woman and child hanging LEGO DUPLO bricks on a table

Hanging Around with Six Bricks

Would you like to try a balancing game? See many bricks can you hang off a table before the whole lot fall.

This fun balancing game will help you learn to tackle new tasks confidently, to focus and to solve tricky problems. Have a try!

Ages 0-3 years
People 1+
Duration Under 15 minutes

Materials

Lego Bricks

A handful of LEGO® DUPLO® bricks

Instructions

woman and child hanging LEGO DUPLO bricks on a table
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Step 1

The aim of this activity is to see how many bricks you can have hanging off the table with as few bricks as possible on the table to balance them.

woman and child hanging LEGO DUPLO bricks on a table
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Step 2

To start, each player places one DUPLO brick right at the edge of the table so that only part of it is on the table.

woman and child hanging LEGO DUPLO bricks on a table
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Step 3

Using your index finger to balance the first brick, connect another brick to it underneath, on the part that’s off the table.

child hanging LEGO DUPLO bricks on a table one on top of the other
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Step 4

Now try adding another brick on top of the first so that your structure balances on the table. You might need to try putting the brick in a few different places to make it balance.

woman and child hanging LEGO DUPLO bricks on a table
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Step 5

Now keep adding bricks underneath – how many can you have off the table before it falls?

woman and child hanging LEGO DUPLO bricks on a table
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Step 6

The trick is to make sure you have a good base on the table to balance, but remember not to use all your bricks just on the base.

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