Noey the Builder at the Lego Duplo Kids' Event

We recently received an invite to attend the Lego Duplo Kids' Event. You already know that we must have accepted the invitation, right? With delight. After all, if there's anything this family loves, it's Lego.

Noey was really excited when I told him we'd be going to play with some Duplo, and in an indoor playground to boot. While he fiddles around with Lego quite a bit every day, he is most creative when it comes to building with his Duplo. There's just something about the size and shape of it that makes it perfect for little hands. Guess this comes from them being made specially for kids from 1½ to 5 years of age. These Lego folks really know their stuff huh!

The event was held at Hokey Pokey at Suntec City and since it is a play gym that we've never been to, we were both pretty excited. Still, the boy only had eyes for his favourite bricks.

"Where's the Lego?" he asked immediately when we arrived.

Not so fast, boy. 

First, there were pictures to be taken by the photo wall.

Do I look cool or what?
(Wait, don't answer that.)

And some messing around to be had on the play equipment.

Slip sliding away!

But after they had their fill with the toys, the kids were rounded up and the Duplo bricks were brought out to play!

The kids were put through two sets of challenges. The first was to build their dream house. 

"I'm going to build a SUPER BIG house!" Noey proclaimed as he scrambled to gather his blocks.

Building a long long wall.

Developing a rather large compound.

  It was a pretty sizeable structure that he ended up with in the end but I think he ran out of steam.

With le Château de Noah in the background. Love all the colourful structures!

We moved on to the next challenge where the kids were asked to build their favourite animal. For this, he was in his element. What did he build? Why, dinosaurs of course! He was even dressed the part.

"Diplodocus," he said, when asked what he was building. "They are herbivores."

He ended up with a Papa and Mama Diplodocus (a variety of long-necked dinosaurs), and a baby Pterosaur (a winged, flying dinosaur). 

And would you believe it, his dinosaur family won first prize in the 4-5 year-old category! For that, he won a box of Duplo bricks which totally made his day. And his Lego-loving Daddy's day too. He couldn't wait to get home to open it!

Noey and his prize! That's about as thrilled as I can get him to look with his forced smile.

And once he did, it was back to building.

With the new blocks, the tower can go even higher!

Just another day in this family.

 

* This post was sponsored by Lego. Thanks Nuffnang and Lego for the invitation to the Lego Duplo Kids' Event!