Small Bricks, Big Ideas

It was International Lego Day on Wednesday 28 January – a global celebration of the iconic building brick that has inspired generations of children, and adults, to dream big, design more and build bigger. These colourful, interlocking bricks provide limitless possibilities for creativity and symbolise the joy of exploring ideas freely, building confidence through problem‑solving, and discovering what’s possible when imagination leads the way. Inspired by the idea of transforming simple bricks into extraordinary ideas, this week in The Art Room we had great fun making art with Lego!

Lego gets its name from the Danish phrase leg godt which translates as “play well”. Putting playful exploration at the centre of our sessions, we simply invited the children to experiment with a small pile of Lego pieces, a splodge or two of paint and a piece of paper and let their creative impulses lead the way. 

Enjoying the process and learning through play, everyone quickly discovered that many different shapes could be made by printing with different parts of the Lego brick, once dipped in paint. From colourful marks and patterns, joyful abstract designs emerged and careful arrangements of printed shapes revealed recognisable images that grew into bigger imaginary scenes. We saw buses and buildings, sunshine and trees but, above all, The Art Room was filled with a playful energy that nurtured individual creativity, inspired new ideas, forged conversation and teamwork and produced many happy smiles.