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Books for Expanding the LEGO Winter Village

by on November 22, 2019
in LEGO Books & Magazines

The recently released #10267 LEGO Creator Gingerbread House is a lovely addition to the LEGO Winter Village series. If you are new to the LEGO Winter Village collection, the #10263 LEGO Winter Village Fire Station from last year, and the #10254 LEGO Winter Village Holiday Train from 2016 are still available as well. And, if you would like to add additional buildings, vehicles, and decorations to your winter village, but need a little help, there are some lovely LEGO books I would recommend.

Expanding The LEGO Winter Village by Canadian LEGO fan Charles Pritchett includes full color, easy-to-follow instructions for six models; a ski and snowboard shop, a photo booth with Santa, a city fountain with Christmas decorations, a classic car, an old truck, and a horse with sleigh. Each of the models includes a list of parts needed, as well as step-by-step instructions. The book is 8×10 inches, full color, softbound, with 151 pages. The projects in the book match the size and style of the LEGO Winter Village sets perfectly, so you can use them for your own village. The book would also make a great gift for LEGO fans on your Christmas shopping list. Regular price is $24.99, but you can find it for less on Amazon: EXPANDING THE LEGO WINTER VILLAGE BOOK ON AMAZON

Expanding The LEGO Winter Village: Volume Two, features instructions for an additional six models; an old church with Christmas decorations, a winter greenhouse, a sweets market stand, an old bridge, a delivery truck, and small cargo plane. This book is also 8×10 inches, full color, softbound, with 158 pages. Regular price is $24.99, but you can find it for less on Amazon: EXPANDING THE LEGO WINTER VILLAGE: VOLUME TWO ON AMAZON

I also thought to remind you of the previously released The LEGO Christmas Ornaments Book: 15 Designs to Spread Holiday Cheer and The LEGO Christmas Ornaments Book – Volume 2: 16 Designs to Spread Holiday Cheer. Both books are by Chris McVeigh, who was recently hired by LEGO as a model designer. (You can visit his website here: ChrisMcVeigh.com) We reviewed both books in the past (see links at the end of this post), but in brief, they include instructions for some sweet LEGO holiday ornaments you can build together with friends and family. The regular price for each book is $19.95, but Amazon offers them with a discount. Here are the links: LEGO CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS BOOK – VOLUME 1 and LEGO CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS BOOK – VOLUME 2

Another holiday book worth checking out is titled LEGO Holiday Ideas: More Than 50 Festive Builds. This is an official LEGO book published by DK Publishing. This book is recommended for children ages 6-9, and is packed full of original, inspirational build ideas for LEGO holiday decorations, gifts, games, and little stories. It’s similar to – but smaller – than the LEGO Build Your Own Adventure book series (also published by DK Publishing), and includes 41 LEGO pieces under its front cover to build a mini reindeer. The book is about 6×8 inches, full color, hardbound, with 80 pages. It could be a nice little gift for a creative and LEGO-loving child who already has a collection of LEGO pieces. Regular price: $14.99. Available with a discount on Amazon: LEGO HOLIDAY IDEAS BOOK ON AMAZON

LEGO instruction books and inspirational books are a great way to expand the LEGO hobby. It is especially useful for kids and adult who are a little shy coming up with their own designs completely from scratch, but would like to do more with their LEGO bricks than just following official LEGO instructions. And LEGO books also make great gifts that don’t cost much and LEGO fans will appreciate.

What do you think? How do you like these Christmas-themed LEGO books? Do you have any of them already? Are you planning to get them? Feel free to share and discuss in the comment section below!

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LEGO Ideas Pop-Up Book Nativity Scene

by on November 21, 2019
in Featured LEGO Creations

You might remember that last year for the holidays, Jason Allemann from JKBrickWorks.com showcased a Nativity Scene insert he designed for the #21315 LEGO Ideas Pop-Up Book (which was a project submitted to LEGO Ideas by Jason himself). Since then, Jason received quite a few requests for building instructions for the Nativity Scene, and as the holidays are upon us again, he kindly published them a few days ago.

In the video below, you can see the Nativity Scene insert inside the #21315 LEGO Ideas Pop-Up Book cover. If you don’t have this set yet, I highly recommend it. It features two different and interchangeable fairy tale stories: Little Red Riding Hood, and Jack and the Beanstalk. The set is designed in such a way that the inserts can be removed easily, and you can even install your own custom built inserts. See links at the end of this post for some ideas, and you can see the Nativity Scene insert in action in the video below.

Instructions and parts list for the Nativity Scene insert are now available at Jason’s website at JKBrickWorks.com. The parts list includes all the pieces you will need to build the Nativity Scene. The element and design IDs can be used to find parts on LEGO’s online Pick-A-Brick or Bricks-and-Pieces services (note that not all of the parts may be available). The BrickLink part IDs and links can be used to purchase the parts at the online LEGO marketplace, BrickLink.com.

The instructions show you how to build all of the individual components for the Nativity Scene. Inserting them into the LEGO Ideas Pop-Up Book should be straightforward, but in case anything isn’t clear, Jason demonstrates how the parts fit inside the book in the video above. Also, note that there is a lot of opportunity to further customize the Nativity Scene, especially with animals and minifigs. If you don’t have the specific animals (the goat is particularly rare and expensive as it has been retired), you can just swap them out for whatever animals you have available, or even build them from parts. Jason also used plain minifig parts for Mary and Joseph in the instructions, and it is best to just customize them using whatever pieces you have on hand. Another customization you can do is to place a starry sky printout behind the scene to make the black mechanism for the rising star less stark (or you can also swap the pieces out for white or light-gray).

Building the Nativity Scene insert for the #21315 LEGO Ideas Pop-Up Book can be a nice family project, and it can also become an interactive centerpiece in your holiday decorations. If you like it, head over to JKBrickWorks.com for the instructions. You might already have all the parts you need, or if you are missing some, there is still plenty of time to order them before the holidays. And, as I mentioned the #21315 LEGO Ideas Pop-Up Book is still available at the LEGO Ideas section of the Online LEGO Shop.

What do you think? Do you have the LEGO Ideas Pop-Up Book already? Did you create your own custom inserts for it? And what do you think of the Nativity Scene? Do you plan to build it? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below!

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