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Ask any three kids...

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EVELYN

10 YEARS OLD

DREAM JOB: “I would like to be president of the world when I grow up because I think the world needs someone to make an executive decision.”

“It’s WORDS pointless OF WISDOM: having a big business and getting a lot of money if one day, the world is going to be in a position where the sun is basically melting the planet.”

LEGO CREATION: “A life-size skyscraper would be the coolest, most impressive thing that LEGO [bricks] could be used for in everyday life. Or LEGO wind turbines.”

what like completely answers. of a child’s and the That’s you’ll future imaginatio­n: different the get will beauty three be It’s limitless, more apparent and never than is during that creative play. Spontaneou­s, unstructur­ed playtime fosters innovation, problemsol­ving, and confidence, in addition to helping children develop fine motor skills and learn to cope with their feelings. In fact, 95 percent of children in the LEGO® 2022

Playwell Study said creative play helps them try out new ideas. As a reminder of what the world could be like if only we dreamed it, we gave three kids piles and piles (and piles) of LEGO bricks and let their imaginatio­ns run wild. With the help of a LEGO Master Builder (yes, that’s a real job), they created everything from a time machine to a city for unicorns — and even shared some surprising­ly sage advice for the future.

NILAH

9 YEARS OLD

DREAM JOB: “I want to be on the red carpet.”

WORDS OF WISDOM: “Nothing here is free. Only hugs, that’s all.”

LEGO CREATION: “You know New York City? [In the dream I had,] it was full of unicorns, so many unicorns everywhere that we can ride. They have powers — and actually, there were unicorns all over the earth.”

ORION

10 YEARS OLD

DREAM JOB: “Engineers can build cool things and be creative. They can help out the world by making new things.”

WORDS OF WISDOM: “We can learn from our mistakes, and we could know not to do that again.”

LEGO CREATION: “A time machine, so I can go back in time and learn about prehistori­c history. Not a lot of people know about what happened with the dinosaurs. We think it’s because of a meteor, but we don’t know that. Who knows? It’s a theory.”

"ENGINEERS CAN BUILD COOL THINGS AND BE CREATIVE. THEY CAN HELP OUT THE WORLD BY MAKING NEW THINGS."

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