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How to Make a LEGO Minifigure Display Shelf

How to Make a LEGO Minifigure Display Shelf Our house is drowning in LEGO Minifigures. I am constantly finding yellow heads in our laundry, little body-less plastic pants in our beds, and tiny swords get sucked up by the vacuum cleaner weekly. We are slowly being invaded by these little quirky View Post

Filed Under: Creative, LEGO, Life Style Tagged With: Danish, DIY, LEGO, Pin THIS!

LEGO gifts for kids who have a lot of LEGO. A mother of four LEGO-loving boys gives her best shopping ideas and gift inspiration when LEGO is on the wish list. #LEGO #LEGOGifts #GiftsforBoys #LEGOGiftsforBoys #GiftsforGirls #GiftsforKids #LEGOIdeas #GiftGuide #GiftIdeas #MamaintheNow

LEGO Gifts For Kids Who Have a Lot of LEGO!

I just finished our Christmas shopping for the kids! (I know, don’t hate me for it!) There were of course a lot of LEGO sets on the list, and with good reason. Our kids live and breathe LEGO. But what LEGO gifts do you buy kids who already have a lot of LEGO?!  Here are my favorite sets of the View Post

Filed Under: Gift Guides, LEGO, Life Style, Popular, Reviews, Winter Tagged With: Christmas, Danish, Kids, LEGO, Mama's Quotes, review

Everything is Awesome With a LEGO Bathroom

Everything is awesome when you have a LEGO decorated bathroom. This is every LEGO-loving child's dream bathroom! They will WANT to wash their hands! The kids came running towards me, their arms stretched out, ready for a big hug upon landing. "Mama, THANK YOU SO MUCH" - I wasn't quite sure WHAT View Post

Filed Under: Creative, LEGO, Life Style, Potty Training Tagged With: LEGO, Pin THIS!

LEGOLAND Florida Resort 2016 Event Calendar. Build memories with your family, brick by brick, with these AWESOME LEGO events and happenings!

LEGOLAND Florida Resort 2016 Event Calendar

LEGOLAND Florida Resort 2016 Event Calendar: All-New Events Promise More Fun, More Fireworks, More Time to Enjoy LEGOLAND Florida Resort in 2016.  Full Year of Kid-Friendly Activities Include Two Exclusive New Events, Plus Expanded Favorites Brick or Treat and Christmas View Post

Filed Under: LEGO, Reviews Tagged With: family, LEGO, review

An exclusive look at the new 4D "The LEGO Movie, A New Adventure" experience at LEGOLAND Florida Resort. Bonus: release dates of three future LEGO movies!

Exclusive First Look at “The LEGO® Movie™ 4D A New Adventure”

Exclusive First Look at ‘The LEGO® Movie™ 4D A New Adventure’ Offers Sneak Peek of Dazzling New Attraction Emmet, Wyldstyle and Friends Reunite in All-New Story Debuting Jan. 29 at LEGOLAND® Florida Resort. WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (Dec. 16, 2015) – For the first time ever, LEGOLAND® Parks are View Post

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Christmas Bricktacular Celebration at LEGOLAND Florida Resort. Stunning LEGO builds, fun for the whole family throughout the park.

Must See Christmas Bricktacular at LEGOLAND Florida Resort

Holiday Fireworks Making Spirits Bright During Annual Christmas Bricktacular Celebration at LEGOLAND Florida Resort WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (Dec. 2, 2015) – This December, LEGOLAND® Florida Resort will celebrate the holidays in a uniquely LEGO® way with the return of Christmas Bricktacular Presented View Post

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Start a LEGO tradition for the whole family! This will grow and expand as the years go by - and the kids will LOVE setting it up each and every year! So much fun!

Start a LEGO Tradition For The Whole Family

It is said that “if you build it, they will come!” As a little girl, living in Denmark, I took those words to heart, year after year… after year. The Danish folklore is full of tales of elves and gnomes who move into your home during Christmas time. These little creatures play harmless tricks on View Post

Filed Under: Creative, LEGO, Our Life, Reviews, Winter Tagged With: Christmas, Danish, DIY, family, Kids, LEGO, Pin THIS!, review

Learning through play, the Danish Way. Learn the importance of unstructured play - one of the main pillars in a Danish child's upbringing.

Learning Through Play, the Danish Way

Americans are busy people. We run to and fro at a high rate of speed. We over-schedule our days all in an effort not to miss anything. We thrive on productivity, a concept that is often confused with “a lot of harried movement.” As a culture we unfortunately no longer value “downtime”/ “free time” View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Hygge, LEGO, Parenting, Reviews Tagged With: Danish, family, Happiness, Kids, LEGO, Motherhood, Parenting Shortcut, Toddlerhood

Brick or Treat at LEGOLAND Florida Resort! A Bricktacular Time - Guaranteed!

Brick or Treat at LEGOLAND Florida! A Bricktacular Time!

LEGOLAND Florida Resort has stepped up their festivities for Halloween this year. I have all the details of their "Brick or Treat" fall fun, in addition to pictures that truly speak for themselves. Don't miss this year's Brick or Treat at LEGOLAND Florida resort - you are guaranteed a bricktacular View Post

Filed Under: LEGO, Reviews Tagged With: LEGO, review

LEGO Tea Candle Lights! Easy and fun DIY craft just in time for Halloween and the dark winter months.

LEGO Tea Candle Lights

As we face the time of year where the days are shorter and the nights are longer, there is nothing more comforting as family time around a table decorated with lit candles. In Danish we call this “hygge”, which is a way to describe a cozy ambiance. With all that said, what is more Danish, cozy and View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Hygge, LEGO, Life Style Tagged With: Danish, DIY, Kids, LEGO, Pin THIS!

Halloween with LEGO Minifigures. Follow @MamaintheNow on Instagram for all the latest adventures of the LEGO Minifigures.

Halloween With LEGO Minifigures

I have over the past few months had a lot of fun with LEGO Minifigures! I may or may not carry them in my purse, just in case a photo opportunity should present itself. The latest series of LEGO Minifigure blind bags, series # 14 is Halloween-themed and SO much fun! Thank you, LEGO for sending me a View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Fall/ Autumn, LEGO, Reviews Tagged With: Danish, Kids, LEGO, Pin THIS!, review

LEGO Makers Get Real. See how LEGO Makers create a useful product out of LEGO Technic components.

LEGO Makers Get Real! #RealLEGOFan

One of the things I love about LEGO is its versatility. The possibilities are truly endless, only limited by the builder’s imagination and creativity. LEGO recently challenged a group of LEGO Makers to build something cool, unusual yet functional with LEGO bricks. Watch the results as the LEGO View Post

Filed Under: Creative, LEGO, Reviews Tagged With: Danish, LEGO, review

LEGOLAND Florida Hotel Discount

LEGOLAND Florida Hotel Discount!

By now you have seen the colorful pictures from the grand opening of the LEGOLAND Hotel at LEGOLAND Florida Resort. The decorated rooms and the themes carried throughout the entire property. The attention to detail is impeccable. A stay for a night (or more) is on every LEGO-loving child’s wish View Post

Filed Under: LEGO, Reviews Tagged With: LEGO, review

Duplo Flash Cards. Learn Numbers and Colors in English and Danish

DUPLO Flash Cards (Free Printables)

LEGO recently sent us this adorable DUPLO set for Jansen. I am not quite sure who was more excited, me or him… We both saw endless opportunities for hours of fun. Of course we played with the tractor and we built towers, cars and houses. However, DUPLO sets are much more than building blocks. I saw View Post

Filed Under: Creative, LEGO, Parenting, Printables, Reviews Tagged With: Danish, Kids, LEGO, Parenting Shortcut, review, Toddlerhood

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