept us quiet and got us creating. You just need some Legos, your camera, and a few other odds and ends mentioned below.
Materials Needed for Simple Lego “Plan” Book: (affiliates included)
– Legos (variety of sizes/shapes/colors)
– camera
– cardstock
– printer
– binder ring (or some pipe cleaner)
– hole punch
– scissors
– laminating sheets (optional)
How to Make Your Own Lego Instruction Cards:
1. Have your child build a variety of creations using Legos that are different sizes and shapes.
Do It Yourself
2. Take a close up picture of each Lego creation (I photographed ours on a plain background).
3. Print out each picture onto cardstock or photo paper (I tried to make ours life size).
Lego Building Instructions
4. Grab a bucket of Legos and start building!!
If you want to create a little Lego puzzle book you can…
– Cut the pages to the size you want (Ours were about 6×8 when we cut them down).
– Hole punch the corner of each page and link the pages together using a binder ring (or a pipe cleaner if you are like me and don’t have any rings anywhere in your house).
This Lego building activity is great for teaching kids about geometry and fostering problem solving skills. I always love it when I sneak learning into a fun activity!
For older kids you could easily make this activity more complex by making the Lego creations more intricate or by just tracing the outside of the Lego shapes and having kids use their problem solving skills to figure out what to build with.
My son was so anxious to get building that I didn’t laminate our pages first. I am kicking myself for that and will be printing new ones out tomorrow and laminating them. The puzzles have been carried all around the house and ended up getting drenched… yet they are still being played with. 🙂 Obviously they were a success!
More Kids Activities
We hope your child has a lot of fun making their own Lego instruction book. We have lots of other great do it yourself projects too. Be sure to look at some of these great kids activities:
- Make Your Own Comic Strip (DIY)
- Lego Building Instructions….Build a Lego costume!
- Do It Yourself Photo Key Chain
Leave a comment: Do you have any favorite activities that your child does with Legos?
This is wonderful idea! JDaniel is always creating objects and telling them about them. This is great way to record what he made and what he said it was.
I LOVE this – I’m going to have my 9 year old make this for my 2 year old – such a great idea as they both LOVE legos!!
Wonderful idea and great pictures! I’ll have to store this one away for when my baby boy is a bit bigger. 🙂
I will be doing this – great idea!
I would love to pin this. Do you have a pin board on pinterest ? If not, you should consider it… This is a great idea.
Thanks Kelly! If you check out my Bio above you can find my pinterest profile. Would love you to check it out!
What a sweet idea Rebecca! If you post about it definitely share it with me. I also used these book pictures for an interactive Lego birthday party invitation.
What a great idea! My oldest loves to follow the photos on the LEGO packaging to try and mimic the objects he’ll love this and perfect for then little brothers to try and match the big brother build 🙂
Thanks friend. Love the idea of writing his own Lego story 🙂
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What a wonderfully simple and elegant idea.
Do you mind if I mention this on my blog?
Cheers
Inger
Very creative and fun! I too am always looking for ways to create learning activities for my children that are fun as well as made from items we already have in the home. So many possibilities. Great idea!
Thanks Inger! You are welcome to mention this on your blog. Would love you to share the link back once you do so I can come check it out.
Me too Jaimi- isn’t it so nice when that happens? Those are my favorite activities and ones I share tons over on my toddlerapproved.com blog as well. Thanks for stopping by to leave a comment!
Love that idea Alaina!!
I love this idea! We just bought my son his first set of Legos yesterday, so I’m venturing into Lego world now. Thanks for sharing 🙂
That’s a great idea!! To have older sibling make one for younger sibling. Not only does it get older sibling thinking, but fostering sibling relationships in the process. Awesome!
Awesome! luv it! So need to do this one
This is great! We are all about Lego’s in our house. I am putting together a post on Lego activities and will certainly include a link to this page, thank you!
Ooo, it is an addictive world Erica!! 🙂 I went to the Lego store at Disney in Orlando yesterday and almost bought out the place!
When your post is up, pass along the link Angela! I would love to see the other ideas you find. We are always looking for new Lego ideas at our house.
Love this idea! I have two wild and crazy Lego lovers at my house! Four if you include dad and I!!! 😉 I was even thinking it might be simpler to put the creations on the scanner and just print it out……hmmm…. I don’t know. I’ll have to let you know how it turns out. 😀 Thanks again for the fun idea!
Oh, great idea! I’ll have to try this one 🙂
Genius! So fun and I know my boys would love this. I love that your mind just comes up with this stuff!
My five year old can’t keep up with my 7 year old in lego building. The 2 year old doesn’t even try anymore. This is a great way for the youngers to improve their skills. We have two days off from school this weekend. I sense a project about to happen. This will keep them ALL busy.
We keep all of our instructions in a binder with page protectors. I will probably just print the pictures as I take them, stuff them in page protectors, and put them in something similar (folder with prongs?) so they are useful right away. If this keeps the 2 year old busy, I will have a great weekend!
What a clever idea! I used to like doing tangrams as a kid and this is slightly reminiscent of that.
If you need to save some time, I have created an ebook of building block patterns and games to use with Duplo blocks. The download is $5. You can get some free sample pages to print and check it out at http://www.growingplay.com/buildingblocks.html
We recently discovered a couple of iPad LEGO games and my boys love to play them! In one they have to drag and drop Legos into a shadow…very similar idea! I can’t wait to make a book like this with Cutie Pie for Sweet Pea and make one of my own for Cutie Pie! thanks for the idea!
Just came across this link passed on from The Toy Bug…I love this idea.
I am also a past special ed teacher now nanna and love sharing these ideas with my daughter and making up activities for my grandsons. Will definitely be doing this. Also like passing on one of my favourite sites as it is so easy to download activities from here http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/australia/#.T4KYvdWMV8E.
Looking forward to checking out some more great ideas. Thankyou.
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I love your idea. I have had a go myself and am linking back to you in December as where i got my idea form. Be sure to pop over and see my lego puzzles inspired by you.
Great idea Kristina!!! We have tons of pics of the kids Lego creations on the iPad already, I’ll need to print them out ASAP! And that Lego store is so fun isn’t it? We sometimes just stop by the one in Orlando just to play!
What a great idea – I can’t wait to try this – my son is SO nearly old enough!!
I adore this idea . . both for home and my preschool classroom. Thanks so much for sharing this with us! 🙂
Fantastic, i did a version linking to you on my blog, thanks for the great inspiration.
Of course, one is never too old for LEGOs, when we mature, we may find it a nice hobby to have to keep our brain’s plasticity active and lively. You are only limited to what you can build out of a LEGO bricks by your own imagination.
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