Lego Party Games

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All the games listed below are 100% tested at real Lego parties. They are easy to play, and kids love, love, love these games! Make sure you have the following for all the games:

• Legos, about 1/2 pound per child
• A table and chairs for the children (this keeps them seated and focused during the games)
• Trays with sections to keep each child’s legos from mixing with the others (optional)
• 1 adult or helper for every 8 children

Highest Tower

This game takes about 20 minutes to play. The object is to see who can build the highest tower with Lego bricks before time runs out.

Supplies Needed:

• 1/2 pound of Lego per child
• 1 Lego base piece per child (a big flat one)
• 1 prize

How to Play:

1. Instruct the children that they are going to have a contest to see who can build the highest tower using their lego pieces.
2. Rule #1: They must build on their base piece.
3. Rule #2: The towers cannot fall over when time is up.
4. Rule #3: Parents cannot help!
5. Have the children work on their towers until you see some that are really high and starting to sway.
6. Give the children 1 more minute at this point and then say “Hands off your towers!”
7. Crown a champion, don’t forget to take photos!
8. Have the children take down their towers as fast as possible. (This is having them clean up without them knowing it!)

Tips: Sometimes children won’t grasp the concept of “tall” so show them an example of a child who is stacking the bricks one on top of the other. If a tower falls over at any point and a child get frustrated, encourage them by saying they have time to build the tower again. Give the children positive encouragement  during this game and comment on how high their towers are getting!

Minifigure Motorway

In this extremely popular racing game, kids will build race cars and then try to bowl over mini figure people on a race track! This game takes about 45 minutes.

Supplies Needed:

• A race track with pegs on the end for lego people to stand on. We have made one for you using the Lego.com Designed by Me software. You can download a free copy of the software here, and then download our .lxf file for free to see how we made the track and what pieces we used. You will also have the option to buy the race track shown above through Lego.com in the software.
• 6 Lego people
• Legos, about 1/2 pound per child
• Matching wheels, long skinny pieces and car parts (steering wheels, windshields, seats, etc)
• Something to keep score with (notepad and pen)
• 1 or 2 prizes (for 1st and 2nd place winners)

How to Play:

1. Make sure each child has wheels that match and a long skinny piece they can stick the wheels to.
2. Let them know they will be building race cars and then bowling over people on a race track!
3. Give them some time to build their cars and help them if they need it (see tips below).
4. Write down all the guest’s names on a piece of paper for scoring.
5. When they are ready to race, give each child 2 practice pushes to get a feel for the track. At this point, they can decide if they want to fix their car (take it to the garage) and come back later, or “knock ‘um!”
6. If they choose to take it to the garage, put their name at the end of the list so they can come back later.
7. If they choose to knock ‘um, give them 2 tries to knock all the people over.
8. Make sure the people knocked down on the first push stay down for the second push (like in bowling).
9. Record their score on the notepad.
10. After everyone has had a turn, either announce the winner or have a tie-breaker until a winner is declared.

Car building tips: The race track is long and has some speed bumps, therefore, make sure the children’s cars are heavy enough to make it down the track. Also, make sure the cars will fit on the track. If you have a large group of children, have each child race as they finish their car instead of waiting for the whole group to finish building. Or, play your Lego games in stations, and rotate accordingly.

Build and Tell

This is basically show and tell but with Lego creations. It takes about 20 minutes to play.

1. Have each child build a creation of their choosing using their Lego bricks.
2. Give them about 10-20 minutes to work on their projects.
3. Ask them to think about a name for their model and what it does (does it shoot lasers? does it make pudding? etc).
4. When time is up, go around in a circle have the children explain their model one at a time.
5. You can award a prize for the most creative model!

Lego Bingo

Lego Bingo is just like regular bingo except instead of calling out numbers, you will call out the names of lego pieces for the children to find on their bingo cards. This popular game keeps the kids quiet and focused and they love the anticipation of winning! Play as long as you’d like. Each round takes about 10 minutes.

Click here to download 30 Lego Bingo cards. Each card is different.

Speed Build

Who’s the fastest builder? Find out by playing this intensely fun game with your party guests! We suggest using Lego sets that are in $5-7 range.

Supplies Needed:

• The same small Lego set for each guest
• 1 prize
• 1 sandwich bag for each child

How to Play:

1. Hand out the unopened lego sets to each guest. Instruct them not to open the set yet!
2. Tell them you are going to have a contest to see who can build their set the fastest!
3. Say “ready, set, go!” and watch as they tear open their sets and start building!
4. The first person to finish their set wins a prize! Inspect the set to make sure it’s complete (use the final image from the instruction book as a reference).
5. Allow the children to put their unfinished sets in a sandwich bag to finish later.
6. Everyone gets to take home their small set too!

Wonder Brick

Wonder Brick is like Hot Potato, except children pass a Lego-made brick around to win a mini figure! Play this game last and let the children know that everyone will win playing the game! This way, everyone feels like they went home a winner!

Supplies Needed:

• A Wonder Brick (use the above image as a reference)
• 1 mini figure for each guest (use this catalog if you want to purchase certain figures)
• A box, or bag to keep the mini figures in
• A CD player or iPod with music you can play and pause

How to Play:

1. Have the children sit in a circle near the music player.
2. Explain to them that they are going to pass the Wonder Brick around the circle fast (but nicely!) while music is playing. When they hear the music stop, whoever is holding the Wonder Brick is “out” but gets to pick a mini figure to keep!
3. Rule #1: No throwing the Lego Brick!
4. Rule #2: No holding the Wonder Brick, they must keep passing it!
5. Start the music and allow the brick to go around the circle several times before pausing the music. This lets the anticipation build!
6. It’s good to rig the game so the birthday child wins first.
7. Have the children pass the brick and pause the music until everyone has won!