MaternityShare

Of the things I am looking forward to in motherhood, play time is one of them. I can’t wait to play Legos with my little one. I used to play with my brothers and marvel at the things they would make (they were more devoted to Lego craft than I was). When I saw this picture by Jeremy van Bedijk I got excited. I think it is a neat idea (he shot it for an album cover) and composition.

Pretty much anything that uses Legos in a creative, playful way makes me happy.

Here are some fun pictures and a project:

Planter
Baby tuxedo tee
Escher inspired

Someone responded to the blog post about the Lego Planter asking if the creator would post a tutorial and one of the responses from an annoymous reader was something along the lines of: Buy Legos. Build it. You are never too old to start.

About the name and the company… straight from the Lego website:

The LEGO Group

The name ‘LEGO’ is an abbreviation of the two Danish words “leg godt”, meaning “play well”. It’s our name and it’s our ideal.

The LEGO Group was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Christiansen. The Company has passed from father to son and is now owned by Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, a grandchild of the founder.

It has come a long way over the past 70 years – from a small carpenter’s workshop to a modern, global enterprise that is now, in terms of sales, the world’s sixth-largest manufacturer of toys.