Kick off your summer with cool things to build and free printable LEGO building challenges. You can use your collection of basic LEGO pieces to develop your unique versions of the LEGO ideas below! My goal is to have kids of all ages learn through play, and what better play is there than LEGO? Grab your bricks, and let’s kick off the summer activities by building LEGO! LEGO activities are perfect all year round!

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Summer STEM with LEGO Task Cards

Let’s first start with STEM! STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and math. So a good STEM project will intertwine two or more of these learning areas to complete the project. STEM projects often focus on solving problems and can be based on real-world applications.

Almost every good science or engineering project is a STEM activity because you have to pull from different resources to complete it. Results happen when many different factors fall into place.

Technology and math are also important to work in the STEM framework, whether through research or measurements.

It’s important that kids can navigate the technology and engineering portions of STEM needed for a successful future. It’s good to remember there’s so much more to STEM than building expensive robots or being on screens for hours.

LEGO is a fantastic tool for developing STEM skills, and it doesn’t just have to be about using Powered Up functions or Mindstorms! Good ole 2×2 and 2×4 bricks will do the trick for our younger engineers. These challenges make the stepping stones to more involved LEGO STEM projects later on!

Note: These challenges or task cards are more straightforward than a typical challenge prompt as they have a specific goal to complete!

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Summer LEGO Challenge Card Examples

Summer LEGO Challenge Calendar

STEM challenges are usually open-ended suggestions to solve a problem. That’s a big part of what STEM is all about! This free printable summer LEGO challenge card gives just a hint of inspiration for kids to apply the design process and build something cool!

Ask a question, develop solutions, design, test, and retest! The tasks are meant to get kids thinking about and using the design process with Lego!

What’s the design process? I’m glad you asked! In many ways, it’s a series of steps an engineer, inventor, or scientist would go through to solve a problem.

Learn more about the steps of the engineering design process and grab a free printable guide to add to your LEGO challenges.

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LEGO Summer Challenge Calendar

LEGO Summer Camp Week Guide

This LEGO Summer Camp will be the highlight of your kid’s summer! These fun science experiments using classic building bricks are a fun way to learn! Grab the free guide with clickable links below.

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Fun Summer STEM Activities with LEGO

Explore the changing seasons with STEM and Lego building. These printable spring LEGO building ideas are perfect for engaging kids in science, technology, engineering, and math as they complete fun challenges!

You need easy ideas for the kids. I want these printable Spring LEGO task cards to be a simple way to have fun with your kids.

They can be used in the classroom as easily as they can be used at home. Print, cut, and laminate to use over and over again.

TRY: These other summer theme STEM challenges, including LEGO Ocean Animals (free printable challenge), LEGO Sharks (free shark week activities), and a LEGO Ice Melt

How to Get Started with Summer LEGO Challenges

We try not to use many fancy pieces so anyone can try these spring LEGO ideas!

Discovering how to use the LEGO pieces you already have to make something cool is a great skill for young kids to learn early on. You don’t always need more of something. Instead, use your imagination and work with what you already have!

Here are a few tips:

  • Don’t have enough of one color? Use another!
  • Have a fun piece you can use instead? Go ahead!
  • Want to take the challenge to another level? Make up your additions!
  • This Classic LEGO set is perfect if you need to add pieces to your collection.
  • Check your local online marketplaces for bulk bins of used bricks (approx $5-$8 per lb max)
  • Purchase bulk LEGO bricks from LEGO.com

The goal is to be able to put those critical thinking skills to the test!

Grab our year-round LEGO challenge calendar here and add a touch of science, STEM, and art to your LEGO challenges.

More Fun Summer Activities

Look for tons of free printables throughout our summer activities!

Printable LEGO Brick Building Project Pack

Breathe new life into your existing LEGO or brick collections! Grab the whole Brick Building Fun Pack in our SHOP

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

Anytime this bundle is updated, you will be sent a new link. Update coming this summer.

  • 10O+ Brick theme learning activities in an e-book guide using the bricks you have on hand! Activities include literacy, math, science, art, STEM, and more!
  • Brick STEM activity challenges complete with instructions and examples such as a marble run, catapult, balloon car, and more.
  • Brick Building STEM Challenges and Task Cards keep kids busy! Includes animals, pirates, space, and monsters!
  • Landmark Challenge Cards: Virtual tours and facts to get kids building and exploring the world.
  • Habitat Challenge Cards: Take the challenge and build creative animals in their habitats
  • Brick theme I-Spy and Bingo games are perfect for game day!
  • Screen-free coding activities with a brick theme. Learn about algorithms and binary code!
  • Explore mini-fig emotions and much more.
  • A complete year of Brick themed seasonal and holiday challenges and task cards
  • Brick Building Early learning pack filled with letters, numbers, and shapes!

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