Lego comes to Auckland Libraries
The Block Party is held on the first Saturday of the month, February – December, from 1:30 – 3:00 pm at Mangere Bridge Library.
For all LEGO enthusiasts!
On Saturday 2 June 2012 we will be celebrating sports with an Olympic Games theme – put on your thinking caps and decide what you could make! Do you think you could make the Olympic Rings in LEGO?
What fun we all had on 5 May - well done Kathryn on putting together a recognisable creation in 3 minutes!. I would love to know about the musical creations you made with your prize! Check out the photos – even LEGO in LEGO! I might just use that one for our posters! The next session is at Queen’s Birthday weekend. Watch this space…..
This Saturday 5 May should be a lot of fun – I have some cool challenges for you – and prizes too! The theme is NZ Music as May is music month!
Thank you to everyone who came along on Saturday – everyone made wonderful Easter themed creations! The we had hot cross buns and easter eggs before going home. The photos are all in Flickr – these are my favourites:
The April Block Party will be on Saturday 7 April 2012 from 1:30-3:00 pm. As it is Easter the theme will be all things Easter – check out the Easter Bunny on the poster! For afternoon tea there will be Easter treats!!!
The photos from the birthday party are all in the Flickr sidebar. These are some of my favourites: 
The Block Party will be 2 years old in March! Join us on Saturday 3 March from 1:30 – 3:00 and join in the celebrations! There will be birthday cake!
Kiwiana was great fun – check our Pavlova City!
Our February 2012 Block Party will be on Saturday 4 February 2012 starting at 1:30 pm. The theme will be New Zealand and all things to do with Waitangi Day.
Saturday 3 December will be our last Block Party for 2011 – our theme is to be “The 12 Days of Christmas”, check out the song to find out what you could make! We should get some wonderful photos for on the blog!!!
And there’s another new LEGO book - 
I’m back from my holiday – here are some of the photos from our party on 5 November – the rest are in Flickr
Notice the new LEGO book?
It’s called “The LEGO ideas book”
Remember, remember the 5th of November – it’s BLOCK Party day 1:30-3:00 pm. Theme this month will be rockets and other things that fly…
It’s 1 October tomorrow. Bring your imagination for a fun build with LEGO tomorrow – 1:30-3:00. See you all then.
This is where your imagination takes us…. what fun we had!
September is COMIC BOOK MONTH. That means our theme is SUPERHEROES/SUPERVILLANS
What awesome creations!
August has arrived and that means it’s time for our next Block Party – Saturday 6 August 1:30-3:00 pm
Theme: Food – put your thinking caps on! Check out the photos from Saturday – Rebecca made the most amazing apple- and all Danielle’s needed was a worm!
Dinosaurs need all sorts of stuff according to the children who came for the July Block Party – How do we know that there were no hunters in the time of the dinosaurs???? Check out the photos in Flickr.
Saturday 2 July 1:30-3:00 – be there to make dinosaurs, dinosaurs and more dinosaurs! I wonder what interesting things you will make this month? See you all at the library.
What fun we had on the Saturday of Queen’s Birthday weekend – and the weather was very, very wet and
wild. Our theme was things that grow – we had tree houses and the gardener even had a lawnmover to cut the grass! Check out the photos in the Flickr sidebar.
Our theme was PIRATES – here are a few of the wonderful creations:
Saturday 7 May 2011 1:30-3:00 is the date for our next Block Party.
See you all then! I’ll be baking again for afternoon tea!
We all had great fun building things with wheels on Saturday - here a couple of the photos – the rest are in flickr.
There are some great books in the libraries to give you ideas of what to build with your LEGO. This is one of the ones we have at Mangere Bridge:
The next Block Party will be on Saturday 2 April from 1:30-3:00. I haven’t set a theme yet – bring your ideas of what we can do on the day and we will decide the best one. Tell your friends to come along as well – we have lots and lots of LEGO to play with for all ages. Check out the photos from our other parties in Flickr too.
I will do some baking for afternoon tea!
We had a lovely birthday celebration for The Block Party on Saturday – the wonderful creations made by the children are now in Flickr – and this is what the parents do while the children build….
As of Monday 14 February I am on holiday for 3 weeks – it’s my turn now! As I’ll be away for the first Saturday, the next Block Party will be on the second Saturday in March – 12 March – from 1:30-3:00.
Did you know it has been a whole year since we started so the theme will be BIRTHDAYS. Start thinking of all the wonderful things you can make from LEGO to fit the theme.
Afternoon tea will be provided – and there might even be a birthday cake.
Saturday 5 February will kick off the Block Party for 2011. The theme is Waitangi, New Zealand. See you at 1:30 for some fun with LEGO – afternoon tea will be available too.
Ryan made a model of the Harbour Bridge with the Skytower in the back ground. (The rest of the photos are in both the Snapfish and Flick links.)
and as promised, the recipe for the Orange Squash
Juice of 8 oranges/lemons or whatever, 1 tbspn citric acid, tartaric acid and epsom salts. 1.5 kg sugar and 8 cups of boiling water. Mix all together and put in clean bottles.
Waitangi poster Mangere Bridge
Christmas is coming! December’s Block Party will be all about Christmas – Saturday 4 December 1:30 – 3:00.
Afternoon tea will be alvailable. See you all then!
Saturday 3 December – Christmas creations – Thank you again Sarah for the cakes! The children said they were the best they’s ever tasted!
Another month has gone by and it’s time for our November Block Party. Saturday 6 November starting at 1:30 and finishing at 3pm. There will be tea and coffee and cake too (for the grown ups) – Thank you Sarah for the Jungle Swamp Cake -it was delicious!
The theme ……. wait for it …….. Down in the Jungle … I know a great song we can start with!!!
Photos from Saturday’s Jungle Party:
October!!!!! The BLOCK PARTY is this Saturday, 2 October, 1:30 – 3:00 pm. The theme this month is cars-trucks-planes (in other words things to do with transport). 
I am looking for ideas for next month – share them with me please……
Iwent shopping for more LEGO to add to our collection yesterday – the staff at TOYWORLD, Sylvia Park, are just amazing. Please support them as much as they support us!
Our September Block Party will be part of the Book Club meeting on FRIDAY 3 SEPTEMBER from 3:30 – 5:oo. The theme, as the kids asked for, will be spies and spying – start thinking about what you can build.
I am sorry we cannot meet on Saturday as planned.
Looking forward to seeing you all in our “brand new” library next week.
Our August meeting cannot be held on Saturday – we could meet on Sunday 8 August instead if that suits? let me know as soon as you can please so I can organise it. We had to cancel the August get together.
The theme will be spies and spying…..
What a blast building space rockets and vehicles was for the children who came to the Block party on Saturday. Here’s a few of the photos we took.
Our next Block Party will be this Saturday 3 July at 1:30. The theme will be space. See you all there!
Peter Millett brought his whole family to our last Block Party in June. We built some awesome homes, house, sheds and buildings. Check out the photos.
The next Block Party will be on Saturday 5 June at 1:30. We have a special guest – author Peter Millett will be reading one of his wonderful stories. The Block Party theme will be homes, houses, sheds and baches..
Check out Peter’s brand new web site at www.petermillettbooks.com for some fun activities.
Some photos from the last Block Party… the rest are on www.snapfish.co.nz.
LEGO drive to build kids’ imagination
Lego comes to Manukau Libraries
Library staff are keen to develop a travelling LEGO collection, because playing with the world renowned children’s building system develops a range of skills including literacy, patience and team work. Best of all, both boys and girls love it, and it never goes out of fashion.
“LEGO is a great literacy tool. Once the collection is developed it will travel to every Manukau library so that children from all walks of life will have the opportunity to build their imaginations.
“We will also promote LEGO books and associated materials to encourage reading and build children’s engineering, lineal and lateral thinking skills. Small LEGO prize packs will be given away to lucky participants,” says Loryn.
The ‘LEGO in Libraries’ collection will be launched during Children’s Week at a Block Party at Māngere Bridge Library. Block Parties at other libraries across Manukau will follow. Children and their families are invited to come along and build something that reflects what it’s like being a kiwi kid.
Donations of LEGO can be dropped off at any of our libraries. The local Lions Club has thrown its support behind the drive with a generous donation of new LEGO but libraries would like a lot more.
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