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LEGO Kidsfest announces 2013 Tour Dates

Richmond, Virginia: February 15 – 17
Louisville, Kentucky: April 5 – 7
Houston, Texas: May 17 – 19
Phoenix, Arizona: July 12 – 14
San Jose, California: August 30 – September 1
Portland, Oregon: October 11 – 13
Hartford, Connecticut: December 6 – 8

Ready your building skills! The LEGO KidsFest, a nationally-traveling giant LEGO expo, is coming to a city near you! This interactive LEGO extravaganza brings all of the creative hands-on, minds-on fun of LEGO building and experiences together in an activity- and entertainment-packed family event for children of all ages and builders of all skills and interests.

Among the many LEGO attractions, families will find:

LEGO Model Gallery: dozens of life-sized models made entirely from LEGO bricks
LEGO Master Builders: live demonstrations and activities from the crew who get paid to play
Creation Nation: build your own creation to add to a custom map of the U.S.
Race Ramps: build your own custom car, then race it down the ramp against friends and family
LEGO Games Arena: roll the dice to play LEGO board games
Construction Zones: creative free build, play and display areas
LEGO DUPLO®: younger visitors can explore imagination through building
LEGO Retail and KidsFest Marketplace: purchase LEGO and official KidsFest tour merchandise
Brick Pile: a gigantic pile full of LEGO bricks for creative play and enjoyment
Monochromatic Builds: bricks of a single color to foster group creativity
Brickscapes: fantastic displays that combine lots of LEGO and DUPLO sets
And much more, covering over 150,000+ square feet of space

On tour since 2009, nearly 400,000 have attended a LEGO KidsFest. Previous tour stops include Minneapolis, Boston, Austin, Cincinnati, Denver, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Raleigh. Tickets for many cities have sold out with 25,000 to 30,000 visitors in attendance at each venue.

Based on sell-out attendance in previous markets, advance ticket purchase is strongly encouraged. Tickets for all 2013 tour stops are on sale at www.LEGOkidsfest.com.

Five sessions – all identical – are available for the each tour stop. For full details, visit the website at www.LEGOKidsFest.com.

LEGO® KIDSFEST is coming to Pittsburgh Father’s Day weekend–GIVEAWAY–CLOSED

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED CHECK OUT WHO WON ON THIS POST HERE:

LEGO® KIDSFEST will be at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh June 17, 18, and 19. Perfect for some Father’s Day fun.

Session times are as follows:

Friday, June 17th
4 pm – 9 pm

Saturday, June 18th
Session I: 9 am – 2 pm
Session II: 3 pm – 8 pm

Sunday, June 19th
Session I: 9 am – 2 pm
Session II: 3 pm – 8 pm

Each session has the same activities and events. Some activities include:

LEGO Model Museum–walk through and see models made entirely of LEGO bricks from miniature models to life size models.

LEGO Club Members Lounge–where you can participate in building challenges, watch LEGO Club tv clips, and meet and listen to LEGO’s Master builders.

LEGO activity area–Master builders, games, trivia, videos and contests for LEGO fans to actively participate in

Creation Nation—make your own creation to add to the huge map of the US

Construction Zone–LEGO building area. Kids and Adults alike can create with LEGOs there’s even a LEGO Duplo area of the littlest LEGO fans.

There’s a lot more activities listed on the LEGO Kidsfest website if you’d like to check it out.

If you’re a readers of Pittsburgh Parent or Pittsburgh Magazine, I’m told they have a $2 off coupon for tickets to LEGO Kidsfest.

To buy your ticket for LEGO Kidsfest in Pittsburgh you can go to the site . If you don’t live near Pittsburgh LEGO Kidsfest will be making a few more stops in: Raleigh, NC Oct 7-9, Cleveland, OH Nov. 4-6, and Hartford, CT Dec 2-4.

GIVEAWAY

LEGO is going to give one FFCM reader a pair of tickets to LEGO KIDSFEST for the Sunday Session II on June 19th from 3-8 PM!

Mandatory Entry: Visit the and tell me in a comment what you would be most interested in seeing/doing at LEGO Kidsfest. (Leave an email so I can contact you if you win)

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Giveaway ends 6/6 at 11:59 PM EST. Winner will be chosen using random.org. After entries have been verified, winner will be contacted via email. Winner will have 48 hrs to respond to winning email notification. If no reply within specified time frame, a new winner will be chosen.

***I will be receiving a family pack of tickets in exchange for reviewing the event and hosting the giveaway. I did not receive any monetary compensation for this post. All pictures used from press section of LEGO Kidsfest site with permission.***

five of your favorite family time ideas

Twittermoms.com and LEGO have a great blogging opportunity going on right now. List 5 of your favorite family time ideas. For me we try to do it frugal but do it fun. Here are some of the things we enjoy doing.

1. We love to have a movie night. We get a movie on Videos on Demand usually (family friendly of course). I’ll make up some microwave popcorn or some finger foods. The kids are allowed to eat in the living room (this is usually a no no so it’s fun for the kids). They love it and we can all have a laugh together and talk about the movie.

2. Baking—now I’m no Betty Crocker but the kids enjoy a box mix just as much as making from scratch. For a quick treat we like to get the muffin mixes. We’ll make them up together and eat them warm with butter and a glass of milk. Even though it only take a few minutes the kids enjoy it. I let them do most of it. Then they like to tell dad “i made these muffins”.

3. Family soccer games (when the weather is cooperative of course). It’s usually my hubby and one of my sons, then me and one of my sons on teams. We put a blanket out for the baby with some toys on it and he enjoys watching us. We kick the ball around the yard setting certain landmarks as goals (1 is usually between the 2 rose bushes the other is usually the sand pit where the easy set pool was)

4. Family walks. Sometimes the kids will ride their bikes along side and sometimes they’ll walk. The baby enjoys looking around and taking in everything.

5. Family game night–this could include a boys only video game session (the 2 older boys and my hubby with me and the baby watching and me getting snacks for them), card games, or whatever we feel like.

I’d love to hear some of your frugal family time activities. OR create your own post with twittermoms.com for a chance at LEGO prizes!

***I wrote this blog post while participating in the TwitterMoms and LEGO
blogging program, making me eligible to get a prize pack. For more
information on how you can participate, click here.***

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