Lego Maniacs

LAST DAY OF LEGOS: Today we did some math computations, some computing, lots of reading, and we had a long discussion about blood sugar, glucose, insulin and such (CJ was absolutely fascinated by that.) 

But most of today was spent dwelling with our minds firmly in LEGO land, as the kids' last day of LEGO classes was this afternoon. We knew there was going to be a little party during class, and so our minds turned to cookies (big surprise). I'd remembered seeing a post on Sugar Belle's page about LEGO cookies, and so we referenced it. Although, instead of using the "flood" method to ice the cookies, I went with fondant. Flooding cookies in multiple colors requires hours/days to dry and we didn't have that kind of time. So instead, we topped them with yellow marshmallow fondant and used edible ink pens to decorate the faces. 

One other change we made was instead of using the same face on all the cookies (waaay too boring for me), I mixed it up a bit. That made for lots of small skirmishes in the classroom, of course. Oh well. 

As part of the party, the kids got some LEGO-like candy treats. They were solid, interlocking artificially colored blocks of sugar. Also known as health food, they are not, but the kids had fun playing with them. 

As a parting gift, the kids got a CD with photos of them and all their finished projects through the quarter. Here are some highlights. I feel compelled to mention that I didn't take any of these photos. 

First, CJ's creations ... We'll start with a cute fish and a scowling CJ. 

 And here's a cool helicopter. That one took awhile.

This was a free-build - something the kids got to do after they finished a by-the-bricks' instructions build. CJ made some kind of human/vehicle hybrid. Hopefully it's zero emission.

 And there was this cool race car ...

 And check out this big ol' hospital. That was hours in the making.

And now up, Annabelle's project pics. Let's start with this interesting shot, where it looks like she's about to get a LEGO jet in the eye.

And Annabelle tells me this is a free build battleship, below. 

And here's a helicopter, which might be in for a bit of a rough landing. ...  

And apparently this truck was headed for a bit of trouble, based on Annabelle's expression.

And this plane didn't exactly have a happy landing. 

Annabelle did a series of builds that looked like pixel art, including this penguin. 

And here's one that looks like it could be a self-portrait.

This car wash/gas station was a really big build. 

 And here's a LEGO paddy wagon. I guess even LEGO land has a criminal element.

 And last but not least, Bee built the big helicopter, too.

During class today, instead of building with kits, the kids played a fun game that was a LEGO-twist on Pictionary. (Perhaps it should be called Bricktionary! Get it? Get it?!)

The teacher tasked a student with building a particular object out of LEGOs (anything from a stoplight to a guitar), and the team members had to guess what the builder was constructing. It was a lot of fun and something we'll be playing at home in the future, I'm sure.