Photos courtesy of LEGO KidsFest

The LEGO KidsFest is a giant traveling LEGO expo coming to Virginia’s Greater Richmond Convention Center February 15th-17th, 2013.  This hands-on, educational, all-ages LEGO extravaganza features millions of LEGO bricks not to mention lots of construction zones, dozens of life-sized LEGO models and displays, LEGO Ninjago and LEGO Games, group builds such as Creation Nation, live LEGO Master Builders, and so much more covering three acres of space.

Five identical sessions are available – and many will sell out – so purchase your tickets in advance!  Tickets are $18 for kids and $20 for adults and can be purchased on www.LEGOKidsFest.com.  Completely Kids has 1 pair of tickets to giveaway – keep reading!

Activities at the Event:

• LEGO Model Gallery: 40 life-sized models made entirely from LEGO bricks
• LEGO Master Builders: live demonstrations and activities from the crew who get paid to play
• Creation Nation: build your own creation to add to a custom map of the U.S.
• Race Ramps: build your own custom car, then race it down the ramp against friends and family
• LEGO Games Arena: roll the dice to play LEGO board games
• Construction Zones: creative free build, play and display areas
• LEGO DUPLO®: younger visitors can explore imagination through building
• LEGO Retail and KidsFest Marketplace:purchase LEGO merchandise and official KidsFest tour goods
• Brick Pile: a gigantic pile full of LEGO bricks for creative play and enjoyment
• Monochromatic Builds: bricks of a single color to foster group creativity
• LEGO Friends: fantastic displays that combine lots of LEGO and DUPLO sets

How to Win Tickets:

Completely Kids has 1 pair of giveaway tickets to the event on Friday, February 15th at 4pm.

To enter click here to complete your entry, Then connect with LEGO KidsFest through a social media outlet:

www.facebook.com/legokidsfest

www.twitter.com/legokidsfest

www.pinterest.com/legokidsfest

The contest closes at Noon on Tuesday, February 5th.  The winner will be announced on February 6th.

Can’t wait?  Purchase tickets at www.LEGOKidsFest.com.

Fun LEGO Facts:

• More than 400 billion LEGO® bricks have been produced since 1949.
• The LEGO® minifigure represents the world’s largest population of people! Over 4 billion minifigures have been produced in the last 30 years. This is almost 12 times the population of the United States.
• LEGO® minifigures are out of this world, literally. The 2 Mars Rovers have an image of the LEGO® minifigure etched into their front grill.
• Approximately 7 LEGO® sets are sold each second.
• There are about 62 LEGO® bricks for every one of the world’s 6 billion inhabitants.
• Laid end to end, the number of LEGO® bricks sold in a year would reach more than 5 times around the world.
• There are 915 million ways to combine six eight-stud LEGO® bricks.
• Children around the world spend 5 billion hours a year playing with LEGO® bricks.
• With a production of about 306 million tires produced a year, the LEGO® group is the largest producer of tires in the world.
• LEGO® is the contraction of two Danish words, “leg godt” which means “play well”.
• There are about 62 LEGO® bricks for every one of the world’s 6 billion inhabitants.
• 19 billion LEGO® elements are produced every year. 2.16 million LEGO® elements are molded every hour, or 36,000 per minute.

For more information visit www.LEGOKidsFest.com