It’s finally time for another Summer of Olympic Games! Aren’t you excited? We are! Why not kick it all off with our LEGO Olympic Rings Activity that you can build with your basic bricks. The Olympic Rings are super important to the meaning of the games which you can read a little about below. Do you have a favorite country or event that you want to watch? I know we are going to look forward to the swimming!
LEGO OLYMPIC RINGS ACTIVITY FOR KIDS
Basic bricks are one of our favorite things to build with around here. We have many cool LEGO activities just for kids that use simple LEGO pieces you are sure to have in your LEGO collection. We also have some great tips for building your LEGO collection to check out! Building this Olympic rings activity is perfect for multiple ages to work on together. Check out both ways we built Olympic rings!
SUPPLIES:
Plenty of Basic Bricks in the 5 colors of the Olympic Rings. Blue, Yellow, Black, Green, and Red. We used twelve 2×2 bricks and two 2×4 bricks for each ring.
X-Large LEGO Base Plate (used for 2nd building activity}
Flat Bricks {creating the letters of the word Olympic}
Take a look at the pictures to construct your LEGO Olympic rings activity or come up with your own design! I love how our rings fit together like a puzzle. Plus the rings stand up as one unit! Place against a white background to get the full effect!
WHAT DO THE OLYMPIC RINGS COLORS STAND FOR?
The 5 rings of the Olympics represent the colors that are present on all the flags of participating and inhabited contents. In addition the 5 colors plus the white background represent the colors of all the national flags. What colors are on your nation’s flag. Read more here on the Olympic website!
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OPTIONAL 2nd LEGO OLYMPIC RINGS ACTIVITY WITH BASIC BRICKS
Take the same bricks and recreate the Olympic Rings on a base plate that you can prop up!
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Then we got creative and used the flat plates to make the letters of the word OlYMPIC. Here’s a hint that I wish we had photographed. For the letter Y, we used a flat piece that also has a rotating top. That’s how we got the Y to be able to rotate a bit! Pretty cool!
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Get ready for the Summer Olympics and build your own set of Olympic Rings to display!
LEGO OLYMPIC RINGS ACTIVITY FOR KIDS
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This post includes some great ideas for hosting a mini Summer Olympics at home! Plus I added video clips from the 2012 London Summer Olympics so you can check out some highlights with your kids!
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DID YOU KNOW? We have an unofficial LEGO book coming out this summer! 100+ awesome ideas for using your LEGO collection in unique ways. There is also a Learning with LEGO Facebook group where you can check out all things LEGO everyday. This is going to be awesome. No wait, everything is awesome!
Jacquie
June 7, 2016 at 10:53 amAwesome! It is not easy building circles with LEGOs I tell you 🙂 You all make it look so easy! Thanks for joining in on all the Olympic fun for kids this year.
littlebins
June 8, 2016 at 8:48 amThank you! I was concerned they looked a little like diamonds at one point!
Carolyn Wilhelm
June 30, 2016 at 3:09 pmThis is a nice challenge and helps with planning, fine motor control, patience, and spatial relationships — without being preachy so to speak. Creative and engaging for the games!