I love Legos and all the educational opportunities they provide.  I love the creativity they inspire.  I love that they don’t need batteries.  I get paid to play with Legos.  Robotic Legos.  (Don’t hate me too much).  So I often have Legos on the brain.

PJ needs things to keep his brain busy.  I adapted an idea from www.legoeducation.com and came up with his new favorite brain game.

Gather the following Lego bricks…

Whites
1–1×6
2–2×2
1–2×4
1–2×8

Reds
2–1×2
5–2×2
4–2×4
1–2×10

Yellows
4–2×4
1–2×3
2–2×2
3–1×2

Greens
1–1×2
3–2×2

Blues
1–2×2
5–2×4
1–2×10

Grays
2–1×2
1–1×8

Print out this picture.

See how long it takes your child to arrange the Legos to match the picture.

Notes:

1. There are probably more than one solution.  Contact me if you want a picture of my solution.
2.  This is probably best for children 6 and older.
3. PJ has a flat 16×16 base that he works on.  That’s how big the above picture is.
4. If you don’t have all the bricks I listed, just make up your own.  I used excel to make my diagram.  
5. To make it easier, print out the gridlines or make it smaller.  That way younger siblings can play, too.
6. Ignore the misalignment of the blue block with the reds in the bottom right.  That’s my pdf printer acting funny.