Do you have a pair of paperclips, a LEGO character, and a magnet? Then you are all set to send your favorite LEGO character on a skiing trip in a Winter Wonderland! And if your kids cover your kitchen in glitter in the process, don’t worry. It’s a small price to pay for all the learning, crafting, and laughing that will take place under your roof.
The idea for this activity came to me last winter when I was attaching paper clips to index cards so that my kids could “fish” for them with a magnet. My son was sitting next to me using a magnet to move a magnetic ladybug through a plastic maze.
I looked at my son moving a ladybug with a magnet and the images of paper clips attached to Lego Men danced in my head!
“Forget the ladybug! We can use LEGO MAN instead!” I practically screamed with excitement.
LEGOs are big in our house, so anytime I can come up with new activities to use our pieces, we all get very excited.
It’s so simple!
All you have to do is tape paper clips to LEGO man’s feet and you are good to go. If the skis end up being too sticky from extra tape dip them in glitter or flour. Once all the tape is covered, your LEGO man will slide like a champion.
If you don’t have a magnet kit with a maze, do not worry. You can easily use poster board and create your own maze or even a Winter Wonderland.
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Making a poster board maze is super exciting. This year our LEGO man is taking his skiing vacation in a Winter Wonderland.
Do you like our setup? Read on for instructions on how to build Winter Wonderland.
How to Build a Winter Wonderland for
LEGO man
The best part of this project is that you are learning all about how magnets work while having so much fun it doesn’t feel like school work. In the video below you can see how my son holds the poster board in the air with one hand and moves the wand with the other hand.
It was one of the earlier models. Later when the poster board got heavier from all the things my son kept adding to it, we set it up on wooden planks with a space in the middle to move a magnet wand back and forth freely without having to hold it up with hands.
What you will need
Lego man or two
Paper clips (2 for each man)
Tape
Poster Board
Magnet
White glitter and/or white glitter glue
Green card stock paper or/and felt for trees
Decorations for trees (red glitter, craft shapes, felt pieces or buttons)
Small toys to set up the winter scene (we used this set)
Seasonal craft shapes
Christmas Trees
1. Print out our trees or draw your own. Our trees are just triangles on top of small squares for the trunks. ou can print it on green paper, but I prefer to print out trees on a regular white paper and use it as a template. Today I’m using green felt and green cardstock paper.
2. Glue green paper and felt together. Green card stock provides sturdiness and green felt provides prettiness and a nice surface to decorate.
3. Decorate the tree with lots of glitter and seasonal craft shapes (like this set).
4. Add a piece of brown paper or felt for a trunk, if you wish (we skipped this step).
5. Put a huge pile of glue on your board, stick your tree in the middle of it. Prop with something heavy behind it, so the tree doesn’t collapse until the glue dries.
6. Sprinkle lots of white glitter on the glue for the snow effect.
More Decorations
Once you are done placing trees, gather all the seasonal Christmas-y things you have around the house.
1. We love this Creativity for Kids set, which is perfect for many craft projects. We love it so much, it’s actually our third one. It’s full of wooden pieces of different shapes. Gingerbread man shape is great for Winter Wonderland. We also used some of the wood pieces to make weird structures and to prop up the Christmas trees.
2. For the hill, we just glued a piece of white paper in an upside down U shape and covered it with blue glitter glue and lots of white glitter.
3. We also used Down on the Farm set from Safari Ltd. (This is a very popular set in my house!)
4. We glued on some crystal beads to mark the skiing path.
5. We also created a frozen pond. (I don’t know what a hen with a chick is doing by the frozen pond).
6. We made a house by cutting out the shape of a house and used it to outline the same shape on a pretty scrapbook paper. We covered the roof with glue and sprinkled with lots of glitter for snow.
7. End by sprinkling the whole scene with lots of glitter. The best part about this glitter is that when LEGO men skies he moves it around like real snow. It’s so cool! (When my kids let me, I play with the Wonderland too 🙂
My kids had a lot of fun setting up the scene!
And they have been playing with it for hours on end! Together and separately.
If you are looking for a fun project to do with kids, while learning about how magnets work, try it. In the video below my son demonstrates how he has fun with magnets.
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This is so neat! My kids would love it!
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This is so cool! Thanks for sharing! We love Legos in our house!!!
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We went to the library and played with our first Lego set. My daughter loved it. She would really like something like this too! That little Lego man skiing is SO adorable.
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What a fun idea. My grandkids (and my son before them) are deeply into Legos. I am sharing this article with them to give them ideas for their own homeschool projects. Pinned!
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Kid Minds 1 week ago
All my kids have hours of fun with this activity! Thank you for pinning!
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Wow! This is fantastic!! My kids would love this!!!
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This is such a cute idea! I love it, and now I’m so sad that my kids have outgrown LEGO’s! There must be LEGO’s somewhere, right?
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Oh that is so adorable! My kids would love to play with this and dad would love to make it.
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What a cute little scene! So perfect for the holidays, and endless fun for kids!!
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These are so cute! I love the idea of adding the magnets!
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This is so cool and perfect for Xmas. Great idea to use magnets too.
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This is so much fun! We love anything Lego in our house!
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This is such a cool idea! Looks like everyone had fun!!! :-)
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That;s such a cute and clever idea!
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Kid Minds 1 week ago
Thank you, Melanie!
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This looks so fun! My boys would have a blast with this.
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That is so cute! Now my children are going to get glitter all over the house. (Again!! LOL)
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Kid Minds 1 week ago+1
Glitter all over the house… even in our beds = Homeschool fun :)
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What a great project for Lego lovers@ thanks for the tutorial
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GREAT idea! My kiddos would love to create a winter wonderland with leggos and magnets!
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What an adorable craft for Lego fans, like my boys!
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What a fun project. I have a nephew who love to do this. I will share this with him.
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This is such a fun idea. My son is fascinated with magnets and he loves LEGO.
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So cute! my husband and little one would have a blast with this!
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such a good idea. i can imagine the kids loved that. we always just build royal villages with our legos; we have all the princess ones.
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What a fun project! Thanks for sharing with #WhatToReadWednesday. Hope to see you back next week.
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My son LOVES legos! I’ll have to try this with him.
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This looks so fun…. What joy it is to learn….
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Ah, legos! I miss those so much! <3 I love that you used paper clips as skis! 😀 Yay for creativity!
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This is absolutely genius! I never would have thought to incorporate magnets! +1
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Kid Minds 1 week ago
Thank you, Erin! And the best part all my kids enjoy playing with it from a 7-year old intellectual to my wiggly 2-year old.
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This is such a neat idea. Legos and magnets, my girls will love this.
Thanks for sharing on Littles Learning Link Up. Hope you can join in again this week. Linky will be live tomorrow morning. (May be a little later than usual)
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this is so hilarious but such a great idea! So much fun to come up with a unique idea!
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Kid Minds 1 month ago
Yes, it’s very rewarding. Especially, when kids say, “this is the best idea EVER, mommy!” They know exactly what to say…
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Wow that takes LEGO’s to a different level of building. Great idea!
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Oh gosh this brings back memories for ME. As a kid my cousin had ALL the Barbie stuff, the jeep the house all of it. We couldn’t afford it so I made my own. Plus mine were WAY better :)
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Kid Minds 1 month ago
I bet it was BETTER!
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Genius! This looks so fun
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Kid Minds 1 week ago
Thank you, Melissa!
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Omg how fun is this?!?!? I’m ski obsessed and my daughter is Lego obsessed so this is a great combo!
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Kid Minds 1 month ago
LOL
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Just wanted to let you know your post will be featured this week on Littles Learning Link Up! Thanks again for joining in.
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Kid Minds 1 week ago
Thank you so much, Karen! So sweet of you to feature my post!
This is the best Lego Post Ever! Thank You!