If your kids are Lego fans like mine, then they’ll LOVE this fun camping themed Lego activity – Camp Brick! After watching four seasons of Lego Masters, my kids had really been wanting a “challenge” they can all try to make too… so I whipped this up and they are loving it!
While I love sets and directions, I designed this with the most common legos in mind so that the pictures are easy to understand without any written directions. The pictures are there to give them a start – their creations may turn out totally different!
I do think this is quite a fun event for any summer camp or camp week as it works super well in stations – you’ll see what I mean when you see my set up below.
Anyway, here we go!
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How to Set Up Camp Brick
This depends on how many kids there are as well as their ages, but most of these can be created with the ” basic” Legos. The only special Lego that makes alot of these way easier are the ones that have studs on two sides vs one – this allows you to build vertically.
Anyway, here are the steps I did to set up my kids’ Camp Brick day
- Print Out Build Cards – There are two cards per page, as well as an optional back print design if you have a double sided printer (or the patience to do it manually). Cut out the ones you would like the kids to do and set them aside
- Set Up Lego Bins – To make things go smoother, it is helpful to “pre screen” some Legos into a bin to make sure there are the colors and types of Legos they are likely to need.
- Put Up Camp Brick Signs – Grab some popsicle sticks and tape them to the back of your signs. Then attach them to your bin so kids can easily reference it and see what they are being asked to build. You could also hand them out to each kid, but I find they get lost less this way =P
Camp Brick Lego Build Challenges
All of these are camp themed (or things usually associated with camping… like bears and fish!) and so are quite fun to build. If you happen to have one of those giant Lego sheets, you could assign each kid/group a thing to build, then put them all on the Lego campsite together!
I hope you have more Legos than I do – I had to stop making brown things because my girls refused to break down “Stubby Legs” the brown bear… so be aware to advise kids they will likely have to break down each build before building a new one if that’s the case.
Build a Lego Tent
If you have atleast 1-2 bricks with studs on the side and some small flats, you can make a tent!
Build a Sleeping Bag
Unless your campers want to sleep on the hard and bumpy brick floor, they’ll need to build their sleeping bag! A base flat is good to use for this – just build up the middle, and use any round/slanted pieces you have for the edges and pillow.
Make a Camp Lantern
You could also go with a flashlight, but lanterns are just so fun and “campy”. I actually have an old Coleman white gas lantern that I keep for no other reason besides it looks cool =P.
Anyways, this is another build where having the bricks with studs on two sides is super helpful to build up the outside of the lantern.
Build a Lego Campfire
Grab browns of all types and stack them on each other. This is another one where it’s handy to have a couple of Legos with studs on the side. Then make the red/yellow/orange flames go in different directions – wacky weird pieces work well here!
Build a Camp Chair
Now that we’ve built a campfire, we need a camp chair to relax around it! This one is super helpful to have atleast three bricks with studs on two side (to be able to build the back of the chair and arms up vertically a little).
Cook a Lego S’more (on a stick)
What kind of camp would this be without some marshmallow cooking?! Build up a brown column of Legos, add in a section of white, then finish with a bit of brown on top to finish out the roasting stick.
P.S. I do realize this is actually a marshmallow roasting, and isn’t a s’more *yet*… s’more is easier to put on a card though than “Marshmallow on a stick”.
Make a S’more
You’ve roasted your marshmallows, now add the graham cracker and chocolate! This one is pretty self explanatory, but if you have flats those are way easier to use for the graham cracker than what I did (using 3-4 blocks to create a graham cracker)
Build a Lego Tree
These are especially fun if you are making a Lego campsite with everything. Pine trees, aspens, cottonwoods… ask the kids to copy a tree from their yard or one they think of when thinking of camping.
Make a Pinecone
If you got tons of brown pieces, this is another good use for them. We have tons of pine trees here in Idaho, so pinecones are a pretty common sight.
This was after making the brown bear, which my kids thought was too cute to break down for pieces, so there are some random browns in my pinecone build!
Create A Block Bear!
Nothing like a good scare at camp =P. Four posts/legs, a platform, then a big bear body makes this guy come to life!
Build a Fish
If we have a Lego bear, then we have to have some food for him =P. This little guy was made by just using a square flat piece, then using a couple rows of blues to build his body. The fins are angled roof pieces.
Download Your Lego Challenge Building Cards
If you’re ready to host your own Lego Masters or Camp Bricks, then head on over and purchase the PDF packet! Everything is designed in a way that requires minimal cutting and prep so that you can get to the fun stuff faster!
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