A day out for Lego Lovers!

I don't normally post about random stuff like days out, maybe I should..., but this was too cool not to share! We went to the Brick Works Lego Exhibition at the Edinburgh Science Festival on Sunday. Big E though he was in heaven!

The Airport was amazing, the detail was incredible.

Big E decided he probably didn't have enough sand coloured lego to built the Great Pyramid...

But we are definitely making this Chess set!

The exhibition is in Riddler's Court, a 400 year old building in the Old Town of Edinburgh.

Riddler's Court in Lego!

The kids have not been in the centre of Edinburgh much even though we are on 20 mins drive away so they still find the buildings and streets 'cool'!

I must take them exploring their city more often.

Back soon with some sewing after I have got over the trauma that was involved...

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DIY Lego Head Cake

Big E was 7 on Sunday, how that happened I have no idea, but he requested a Lego Head cake for his birthday, which was a relief given that last year it was an ATAT!

I made 2 x 20cm deep chocolate sponges , cut them in half, layered them with Jam and butter cream, stacked them then iced them with yellow fondant.

The face is painted on with the gel food colouring and the nobble on the top is a slab of fondant.

The aspect ratio is wrong (this lego man has been eating all the cakes...) but the birthday boy was pleased! If I was making it again I would use a smaller cake tin!

Now to try and find a home for the mountain of Lego he got...!

Linking to these fab link parties!

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