Minneapolis LEGO Kid’s Fest

Just went to the Minneapolis LEGO Kid’s Fest tonight with my husband, my son and my nephew!  We had a great time! They have several areas set up for all ages and stages – and lots of fun activities!  Even if lego building isn’t really your thing; just looking at all the fun creations; and seeing everyone else’s inspiring creations: you will want to start playing. Almost everywhere you look are buckets and areas of legos to build with.

The first thing we really did was build some cool race cars and race them down the ramps.  After a while of that; we went and played in a huge pile of legos.  When we got to the Kid’s Fest – the pile of legos was tall and pretty well confined.  I love how the kids just walk right on top of the legos – and then PLOP down on top and zone out into Lego Mania.  If you don’t have younger kids that are going to wander off – I suggest bringing a book or ipod – they will spend a ton of time here.

We then went over and did some relay races, and buzz lightyear games for prizes, and then moved over to the Duplo area.  They have a huge area for younger children for building things. In this gigantic crate of Duplos are pieces to several awesome Duplo sets.  We ended up finding the Thomas pieces, half of the Percy, and most of James.  There are also farm animals, zoo animals, barns, houses, trailers, trucks, and much more!

Near the science museum tables: they have these cool lego sets up that do pretty neat things.  This is Andrew’s Dream toy. He played with it for almost 30 minutes – and screamed when we took him away from it.  I did go look to see if they had it for sale; but they didn’t have it there.  We’ll be looking for that for Christmas/Birthday I’m sure.

They had some set up stations for the older kids as well; to work with the kits that require a little more focused attention – we didn’t go into these stations, but it looked like others were having a pretty good time – considering most were pretty zoned out. They also had the lego computer games out for kids to play, but we tried to steer pretty clear of those in fear of getting trapped into the computer zone.

One of my favorite spots was the Creation Nation.  (Which of course I didn’t get a picture of… *kicking self*.  They had a US map taped out on the floor and then stations where you can build anything you’d like on a green tile– whether it’s your house; or the White House; the Tallest building; or whatever monument or item you’d like to build and then have it added to the location of your desire.  At the end of the show they will post a picture of the map online to see what it looks like.  Here is a photo that I found onlne of an older Creation Nation from a past Lego Kids Fest.

I started making Niagara falls. I got through some of it; but then had to go chase my 2 year old, and never came back

We stayed until about 8:30 or so; and then got some ice cream and headed home! It was a great night of great fun

So if you’re in the Minneapolis Area this weekend – don’t forget to head over to the Minneapolis Convention Center for a few hours at the Lego Kid’s Fest.  These are the remaining times available.  Tickets can be purchased at the box office or online.

Saturday, May 21st 2011
Session I: 9 am – 2 pm
Session II: 3 pm – 8 pm

Sunday, May 22nd 2011
Session I: 9 am – 2 pm
Session II: 3 pm – 8 pm

If you’re not in the Minneapolis area: Check out www.legokidsfest.com for more information on their next stops for the 2011 Lego Kid’s Fest Tour – and see if they’ll be near you soon!