![]() Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in New York Wednesday for a visit that has triggered threats of reprisal by China if she meets with House speaker Kevin McCarthy - and US warnings for Beijing not to overreact.Tsai is stopping over in the United States en route to Central America, where she will meet with the leaders of Guatemala and Belize to shore up ties with those diplomatic allies. Barnacles liked it so much that we decided to build another table, this time with Duplo baseplates, as that is more suitable for Kwazii. Needless to say, our kids are really enjoying their new toy. The building box has six structures you can build (house, knight’s castle, shop, skyscraper, temple, hotel), compared with the ‘themed’ sets that contain one to two structures at most. We also decided to purchase a medium-sized Lego building box, which we later realised is more value for money than the ‘themed’ Lego sets we had. This tape will not allow you to build across baseplate to tape as it is slightly thicker, but it gave a slightly different texture and an ‘area’ for the kids to assemble their Lego figures, outside of the main building space. We had a small space remaining on the table and instead of cutting up another baseplate, we decided to cut a few strips of the Lego tape we had to fill the space. Before removing the double-sided tape cover to stick the plates down, make several small marks on the table so that you know where to align the base plates – as once you release it, it can’t be removed from the table.Ħ. We stuck the double-sided tape across most areas of the underside, to ensure that there wouldn’t be any ‘hollow’ parts underneath.ĥ. Join the baseplates back together with Lego pieces, then flip over and stick the foam double-sided tape on the underside. Remember to put a cardboard backing underneath when cutting.Ĥ. Run the penknife along the plate firmly a few times, then bend the baseplate up and down. When cutting the baseplate down to size, flip the baseplate over first before placing a steel ruler at the area to cut, then guide the sharp penknife to cut along the ruler firmly. This will ensure that you can build Lego structures across baseplates.ģ. Important: Join the Lego baseplates together before ascertaining the remaining size required – there should be a small gap between the plates. For the small table we used, the large Lego baseplate fit nicely in the middle with an ideal height, with space on each side that we filled in with smaller cut-to-size baseplates.Ģ. The Lego table decked with structures six of which were from the medium Lego building box we purchased. However, we figured making a Lego table would involve minimal mess, and also create a long-term reward – in the form of independent play for them (and more free time for us) – or so we hope! Perhaps we’re just a little bit lazy to deal with cleaning up mess after the fun. Speaking of which, we still have a craft project that he has been asking us to do since we returned from the United Kingdom about two months ago – it’s still sitting on the shelf. In fact, our firstborn has to pester incessantly if he wants our help to do a craft project. They also love playing at the free play tables at the Lego shops and at Toys ‘R’ Us when we go out as a family, which sparked the idea that maybe we could create a small DIY Lego table for them to play with at home.īefore we continue, we’ll say that we are definitely not crafty parents. However, we soon found that they loved to place their base plates on our sofa – which basically left us with nowhere to sit. Previously, we had bought a couple of Lego base plates for them to play with their Lego sets, so that they would have a base to build on. We figure it’s just a stage which he will eventually outgrow. ![]() By that, we mean that Barnacles loves building and Kwazii loves destroying – annoying his elder brother to no end. At the ages of nearly-5 and nearly-2, our two boys (nicknamed Barnacles and Kwazii, respectively), love playing with Lego.
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