The Chronicle

Why not start the festive countdown by building your very own Lego Advent Calendar? That’s exactly what we did in Lego Club this week! It proved trickier than we first thought, but this didn't deter us one little bit. Packed with inspirational thinking, excitement and wonderful surprises, we decided to base our Calendar on a Star Wars theme, with turtles and seals making the odd appearance. We built a stormtrooper, a Tusken Raider, a starfighter plane with blaster powers, a festive looking Bo the seal, and Darth Vader looking less mean than usual dressed up as Santa Claus and not forgetting our weekly Lego chess set. We also included a hairdryer for those last minute brush-ups and a bunch of beautiful flowers. However, the undeniable highlight was on the 24th window where we had an adorable minifigure of Baby Yoda, in a festive jumper, lying in his own red pram and being cared for by Kevin from Home Alone!  We even wrote our own easy-to-follow building instructions to go behind each window.  Who said Advent Calendars were just made of chocolate?!