Feel I came up with this one with some recent Lego releases, like the Daily Bugle and the Avengers Tower. But feel it was also that I like when we do collaborative builds. Just a few months ago, my group did the “Mansion Challenge” where we build one big mansion and put it together. I thought what if we did the same thing, but we built up:
So after going over rules, I told my kiddos that we would be building one big skyscraper, they were in charge of making one floor or room of it. First off, make sure you have the small double-sided base plates, you can find them easily online. Because when you finally build, you’re going to want this all to easily snap into place. So once they got their double-sided plate, they could build whatever they wanted BUT all the walls had to be an equal height, so that the next floor can snap in easily. Here’s the example I walked around with. I emphasized thick walls with some exposure and making sure we’re using the same height of bricks all around.
This might not be the best example because MORE walls and LESS exposure will be better when you finally put it together. Anyway everyone got really into this one, I had some really creative floors like a movie theater:
And a skate park:
Most of my time was walking around and making sure that walls were even. I walked around with a base plate and would put it on the top to demonstrate if things weren’t lining up. Balconies and things coming off of the original base were fine, like the above example, as long as they wouldn’t interfere with the above floor.
When sharing we talked about our rooms, but we ended a little early so we could assemble. I assembled it into 3 big chunks, and then put those 3 chunks together. I made sure all my heaviest and most structurally sound builds were on the bottom. I also quickly modified a few designs to add some support. When we put it altogether it was 5.5 feet tall! That’s WAY too dangerous to display for the next few weeks so I only had it up for a few minutes, then I took it down again into those 3 big chunks, which is still impressive.
If you don’t want to risk a big build like that, no worries. Stacking them to a height you feel comfortable with will still be impressive. Will definitely be doing this one again–just think reiterating THICK walls next time, since you can see my tower leaning a little haha.
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