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5 Minutes for Books reviewer Dawn received a copy of this book to facilitate her review, but as always, her opinions are her own.
I live in a LEGO household. My thirteen year old son inherited the LEGO gene from his dad, and early on, our house was overrun with Duplo. But when he was around three years old, it was clear that he could start using some of the smaller sized LEGO pieces, and some basic supplies were purchased. That’s how it began, and now the household collection of pieces must number in the tens of thousands. Seriously, there are tons and tons of pieces, and my son can make incredibly elaborate things with large numbers of pieces, but his younger siblings are still early on their LEGO building careers. Thanks to Sean Kenney, LEGO artist extraordinaire, kids in the 4 to 8 year old set have a new inspirational book in Cool Creations in 35 Pieces.
The concept of the book is exactly as the title indicates. If readers assemble the required 35 pieces, they can create a wide variety of miniature LEGO structures, including robots, buildings, farm animals, and “goofy faces” (my very favorite section!), and several more. High-quality photographs are provided of all the 35-piece creations, and several of the more complex ones have step-by-step picture instructions in the margins of the page, while others are easier to recreate by simply looking at the photos. Kenney invites readers to share their own unique creations with these 35 pieces to his website, as well, encouraging children to don their own creative hats, too!
In the opening pages of the book, photos of the 35 pieces are laid out, and while some are fairly common, others are more accurately described as specialty pieces. Kenney has pieces available for sale on his website, as well, if some are not already in your collection. Once kids have the 35 pieces laid out, the possibilities are endless, by creating Kenney’s designs and coming up with their own.
Enter to Win
Do you have a child who would love Cool Creations in 35 Pieces? We have one copy to give away today, open to US and Canada residents. Start off by entering your email address in the widget below, and then leave a comment for one entry, and see how to earn additional entries.
vickie couturier says
my grandsons an I would create using this book,what fun
Daniel M says
for my nephew!
Sadie B. says
My daughter would use this book.
Kristen says
We’d make a giraffe.
Ken Haggerty says
My neighbor’ skid.
Shayna says
My son would create using this book 🙂
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Patty White says
My son and daughter!
Andrew says
Vehicles of all types – we just started building Lego at home, it’s something we do every night now with my two kids.
angie says
my daughter could be mighty crafty with this
Elizabeth m says
My son and I.
Shannon Leigh says
My sons (5 and 11)!!
Kim says
My boys would!
Holly Storm-Burge says
My son & daughter are both Lego fanatics!
ellen casper says
A puppy dog!
Cynthia C says
My nephew would use it.
Jessica D says
I would give it to my younger cousins. They would love this book
Tammy Woodall says
I would create a Princess Who Love Pink with my Niece.
Misha Estrada says
My son, Dominic, would love to build with this book.
Melissa Nagy says
My 9-year old son is extremely imaginative so he would love to create new things inspired by this book.
Nancy says
I’d give these to my very imaginative 3 yr old grand daughter.
Brittany Odonnell says
my daughters and son would
Jean says
My two daughters, who are 3 and 6, and I would work on this. These are so cool we might even get Daddy interested!
Cynthia R says
My daughter would love this!
Stacey B says
My 6 yr old son
Aimee C says
My whole family would build with this but my eight year old son is obsessed and would the most
Rosanne says
I’d ccreate a tractor for my grandson
kathy pease says
I would give this to a friends child 🙂
shelly peterson says
My son would have fun creating things with this.
M. Battles says
My kids would create using this! They would love it!
leiah says
animals probably, so my son can learn and tell me what I made. when he’s old eough he’ll make all kind of things. he already loves his blocks!!
Christy Marie says
My daughter. Thanks for the giveaway!
samantha Wagner says
My son would create using this book
Courtney says
The kids at my mom’s school.
Linda Bundrick says
My daughter would love this !
Beverly says
My girls would LOVE this – they are always building something with their legos!
Leslie Pleasants says
We love lego’s in our house… except for stepping on them! HA! Legos are the one thing my son loves to play with (he is 5) and he is super great with!
Madonna says
I would use this book to help my grandbabies create with the legos.
Tammy S says
This would be perfect for my nephew. He is crazy about Legos!
Donna O'neil says
I would make robots and kitties.
kathy dalton says
I have one randson who is the most creative and imaginative of all so it would be for my kindergarten grandaon
Kim Reid says
Our grandkids would love this!
Seyma Shabbir says
My 2 sons would love this!
Maria Iemma says
My granddaughter would love this – she is very creative.
kim s says
My niece would enjoy this… she’s the creative one of the family! Thank you 🙂
ten b says
my kiddos would love to create with this cool book.
ellen beck says
I would create a book for my nephew he would get a kick out of it!
Karen Lynch says
My niece and nephew would love this. Would love to have this for when they visit.
Joni Mason says
My 3 year old grandson and I would create using this book.
rich morris says
my dtr would create with this 🙂
katrina c. says
most like a dinosaur 🙂
mindy cole says
My daughter would love this
Leslie says
My cousin, Ike loves Lego. “Cool Creations in 35 Pieces” would be ideal for the boy who has Legos all over his room!
Francine Anchondo says
My daughter would love this
Priscilla P. says
My Grandson and I.
Kelly Maxwell says
I would create a train with my grandson if I won this.
Rea Liz says
My son would create with this book~
Tiffani P. says
My son would like this. He loooves legos!
Sarah L says
My friend’s grandson.
Thanks for the contest.
Ash Jester says
The train looks pretty cool.
Misty Battle says
I would create it for my younger kids!
CMC says
I would have my students use this – they’d have a ball with it!
Francisca Ramos says
My son would love the book.
Natalie U says
A race car
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Ann Fantom says
My daughter would create using this book
Thomas Murphy says
My son would create some animals.
Megan says
My son would love this book!
Jenna D says
We would make a cat
Lucinda says
My youngest son creates with LEGOs on a daily basis all day long. He’d love this book. My daughter would be interested as well.
Rebecca Parsons says
My grandchildren would be the creative ones!
Wendy Owen says
My grand son Bryce
gala says
I’m sure my daughter would have a great time with it
Nina says
I would love this for my 4 year old!
jessica saunders says
I don’t know what I would make, but my girls always make flowers
Mia Dentice Carey says
My son, he LOVES to create things!
Shirley says
My nieces would use it.
LaVonne says
My kids would create using this book.
Cynthia R says
we would create a big truck
Jeanna says
Both my son & daughter would love this book!
Linda Stewart says
I have a grandson who has a mood disorder issue and when he starts feeling overwhelmed one of the ways he calms himself is by creating. This would be ideal for him.
Kristie says
Both my kids would love it! 🙂
Dawn Monroe says
I think my grandkids would enjoy it.
Sue Borowiak says
My son would love this book. He has nearly the complete collection of Lego City sets. Awesome!
Katherine says
My son loves to do this
Cheryl F. says
My youngest nephew would love creating with this book.
Margot C says
I would have to help Alysia create with this tool, she’s 4
Jessica T says
My son and nephew would be making cars iwth it!
One Frugal Girl says
My nephew would love this!
Mary Somerville says
All 3 of my kids would want to create with it.
D SCHMIDT says
My older son and me would create using this book
emily l says
My son! He would love this! 🙂
Shari says
The men in my household, young and old, would be all over that!
Jessie C. says
DD would love this book
Aisha Holley says
My soon-to-be 3 year old son. I like him to do challenging things and this would be a good one.
claudia says
My niece would love to this , Thank you!
Theresa J says
I am sure my son would make cars
happymomc says
me and my kids!
Carol says
My granddaughter would love it.
DEBIJOT says
My grandson would be using this book.
Ellie W says
My 2 little grandsons would love this.
April Yedinak says
My kids would make robots.
katklaw777 says
My son and I would luv to make a robot…thanks!
Noreen says
Make robot or hippo with my daughters
Ani says
My 3 boys would create using the book.
lana says
we would make a cat
Nannypanpan says
My son would love it
Lawanna says
I think it would be fun to have a little zoo full of lego animals
Jennifer Rote says
I’d make robots with my son.
Vickie Couturier says
my grandsons would use this first
Nancy says
We’d create animals.
Kerrie Mayans says
My seven year old son would love this book.
courtney hennagir says
My son would absolutely love this but I think we would all enjoy it together too!
Amy Orvin says
my nieces would love this!
Liz says
I have a whole family of LEGO maniacs, so I can see my husband and the kids creating for an afternoon.
kathy stevenson says
My girls would love this!
Eva Mack says
want to make them all
marian boll says
That would be my daughter creating for her great niece
Liz says
Two greatnephews (who would, of course, share).
Rochel S says
My son! He would love it!
Daiva says
My son would make a train!
Chasen says
This looks like fun. Love Legos and getting creative with them!
Patricia Wojnar Crowley says
My nephews would love it!
christina moore says
I would give this to my granddaughter
mrsshukra says
My niece would enjoy this!
Wehaf says
My nieces and nephews would all enjoy this.
Michelle H says
My LEGO loving nephew! Well, a couple of LEGO loving nephews
Elaine says
Love this – and so would my son.
Katie says
I grew up in a lego household with no patterns or obligations. I love the idea that kids can still use them to make just about anything without trying to read intricate directions.
Tonia says
My daughter would definitely use this book!
Heather says
My two boys would love this book!
Mindy says
My daughter would love this book. 🙂
Leigh says
My 8 year old would love this.
Jessica To says
My son is the one who would create using this book!
Jessica B. says
Both my son and daughter would love a copy of this book. Keeping my fingers crossed. 😉
Karen says
My 5 year old is anxious to follow in his big brother’s footsteps and become a Lego Master. He would love the inspiration here!
Mindy says
my son and daughter would both love this book.
Danelle Ice {Home Ever After} says
My son would love to use this!
Lauren says
My daughter would use these!
shaunie says
I would create this for my little brother
Debby Chandler says
my grandson. I’ve been buying him Legos for years now and he inherited his father’s legos.
Jenny says
My son would start out with it but soon it would be for everyone in the family!
Alvina Castro says
I would create a kitty with my son! yay
Mozi Esmes mom says
my creative 6yo daughter!