Why Brick Building Is More Popular Than Ever
And Why Children’s Activity Providers Should Be Offering It Walk into a school hall, community centre, library or family event and you’ll spot the same thing happening again and again. Children gathered around bricks.Heads down. Hands busy. Some building together, some building alone. No screens. No instructions. No prizes needed. After more than a decade […]
Why modular licencing beats franchising for small activity businesses
Let us start with the obvious. Franchising can be fantastic for the right person. You get structure, a brand name, a system and support. You also get rules, restrictions, territories, policies, reporting and guidelines. I am not knocking franchising, I have spent years supporting franchisees and building successful businesses with Brilliant Bricks! But after more […]
What is the Click and Build Licence?
If you have ever tried to plan a brand new club, workshop or party session from scratch, you will know this feeling. You sit down with a cup of tea, a notebook, a head full of ideas, and within five minutes you have fallen down a Pinterest rabbit hole, Googled “how to manage 15 excitable […]
How to Build Brick Habitats for your Minifigures
Ever wondered where your minifigures live when you’re not playing? Instead of packing them away in a box, why not build them their very own habitat, a mini world designed just for them. A minifigure habitat is part art project, part storytelling and part display piece. It’s a brilliant way to stretch your imagination, use random bricks and bring your […]
Celebrate World Play Day
Celebrating World Play Day: Why Play Matters For Everyone. On 11th June, we celebrate World Play Day, a reminder of something so simple, so joyful, yet often overlooked in our busy, structured lives: play. Play isn’t just a way to pass the time. It’s a lifeline for learning, connection, creativity, and wellbeing for children and adults […]
Legoland Windsor Tips & Tricks
Whether you love it or hate it, your LEGO loving kids will probably be keen to visit Legoland Windsor. We have had annual passes since my son was 4 and he is now 15 and just renewed for the season. Suffice to say we have been a fair few times! So here are my top […]
LEGO Storage Tips
Do you dread the BIG BOX of the LEGO bricks being dumped put on the floor? Here are a few tips that might help…
Stop Motion with LEGO® bricks – top tips
Stop Motion animation is a really fun way to use your existing LEGO collection. It is essentially many photos collated together to make it look like the pictures are moving. Top Tips… I recommend using an app called Stop Motion (app image above) it is easy to use and has loads of features like downloadable […]
Water play with LEGO® bricks
As the old saying goes…put crabby children in water! Here are a few play ideas that you can do with your current LEGO® collection. They can be done in the bath, or tubs of water or in a paddling pool. They are great, fun experiments to try. Build towers (or anything) and see if they […]
How to spark creative building
Did you know there are 915,103,765 ways to combine a standard 2×4 LEGO® brick? Over 900 million ways! Amazing isn’t it! Brilliant Bricks is all about inspiring imaginative building and play. There are lots of ways to engage with Brilliant Bricks – through clubs, parties and workshops. However you can take the principles of our […]