Artistic play for all ages: The cellular Bricksburgh social gathering service affords enjoyable and studying

If you’re brainstorming about social gathering concepts for teenagers (and even artistic social gathering concepts for grownups), you’ll need to hear in regards to the Bricksburgh cellular social gathering service, which brings LEGO constructing events proper to folks’s houses. They additionally convey LEGO enjoyable to colleges and different organizations all through the Pittsburgh space.  

When Daniel Jenkins talks about launching this distinctive, family-run enterprise, he’s fast to level out that his spouse Jessica is the brains behind the challenge. Jessica Jenkins has been a math instructor for greater than 15 years. She additionally serves as the corporate’s chief artistic officer. Her focus is on bringing STEM studying to partygoers, whereas guaranteeing that everybody has a number of enjoyable enjoying. Daniel, in the meantime, handles the day-to-day managing of Bricksburgh. 

The couple began the enterprise as a result of they each love constructing with LEGOs and have seen first-hand how glad it makes folks of all ages.

Amid all of the enjoyable, they’ve additionally found how a lot studying — together with every part from math and engineering ideas to problem-solving and collaboration abilities, plus loads of artistic self-expression — can occur when folks of any age have a pile of LEGO bricks at their disposal. 

One bonus for households: Along with being enjoyable, LEGO constructing may also be fairly calming. Kids get absorbed in constructing and have a tendency to quiet down in methods they may not at a special form of celebration. 

Parents typically inform Daniel and Jessica that at most events for younger youngsters, they anticipate they’ll want to remain close by to assist their youngsters with crafts or video games. “That’s not the case with a LEGO party,” Daniels says. Bricksburgh sends a minimum of two adults to handle every social gathering and children in a short time start to give attention to the issues they’re constructing.

That means mother and father can socialize with each other or simply loosen up.  

“Parents say, ‘I didn’t have to hover. I could sit back, because the kids are into it,’” Daniel says. “They’re having fun. There’s not a need for mom or dad to help them with whatever they’re doing. They can do it on their own, and it allows their creativity to come out.” 

Though Bricksburgh primarily creates customized events for teenagers, additionally they provide LEGO constructing events for the numerous adults who haven’t misplaced their love of LEGO constructing. They’ve even hosted LEGO bridal showers and bachelorette events. 

Daniel and Jessica get pleasure from providing LEGO enjoyable to AFL of us (that’s the official time period for “adult fans of LEGO”). And they’re additionally glad to be sharing this expertise with youngsters and households who could not have the assets to purchase LEGO units and unfastened bricks of their very own. 

Right now, Bricksburgh is fully cellular. Eventually, although, their aim is to open a brick-and-mortar location for LEGO enjoyable, maybe with a espresso bar inside. “That is probably two to three years down the road,” Daniel says, “if we hit our goals.” 

(Do take into account, there’s a “Bricksburgh” exhibit on the Kamin Science Center that’s unrelated to the Bricksburgh enterprise run by the Jenkins household.)