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Party Ideas – Holi Spring Color Festival

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Holi (March 17-18th) is a spring festival also known as festival of colors. It is an ancient Hindu religious festival which has become popular with non-Hindus in many parts of the world. I am sure you have heard of the Color Run?. This spring time how about celebrating Easter with a little extra color!

The main object of a Holi party is to cover each other in Holi Colors “plant based powder dye“. Traditionally you should wear white to get the maximum color effect. Have your cameras ready because this is one party where there is going to be lots of color to capture.  We have gather our very own Holi party round up for you to drool over. Pinterest Holi Party Ideas Board.

Looking for more Holi decorations? Check these out.

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Games to Make with LEGO Bricks

When my daughter was younger she had a ton of LEGO bricks, and I’m honestly a little sad we got rid of most of them because there are so many fun things to do with LEGOs outside of the kits you bought them in. 

I love seeing all the ideas people have for LEGO building challenges, and I have shared some ideas for LEGO games before, but I saw one on Pinterest the other day that I felt was worth a mention. 

This one is for those ’80s and ’90s kids who spent sick days home from school watching “The Price is Right”: LEGO Plinko!

For those who don’t know about Plinko, the original was a giant peg board set up at an angle and the contestant would drop a flat disc at the top of the board. As it moved down the board it would hit the pegs and change the way it moved, and there would be different prizes in the slots at the bottom where the piece would land. 

This version from Play Party Game works on the same principle, using LEGO bricks to make the game board and marbles in place of the Plinko disc since your game board isn’t flat. 

You can really use whatever bricks you have for this build, and while it shows all the pegs the same size and evenly spaced, you can play with different configurations and see what happens. It’s engineering and a game!

And while you’re playing with your LEGOs, make sure to check out this post from Kids Craft Room that includes minute to win it style games you can do with LEGO. From speed sorting to tower building as fast as you can, these ideas are sure to get you thinking about different ways to play with LEGO.

And if you need even more ideas, check out my post with LEGO building challenges you can print out for kids (and adults!) to try.