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LegoManiacs Build Tom Sawyer-inspired Designs at Hartland's Cromaine Library
Library event one of many during spring break at Tom Sawyer's Adventures Camp.
The Big Read 2012 continues at Cromaine Library during spring break week with Tom Sawyer's Adventures Camp.
Day three invited children ages five through 12 to bring two gallon-sized Ziploc bags of their favorite Legos for a design challenge with 30 minutes to build their creation. The theme of this challenge? The Mississippi River.
Sarah Maldonado, a third grader at Round Elementary was one of sixteen in attandance Wednesday. It was her her first Lego Mania event at the library.
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"It's just a guy on a motorboat going down the Mississippi River," Maldonado said of ther creation.
Caleb Harrison, a third grade student at Village Elementary, created a boat as part of his design that could be moved with motor power or a sail. Along its journey on the Mississippi, the boat could pass Patrick Star of Spongebob fame sitting on the shoreline.
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With two bags of Legos that Caleb's mom Joy Harrison, says represent "nothing" compared to what he left at home, the younger Harrison went through his bucket and started picking out cool pieces to bring.
"When I told him this was happening he went to his room and spent an hour and a half sorting. He really enjoys it," Joy Harrison said.
David Lamberjack, 12 and his sister Keri, 10, both participated in the event and have done a few Lego challenges at Cromaine before.
David described his creation, "It's a lumberjack and he's turning (the boat) down the river."
Keri built a boat and explained how they decided which Legos to bring to the challenge, "we have a giant tote at home, and we just brought the best pieces."
"We host (Lego Mania) at least twice a year, sometime a few more," said Carol Smith, Youth Librarian.
"They could create anything to do with the Mississippi River and I even saw two future (designs) with wars," Smith said.
"But I said it could be historical, it could be today, and I thought a lot of them have pirate themed Legos so I told them there were River Pirates, but only one had a little pirate."
Smith explained that when the kids arrive they pick their spot on the floor and wait for her to share the theme.
"Then they just get busy and it's just such quiet," Smith said.
