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How to Make Vegetable LEGO Bricks
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Do you have a hard time getting kids to eat their vegetables? Here is a great way to encourage them to enjoy doing what is good for them: transform their vegetables into neat little LEGO bricks!
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EditSteps
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1Pick the right vegetables. Many vegetables are suitable, including carrots, potatoes, squash, and rutabagas. You could also use firm tofu and add a food color to the water, which the tofu will soak up. You can do this with the vegetables, too. Be bold!Ad -
2Prepare your vegetables. Boil or steam the vegetables so they are soft but not mushy. Soak them for a couple minutes in salt water. This will make them a little firmer by drawing out some of the moisture. -
3Cut the vegetables into cube shapes. As with real LEGO pieces, you will need to decide what bricks you would like to make: a single stud square brick, the four stud square, or the six stud rectangle. ("Stud" refers to the little bumps on top of real LEGO bricks). -
4Poke a straw all the way through the vegetable. This will create a round hole and will push out the inside the vegetable brick. Be sure to match holes with the LEGO stud arrangement you're creating. -
5Using a toothpick, push the stud from the bottom of the vegetable brick until it sticks out of the top. This ensures that it looks like a LEGO brick, complete with studs! -
6Check the studs are evenly positioned across the top by looking at the brick sideways. If it's not, carefully press a stud back in, or poke one farther out. -
7Serve with a smile on a colorful plate. Your kids will be delighted!Ad
EditTips
- The time required for boiling vegetables is different for each type––use your own cooking knowledge to judge, or check in a vegetable cookbook.
- You can also use other foods such as broccoli, sausage and cheese, Japanese omelets, fruits, and firm jellies or Jell-O.
- If the straw is stuck when you insert it in the vegetable cube, cut off a small slit as shown in the photo and this should correct the problem.
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EditThings You'll Need
- Vegetables you'd like your kids to eat and that can be cut into cubes or rectangles (carrots, sweet potatoes, potatoes, squash, turnips, rutabagas, beets, pumpkin, etc.)
- Plastic straw.
- Pot, or microwave with bowl (heat resistant) for boiling.
- Salt.
- Toothpick, bamboo skewer, or chopstick for poking studs.
- Knife and cutting board
- Food coloring.
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Español: Cómo hacer bloques de LEGO con vegetales, Italiano: Come Fare Mattoncini di LEGO con le Verdure, Português: Como Fazer Blocos de Lego de Legumes, Deutsch: LEGO Steine aus Gemüse herstellen
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