Lego Christmas Ornaments Book Recommendation

We’re about half way through Christmas in July. In the spirit of the holiday season, it felt like a good time to share a gift slash book review. There’s nothing like aligning someones interest with the holiday season. That’s where The LEGO Christmas Ornaments Book: 15 Designs to Spread Holiday Cheer comes into play. Chris McVeigh is a model designer at Lego. His hardcover book was published by Penguin Random House September 16, 2016. He created the ornaments guides to encourage family activitly during the holiday season. His book did so well Volume 2 was printed October 23, 2018.

Pros

• The pieces are clearly labeled and steps are detailed and broken down in a way the promotes independent construction, as well as, a family group project
• Variations are encouraged and  shown at the end of each project

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Cons

• The Barrel, Ball, Bow, Frill, and Lanterns look very similar.
  • Still, most Christmas trees have mass produced ornaments to make the unique ones stand out.
  • If you’re fully committed to a Lego Christmas tree, you may want to make at least five of each
• The book doesn’t tell you where to purchase the Lego pieces to make these ornaments.
  • In my opinion, Causal Lego lovers are not the main audience for this book, because they are less likely to have large quantities of Legos on hand.

Final Thoughts

If you’re family is full of Casual Lego builders, your going to have a hard time finding kits that go with the instructions. Most Lego Christmas sets are not ornaments. Chris Mcveigh wasn’t associated with Lego when his guide was published. If you don’t want this family activity inspired book turning into a paper weight, you’ll have to buy some Lego bricks.

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There are two ways to do this. Starter Kits aren’t restricted by themes like the holiday sets above. Keep in mind some starter kits come with Duplo pieces, which is Lego’s toddler brick line. If you don’t want to take your chances with that, Lego has Pick A Brick as well. As the name suggests, you can search for the bricks by name and order the quantity that you need. This is more time consuming, but you’ll have more control of what your paying for. Parts are fairly cheap. There is a service fee, but it’s removed after your online shopping carts subtotal hits $14 USD.

This may sound like a lot of work. It is a thoughtful way to bond with the Lego Lovers in your life. The ornament can be used for decoration, gifted, or just taken apart to be resembled again. Since it’s only July there’s plenty of time to prepare! Thank you for stopping by for Mystery Post Tuesday. Hope to see you back here for Trisha’s Go In Fridays!