Trading LEGO Minifigures at Legoland

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"Trading LEGO minifigures is absolutely the most fun thing at Legoland", according to my 10 year-old son. He enjoyed the rides, apple fries, Miniland, and all of the enormous structures built out of LEGO bricks but trading was his favorite thing for sure.
Guide to LEGO  Minifigure Trading at Legoland

How to trade LEGO minifigures:
1. Bring minifigures with you into the Legoland parks that you no longer want. Maybe you have doubles of a series such as the newer Disney one and would like to try and find the ones you need. Maybe you have ones that you just don't play with anymore- bring 'em to exchange.You may also buy blind bags or create your own (3 pack for $9.99 including 1 accessory each) in the park to then trade.
Your minifigs must be authentic LEGO, have a body, legs, and head but they do not have to have hair, hats or accessories. You can also trade out the different parts if you would like.

For example, my son traded a brown bat that had a different color legs- and then traded just the legs to get the brown matching legs that he wanted.

(See that "I LOVE LEGOLAND" torso - you may want to pick one of this up while in the parks)

2. I suggest carrying the mini figures with you in a case - maybe a clear pencil box, or even the cases that they sell to keep them in. My son was so excited and we did buy the carry case in the park. This way not only can you easily show and trade with the Model Citizens (Legoland employees) but other visitors you meet as well. Yep, you can trade with all the Model Citizens around the parks and with other guests. My kids made many instant friends with this activity!

photo credit www.legoland.com

3. In order to find the tradable minifigures look for the following:
A-Model Citizens with name tags or lanyards with mini figures attached. They may be in the stores, walking around, working at the rides just keep your eyes open. Also, don't be afraid to ask the employees if they possibly have a certain ones- they just may have it! 
B-Inside the shops AND restaurants. Almost all of them have a case behind or at the counter to look at for trading. We were surprised to find them at the food counters and restaurants.
C-At designated trading spots there will be even more-our absolute favorite was the Dino with two large trading boxes and super fun Model Citizen traders.
D-With other guests that have also come to the spots to trade or are waiting in line with you.

4. All you have to do is ask if you can take a look at the tradable minifgures in any of the above mentioned locations and they will trade. It is similar to trading pins at Disney and the Model Citizens are happy to oblige. You can also trade at Legoland Discovery Centers like our new location in Arizona - INFO HERE

My kids were beyond thrilled to complete the Disney collection at our visit to the park through buying and trading as well as finding a DOC from Back to the Future!

Preschool Homework?

                                   
Preschoolers don't get homework, or at least my daughter doesn't.  Who knew this would be such a tradgedy in a 4 year olds life?  So I thought I would share with you what her and I decided to do.  Actually, she just made it clear that she has homework too.  Who am I to discourage this, right?  Anyway, her brother gets home from school and the first thing he has to do is change out of school clothes and then wash his hands.  Then he has to sit at the dining room table and do his homework and my daughter sits across from him and does hers.

 I purchased a Preschool Ultimate Skill Builder by Learning Horizons years ago, so the front cover isn't what I put above and that picture might be out of date from the ones that available in the stores now.  I picked it up at Bashas' for $5.  Seems like a lot when you can buy workbooks at the $1 store, but the book is 319 pages long and is broken down by categories:

• Numbers,
• Shapes/sizes
• Letters
• Beginning letter sounds
• Get ready to read
• Get ready to write
• Colors
• Beginning reading

I highly recommend it!  If you have more than one sibling, you can just photocopy pages.  That's what I did for my son and now am using the same book for my daughter.  You can also take the pages out of the book and insert them into page protectors and keep in a binder to have the kids use them over and over again with dry erase markers.  Great for the car.

So, everyday I pull pages from the book and have her complete one or two of them for her "homework".  She loves it and I love that she is so interested in learning.  Kindergarten here she comes!