Adult Legos

Like many kids I grew up playing with Legos. Anyone who has ever played with Legos knows the feeling of being close to finishing this awesome project that you have spent hours on and then you realize that you are short that one piece. So its been years since I have seriously played with legos but now I have found something similar but also way cooler. It is called Hirst Arts. This guy sells Silicon molds that you pour plaster into to make your own pieces. So if you are short that one piece you just go make it.

This is what it looks like when you are casting. You have a small mold that creates somewhere between 10-20 unique pieces each time you cast it. After casting at least 10 times or so you can start building. I use this for making terrain for some games that I play. However it is also great for school projects. Almost everyone at one point or another has to make a diorama of a pyramid or a castle and this is such a cooler medium than sugar cubes or flimsy cardboard.

I must say that it is also great for any creative kid. I think it would be great for a kid to start of with Duplos when they are 2-3, graduate to legos around 4-5 and then around 8 or so be able to expand to something like this. The best part is that unlike legos, when you are done you and you like you creation you do not have to take it apart to build your next project. Instead you just spend more time making new blocks and then you are ready to build your next project.

Below are a couple projects that are in several different stages of completion that I have been working on. The first is the messy process of blocks being made.

If you are interested check out http://www.hirstarts.com/