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Lots to see and do at LEGO® KidsFest! Dallas, Texas

July 24, 2014 by tillywee Leave a Comment

This is a sponsored post from LEGO®: I have been provided with ads and facts for these postings: I may insert my opinions on occasion, however if I do this, I will do my best to highlight my opinions in blue print.

Dallas Convention Center, August 29 – 31, 2014 LEGO KidsFest brings all of the creative hands-on, minds-on fun of LEGO building and experiences together in one activity- and entertainment-packed family event for children of all ages and builders of all skills and interests.

The award-winning LEGO KidsFest returns to Texas – this time at the Dallas Convention Center — from August 29-31.
Those who attended the previous show can once again expect hands-on building, creative experiences and one-of-a-kind activities. Children of all ages and builders of all skills and levels are welcome. The show only makes seven North American appearances each year.
LEGO KidsFest features dozens of new activities and popular favorites on the three-acre show floor.

New activities for this year’s visit to Dallas include

LEGO Chima
LEGO Friends Photo Booth
LEGO Star Wars
LEGO Disney Princess
LEGO Super Heroes
LEGO Mindstorms

Once again, show-goers can enjoy the

LEGO Model Museum
LEGO Master Builder Academy
Race Ramps
Creation Nation
Construction Zone
LEGO DUPLO
LEGO Retail store
LEGO KidsFest Marketplace
Big Brick Pile
LEGO Ninjago
and more

Our family enjoys LEGO time more than any other time of the day! We enjoy listening to our memory work for our Classical Conversations Curriculum while creatively building and playing!

“Any family who likes to be inspired, get hands-on and have fun together won’t want to miss LEGO KidsFest,” said Vince Rubino, LEGO events manager. “We’re bringing so many activities for Dallas-area families to showcase their creativity and building skills in what is sure to be a family event to remember.”

LIMITED TIME OFFER COUPON HERE!

Tickets are selling out quickly and have sold out in past cities, please purchase your tickets on line ASAP! Thanks!

Everyone Pays KIDS prices — SAVE on $2 per Adult ticket!

Enter the GIVEAWAY TO TRY TO WIN TWO FREE TICKETS HERE!

Fun Facts (and legal facts) about

July 23, 2014 by tillywee Leave a Comment

This is a sponsored post from LEGO®: I have been provided with ads and facts for these postings: I may insert my opinions on occasion, however if I do this, I will highlight my opinions in blue print.

You can enter the contest for two free tickets to LEGOKIDSFEST Dallas here! GIVEAWAY!

Get your discounted tickets here! Everyone pays kids price until August 8, 2014 for the Dallas, Texas KidsFest!
Tickets are selling out quickly and have sold out in past cities, please purchase your tickets on line ASAP! Thanks!

One of MY followers will win (2) tickets to for the opening night session on Friday, August 29, 2014 (4-8:30pm). I encourage you to LIKE and Follow LEGOKidsFest on Facebook, Twitter and/or Instagram for all the latest ticketing updates as this event has been selling out in prior cities. Must be 18 to enter, 1 entry per day allowed, Winner will be announced here on my website August 5th. Click on this link below to enter.

Winner will be randomly chosen by USFG on Monday August 4 announced on my Blog

LEGO® must always be capitalized and have a registered trade mark symbol after the first time it is used.

FUN FACTS
More than 400 billion LEGO bricks have been produced since 1949.

The LEGO minifigure represents the world’s largest population of people! More than four billion minifigures have been produced in the last 30 years. This is almost 12 times the population of the United States!

LEGO minifigures are out of this world, literally. The two Mars Rovers have an image of the LEGO minifigure etched into their front grill.

Approximately seven LEGO sets are sold each second.

There are about 62 LEGO bricks for every one of the world’s six billion inhabitants.

Laid end to end, the number of LEGO bricks sold in a year would reach more than five times around the world.

There are 915 million ways to combine six eight-stud LEGO bricks.

Children around the world spend five billion hours a year playing with LEGO bricks.

With a production of about 306 million tires produced a year, the LEGO group is the largest producer of tires in the world.

LEGO is the contraction of two Danish words, “leg godt” which means “play well”.

There are about 62 LEGO bricks for every one of the world’s six billion inhabitants.

19 billion LEGO elements are produced every year. 2.16 million LEGO elements are molded every hour, or 36,000 per minute.

LEGO NOMENCLATURE & OTHER STUFF

LEGO is the brand name. One plays with LEGO bricks (not LEGOs or Legos).

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LEGO Systems, Inc. is the North American division of The LEGO Group, a privately held, family-owned company based in Billund, Denmark, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of creatively educational play materials for children. The company is committed to the development of children’s creative and imaginative abilities, and its employees are guided by the motto adopted in the 1930s by founder Ole Kirk Christiansen: “Only the best is good enough.” Visit the virtual LEGO world at www.LEGO.com
LEGO, the LEGO logo, and DUPLO, are trademarks of the LEGO Group. 2014 The LEGO Group.

Win two tickets to LEGO®-KidsFest Dallas!

July 22, 2014 by tillywee Leave a Comment

Winner will be randomly chosen by USFG on Monday August 4 announced on my Blog August 5th!

In case you don’t want to wait and see if you win the two free tickets, please go to the website asap and purchase your tickets. These events have sold out in past cities, please purchase your tickets AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

Limited Time Offer-expires August 8: Everyone Pays KIDS prices — SAVE on $2 per Adult ticket!

TO purchase your tickets, please go here: http://www.legokidsfest.com/dallas/

You can enter the contest for two free tickets to LEGOKIDSFEST Dallas here! GIVEAWAY!

Arizona Science Center, Phoenix

July 15, 2014 by tillywee Leave a Comment

The Arizona Science Center was a short 20 minute train ride from the PHX airport! We were able to navigate our way there with a little help from the friendly folks at the airport. We had about 6-7 hours of “down” time between flights, so we took our carry-on luggage with us and headed downtown! It was worth the trip!

Once we got off the train we had to walk about two blocks, it was very hot I admit, and we were ready for a cold drink and lunch when we first arrived at the museum.

We are members of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History so we were able to use our reciprocal benefits and we had free admission the the Arizona Science Center. See their regular prices here. I highly recommend a membership for those of you who travel around the United States at all as FREE is a good thing!

Here is a map to the museum!

Our first stop was the Many Hands Make a Home Freeman Gallery. My children loved to build and to see how the walls inside a home are put together. There was a plumbing area where the kids could put together a plumbing system. It was hands on and they wanted to stay in there all day!

I pulled them away to the next exhibit hall, W.O.N.D.E.R and All About Me! They were amazed and enthralled! For my Classical Conversations friends, this is worth a visit if you have a community any where near Phoenix! Here is a GREAT YouTube Video to help you with your Cycle 3 memory work as well!

My son was a bit grossed out by this particular “slide”

He LOVED this sneezing nose though and laughed and laughed with each sneeze!

This zit formation succeeded in grossing me out! But…it was educational…

Super brain wave activity!

Next, we headed upstairs to the 2nd floor: Get Charged Up room! This room provided active fun for all of my active kids! The Physics in this room made for much learning by doing! (please forgive the photos here, this room was a bit hard to take photos in due to the lighting!)

The third floor offered the Forces of Nature and the “My Digital World” where we spent the remaining part of our afternoon visit. These exhibits provided hours of fun learning for the kids!

Last floor, 4th floor, was worth the visit as we enjoyed Solarville and the energy discussion and activities. This is a small area, but well worth the time to trek through! There are some very interesting bug collections on this floor as well! (please forgive formatting for this page…I am still learning and inserting the photos/media properly have been a challenge)