Category: Inspiration
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Have you ever driven somewhere and, when you arrived, realized you barely remembered the trip? Nothing unusual happened. It was just another routine drive. Our brains are funny that way. They tend to gloss over the routine and hold onto the exceptions. Routines become habits. Exceptions become memories. Childhood works much the same way. Your…
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How far can your LEGO bricks reach? Pick two sturdy spots in your home—a kitchen table and counter, the sofa and coffee table, or two chairs—and challenge your family to build a LEGO bridge all the way across. The catch? The bridge has to support itself without breaking! Once you make it across, move your…
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Those beautifully clean and spotless bedrooms. Those shelves of kids’ shoes and boots all lined up in neat rows. Those perfectly organized containers, all labeled and color-coordinated, full of LEGO bricks. It’s all a mirage. It’s too easy to compare our lived-in homes with the highly curated images we see on Pinterest—or even on our…
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It’s time for another Brick Surfers This or That! You’ve got a pile of LEGO bricks and some family building time ahead of you… Would you rather build a DRAGON 🐉 or a CASTLE 🏰? No instructions. No rules. Just pick a side and start building! Join or community on Skool and let us know…
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August at Brick Surfers: Building, Messes, Memories & More! 🧱🏄 Another month of Brick Surfing is in the books! During August, we talked a lot about what happens around the LEGO building. We talked about finding the right place to build, knowing when it’s time to make room for the next adventure, dealing with the…
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My wife and I had just turned out the light the other night when our youngest called on FaceTime. She’d just wrapped up her first full week at college, a few hours’ drive from home, and she was missing us It’s not like she hadn’t already called a few times that week. But as tired…
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How high can you go in two minutes? For this weekend’s family activity, we’re keeping things ridiculously simple. All you need is a pile of LEGO bricks, a timer, and at least two people who think they can build faster than everyone else. 😁 The Challenge You can measure your towers by number of bricks,…
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And maybe it’s more than just a LEGO disaster. Maybe it’s a complete disaster. It can be easy to walk into a very messy bedroom and get upset as a parent, especially when you work so hard to keep the rest of the house reasonably tidy. What about guests? What will they think? What will…
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Some kids love diving into a brand-new LEGO set, opening the bags one at a time and following the instructions step by step until the finished model comes together. Others would rather find a pile of new-to-them LEGO pieces and dive right into inventing. Some might even open a brand-new set, dump out all the…
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She’s the mom who watches carefully for loose LEGO pieces as she walks down the hallway. She might stop to pick them up—or, more likely, call for her child to come take care of their toys. He’s the dad who helps his child pour a bin of LEGO bricks onto a sheet instead of directly…