Category: Lego

We’ve been building like crazy, almost too fast to update the blog!

Today we visited the Route 9 Library and Innovation Center and spent a little time in their Lego Room.

We tried speed building in a space theme. We each knocked out four fun sculptures.

I got into my comfort zone, creating various spaceships. I also forgot to take individual pictures of two of the builds.

Isaac, 8, chose tan for varied builds from an alien dog to a moon bunker.

Westen, 10, was the most eclectic of us in color and design with a space flight training facility, space taxi, transport ship, and deep space probe.

Libraries are where we started our Lego journey years ago. There’s a special satisfaction in building and walking away, wondering who might play with or modify your creation.

God bless and thank you for reading,

Jason

The youngest Zerbey strikes again!

I need brainstorming notes, verbal planning, external inspiration, piles of sorted elements to decide on colors, and all types of prep to get going on a build.

At eight years old, Isaac simply builds. He saw a Youtube video of a show I loved, Battlebots, and ran with the idea of the tank-shaped bot. I loved it and suggested an arena, offering to help build it. “I got a plan, Dad.” Then he went into a trance and threw this scene together (big brother was recruited for the referee, he’s the resident minifigure expert).

God bless and thank you for reading,

Jason

Out of order and catching up! We’re unschooling this project in a hard way.

This gruesome boat was tricky and the scene became a bigger feat than expected as I saw the potential atmosphere a narrow, rocky passage could create.

God bless and thank you for reading,

Jason

My younger son blows me away with his solid, creative, colorful, and original builds.

I’m hoping to find him a couple black window frames as he wants to maintain his black and green scheme.

God bless and thank you for reading,

Jason

I don’t know what the inspiration was for this creation except that most of the elements come from a Lego set titled Orangutan’s Banana Tree.

I love the way it looks in tea time light and the inviting way Mr. Monkey beckons his guests.

God bless and thank you for reading,

Jason

I’m angry with the mocking Snow Moon. Delaware hasn’t seen a snowfall worth a ball all winter and this full moon was accompanied by a cold bath for my son and more rain.

As the rain persisted and I was stuck home all day getting our hot water heater replaced, I built an antidote inspired by Delaware Art Museum’s Chinese New Year celebration: The Lion Sun.

God bless and thank you for reading,

Jason

It took a few days, but I finally got moving on a treacherous hedge maze today. My sons helped pick the hazards and thought of sending Theseus back to Daedalus’s prison for the Minotaur.

Part Harry Potter, part Greek myth, this is the heftiest build so far and just busy enough to remain fun.

God bless and thank you for reading,

Jason

This one got weird.

Frustrated with a couple other builds, I thought I’d return to the relaxing mandala form. This time I chose to stick with blue tones and my son insisted I include purple (his mom’s favorite color).

As I got into a flow, it started to look more like a flower and the dark/light contrasts brought a yin and yang symbol to mind.

God bless and thank you for reading,

Jason