Summer Movie

I love looking back and thinking, "Wow, we had a fun summer!"

 

 

Spotlight on Benjamin: LEGO Master!

In a recent post I mentioned that Benjamin has become quite the LEGO expert. Over the summer I took some pictures of my favorite of his creations. Please excuse me while I gush a little over my son's creative talents!

Most of these pictures are from a fun summer project he did called Lego Quest Kids Challenge. It looks like these were originally intended to be weekly challenges (there are 52), but he did them randomly, whenever the mood struck. Here are my favorites:

Quest #2: Monochromatic

Benj created a blue monster eating a blue mini-figure. See the legs sticking out?

Quest #3: Vessel

This boat was created to be used "for deliveries that need to be delivered really fast." (--Benj) The binoculars on the front pivot down so the driver could see if there was land ahead.

 

 Quest #8: Your Favorite Book

Aslan (from The Chronicles of Narnia)

 

These heroes were in position ready to defend the galaxy from... 

Quest #11: Shadow

We never did test this out, but I think this villain (and his tiny posse) would cast a fearsome shadow, don't you?

 

Quest #13: Earth Day

Creatures from all over the galaxy pitched in to help earth out. The machine in the middle ("kind of like a sail barge," says Benj) shoots missiles into the trash receptacle, which blow up the trash (to the right). The guy to the left in the orange drives. The droids pick up the trash. Check out the bits of trash wedged into the little mini-figure hands. :)

Quest #14: Ancient Monument

For this challenge Benj build a tomb structure, complete with guards.

 

Check out what's inside the tomb. I love this kid.

 

Quest #18: Flags

Benj created the Danish flag in honor of the country that birthed Ole Kirk Christiansen, creator of Legos.

These final 3 pictures aren't Quest Challenges, just fun examples of the creations that daily come out of Benj's workshop.

 

Prison Wagon

View A: Pulled by R2D2, this prison wagon is equipped with ladders and a door for ease of exit/entry for the driver and a pair of movable missiles for defense against attacking "bad guys."



 

View B: On the opposite side of the prison wagon we find a barred window/door where the prisoners can look out and also be loaded/unloaded.

Plane

Seth and I agreed that this little plane, completely of Benj's own design, reminded us of Rusty from the new Pixar movie, "Planes."

 

Mini Star Destroyer

What can I say? We're into Star Wars around here!

Keep on creating, Benj! You have great ideas!