LEGO KidsFest will kick off its 8th year on the road in 2016 with a couple of new tour stops and a return to some popular cities. New tour stops in 2016 include Charlotte, NC, Harrisburg, PA and Kansas City, MO. Covering more than three acres of space, the LEGO KidsFest extravaganza brings all of the hands-on, minds-on fun of LEGO building and experience together in an activity-filled event for all ages and builders of all skills.
Tour stops and dates include:
Charlotte, NC: Feb. 19-21 (Charlotte Convention Center)
Harrisburg, PA: April 8-10 (Farm Show Complex & Expo Center)
Kansas City, MO: May 13-15 (Kansas City Convention Center)
Louisville, KY: June 3-5 (Kentucky Exposition Center)
Milwaukee, WI: Oct. 7-9 (Wisconsin Center)
Houston, TX: Oct. 21-23 (NRG Center)
Cleveland, OH: Nov. 4-6 (I-X Center)
Some of the activities at the shows include:
- LEGO Model Museum: life-sized models made entirely from LEGO bricks
- LEGO Master Builders: live demonstrations and activities from the crew who get paid to play
- Race Ramps: build a custom car, then race it down the ramp against friends and family
- LEGO Star Wars™: build and display a Star Wars model
- LEGO Disney™ Princess: create a princess scene to add to a LEGO story book
- LEGO Super Heroes: pose with a life-size Spiderman model and more
- LEGO DUPLO®: younger visitors can explore imagination through building
- LEGO Retail:Purchase LEGO merchandise and official KidsFest tour goods
- LEGO Friends: build for the five empowered friends from Heartlake City
- LEGO Ninjago: spin the way to being a Spinjitzu member
- LEGO Mindstorms: build and program robots and snakes
- LEGO Technic: get hands-on with the cool, realistic vehicles at the booth
- Creation Nation: build your own creation to add to a custom map of the U.S.
- Brick Pile: a gigantic pile full of LEGO bricks for creative play and enjoyment
- Monochromatic Builds: bricks of a single color foster group creativity
My family was able to attend the LEGO Creativity Tour powered by LEGO KidsFest this past September in Des Moines at the Iowa Events Center. We arrived on the opening Friday night session. The first thing we saw when we walked in was the LEGO model museum and we had to take lots of pictures. When I finally got them away from that the kids built a car for the Toyota race ramps and raced their cars against each other.
After the race ramps we roamed for a while enjoying the different zones including my daughter's favorite LEGO Friends where we got to take our picture in the photo booth and the Super Heroes zone where they each got their picture taken with Spidey.
The most fun we had all night was at the Brick Battle Zone. There were pizza making and races earlier in the night we had heard were lots of fun, but when we got there the kids were put into teams and challenged to build a bridge that could withstand whatever weight was placed on it. They had quite a bit of time to build a strong foundation of LEGOs. Then it was lots of fun seeing their bridges placed on pedestals and then weight put upon the bridge and seeing if it would all fall apart. It was amazing how strong some of them were and funny when all the LEGOs came crashing down.
My kiddos had a great time at the LEGO Creativity Tour and it was a fun way to spend some family time together. I didn't really have any expectations of the event beforehand, but I was pleasantly surprised by it. Several of the zones and challenges offered a small package of LEGOs as a participation prize, the kids got cool lanyards from the Toyota race ramps and I adore the pictures my daughter and took in the photo booth together. I'd recommend attending an event in your area with any of your own LEGO fans.
Disclosure: I received tickets to attend this event for free in exchange for helping promote via the Confessions of a Frugal Mind blog and social media accounts.
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