Each Art table will have a box of basic lego bricks to work with. The teacher states a "Challenge" and gives the students 5-10 minutes to complete the challenge. For instance, the teacher may give a challenge to make a character from a video game and students will build a whole variety of different characters. Below is one example. Click here for our gallery of Lego sculptures done by students.
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Students will vote on the best project and the winner will get a small art related prize like a pencil or special eraser or something similar.
Alternatively, a critique session may be held after the build in which students talk about their project and comment on other's projects.
This project could also be an easy and non-messy "emergency activity" for times when a substitute teacher is required on short notice.
Sometimes students are shown images from the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden (Next to the Walker Art Center). Using the idea of outdoor sculptural installations, students are to make a lego sculpture that could be shown in a sculpture garden. Each student is given a green sheet of paper to build their sculpture on. At the end of the class, we take 5 minutes to walk around and look at the sculptures students have made.
Below is a list of possible challenge ideas: