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October 6, 2014 | 10 Comments

Halloween Lego Challenge

Halloween Lego Challenge for kidsSince we posted our first Lego Challenge for preschoolers my daughter and I have been doing these little challenges a lot. They are simple to put together and she loves them. I decided to kick it up a notch and try a themed challenge. Halloween is just around the corner so I decided to go with a Halloween theme. It took a little bit of trial and error to get the items built, I think they were harder for me than her! I made 4 different challenges and she did 3 first thing in the morning and then the last before we left for preschool. When you child is doing a harder challenge be on hand to help but try to attack it as a team. I find that frustration levels are much lower for us when I say ” This is tricky what do you think we should do next?” vs ” Let ME see if I can help you.”

Gather your materials. You will need some Lego – when I create these little challenges I build both at the same time then dismantle the one I want her to build. I just grabbed all the Lego I could find in our bucket that were the colors I thought I needed.  You may also want a divided tray too.

halloween lego challenge supplies

Make your scary Lego creations! We made a pumpkin, ghost, Frankenstein, and candy corn. I am not including patterns because these are all odds and ends pieces. I just want to INSPIRE you to make your own and present the activity the same way. Halloween Lego Challenge big

After you have made your creations make sure that you have the exact pieces to create another. As I said above I create them at the same time which means I often run upstairs to dig through my son’s room for more so everything is exactly duplicated.

Present the Lego with one guide and all the pieces to create the matching piece.

halloween Lego challenge for preschool

Challenge accepted!

Halloween Lego challenge for kids

She needed a little help with some of the building but not as much as I thought she would. She is methodical about where she starts and how she builds them up. I know who will be putting together all the IKEA furniture in our house in a few years! I thought the ghost was going to be the hardest but the candy corn was not because of the pattern but because the pieces were small and her four-year-old fingers had to work extra hard to get those tricky pieces together even though the pattern was simple for her to follow. Halloween Lego challenge for girls and boys

After a quick change for school it was time to make “ghosty”.

LEGO challenge for halloween

When she was done she immediately started taking them all apart so she could make me a challenge. Taking apart Lego is great for building hand strength too so I am all for it!

Filed Under: Age Preschool, Fine Motor Activities, Halloween, Lego, Preschool Activities | 10 Comments

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  1. Melissa Spencer says

    October 10, 2014 at 9:50 pm

    Thank you for all the effort and wonderful ideas! I have been looking for Preschool LEGO challenges. This is perfect! Keep up the amazing and inspiring work.

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  2. Ruth says

    October 20, 2014 at 12:19 pm

    Love this idea 🙂 My little boy has just started to get into lego so I will definitely try this in the future. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  3. Sunshine says

    October 7, 2016 at 9:52 am

    What kind of Lego set do you have that has orange Legos in it? Orange is the one color we don’t have any of lol.

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    • Allison McDonald says

      October 10, 2016 at 9:51 pm

      I think it was an undersea monster one that was passed down, you can get orange ones from the lego store – they have bulk colors. We don’t have one anywhere near us but I always stock up on hard to find colors when I manage a visit.

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