Lego Family Time Legolympics

There have been a lot of promotions from game companies encouraging family game nights, but I wanted to share another idea for an evening of family fun with Legos. Lego has a very basic set called Builders of Tomorrow (6177), and they have been promoting it by featuring monthly building instructions on their site here. They've also teamed up with Family Fun Magazine to offer even more instructions each month here. They are PDF files that you can print and/or save in a file on your computer.

We've got quite a large stash of Lego sets, and we could probably create many of the mothly designs out of what we already have, but I really liked the idea of having one special set that was only for Lego Family Nights. The kids get excited when I pull out the "Family Lego Box". The Builders of Tomorrow set retails around $30.00.


Our family has been eagerly anticipating the start of the 2010 winter Olympic games. We've been using some of the monthly building instructions and the Builders of Tomorrow set to create a fun little Olympic display. (The only things pictured that were not made from the monthly building instructions and the set were the medal podium with minifigures, the torch-bearing minifigure added to the 2010, and the US flag which is actually a Mega Blocks set we found at the dollar store a few years ago.)