Recently the boys have got really into playing with Lego, so over half term we enjoyed a Lego story activity with a new set we had added to our collection.
We were sent the Lego City Coast Guard and Diving Boat, which Mr Z loved putting together, and Mr T and Mr R also loved playing with once it had been built.
This took Mr Z about an hour to build, but we were chatting and not working quickly so I think it could be done a lot quicker if just wanted to get on and get it made as fast as possible!
Once it had been built, our challenge was to create a story with the Lego characters in the set. Mr Z loves to make up stories verbally so he loved this idea. The main part of his story seemed to involve the coast guard car racing everyone very fast, which did not make it too easy to get as many posed pictures with the Lego characters as I had hoped – because they were too busy racing! Here’s our story:
The Crazy Racing Coast Guard Car
One day the Coast Guard Car was waiting patiently for the finishing touches to be put to his new parts. As soon as this was completed he rushed away from the garage straight away. “I am going to find a big car and race!” he said.
He found an opponent who was so big that he wasn’t even made of Lego. “I will show him that Lego cars are the best!” shouted the Coast Guard Car eagerly and in his rush he knocked down his driver the coast guard!
“Wait!” shouted his driver in a helpless wail “you haven’t attached your rescue equipment!” but the Coast Guard Car was already racing away, leaving him crumpled on the floor.
Meanwhile, the diver was ready to go on an adventure with his diving boat. He had taken all precautions and fully prepared himself with the most high grade diving binoculars, tank and flippers..
but still, unexpectedly a disaster struck
“Help I’ve fallen out of my boat, and landed in the water in the wrong way. CALL THE COAST GUARD!” Shouted the diver who was stranded and his diving equipment was failing.
From a distance the coast guard car’s driver called out to him “no such luck, the car has raced away. He is busy showing off against bigger vehicles. I have also been left stranded”
They both felt so worried!
Suddenly the Coast Guard Car finally arrived and he learned his lesson about too much racing while on duty. “I won’t make that mistake again” he said to himself.
He rescued the driver and the diver then he quickly sped away, but he knew he would not be so careless again and next time his response time would be much quicker. “I’m sure there is just enough time for another quick race though” he said. At least this time, he did bring his rescue equipment with him!
The End
If your child wants to spend more time on the story, they could photograph each stage and then write the sentences next to the pictures themselves, to create a lego comic strip.
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I miss those days that my three kids would play with legos for hours. those are the best toys there ever was made. Very educational. All my kids are big and are wonderful !
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looks like you son had fun with his story, well done 🙂 and good luck
Love this story, it sounds like Mr Z is getting really imaginative and creative. Great job!
I love Lego.
It always will be the best toy ever… I cannot imagine anything better than Lego.
Great story and it looks like you had lots of fun putting it together!
I really like your story – I love that he learned his lesson about racing too much when he was on duty 😀
Fun story and I really love the coastguard set, I think the diver is so cute – I want one!
We have this set at home. My boy loves imaginary play with lego and often teams up with his sister’s set of Sylvanians – great for imagination 🙂 What a wonderful story he thought up!
We love Lego, and having just seen the film, we love it even more! These look great.
You can’t beat lego for some great imaginative play. My three year old is just moving on to it from Duplo…and I quite like joining in with a bit of lego play myself! There’s something quite satisfying about building all sorts of different things out of tiny things!
Isn’t lego just brilliant?! It teaches so many skills – fine motor, instruction following, imagination, language and story-telling – whilst still managing to be amazing fun!
#PoCoLo
Kids never grow out of Lego – my son (15) and husband (41) both still play with the bricks! We have quite the stash here at home!
Looks like your son had a lot of fun – good luck in the comp!
Love the talking Coast Guard Car! Well done to Mr Z very creative 🙂
Great story. Lego will probably win every poll of best toys! So enduring x
Looks like fun! My oldest loves Lego and the twins are discovering mega blocks and duplo and are really beginning to love creating with it!
My son unfortunately doesn’t have the attention span for lego!! He loves the idea of it just not the building bit. What a great post! 🙂
Great story, good luck in this round
I’ve seen a couple of these Lego stories now, great stuff! 🙂
Of course, Lego is for big kids too! 😉 #pocolo
Legos are so popular today. My Grandson must have 4 or more sets that he has all mixed together. I wish I would have saved all the legos my Brothers threw out when they out grew them.
I love the story and the pictures to go with it. Strangely my son seems to have passed duplo by but has been playing with a lego car I built today.
Really good idea. We used to use Lego for literacy and story telling when I was teaching and kids loved it. My two are still too young for Lego but can’t wait to use it with them!
aww so much fun! I love his story! x
Great story & fab photos x
What a fab story, I love lego!
Looks like you have had lots of fun with the Lego. Great story.
love the imagination! Lego is such a great product for that, my two love it too x
Lego is awesome…. I love that little scuba diving lego man! I need him in my life, forget the kids lol
I love Lego! I think a Lego comic story with photos is a really fun idea
Mine adore making Lego and the stories – have you seen the new iPad app to help them make a movie?
I miss those days so much……………………..What I don’t miss is when you tread on one of the little devils xxx
We love those Lego kits. The girls got sent one before Christmas last year and they worked on it over a few days. It kept them quiet for ages!
Great story! It looks like you had a fantastic time making it. We entered the last round and my son really enjoyed taking part. Good luck in the competition!
Looks like a great set and a great way to encourage imaginative play!
So fun! Lego is definitely the best! (Also, PS, your photo skills are fabulous!) I’m glad I found your blog on the blog hop, am now tagging along, and can’t wait to read more. Hoping you stop by to say hi sometime. http://wanderlust-wishlist.blogspot.com
Oh bless. i do wonder how would it be to have a boy too.
Thank you for linking up with the #PinItParty
This is really great – lovely photos too. You can always rely on Lego to encourage kids (and grown-ups!) to play! Thanks for linking to PoCoLo x
What a great story! We love making up tales with LEGO too. Thanks for linking to #LittleBuilders.