Build Your Own Mouse Trap (with LEGO Chain Reactions from Klutz)

LEGO Chain Reactions will blow the mind of anyone who enjoyed playing Mouse Trap or setting off a row of dominoes. To turn bricks from kids’ own LEGO collection into ball-moving machines, all they need is this book — along with the cardstock ramps and other punch-out parts, plastic LEGO balls, and 33 essential, hard-to-find LEGO pieces packed inside.






Watch and learn! 



And now for a closer look... 

See the Quintopple in action!



See the Dominoes in action!



See the Seesaw & Ramp in action!



See the Pop-Up Flag & Falling Hammer in action!



See the Board Bouncer in action!



See the Slow Spin in action!



See the Elevator Ramps in action!




See the Pulley & Bucket in action!



See the Funnel Ramp in action!

LEGO Fangirl (with Crazy Action Contraptions from Klutz)

I have loved LEGO for as long as I can remember. From my first DUPLO set to The Movie and videos games I love so much, this timeless toy has always found it's way into my free play. My love for LEGO is so well-known that a friend once commissioned the making of a giant LEGO Hogwarts Lynn for my birthday!

 

So, when Klutz and LEGO paired up to create Crazy Action Contraptions, it was pretty much a match made in heaven for me! I rushed home and Mike and I raced Super Charged Speedsters up and down the halls of my apartment all afternoon long.

Last week, as I packed for a cottage weekend, I was thinking back to some of those fun times so I threw Crazy Action Contraptions in my suitcase for a second round of brick-filled fun. And on Saturday, over veggie pizza and big mugs of hot chocolate, we built LEGO-made machines that zipped, bumped and spun all over the cottage!

Adventures with Crazy Action Contraptions

One snowy Saturday, Mike and I were lazing around the apartment playing some Brick Tac Toe.

So, we built some Super Charged Speedsters and headed out to the hallway. We stared each other down as we wound our elastic band racers and prepared for battle. On the count of three we were off, popping wheelies and kicking up carpet fibre. 

It was neck in neck, as we zoomed down the hallway. But soon I began to lose speed, while he zipped ahead. My speedster slowed to a crawl, but I was determined to put on a good show. I wound up my band and made a dash to catch up. That’s when I noticed that that tricky trickster had rigged his speedster for extra power by double winding his elastic band. Off he sped toward the finish line, but the race wasn’t over yet; I still had a trick up my sleeve.

I pulled out my trusty Squeezeclaw Grabber and plucked him right from his cart, tossing him back just in time to cross the finish line.

Victory was mine in this dirty road race! And I celebrated like a most gracious winner, with my noisemaker ringing sounds of my victory throughout the lands.

And that was my super Saturday adventure with Crazy Action Contraptions!