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.
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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.
my grandsons an I would create using this book,what fun
for my nephew!
My daughter would use this book.
We’d make a giraffe.
My neighbor’ skid.
My son would create using this book 🙂
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My son and daughter!
Vehicles of all types – we just started building Lego at home, it’s something we do every night now with my two kids.
my daughter could be mighty crafty with this
My son and I.
My sons (5 and 11)!!
My boys would!
My son & daughter are both Lego fanatics!
A puppy dog!
My nephew would use it.
I would give it to my younger cousins. They would love this book
I would create a Princess Who Love Pink with my Niece.
My son, Dominic, would love to build with this book.
My 9-year old son is extremely imaginative so he would love to create new things inspired by this book.
I’d give these to my very imaginative 3 yr old grand daughter.
my daughters and son would
My two daughters, who are 3 and 6, and I would work on this. These are so cool we might even get Daddy interested!
My daughter would love this!
My 6 yr old son
My whole family would build with this but my eight year old son is obsessed and would the most
I’d ccreate a tractor for my grandson
I would give this to a friends child 🙂
My son would have fun creating things with this.
My kids would create using this! They would love it!
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!!
My daughter. Thanks for the giveaway!
My son would create using this book
The kids at my mom’s school.
My daughter would love this !
My girls would LOVE this – they are always building something with their legos!
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!
I would use this book to help my grandbabies create with the legos.
This would be perfect for my nephew. He is crazy about Legos!
I would make robots and kitties.
I have one randson who is the most creative and imaginative of all so it would be for my kindergarten grandaon
Our grandkids would love this!
My 2 sons would love this!
My granddaughter would love this – she is very creative.
My niece would enjoy this… she’s the creative one of the family! Thank you 🙂
my kiddos would love to create with this cool book.
I would create a book for my nephew he would get a kick out of it!
My niece and nephew would love this. Would love to have this for when they visit.
My 3 year old grandson and I would create using this book.
my dtr would create with this 🙂
most like a dinosaur 🙂
My daughter would love this
My cousin, Ike loves Lego. “Cool Creations in 35 Pieces” would be ideal for the boy who has Legos all over his room!
My daughter would love this
My Grandson and I.
I would create a train with my grandson if I won this.
My son would create with this book~
My son would like this. He loooves legos!
My friend’s grandson.
Thanks for the contest.
The train looks pretty cool.
I would create it for my younger kids!
I would have my students use this – they’d have a ball with it!
My son would love the book.
A race car
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My daughter would create using this book
My son would create some animals.
My son would love this book!
We would make a cat
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.
My grandchildren would be the creative ones!
My grand son Bryce
I’m sure my daughter would have a great time with it
I would love this for my 4 year old!
I don’t know what I would make, but my girls always make flowers
My son, he LOVES to create things!
My nieces would use it.
My kids would create using this book.
we would create a big truck
Both my son & daughter would love this book!
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.
Both my kids would love it! 🙂
I think my grandkids would enjoy it.
My son would love this book. He has nearly the complete collection of Lego City sets. Awesome!
My son loves to do this
My youngest nephew would love creating with this book.
I would have to help Alysia create with this tool, she’s 4
My son and nephew would be making cars iwth it!
My nephew would love this!
All 3 of my kids would want to create with it.
My older son and me would create using this book
My son! He would love this! 🙂
The men in my household, young and old, would be all over that!
DD would love this book
My soon-to-be 3 year old son. I like him to do challenging things and this would be a good one.
My niece would love to this , Thank you!
I am sure my son would make cars
me and my kids!
My granddaughter would love it.
My grandson would be using this book.
My 2 little grandsons would love this.
My kids would make robots.
My son and I would luv to make a robot…thanks!
Make robot or hippo with my daughters
My 3 boys would create using the book.
we would make a cat
My son would love it
I think it would be fun to have a little zoo full of lego animals
I’d make robots with my son.
my grandsons would use this first
We’d create animals.
My seven year old son would love this book.
My son would absolutely love this but I think we would all enjoy it together too!
my nieces would love this!
I have a whole family of LEGO maniacs, so I can see my husband and the kids creating for an afternoon.
My girls would love this!
want to make them all
That would be my daughter creating for her great niece
Two greatnephews (who would, of course, share).
My son! He would love it!
My son would make a train!
This looks like fun. Love Legos and getting creative with them!
My nephews would love it!
I would give this to my granddaughter
My niece would enjoy this!
My nieces and nephews would all enjoy this.
My LEGO loving nephew! Well, a couple of LEGO loving nephews
Love this – and so would my son.
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.
My daughter would definitely use this book!
My two boys would love this book!
My daughter would love this book. 🙂
My 8 year old would love this.
My son is the one who would create using this book!
Both my son and daughter would love a copy of this book. Keeping my fingers crossed. 😉
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!
my son and daughter would both love this book.
My son would love to use this!
My daughter would use these!
I would create this for my little brother
my grandson. I’ve been buying him Legos for years now and he inherited his father’s legos.
My son would start out with it but soon it would be for everyone in the family!
I would create a kitty with my son! yay
my creative 6yo daughter!