LEGO workshops - LEGO blog posts

3 ways to team-build with LEGO® bricks on Zoom video calls

30 June 2020

Our LEGO team-building experts share our tips for engaging activities using LEGO bricks during Zoom conference calls.

Bricks At Home - a virtual LEGO show for UK LEGO fans

Virtual event for UK LEGO fans – Bricks At Home

22 June 2020

A joint event between London AFOLs and Brick Alley LEGO User Group is bringing a virtual LEGO show to UK LEGO fans. Bricks At Home is a 2 day, virtual, presenter-led video event held on the Zoom platform. It is free to join for all UK teenage and adult LEGO fans.

Come & play with Bricks McGee online LEGO workshops

27 April 2020

Join Bricks McGee for virtual LEGO workshops during the COVID-19 lockdown. Regular events are open to the public (booking required), and are a great activity to get your kids thinking creatively.

LEGO workshops and Bricks McGee in the Telegraph

Bricks McGee’s LEGO Workshops in national news

9 January 2020

Our LEGO workshops are in the national news. An article in the Daily Telegraph quotes founder Richard speaking about LEGO workshops, mindfulness, and mental wellbeing.

List of UK LEGO shows & events 2020

1 January 2020

My annual list of LEGO shows and events is back for 2020! Regularly updated list covering England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

More workshops for museums and schools with Play Do Learn

1 August 2019

Bricks McGee is now part of Play Do Learn, a new name for my workshops business. Over the past 6 or so years of LEGO model commissions and LEGO workshops, I’ve worked with many schools, museums, libraries and corporate clients to deliver LEGO-themed workshops, and was often asked if I could provide anything beyond LEGO workshops…. Read more »

LEGO workshops set up at Horniman Museum iN London

LEGO workshops for primary schools

28 May 2019

LEGO workshops for primary schools are a great way to introduce creativity and construction in to the classroom! Find out how LEGO bricks can create a brilliant workshops for your primary school pupils!

A new way to hire LEGO in the UK

8 April 2019

I’ve been hiring LEGO bricks out for corporate clients for many years now, and have been lucky enough to have been contracted by clients such as IKEA, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, and museums, universities and schools up and down the UK. From hires of a single day, to hires of many weeks and… Read more »

Three ideas for World Book Day LEGO workshops

4 March 2019

If you’re organising events for World Book Day in the UK, why not use these free ideas for World Book Day LEGO workshops? Great for kids and adults!

LEGO railway bridge and valley by Bricks McGee

AFOL interview with Bricks McGee, AFOL & LEGO model builder

20 December 2018

Interview with UK LEGO fan Richard Carter – aka Bricks McGee. Expect LEGO trains, city and more!

Custom LEGO model design by Bricks McGee

6 years of Bricks McGee – LEGO models and workshops

28 November 2018

Celebrating six years of Bricks McGee – LEGO workshops and model commissions for museums, schools and corporate clients.

Bricks McGee on BBC Radio Leeds talking about LEGO workshops

Bricks McGee LEGO workshops on BBC Radio Leeds

14 August 2018

What a day! I’m in the middle of running some very popular LEGO workshops for Leeds City Council and Leeds Markets, and I was asked to appear on BBC Radio Leeds to talk about the LEGO Workshops at Leeds Kirkgate Market.