Do your kids go BONKERS for all things LEGO®? I know mine do, so I was really excited when I received a postcard in the mail advertising the next stop on the LEGO® KidsFest nationwide tour. We’ve already really loved checking out LEGOLAND Discovery Center Grapevine, and I think my kids are ready for a one of a kind event to experience tons of hands-on building and great activities.
Award-winning LEGO® KidsFest returns to Texas
The award-winning LEGO® KidsFest returns to Texas – this time at the Dallas Convention Center — from August 29-31.
Atendees can expect hands-on building, creative experiences and one-of-a-kind activities. Children of all ages and builders of all skills and levels are welcome.

New activities for this year’s visit to Dallas include LEGO® Chima, LEGO® Friends Photo Booth, LEGO® Star Wars, LEGO® Disney Princess, LEGO® Super Heroes and LEGO Mindstorms. Show-goers can also enjoy the LEGO® Model Museum, the LEG®O Master Builder Academy, Race Ramps, Creation Nation, Construction Zone, LEGO® DUPLO, LEGO® Retail store and LEGO® KidsFest Marketplace, the Big Brick Pile, LEGO® Ninjago and more.
“Any family who likes to be inspired, get hands-on and have fun together won’t want to miss LEGO® KidsFest,” said Vince Rubino, LEGO® events manager. “We’re bringing so many activities for Dallas-area families to showcase their creativity and building skills in what is sure to be a family event to remember.” 
The LEGO® KidsFest is a giant traveling LEGO® expo coming to the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, TX from Aug. 29 – 31, 2014. This is their third event in Texas, with sell-out shows in Austin and Houston in the past.
LEGO® KidsFest is a hands-on, educational, all-ages LEGO® extravaganza features millions of LEGO® bricks, not to mention lots of construction zones, dozens of life-sized LEGO® models and displays, LEGO® Friends, LEGO® Chima, LEGO® Star Wars, live LEGO® Master Builders, and so much more covering three acres of space.

I’m excited that my family has been given some tickets to check it out, and I want to make sure my readers know about it, too!
Purchase LEGO® KidsFest Tickets
Five identical sessions are available. Tickets are $20 for kids and $22 for adults.
For more information and to purchase tickets, log on to http://www.legokidsfest.com/tickets.html.
My readers can get an extra $2 off of adult tickets. That’s right, everyone pays kid prices! Check out this LEGO® KidsFest Coupon. (Good through 8/8/14)
The LEGO® KidsFest 2014 tour stops: Raleigh, NC (Feb. 28 – March 2), Novi/Detroit, MI (April 25 – 27), Calgary, AB, Canada (May 16 – 18), Atlanta, GA (June 27 – 29), Dallas, TX (Aug. 29 – 31), Richmond, VA (Oct. 3 – 5) and Indianapolis, IN (Nov. 7 – 9).
Event Activities May Include:
* LEGO® Model Gallery: dozens of life-sized models made entirely from LEGO bricks
* LEGO® Master Builders: live demonstrations and activities from the crew who get paid to play
* Race Ramps: build a custom car, then race it down the ramp against friends and family
* LEGO® Chima: choose a tribe and test battling skills with the whole family
* LEGO® Star Wars: build and display a Star Wars model
* Creation Nation: build your own creation to add to a custom map of the U.S.
* LEGO® DUPLO: younger visitors can explore imagination through building
* LEGO® Retail: purchase LEGO® merchandise and official KidsFest tour goods
* Brick Pile: a gigantic pile full of LEGO® bricks for creative play and enjoyment
* Monochromatic Builds: bricks of a single color to foster group creativity
* LEGO® Friends: build for the five empowered friends from Heartlake City
* LEGO® Ninjago: spin the way to being a Spinjitzu member
* LEGO® Mindstorms: build and program robots and snakes
* LEGO® City: using the imagination to create buildings and vehicles to the urban diorama

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Fun LEGO® Facts
- More than 400 billion LEGO® bricks have been produced since 1949.
- The LEGO® minifigure represents the world’s largest population of people! More than four billion minifigures have been produced in the last 30 years. This is almost 12 times the population of the United States!
- LEGO® minifigures are out of this world, literally. The two Mars Rovers have an image of the LEGO® minifigure etched into their front grill.
- Approximately seven LEGO® sets are sold each second.
- There are about 62 LEGO® bricks for every one of the world’s six billion inhabitants.
- Laid end to end, the number of LEGO® bricks sold in a year would reach more than five times around the world.
- There are 915 million ways to combine six eight-stud LEGO® bricks.
- Children around the world spend five billion hours a year playing with LEGO® bricks.
- With a production of about 306 million tires produced a year, the LEGO® group is the largest producer of tires in the world.
- LEGO® is the contraction of two Danish words, “leg godt” which means “play well”.
- There are about 62 LEGO® bricks for every one of the world’s six billion inhabitants.
- 19 billion LEGO® elements are produced every year. 2.16 million LEGO® elements are molded every hour, or 36,000 per minute.

Are your kids CRAZY about building with LEGO® bricks?
