Program 6: Free Play!

May 2013 is the first month for our new Builders Brigade schedule!  Each month, we will now be hosting TWO programs at the library   Our first program of the month was free play, and we saw some great creativity from the kids in attendance. I’m looking forward to seeing you all on May 28th….

animal airplane

Battle on the Waves

The Village

Princess Castle: The Butler’s Creation

The Spectacular Police Station

Super Secret Soldirs [sic]

Attack of the Wizard Castle

The Horse Battle!

Battleship

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Evil vs. Evil: The Final Battle!

The Island Fight

Secret Base

War for the Mini-Hill

A Workshop

Horse farm

Mini-manison (furniture inside) [sic]

Program 5: Vacation

We had an unprecedented 103 people turn out for the Builder’s Brigade program on April 15th!  So much fun, and so many new faces.  And what was our theme of the day for school vacation week? Vacations, of course! Real or imaginary – what kind of place would you like to visit on vacation? We had some interesting interpretations of the theme…and a lot of kids who felt inspired to create something entirely off-topic. Check out the cool projects below…

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Fishing Boat & Ferry

Horse Lake

Timi’s Creation

The Secret Kingdom

The Crane

The Secret Underground World

Empty Cabin

House

Zachary Island

A Farmer’s Field

Horse in the Farm

Gabriel Island

The Leia Trap

Race Track

The Private Island

The South Pole

The PT(?) Cruiser

mines castle

The ending

A boat

Supersonic Jet

Speed cars

The Final Battle

Space Station

White and Black Spaceship of Symmetry

Attack Battleship

Vacation Super Cart

Space Museum Exhibit

The Island

The Demondtor [sic]

The entrance to the wonderland Zhwak!!

The Ultimate Battle Cruiser

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The Vikings explore Hawaii

Blaster Gun

Pirate Island

Abandon Ship

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Rock Mountain

Snow Trooper Vehicle

Army Station

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“Destroyer Boot” and “Wolfinator”

The Vacation Jet

Base Station

Secret Hideout x Bad Guys

Busy streets of new york streets [sic]

The spaceship

secret base

Sport Space Area

the science lab

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Trip to a Horse Battle

R2-D2 Ship

Star Wars Camp

The shark attack gun bulit [sic]

The plane

Program 4: Secret Hideouts!!

Our theme of the day was Secret Hideouts, and I knew this would be a winner Many of the kids present chose to make a creation based on this theme; some others came in with very specific ideas for what they wanted to build. Whatever the case, all creations were spectacular! You can see the project images below. The creations will also be on display in the Teen Room at the library through Saturday, April 6th.  So be sure to check them out in person if you get a chance.  [NOTE: Starting in April, our projects will be displayed on top of the new shelves in the Children's room!]

The Wizard Hideout

The Super Rangers Hideout

The Secret Cave

They have found us!

The Legend of a Heros [sic] Secret

The Launch

The Hidden Lab

The Green [?] String Getaway

The Gold Steelers [sic]

The Family with 6 Kids

The Car Mobile and Batplane

The Black Hidout [sic]

The Best Hideout

The Bad Guys [sic] Hideout

Awesome Tower

Spaceship Hideout

Shark Attack on Skelaton [sic] Ship

Secret Hideout

Secret Hideout 2

Race Winners

Park

Operation: Alien Boatjack / Mission: Rescue the Hybrid Alien

Mysterious Island

Motor Car

Moon Scoutbass

Monster House

Indiana Jones Ship

Fort Blue

Battle Fortress

Alpha Blue

Vrom Vrom [sic]

Program 3: Cars and Trucks and Planes…oh my!

Our Builders Brigade is rolling ahead full steam! This week, our 55 participants quickly jumped on board with our theme for the month:  TRANSPORTATION.  Trucks, cars, boats, planes…anything that transports something else fit the bill Check out the cool projects below. And don’t forget to check out the projects in-person while they’re on display at Cheshire Public Library (on display through March 16th).

A Boat on the Ocean

Creations

Super Sled

It’s Killing Time

River War

Dq(?) House

Jet Flyer & Spiky Sword

Mars Star Base

War Troop Transport (WTT)

Beach

The Shooting Plank

Spin Wheel

Stables for Horses

The Pit

The Horse Stall

Attack!

Fighting

Drimiosaurus

Caught in the Web

Hover Craft

Wizard Castle

A Pirate

Speed Boat

Big Giant Dock

The Lego Picture Tower

A Race

Time of War

Ship War

Race Car

Camp

Lego Mountain

X Ship

The Red Bolt

The Unicorn

Castle

Space Station

Cargo Ship

Military Secret Weapon

I’m Riding a Horse on My Fire Truck

The Army Boat

Speeding Jet

Battle Ship

DK Lego Ninjago Minifigure Mashup!

So what exactly is a mashup? Well, basically, it’s when you get a chance to mix up a lot of your favorite things to create something completely new. I found a very fun online (free!) tool called “LEGO Ninjago Minifigure Mashup” – click HERE to go to the site. With this online tool, you get the chance to mix up the heads, bodies, legs, weapons, and backgrounds of some of your favorite Ninjago characters. You can then download and/or print your creation. Very fun. Check out the mashup I created using Fangdam’s head below

Program 2: Animals/Creatures

Our program on January 29th was so much fun! We had nearly 60 kids come to try their hands at creating one or more projects using our happy piles of LEGO bricks (all of which were donated by our generous patrons, by the way!). My theme for the day was Animals and/or Creatures, though most kids followed their own creative vibe. The results were amazing All projects will be on display in the Teen Room at Cheshire Public Library through February 16th. Below are pictures you can share with friends and family, and I hope I’ll see you at the next program on Feburary 26th!

Air Craft

All Use Mobile

Attack of the Evil Wizard

Battle!

Battle for the Treasure

Battle Ship

Castle of Doom

Castle

Emma’s House

Fighting the Monster

Golden Horse

High Speed Fighter

Horse Stable

Island

Lego “Picture”

Lego Gun

Lego Party Ship

Motor Barge

Mutens [sic] Atak [sic]

“Not the way I wanted to spend my Friday night!”

Oops

Run Vile

Ship Plane

Space Shuttle

The Fighting Ship

The Empire State Building

The Castle of Doom

The Aligater [sic] Chase

Summer Pasture

Speed Boat

The Frog

The Hat

The Knight War

The Racer

The Ship

Unicorn 2

The Unicorn

The War

The Zapper Machine

Unicorn 2

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War Horse Pasture

War Time

White Lego City

“Future Cities” Creations on Display through January 19th!

Hi, everyone!

Just a reminder that all of the terrific Lego block creations from our first program – “Future Cities” – will be on display in the Teen/YA room at Cheshire Public Library until Saturday, January 19th. At that point, we will break the projects down and recycle the Lego bricks into our happy giant tubs so the Lego bricks are ready to be used at our next program on January 29th.

Hope I see you on the 29th at 4 pm