The after-school activity that comes home: one LEGO® afternoon every week

Back to school means getting back to timetables, homework and after-school activities… and also those afternoons when it can be hard to find something that keeps children entertained without always turning to a screen.

What if you set aside one afternoon a week for building? At Brick Borrow, we like to think that a LEGO® subscription can become a kind of after-school activity at home: no fixed timetable, no travelling, and adapted to each child’s pace and interests.

It is not about adding another obligation to the week. Quite the opposite: it is about creating a moment to sit down, open a new project and build.

One afternoon a week to build

The idea is very simple. For example, you could turn Wednesday afternoon into your Brick Borrow afternoon: a snack, a LEGO® box on the table and an hour to make progress on the build.

A set can last one afternoon, several days or even a few weeks. There is no rush to finish it. During that time, children follow instructions, look for pieces, correct mistakes, work through the build step by step and watch something that started as a pile of bricks become a car, a spaceship, a character or a building.

And when the project is finished, perhaps the best part arrives: choosing the next one.

A different project every time

One of the main advantages of using LEGO® this way is being able to switch themes completely. One week it can be space. The next, cars. Then Minecraft, Pokémon, Star Wars or a more complex technical build.

That means each new project can match what the child is interested in at that moment. And just in time for back to school, lots of new sets have arrived at Brick Borrow.

• The Hubble Telescope, perfect for space fans.

• Tintin’s rocket.

• The Minecraft Skeleton.

• Pokémon Arcanine.

• The Star Wars Sandcrawler.

• E.T.

• Tony Tony Chopper from One Piece.

• The Donkey Kong arcade.

• The Mitsubishi Eclipse from Fast & Furious.

• The Jaguar E-Type.

• The Technic Dodge Viper GTS-R.

• The Ducati Desmo 450.

• The Ferrari 488 Pista.

And there are many more. The idea is not to build them all at once, but to always have a new project waiting when the previous one is finished.

From Minecraft to space without filling the room with boxes

Buying a new set is exciting, but once it has been built it often ends up sitting on a shelf for months or packed away in a box with many other sets.

With Brick Borrow, the idea is different: choose, build, enjoy, return and choose another. That way children can try different themes without needing to buy a new set every few weeks or keep them all at home.

Do they love cars? After the Mitsubishi Eclipse, they can try the Ferrari 488 Pista, Jaguar E-Type or Dodge Viper. More into video games? Minecraft, Pokémon or Donkey Kong. Science and space? The Hubble Telescope, Tintin’s rocket or a Star Wars build could be the next project.

A great activity to build together too

A LEGO® after-school activity does not have to be just for children either. Some of the best moments happen when you build together. An adult can help with the more difficult parts, look for pieces or simply sit alongside and build another section.

With more complex sets, the project can easily become a family activity for several afternoons. Because an activity at home does not always need a screen, an app or a console. Sometimes all it needs is a table, a box full of bricks and a little time.

How does Brick Borrow work?

Brick Borrow is a subscription library of LEGO® sets. It works very simply:

• Choose your plan.

• Choose the set you want to build.

• We send it to your home.

• Build and enjoy the set for as long as you like.

• When you are finished, return it and choose another.

Plans start from €9.99 per month, with options for one set or even two sets at the same time. See plans and pricing here to see which option works best for your family.

The Brick Borrow back-to-school challenge

Here is our suggestion: choose one afternoon of the week. It could be Wednesday, Friday, or whichever day is usually hardest to fill after school.

For one hour: phones away, TV off and LEGO® on the table. You do not need to finish the set. The goal is simply to enjoy the process.

It could become your new after-school activity. Except this time, the activity comes to you.

Shall we start?

Explore all the sets available at Brick Borrow and find your next project. View all available sets. Build. Enjoy. Return. And build again.