LEGO ABCs: C is for Creator 3-in-1

 

A few weeks ago, over spring break, I bought a new LEGO set for us to work on since we had no plans for anything fun, and nowhere to go. I decided on the Creator 3-in-1 Surfer Beachhouse set because it seemed fitting with my desire to run away to the beach for the week. The challenge would be for the kids and I to build all 3 sets during the week. We even had it figured out who would build which set, but we ended up only getting through the first one, the Surfer Beach House, during the week of Spring break.

We set out to build all 3 ways this set could be built for Spring Break.

Alex and I built the Surfer Beach House together over the course of spring break week, but I think I ended up building a good portion by myself because he was outside playing a lot.

LEGO sets come in numbered bags so that there aren't a ton of LEGOs to sort through as your building, you open one bag at a time.

Unboxing all the pieces and setting them out.

When it's all finished there's a lot of fun ways to play. It opens up and there are some different rooms to put minifigs in. The sea turtles are fun, and of course there are surf boards too. I love the little details.

We left that together for a while, but finally took it apart to build the lighthouse. Aric wanted to build this one, so he did pretty much the whole build on his own. Some fun details on this one too. The ray is the sea life for this one.

We didn't make it to the 3rd build for this set yet. I will leave this one up for a few weeks and then probably take the lighthouse apart for me to build the last one. I claimed that one! This is the first set that we've actually used for all 3 projects. This was a fun set. I really like the 3-in-1's for the ability to build it different ways. There is a whole section of these at the LEGO website.

UPDATE: I have finally made the 3rd build of this set. Here it is! I had fun making this one, love the details. I also wouldn't mind having a little beach house like it too!

   

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