INDIANAPOLIS — How would you like to get close to a polar bear? What about a seahorse or sea turtle? While you can’t get close to the real thing, you can certainly get close to a Lego® creation.

By MILFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY STAFF MILFORD — Upcoming programs and events at Milford Public Library: Spring Break Crafts It’s finally Spring break. Come into the library for a fun spring craft every single day this week. These crafts will be available during our regular business hours all week. Monday, April 4, we plan to make a Jeweled Butterfly Ornament. …read more.

LONDON, ENGLAND — Every parent with a Lego-loving child will at some point have experienced the pain of stepping on a rogue Lego brick. Now ad agency Brand Station has worked with the famous Danish toy firm to come up with a solution — Lego-branded slippers with an extra-thick sole, protecting sensitive feet from the agony …read more.

By DANI BARKEY Chief Accountability Officer, Warsaw Community Schools Is your child interested in Computer Assisted Design, LEGO Robotics, or Art in the Great Outdoors? Does your child like to participate in mind-blowing experiments and learn more about “gross” human anatomy? Then be sure to sign up for the Warsaw Community Schools Summer Enrichment Camps! …read more.

According to the website Eye Opener, there are several reasons why stepping on a LEGO toy hurts so much, despite the minuscule size of the building bricks. For starters, each small LEGO can take up to 4,240 Newtons of force without breaking. That means unless you weigh 953 pounds, they won’t be crushed or even …read more.

Wawasee Middle School’s eighth-grade robotics team known as “Wawasee 8th” and made up of students Cory Dunivan, Nicholas Murphy, Ethan Hays, Clay and Joe Kelsheimer and Garrett Smith qualified for the state competition by placing first and earning the Champion Award at the district competition Sunday at Grace College. The third annual FIRST Lego League …read more.

NORTH WEBSTER – Shouts of “BINGO” will be heard on Wednesday, July 9, starting at 10:30 a.m. when the kids gather to play Storybook BINGO with Youth Services clerk Miss Debbie. The kids will be using cards with storybook characters as they race to bingo by matching storybook characters. Kids of all ages will have …read more.

FORT WAYNE – LEGOs and robots will come together to help school teams solve real-world problems at Science Central’s 11th annual FIRST LEGO League Indiana Qualifying Tournament. The event is slated for Sunday, Nov. 17, at Science Central, with Robot Performance competitions beginning at 12:30 p.m. Science Central will offer half-price admission for the event. …read more.