You know what the greatest thing in the world is? The world! The very planet under your feet right now is the greatest thing ever. We have to love it, protect it and make sure it’s healthy and happy, just like you. One of the ways we can do that is by recycling. Do you ever wonder what happens to those bottles that you toss into the recycling bin? It’s a great question and to see the answer, just look below! Remember to reduce, reuse and recycle as much as...

You know we love us some dinosaurs here at Click-A-Brick. They were such amazing creatures and they were so big! We wish there were still dinosaurs roaming around on Earth today … well, maybe not. Can you even imagine if dinosaurs were still around? The good news is: you don’t have to imagine because dinosaurs are totally still around! Introducing Click-A-Brick Carnivores and Click-A-Brick Herbivores. Two brand new dinosaur sets. And here’s a monster of a deal to go with these sets: For a limited time, when you buy a...

It’s winter and that means finding fun things to do in the snow (if you live in a place with snow). This winter has seen snow show up in some truly unusual places where it normally wouldn’t. Hopefully the worst of the weather is behind us and the rest of winter is more gentle than it has been this year. Try these five winter activities to spend the rest of the frigid season. Build some Swedish Snow Lanterns From Gina Lide at the Artful Parent, these snow lanterns are so...

Hello and welcome to 2018! It's a whole new year and that means more exciting stuff to learn. Everybody is done with the holidays and now it’s time to warm up those brains and get learning again because learning is the most fun thing you can do. This week, we’re looking at a majestic winter bird. It’s so wonderfully wintery, it even has “snowy” in its name. We’re talking about the snowy owl. Thank you to PBS for this incredible infographic about the snowy owl. It was designed by Karen...

Christmas is coming! It’s almost here! Pretty soon the reindeer will be zooming across the sky pulling the sleigh with the jolly guy and the sack full of toys. As much as we love Christmas, we have to acknowledge something: It creates a lot of waste. The wrapping paper alone is quite wasteful and then there are all those Christmas flyers and catalogs. What if we told you that you could recycle all those glossy toy catalogs and make amazing Christmas decorations with them? Isn’t that great? You don’t just need...

Celebrating Easter is pretty standard, right? You dye some eggs, you hide some eggs, you find some eggs, you eat some chocolate, you have a big meal and there’s a bunny in there somewhere. But, celebrating Easter doesn’t have to be standard. It can be super fun and educational, too! Here are six activities that you can try out this Easter to make it a bit more fun than the usual egg dyeing and hunting courtesy of Leonora Desar and Kate Goodin of Parenting. Secret Easter Bunny This is based...

It’s finally here! Spring is in the air and Click-A-Brick is bringing you some STEM: SpringTimeEducationalMethods. And that STEM is all about the other kind of STEM: ScienceTechnologyEngineeringMath. We’ve hopped around the web, like a certain bunny who will be making an appearance in a few weeks, and have collected some amazing STEM activities to try this spring. Salt Painting Poster Board Eggs First up is salt painting, where you can create an amazing mosaic by painting individual grains of salt one at a time … just kidding. You don’t...

Do you know what Airborne logos are? In World War II, different military units started identifying themselves with logos. Some of these were even drawn by Walt Disney, who was an ambulance driver in World War I. The Navy asked Disney to draw them a logo for a new ship and soon after, a whole bunch of military units were coming up with their own unique logos.  The logos would be painted on the sides of airplanes and other military vehicles to give a sense of identity to the various...

St. Patrick’s Day is so great. You get to wear green, there are parades, there is much celebrating and you’re five times more likely to catch a leprechaun on St. Patrick’s Day than on any other day throughout the year according to a study done by the International Gold Finders Association and published in Totally Not Made Up Science Weekly. We all know that adults like to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with quiet and dignified reflection about St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland and the man credited with bringing...

Do you like gummy bears? Those squishy little things are so delicious and you can totally play with them before you eat them. Who doesn’t love playing with their food a little bit? Something that you can’t do with gummy bears, though, is build stuff with them. Can gummy bears build a house? Nope. So, if you can’t use gummy bears to build a gummy house, what can you use to build a gummy house? The answer is simple: gummy building blocks! And you can even make the gummy building...