I'm excited about sharing this but I can't take the credit for it, this is all my husband's idea! Our son loves Legos but he never follows building instructions. He mixes all his Lego pieces together in a pile and just lets his imagination run wild. During the week because of school we do not allow him to play any type of video games or watch much TV but he is allowed to play with his Legos after finishing homework. If you dealt with Legos you know how tiring it can get constantly picking up Lego pieces and putting them away, so we let our son keep is Legos laid out on the table as long as they don't end up all over the floors. This way he can instantly go build when he feels like it. My husband is home during the morning hours when the kids are at school, one day he begins to put his creative mind to work and builds a car out of our son's Legos. He leaves it on the table for our son to come home to since he leaves for work before our son gets out of school. So, our son comes home that afternoon and discovers the Lego car, I told him, "Daddy made it and left it for you to come home to see...cool huh?". He was so excited and had a great big smile on his face. Later on that day when he got to play with the Legos, he built his own version of a car and left it for my husband to come home to after work! Now it has become a 'THING' for them. I think the coolest part about this is that they get to still play, connect, and bond through this game of theirs even with having opposite schedules and not seeing each other during the week. This doesn't have to be just a father and son game, you could do this with anyone and make it YOUR THING you share with somebody.
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| Dad's Creation |
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| Son's Creation |
