International Lego Day

Well AllToday is International Lego Day. 

The colorful plastic bricks have entertained children (and adults) around the world for nearly 70 years. Thevbricks are used to make toy buildings, vehicles, creatures, machines, anything imaginable — and they can be taken apart and put back together as often as you’d like. That means endless creative play. National Lego Day, on January 28, celebrates these incredibl ingenious and enriching toys.

Lego blocks originated in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen, who started producing wood toys in 1932 in Billund, Denmark. A few years later he officially named the company LEGO® – after the Danish phrase “leg godt”, meaning play well. 

International LEGO Day — January 28 — marks the day when Godtfred Kirk Christiansen (Ole’s son) submitted the patent for the original LEGO bricks in 1958. They were the first of their kind with a sophisticated interlocking system that creates bigger and stronger building projects. And not only did Godtfred patent the individual brick, but also the concept of the bricks being used as an interdependent, interlocking building system! 

I'm sure many of you, like me, have seen some absolutely amazing things built with these colorful little blocks. I myself only build with them while playing with my grandkids. Actually only with Lyla now since the boys have far surpassed my building talent. All I build are simple houses. They are nice houses though. 😁