• Your Home Doesn’t Have to Look Like Pinterest

    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…

  • 🐉 DRAGON or 🏰 CASTLE?

    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…

  • 🚍 Friday Reminder: How Are YOU Getting to School?

    Have you tried this week’s Building Challenge yet? A school bus is only the beginning. 🚀🐉🤖 Maybe yours has rocket boosters. Maybe it can fly, float, or hover. Maybe you skip the bus completely and ride a dragon to school! There’s no right answer—just build the most imaginative way you can think of to get…

  • When are you a Brick Surfer?

    It could be 2 a.m. You get up to comfort a child crying after a bad dream, stumble into the hallway, and suddenly remember that you forgot to help them pick up the LEGO pieces before bed. And you scramble to pick up a few before you end up with an … Ouch! You’re Brick…

  • Is it OK to mix every LEGO set together?

    I know some parents who store every LEGO set their child owns in its own resealable bag or box. Others give their child one big bin and let all those LEGO pieces mingle together. Some sort by theme. Some by part type. Some by color. And some have a system that probably only makes sense…

  • August Roundup

    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…

  • Building Challenge: Back to School Bus

    “If you could travel to school any way you wanted, what would it look like?” Would you ride in a super school bus with rocket boosters? Wait at a bus stop with a giant slide? Fly on the back of a friendly dragon? Or invent a brand-new way to get there that’s never been seen…

  • They Grow Up So Fast

    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…

  • 🧱 Saturday Family Time: The 2-Minute Stacking Challenge!

    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,…

  • Reminder: Build the Best Store in Town!

    🏪 Friday Reminder: Is Your Store Open for Business? Earlier this week, we challenged you to build the Best Store in Town! So… how’s business? 😄 Maybe your minifigures are lining up outside the hottest bakery in town. Maybe they’re spending all their money at an arcade, picking out a new pet, browsing a comic…