Make Lego Part of Your Back to School Plans with Emma’s Art Stand and the Forest Tractor

What kid does not love playing with those colorful building blocks?  They provide hours of fun and entertainment and allow your kids to express their creativity in all kinds of ways.  But did you know that building with Lego can also be an educational experience as well?

Playing with building blocks is not only a great outlet for your child’s creativity, but while they are playing they are also learning.  In addition to the elements of imaginative play that go into playing with any toy, Lego building blocks helps your child to improve their fine motor skills.  If they are building a Lego set that should be built in a specific way for a specified end result, they will also learn about following directions in order to get the result they want. These are skills that all children need to hone and develop, no matter what age!

Playing with Lego can help your child to develop their mind in so many ways. It helps them to learn to be an independent thinker when they come up with their own creations to build and play with. These are all skills that will help your child be better prepared for the classroom as we begin our new school year!

Today, we are going to be talking about two Lego sets that we had the opportunity to try out for ourselves.

Lego Friends Emma’s Art Stand

With Emma’s Art Stand, your child can use their imagination and have all sorts of fun painting in the park with Emma, Chico and all of their friends.

They can use the scooter (which is included with this set) to tow the art stand around to visit all sorts of places and let their imagination run free.  The art stand has double windows that open up when Emma is open for business, lots of artwork tiles, a cash register, a map of Heartlake City Park and a bed for Emma’s beloved feline friend.  The roof lifts off, or you can open up the trailer for easy access to play inside!

What’s included in Lego Friends Emma’s Art Stand:

• Emma minifigure and Chico the cat figure
• Art stand trailer that opens three different ways, with a sales hatch, cash register, cat bed
• Scooter
• Separate painting area with easel, stool and tree
• Loads of fun accessories including:
  • Safety helmet
  • Several artwork tiles
  • Price list
  • Heartlake City Park map
  • “I Love Heartlake City” mug
  • Cookie
  • Bow

Some Play Ideas

Help Emma paint pictures of all of her friends in some of their favorite places around Heartlake City.  You can drive around on the scooter so that Emma can visit all of her friends.  You can even tow the art stand with the scooter to Heartlake City Park and set up shop there!

You can take care of and play with Chico, and there is even an awesome blue bow that you can put on his head.

The art stand opens up in three different ways, making the play possibilities endless, and also making it easy for you to access what’s inside.

For even more fun, you can combine this set with Stephanie’s Soccer Practice, Olivia’s Mission Vehicle, Andrea’s Park Performance, and/or Mia’s Tree House for even more fun and exciting play in Heartland City Park.

Lego City Forest Tractor

With this fun set, kids get to explore and play in the forest while maybe even learning a little about the logging industry!

Work in nature with the Forest Tractor, featuring a moving arm with opening claw and massive wheels, plus a small log stand, 2 chains, 2 buildable logs, small pine tree, chainsaw and a shovel. This cool logging tractor toy building set includes a lumberjack minifigure.

What’s Included in Lego City Forest Tractor:

• Tractor with moving arm, opening claw and massive wheels
• Small log stand
• 2 chains
• 2 buildable logs
• Small pine tree
• Chainsaw and shovel
• Lumberjack minifigure

Let your child’s imagination run wild and channel their inner lumberjack with this fun and exciting set!

More About Lego

Lego is dedicated to providing the best possible play experience for you and your child, and they stand behind the products that they put out.  They have a handy number you can call if you ever receive a set with missing pieces, and they have always been very good about sending out replacing missing bricks in sets so that you can finish building and get to playing as quickly as possible.

Lego believes that all children have the right to fun, creative and engaging play.  They believe that play is a critical part of a child’s life because when children play, they are also learning.  Lego aims to inspire kids with their unique playful learning experiences. 

Lego is also dedicated to the education of children as well, and they have even dedicated an entire division of their company specifically to education. They provide a site that offers “inspiring and engaging learning resources for preschool, elementary and middle school.”

Whether it’s using the Lego Mindstorm sets to teach middle school children critical STEM skills that will prepare them for the technologically-based work environments that are in demand now, or making science come alive for your elementary school age students with the WeDo 2.0 line, Lego can also be an amazing educational resource and tool in the classroom.

Their sets for preschoolers help even the youngest children to help develop essential life skills that they will use for the rest of their lives.  And with Machines and Mechanisms sets, students can learn about real-world technology and even learn to solve engineering problems in a fun, engaging environment. 

The Wrap Up

Whether you are shopping for your own little ones, or for a child in your life that you know would love a fun new Lego set, or you are an educator looking to incorporate Lego into your classroom, you are sure to find something that will entertain, stimulate and excite young minds.  These two sets will make a great start to any collection, or a great addition for those already inducted into the Lego universe.