With camps closed, pools closed, and more and more kids at home this summer – I’m guessing everyone will be looking for ways to keep the kids entertained. I mean it’s only been two weeks and we’ve already played all of these water games, played about a million of these board games for kids, and caught all of the sharks available on our Animal Crossing island. One of my favorite boredom busters for kids is to give them a pile of Legos and ask them to build something. But sometimes it’s hard to come up with things for them to build. This challenge can help with just that. Instead of having to come up with new ideas – simply print out the printable summer Lego challenge guide and hand it over. No more coming up with crazy things to challenge the kids, just have them pick one and go for it!
Summer Lego Challenge Ideas
One of the things that I love most about doing Lego challenges (like this Easter Lego challenge we did earlier this year) is that there is no right or wrong Lego combination. It’s about creativity and imagination. The only thing I would say is that if you’re planning to do some Lego challenges, I recommend getting a basic color Lego set like this one so that if your kids are anything like mine and really like to build Lego sets, they don’t have to take those apart. And then you have all sorts of fun colors to use for these challenges! One thing to note before you get started with these Lego challenge ideas – the goal is that these are easy enough for any age (that’s Lego ready of course). If you have older kids, their beach scene may look much different than a 5-year-old.
How to Do a Lego Challenge
I know many of you have probably done a Lego challenge before, but I like to mix things up. So whether you’ve done a Lego challenge or haven’t, here are three fun ways to use this printable this summer!
1 – Do a 30 Day Lego Challenge
Pick a starting day and have kids either go from 1-30 or just pick one off the list that they want to build that day. Then the next day build another one until they’ve built them all. If you think having to choose one will be too complicated, you can also cut out the blocks and put them in a cup to pick out what they have to build that day too. We’ve done that and it works well.
2 – Make it a marathon Lego Day
Instead of breaking them up into one challenge a day, why not spend a few hours building Legos and see if you can go through all the challenges in one day? Maybe do the Lego challenge ideas listed on the printable and then try some of these other Lego party games as a fun addition. Make it an all-out Lego day! If your kids are competitive, you could also see who can get through all of the challenges the quickest but fair warning, this might cause arguing and less imagination.
3 – Couple challenges with activities
Want to add another element of fun? Couple the summer Lego challenge ideas with corresponding activities for the day. You could try any of the activities on this summer bucket list or I’ve included an idea for each of the challenge ideas below as well.
Other Summer Activities for Kids
4th of July scavenger huntSummer birthday party ideasActive games for kidsDIY S’mores BarPicnic scavenger huntAlphabet scavenger huntFun wacky walks
Download the Printable
Enter your first name and email address in the form below to get the printable PDF. You will receive a link to download the PDF to your email within minutes. If you do not see it, make sure to check your promotions, spam, and junk folders! If you have multiple kids, I recommend printing out multiple copies (one per kid) so they can mark them off as they go! If you do not see the form below, click here to get to it.
