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| Getting eaten by a Lego shark, Scooby and the gang Lego models, building at the Lego friends booth, Lego Friends Participation Prize, Adding designs to a Lego wall, our family Lego creations, a Lego Friends Model |
Last Friday I drove myself and my daughter to Charlotte and we attended the Lego Kidsfest with my mom and my aunt. We had been talking about and looking forward to the show since Christmas and despite the long drive, we were excited. The tickets were reasonably priced and thanks to free participation prizes we were able to recoup the cost of K's ticket.
We started in the model museum near the front of the venue but quickly figured out it was too busy for picture taking at the beginning of the show so we left and circled back close to the end. Next we made our way to the big block pile where we also only spent end up spending enough time to grab a few pictures of Little K in the pile before she was ready for something else.
Little K was most excited about the Lego Friends area so that's where we headed next, it was a participation prize area so after Little K was done building her park she turned it into the booth monitor and was given a free Lego Friends set to build when she got home.
We spent the next 3 hours floating around from specialized area to specialized area building and playing, there were a lot of people but since they limit the number of tickets sold the crowds weren't overwhelming. We didn't wait in line for anything Little K wanted to do although we did have to wait to turn in her creation at the Creation Nation station.
We skipped the Lego store because we don't need $100+ Lego sets when it's not a birthday or Christmas, we did check out the Lego Kidsfest souvenir store where I picked up a Catwoman flashlight, a shirt, and a Lego pen for my sister all for under $30.
Little K ended up with 3 participation prize Lego sets and a Lego Kids Club magazine plus a ton of great pictures and memories to last a lifetime. If you have kids or know a kid who loves Legos I highly recommend the Lego Kidsfest experience and don't wait to get those tickets they sell out fast!
Thanks so much for the recap! It's so cool they have participation prizes! I love free stuff and yea, the tickets are reasonably priced. We signed up for a Sunday sesh, so will probably make a weekend out of it by going to Hershey Park on Saturday. Boy, are our kids going to be pooped :).
ReplyDeleteSo cool! I was never really into legos but visiting their stores and seeing the creations made me wish I was! The way the designers are able to create so many curves from squares is fantastic!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool! I liked Legos as a kid but I think I would have LOVED them if I was a kid now, they've gotten really neat with all the different sets and stuff.
ReplyDeleteLove that you guys got to go to this!!! All of my nephews are lego obsessed and it is usually one of the presents they request from us. There are so many cool legos out there. I really love the Scooby ones!
ReplyDeleteoh wow, this looks so fun! but i had no idea legos were so expensive, for real? i love what people can do with them though.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a lot of fun. My kids LOVE Legos. We have them everywhere in the house it seems.
ReplyDeleteIt blows my mind some of the things people can make out of Legos!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fantastic experience! My stepson would love it :)
ReplyDeleteomg, I could totally get behind this. Legos never get old~
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