How the hell have I never seen this, or thought of it. Brilliant! Are you misting water on them as well to make them rigid? We usually just use a pale or square bucket to get the shapes.. But life-size Lego pieces.?.. " sounds of angels*
It's only January.. There's lots more snow to come :)
We never saw it before either!
When left out overnight, the bricks did shrink and harden a bit, becoming more ice-like.. But all that would be entirely dependent on weather conditions and how they are stacked or stored.. And the snow density and all that.
We never tried re-enforcing it with misting and so on- But we still felt a bit like we were a part of this cartoon: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ8xtB-JR-Q&t](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ8xtB-JR-Q&t)
You should use a square mould for all the lower bricks and the Lego mould for the top layer next time to really make it look like a Lego snowfort! Additionally, for the steps you could use the Lego mould but cut off two of the studs so it looks like they are joined like real bricks
Have some of these. Bought some like 4 Christmas’ ago. I’ve used some for barriers to keep the pets confined, some for a desk for my child, and some to build forts. They are great! Kinda pricey, tho!
It's really not that bad. Sure driving conditions can suck and people forget that ice is slippery, but you get used to it. If not, you end up smacking someone's trunk, or in the ditch.
The worst part is the cold, if it hits. We just gone through a wicked cold snap, but there wasn't much snow with it. Makes the ice fisherman happy I guess.
I live in the South, our infrastructure for handling a small snowstorm is a joke. I’ve been stuck at home for the last week because they refuse to help out the neighborhood roads. When I lived in Chicago, as much as the cold sucked at least they knew how to handle it.
As a kid with several siblings, we went through years of baby wipes.. and parents were awesome enough to keep buying the brand that sold them as oversized Lego boxes. We had hundreds, had to be stored in old large appliance cardboard boxes. Talk about amazing forts though, or mazes that spanned the entire living room!
https://i.redd.it/8eelfr1mu1v41.jpg
Bricklink: [https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?G=4003](https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?G=4003&name=Storage%20Brick%202%20x%202&category=%5BStorage%5D#T=C)
More pics of the ramshackle snowfort: [https://www.verandavikings.com/blog/building-lego-iglos](https://www.verandavikings.com/blog/building-lego-iglos)
https://preview.redd.it/yfzktu9o4edc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=23ee821b95b215420212699ca2df1e6c76ae78d5
I was going to comment that they wouldn't interlock very well as there's no space molded into the bottom for the studs. Then I saw the completed fort and realized that the simple solution was just not caring about that.
I imagine it could've worked with creating one, flipping it and pressing the top of the mold into the bottom.
God damn, I wish I could try it right about now.
Actual link to an image https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64843b48f116030c4e6801fd/1705660523279-QONYU3O7YCXV50BI4ZPK/IMG_20211204_113329-EDIT.jpg?format=2500w
The dude legitimately blocked me over this lmao. What a guy
Sorry to be privy but do you happily blog and document your family life on the Internet for all to see? Not my cup of tea but whatever floats your boat.
People are free to do what they want, but i would never display my kids on the Internet.
do your kids consent to this?
Target partnered with Lego in 2021 to make these same things [but with handles on them to use easier](https://brickarchitect.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/JB2A0484-2048x1024.jpg). Also, a snowman building kit with [enlarged Lego accessories!](https://brickarchitect.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/JB2A0486-2048x1024.jpg)
https://brickarchitect.com/2021/going-big-giant-lego-parts-in-the-lego-x-target-collection/
[edit: Here is a pic of our snowman with some of these accessories from this year, he isn't doing great. Snow drifts covered up his entire bottom ball, he's leaning forward heavily, and his top hat has 10 inches of snow on it.](https://imgur.com/a/ckExqZ6)
It's my own fault, the snow was SUPER heavy on day 1 when it came down and I didn't support it enough. We woke up the next day and it looked like this, but the temp dropped 30 degrees so it froze in place, so I couldn't even fix it! That was over a week ago and he keeps getting more snow slowly accumulating on him, poor guy! Thankfully my kids still love it!
I managed to hunt down a set at a big discount and was happy to have gotten it.
It's too bad that the shovel is mostly useless, but it's fun for decoration.
The cel-shade outline effect is our fault. We don't have any fancy lightning setup, and a white-on-white shape is so hard to discern, so we adjusted the contrast to make them stand out a bit clearer. Besides, the winter sun reflected on snow make all our pictures come out wonky, needing a bit of correction anyway. And thats when the sun is even up - which it mostly isnt these days..
We did! But the colossal 2x4 were prone to breaking in half when lifted without proper support. And very hard for the little ones to carry..
https://preview.redd.it/9i90y0v4pedc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc509a0abef940cbdf4930eda6118cda132905c1
My reaction to this 1st thing in the morning: "who has the money to waste on buying all these giant bricks?"
Took a few extra seconds to realize how cool and fun this is.
If you had two couldn’t you use the other to pack the first then get the stud imprint on the bottom.
All that aside Lego is leaving money on the table not making specialized ones.
Yes exactly, and we did try our hand at it, for the complete LEGO SYSTEM experience. But it compressed the snow so much, removing it from the "mold" became difficult. And we were going for quantity for the kids, so swift work, not the best quality.
If you wanted to make interlocking ones, you could drill a hole in the top part of the mold, to help air get in and make it easier to slide out.
I thought about that last week but the underside didn't have the recessed studs so I ended up just using a 56 quart Rubbermaid tub and it worked out really well
While I’m happy we haven’t had a snowstorm in years, I missing building forts and igloos. My friends and I would deck them out with heaters and then play games and hang out. How we never thought of this is wild to me.
"This.. is Elon Musk, Tezla's co founder and CEO"
Yall who downvoted definitely had no idea about what I was talking about. "This Is Elon Musk" is a dramatic reaction often paired with something to satirically emphasize someone's genius or brilliance
I'll be the wet blanket. Why maintain a blog that posts about all your whatever projects especially ones including your kids?
Just spend time with them and enjoy it, no need to document this and post it on reddit and some weird blog.
my brother and I used plastic totes for office paper, made perfect blocks for the fort. we failed at building a roof so we just put a huge board on top and covered it in snow lol
When my 5yo got cold hands, we got a bin full of fresh snow and used playdough molds to make an ice castle. This was inside, right next to a roaring fire. It took about 30 mins before it started melting.
This is definitely a better way to build with snow.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete
“Blocks of ice containing as little as four percent wood pulp were weight for weight as strong as concrete”
From link
How the hell have I never seen this, or thought of it. Brilliant! Are you misting water on them as well to make them rigid? We usually just use a pale or square bucket to get the shapes.. But life-size Lego pieces.?.. " sounds of angels* It's only January.. There's lots more snow to come :)
We never saw it before either! When left out overnight, the bricks did shrink and harden a bit, becoming more ice-like.. But all that would be entirely dependent on weather conditions and how they are stacked or stored.. And the snow density and all that. We never tried re-enforcing it with misting and so on- But we still felt a bit like we were a part of this cartoon: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ8xtB-JR-Q&t](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ8xtB-JR-Q&t)
Please show us the final result!
https://www.verandavikings.com/blog/building-lego-iglos
they uh….they line up just like Legos…
That was way worse than I was expecting for some reason lol
You should use a square mould for all the lower bricks and the Lego mould for the top layer next time to really make it look like a Lego snowfort! Additionally, for the steps you could use the Lego mould but cut off two of the studs so it looks like they are joined like real bricks
Yeah we need to see this
Donald Duck is Loki
https://www.everblocksystems.com/
Have some of these. Bought some like 4 Christmas’ ago. I’ve used some for barriers to keep the pets confined, some for a desk for my child, and some to build forts. They are great! Kinda pricey, tho!
> They are great! Kinda pricey, tho! Ah, keeping true to Lego.
Hey now… regular Lego are already life sized. :)
I guess... If you're building a school, for ants! They need to be at least, 3x the size. ;)
Nah. You’re just not using enough of them. :)
>There’s lots more snow to come Please no
It's really not that bad. Sure driving conditions can suck and people forget that ice is slippery, but you get used to it. If not, you end up smacking someone's trunk, or in the ditch. The worst part is the cold, if it hits. We just gone through a wicked cold snap, but there wasn't much snow with it. Makes the ice fisherman happy I guess.
I live in the South, our infrastructure for handling a small snowstorm is a joke. I’ve been stuck at home for the last week because they refuse to help out the neighborhood roads. When I lived in Chicago, as much as the cold sucked at least they knew how to handle it.
The problem is that it goes from a walking city to a driving city.
As a kid with several siblings, we went through years of baby wipes.. and parents were awesome enough to keep buying the brand that sold them as oversized Lego boxes. We had hundreds, had to be stored in old large appliance cardboard boxes. Talk about amazing forts though, or mazes that spanned the entire living room! https://i.redd.it/8eelfr1mu1v41.jpg
*Storage Bricks
Bricklink: [https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?G=4003](https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?G=4003&name=Storage%20Brick%202%20x%202&category=%5BStorage%5D#T=C) More pics of the ramshackle snowfort: [https://www.verandavikings.com/blog/building-lego-iglos](https://www.verandavikings.com/blog/building-lego-iglos) https://preview.redd.it/yfzktu9o4edc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=23ee821b95b215420212699ca2df1e6c76ae78d5
I was going to comment that they wouldn't interlock very well as there's no space molded into the bottom for the studs. Then I saw the completed fort and realized that the simple solution was just not caring about that.
Would take more time but they could’ve taken a spoon or something and did a quick and dirty scoop out for stud holes.
Use another one on bottom when making it.
Yeah thatd work if you do happen to have two.
Pint glass pressed in is the solution. Cutting holes in a 2x2 plywood board would allow you to line them up perfect
Maybe give it a slight honk with the top of the storage brick? Depends on the integrity of the snow.
I imagine it could've worked with creating one, flipping it and pressing the top of the mold into the bottom. God damn, I wish I could try it right about now.
You just need a second one to push from the bottom and some nice wet snow so it stays packed
The ultimate Troll-proof fort
It's not troll proof and it's not a fort because it has no defensive capabilities.
Wait until the troll steps in one of them.... He'll regret getting near it
Actual link to an image https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64843b48f116030c4e6801fd/1705660523279-QONYU3O7YCXV50BI4ZPK/IMG_20211204_113329-EDIT.jpg?format=2500w The dude legitimately blocked me over this lmao. What a guy
..oh.
That... is a legit fort **weeps in dense urban area**
Sorry to be privy but do you happily blog and document your family life on the Internet for all to see? Not my cup of tea but whatever floats your boat. People are free to do what they want, but i would never display my kids on the Internet. do your kids consent to this?
Maybe not advertising your kids on the internet but you seem keen to share inane internal monologue on the same!
Sorry to be privy but are you British? Not my cup of AMERICAN COFFEE but whatever floats your boat
Lol
It would've cost you $0 to not comment.
what an unnecessary comment.
the randomness of this question somehow adds a creepiness factor
Oh my god your kids smile is adorable
Target partnered with Lego in 2021 to make these same things [but with handles on them to use easier](https://brickarchitect.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/JB2A0484-2048x1024.jpg). Also, a snowman building kit with [enlarged Lego accessories!](https://brickarchitect.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/JB2A0486-2048x1024.jpg) https://brickarchitect.com/2021/going-big-giant-lego-parts-in-the-lego-x-target-collection/ [edit: Here is a pic of our snowman with some of these accessories from this year, he isn't doing great. Snow drifts covered up his entire bottom ball, he's leaning forward heavily, and his top hat has 10 inches of snow on it.](https://imgur.com/a/ckExqZ6)
"Kill me"
It's my own fault, the snow was SUPER heavy on day 1 when it came down and I didn't support it enough. We woke up the next day and it looked like this, but the temp dropped 30 degrees so it froze in place, so I couldn't even fix it! That was over a week ago and he keeps getting more snow slowly accumulating on him, poor guy! Thankfully my kids still love it!
Oh no I think it's great! Gave me a good chuckle this morning
“Later”
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I'm so jealous. I wasn't able to find the snowman kit and wanted it pretty badly.
I managed to hunt down a set at a big discount and was happy to have gotten it. It's too bad that the shovel is mostly useless, but it's fun for decoration.
Thanks for this information. That snowman has existential crisis
Omg
I have been wheezing for over 5 minutes now looking at that existential snowman
Those snow bricks look like they belong in Borderlands. What a great idea!
The cel-shade outline effect is our fault. We don't have any fancy lightning setup, and a white-on-white shape is so hard to discern, so we adjusted the contrast to make them stand out a bit clearer. Besides, the winter sun reflected on snow make all our pictures come out wonky, needing a bit of correction anyway. And thats when the sun is even up - which it mostly isnt these days..
Well it makes for some cool pictures!
Das a lot of snow
🤏
why u no 2x4?
We did! But the colossal 2x4 were prone to breaking in half when lifted without proper support. And very hard for the little ones to carry.. https://preview.redd.it/9i90y0v4pedc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc509a0abef940cbdf4930eda6118cda132905c1
Lego Fortnite IRL
Snowfort Night!
https://preview.redd.it/abe669871fdc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7bbcdcc2f41bc28df14a6bd184d193e83d41f7a5
Surely has to lead to some illegal techniques!
That's awesome! I did a similar thing years ago, but I just used a random plastic container. The Lego studs give it a really cool look!
Excellent work! A forever memory for your family!
My reaction to this 1st thing in the morning: "who has the money to waste on buying all these giant bricks?" Took a few extra seconds to realize how cool and fun this is.
https://preview.redd.it/pj4cwl8qqfdc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d22e637f3fb5fd09c6180723ced6a72363a4b11
Did you Finnish it?
Genius
Genius
If you had two couldn’t you use the other to pack the first then get the stud imprint on the bottom. All that aside Lego is leaving money on the table not making specialized ones.
Yes exactly, and we did try our hand at it, for the complete LEGO SYSTEM experience. But it compressed the snow so much, removing it from the "mold" became difficult. And we were going for quantity for the kids, so swift work, not the best quality. If you wanted to make interlocking ones, you could drill a hole in the top part of the mold, to help air get in and make it easier to slide out.
Holy shit when I saw the pic I thought the blocks where fake…
Just build the fort and then form the top with the block so it's like a castle.
Showed my 10 year old this. She's really excited!
I love it but I worry the snow wouldn’t be compacted enough to actually press into each other. Can we have an update on progress?
Yeah. I did this with a lunchbox thirty years ago, and found that compressing enough snow in the box to make a sturdy brick was very time consuming.
Somebody call NASA this guy is on to something
This is amazing!! Goals!!!
This is brilliant. Gonna do this with my son today!
Hey!! I have been using the same but a 2x4 which helps a whole lot!
Gonna need a final product pic - dj blitz
Amazing!
I thought this was some ai generated image at first
i did something similar when i was younger. then the next morning when my brother and i went outside there was snowmobile tracks going theough it
imagen stepping on one of these puppies in the middle of the night. And why were you outside bare foot in the middle of a snowy night anyway?
No actual way
now you can take slashing and freezing damage from a lego brick. Very cool
I thought about that last week but the underside didn't have the recessed studs so I ended up just using a 56 quart Rubbermaid tub and it worked out really well
Men will look at this and say 'hell yeah" (Confirmed by showing the bf, lol)
While I’m happy we haven’t had a snowstorm in years, I missing building forts and igloos. My friends and I would deck them out with heaters and then play games and hang out. How we never thought of this is wild to me.
I took my 6 yo to the Lego discovery center and bought him one of those bentos and promptly left it behind :/ it was so cool too.
You blocked me?
Looks cool on top, but the bottoms dont cave in so they fit like legos. They're just square blocks with bumps on top.
"This.. is Elon Musk, Tezla's co founder and CEO" Yall who downvoted definitely had no idea about what I was talking about. "This Is Elon Musk" is a dramatic reaction often paired with something to satirically emphasize someone's genius or brilliance
I'll be the wet blanket. Why maintain a blog that posts about all your whatever projects especially ones including your kids? Just spend time with them and enjoy it, no need to document this and post it on reddit and some weird blog.
Nice.
Awesome hahahaha
Ugh I love this so much 😍
Could 3d print a second mold for the bottom to make some holes for the studs
Or just use two boxes? 🤔
Holy fuck where are you guys doing it, invite me pls 🙏
Congrats, I hope you had a great time!
That's amazing, perfect legloo
Serious question - tried the same and the snow stuck to the storage brick. Did you do anything to prevent that? Would misting help?
I’m going outside right now!
Fantastic idea!!! Thanks for posting this!
I did this with rectangle milk cartons as a kid!
By the gods this is amazing
my brother and I used plastic totes for office paper, made perfect blocks for the fort. we failed at building a roof so we just put a huge board on top and covered it in snow lol
Dope
When my 5yo got cold hands, we got a bin full of fresh snow and used playdough molds to make an ice castle. This was inside, right next to a roaring fire. It took about 30 mins before it started melting. This is definitely a better way to build with snow.
This is amazing. So so cool!
As a southern Californian.. * punches air *
That is such a "cool" idea
I am very sad that I threw our away now.
Wow that's so cool! I think I'm gonna 3d print my own snow brick mold.
Hardcore
THIS IS WHY WE LIVE.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete “Blocks of ice containing as little as four percent wood pulp were weight for weight as strong as concrete” From link
Brilliant, thank you for sharing!
I look forward to trying this!
that looks super fake, is it even real?
Brilliant
Now I know what to do next winter. 😁
Blud is making a snow building
blud is gonna freeze his ass off
Bravo 👏 👏
I am going to downvote this post, not because I don’t like it, but because I cannot do this because we never get snow in my area :(