LEGO® rewards Feedback Thread – Non testers: what occasions do you usually reward your children for? 10 MNers will win a LEGO® set of their choice worth £50 *NOW CLOSED*

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This thread is for the 30 Mumsnetters who are currently participating in the LEGO® reward activity.

Here’s what LEGO® have to say: “Here at LEGO®, we’re interested to see what occasions you would consider rewarding or treating your kids with LEGO®? A great school report. Holiday treats. Good behaviour on a trip to the dentist. Helping in the garden. Tidying their room. Mum's little star. There is a great LEGO® gift idea starting from £2.49 that is fun, creative and made for every occasion. With so many sets to choose from, we think LEGO® is a fantastic gift for every occasion and we’d like you to tell us about it!”

Non-Testers: LEGO® would love to know what occasions you usually reward your children for. Everyone who adds a comment will be entered into a prize draw where 10 Mumsnetters will receive a LEGO® set of your choice worth £50.

Testers: We'll be asking you to add feedback three times - we'd like your first impressions now and at the end of each week of the testing period, we’d like to know when you rewarded your DCs with a LEGO® set, if at all.

So for your first impressions, we’d like to know:

• Which LEGO® sets did you receive?
• Which of your DCs would you be rewarding, if a reward/treat situation arises during the testing period?
• Over the testing period, are there any particular occasions (other than Birthdays, of course!) which you think might be a suitable time to reward your DCs with LEGO®?

Every tester who posts their feedback will be entered into a prize draw, where one winner will receive a £300 Love2Shop voucher.

Thanks and good luck!
MNHQ

PS: We've 'highlighted' the testers posts on this thread so we can see them!

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Swimming goals, star awards at school, being helpful at home.

1. Did you reward your DC(s) this week?

Yes!

1. If so:

• Which of your DC(s) did you reward?

Eldest dc

• Which LEGO® set did you reward them with?

The swamp city one - again, very funny! The guy with the beard was awesome! Possibly slightly stereotyped as a deep south hick, but he's a great character

• What did you reward them for?

For excellent behaivioir with daddy in a shop whilst dh was trying to sort out a difficult situation.

1. Overall, how did you find rewarding your DC(s) with LEGO®?

Brilliant. Dc loved them and they were such a fun treat.

1. Would you consider using LEGO® as a reward in future

Yes!

Non-tester here:

I reward my DDs (6 and 4.5) every week for being good on the school runs, both ways for 5 days. It's a mile each way and we have to cross 2 busy roads so this is a real crunch point in my day where I need them not to be silly.

If they are good (within the elastic-band tape-measure measure of 'good') then we get an ice-cream on the way home on Friday. Even in winter

Because of this product test I did ask if they would prefer a small lego kit or minifigure as the reward, but the ice-cream won for this issue.

We use the smaller kits (£7-8 max) for rewards for days when we need to see 'their best grown up behaviour', so family events, long journeys, sudden changes in plans which would otherwise cause disappointment. Luckily the last change of plan (to look after a friend's children when one had to go to hospital overnight in an emergency) occurred at Legoland. We had to leave early, and they were pragmatic beyond their years without the offer of a reward - so into the lego shop we went.

Non tester (not sure if commented before!)

Dd1 gets rewarded for getting ready in the morning in time for school, getting correct spellings, tidying her bedroom, and general good behaviour. She gets instant rewards and for smaller things, stickers and a blind treat bag filled with her things.

Dd2 gets rewarded for getting ready in the morning before dd2! Stickers. Good behaviour instant rewards. Starting potty training soon so will do a mixture of instant rewards and stickers. She gets a blind bag with things that she likes.

I am always on the look out for things to go inside the bags! Lego, my little pony, zelfs, stationary, sticker sheets, fuzzy felt, dolls dresses, but no sweets

Tester here. Third post.

1. Did you reward your DC(s) this week?

Yes, I rewarded my Ds this week.

1. If so:

• Which of your DC(s) did you reward?

My Ds aged 10

• Which LEGO® set did you reward them with?

The digger set.

• What did you reward them for?

Ds had made his bed all week, did his homework on time and helped with jobs around the house.

1. Overall, how did you find rewarding your DC(s) with LEGO®?

Rewarding my Dcs with LEGO worked really well. They were genuinely excited about being rewarded and having a little Lego kit to play with. It was much more effective than offering money or sweets and a much healthier alternative. They asked what they could do to be able to play with the LEGO.

1. Would you consider using LEGO® as a reward in future?

Absolutely - I would also recommend to friends.

Thanks for giving us the opportunity to get involved with this product test. We've really enjoyed it.

1. Did you reward your DC(s) this week?
Yes

2. If so:
- Which of your DC(s) did you reward?
Our only DC. DD aged 5yo (nearly 6yo)

- Which LEGO® set did you reward them with?
DD chose the Demolition Starter Set as her reward on Saturday 23rd May and the Swamp Police Starter Set as her reward on Sunday 24th May.

- What did you reward them for?
For good behaviour and playing by herself for four 1hr sessions on each day. We were in a beautiful country house and DD was set up in the room next to us with her toys and DVDs. While DH and I were busy running the sessions she needed to play by herself. As it happened usually one of us (plus another couple she knows well) were able to pop in/out and keep her company so she didn't usually need to go the whole hour.

3. Overall, how did you find rewarding your DC(s) with LEGO®?
It worked brilliantly well, far better than anything else I think. I made DD a reward chart (photo supplied) so she could track her progress and it was propped up on the mantlepiece next to the box she was earning. DD was super well behaved and really motivated. We even used LEGO stickers

Lots of the adults on the weekend (who all know us and DD) were really keen to help her make the sets (she can do it herself but she's very sociable and loves having adults do activities with her) and in fact I caught a few adults asking her if they could take the set apart and build it again! Everyone was really keen to encourage DD to be well behaved in order to enable her to earn the set, I think as we all like to play with LEGO.

With rewards like sweets or a magazine, sometimes DD doesn't earn them and I'm quicker to come down on her for poor behaviour. This time, she was more motivated to earn the reward and we were more motivated to encourage her to earn it too.

4. Would you consider using LEGO® as a reward in future?
Absolutely but only for exceptional situations that are a bit beyond normal. It's obviously a bit expensive (guessing these boxes were about £10 each) so it wouldn't just be for something small. We would normally reward with something crafty, a magazine, poster, Kinder Egg or either a LEGO or Playmobil mystery character packet.

However, I was surprised how positive DH and I were with encouraging DD by her earning a reward that we were also interested in her getting. We're both big LEGO fans. DD enjoyed the extra attention the reward got her too, so definitely win/win.

1. Did you reward your DC(s) this week?
2. If so:

• Which of your DC(s) did you reward?

I had planned to space the rewards out more, but ended up giving one for great behaviour going to and from school and one for being brave during an ear infection that my poor little dd had later the same week (Please see my other post upthread for more info on how that went down and which sets I gave her)

1. Overall, how did you find rewarding your DC(s) with LEGO®?

It was special and lovely to reward my dd with lego - it was something that not only gave her a gift, but meant that the whole family was involved in making the sets and so she got loads of attention and praise. She was very happy, and plays with the sets two weeks on.

1. Would you consider using LEGO® as a reward in future?

Yes, I was looking at the minifigures in packets today and thinking I could get some for treats and rewards. Have to say I wouldn't give such big sets normally (as the ones used in this product test) but for a really special half term reward/painful illness it seemed fine. It would normally be something I'd get for birthdays. Please could I also pass on my 10yr old's plea for more mixed sets? She loved the female construction worker figure, and says there should be more like her - and there should be boys in the 'Friends' sets because some of her friends are boys.

Hello, tester here answering the third round of questions.

Did you reward your DC(s) this week? No, I used both sets the week before, and they haven't really deserved rewarding this week - it has been a fighty half term!

Overall, how did you find rewarding your DC(s) with Lego? They certainly liked it, and have played with the sets once they got them built. However the older one (7) did take over and get a bit bossy towards the younger one (5) when putting the sets together leading to some squabbling.

Would you consider using LEGO® as a reward in future? Not these sets unless it was for something really spectacular, perhaps a really good school report or outstanding kindness/ good behaviour - for me these are presents rather than treats/ rewards which would be stickers, sweets, books from charity shop etc. Minifigures would fall into my definition of small reward though.

Tester here

1. Did you reward your DC(s) this week?
Yes
2. If so:
- Which of your DC(s) did you reward?
DS1 aged 5
- Which LEGO® set did you reward them with?
the swamp set
- What did you reward them for?
Behaving at the dinner table, generally being cooperative.
3. Overall, how did you find rewarding your DC(s) with LEGO®?
Lego is a big motivating factor for DS1! He really considers it a high value item that is worth working for.
4. Would you consider using LEGO® as a reward in future?
Absolutely yes!

Non tester. I reward them for eating their food. It makes me really happy to see they are content. I also reward them when learning something new. Anything. Makes me so happy.

1. Did you reward your DC(s) this week?

Yes!

1. If so:

• Which of your DC(s) did you reward?

Our 5 year old DS.

• Which LEGO® set did you reward them with?

The Lego City builder set.

• What did you reward them for?

For staying on "gold" on his reward chart all week.

1. Overall, how did you find rewarding your DC(s) with LEGO®?

I thought it was great, because Lego is sometimes expensive as a "small" treat so the treats seemed quite "luxurious" for the boys.

1. Would you consider using LEGO® as a reward in future?

I definitely would, except not as a weekly thing but maybe a monthly thing, as the sets are a bit more than I could afford on a weekly basis. The boys were really chuffed and felt like they'd earned a valuable thing, which felt really nice. Thanks for letting us test these sets out as rewards!

DS (5)got his reward this afternoon

He got the city swamp set

He got it for consistent good behaviour which got him ten stars on his reward chart, he only lost one star this week so much improved on last week.

I would consider rewarding with Lego again. I saw some small sets in the supermarket this week at £5 ish so would use these for longer term goals.

DS and I both enjoyed rewarding with Lego as its a long term toy that reminds him of what good behaviour can bring rather than a magazine or sweets which are done with quickly.

Tester

1. Did you reward your DC(s) this week?

Yes, I did.

1. - Which of your DC(s) did you reward?

I rewarded them both (twins age 6, 1 girl, 1 boy).

• Which LEGO® set did you reward them with?

I had already used the Lego sets. This week the reward was a trip to Kid's Club (local cinema).

• What did you reward them for?

They had been helpful around the house over half term and played nicely when I was working from home.

1. Overall, how did you find rewarding your DC(s) with LEGO®?

It's a great reward, they loved it. Knowing it was a reward they could earn was a fabulous incentive for them.

1. Would you consider using LEGO® as a reward in future?

Yes, absolutely. I still like to alternate rewards though, partly to limit costs but also to keep the reward system fresh.

Thank you for including us in such a great product test.

1. Did you reward your DC(s) this week?
No, as I rewarded them both with a LEGO set each during week one.

*2. If so:

• Which of your DC(s) did you reward?*

N/A

3. Overall, how did you find rewarding your DC(s) with LEGO®?
I enjoyed rewarding the DC with the Lego sets - It was an unexpected surprise for them and they both liked and appreciated them. The sets also kept them occupied for a while! I don't think I'd do it ALL of the time / every time they earn a 'reward' as I think that would potentially reduce the value they hold to LEGO (i.e. it's a real treat / special present rather than an everyday kind of thing IYSWIM).

4. Would you consider using LEGO® as a reward in future?
Yes I would. I would more likely make a visit to the LEGO shop to let them create their own mini-figs rather than buying a smaller set, as within an appropriate price range for a small reward, I think that they gain more enjoyment from creating minifigs in store than they do from building a small set. (They also get the opportunity to browse for their next Christmas/birthday LEGO choice!)

Also,I meant to say - Thanks for choosing us to take part!

I rewarded my 6 and 7 year old daughters this weekend for good behaviour, no (major!) fighting and helping with the housework over half term.
As I had already used the lego the previous week as a reward I gave them two smaller sets I bought myself.
I have to say I loved rewarding them with lego. Far better for them than sweets and they loved it. It also encouraged them to play together and use their imagination.
I will definitely use lego as rewards in the future. However, due to the cost of providing it for 2 children I am likely to go for the smallest sets/bags on a weekly basis and saving the larger sets for a special reward.

And thank you for giving us the opportunity to test this

1 - no, unfortunately not! DD was a monster :( We are hoping she earns the set this week!

3 - brilliant, DD was very keen to earn the lego the first week. She was so disappointed she didn't get the second set yet she has been working really hard to earn her stickers.

4 - I definitely will. There are a few sets winging their way here. There was a definite improvement in DD's behaviour and tidying skills!

1. Did you reward your DC(s) this week? No, we received two of the same sets so I couldnt use the Lego twice.

1. Overall, how did you find rewarding your DC(s) with LEGO®?

Its a great idea, he loved receiving the Lego and it kept him entertained for a long time.

1. Would you consider using LEGO® as a reward in future?

Yes definitely but probably not on a weekly basis.

Non tester here. I reward my 11 year old with lego when he does well at school and tells me but doesn't make a big deal about it but for me it's a big deal for example when he came home and told me he was runner up in the chess tournament, he had a little medal and he was sooo modest, I felt soooo proud of him. He definitely deserved the lego I bought him.

Tester here!

I think I missed the feedback request at the end of the first week.

To clarify, by the end of the first week I had not rewarded DS.

Sorry!

1. Did you reward your DC(s) this week?

Yes - he got the second set yesterday.

1. If so:

• Which of your DC(s) did you reward?

DS

• Which LEGO® set did you reward them with?

Lego Friends set

• What did you reward them for?

For making a really tough decision! He got the set the day after, because I had been thinking about him, and about the choice he had made. I wanted to let him know I understood it was a hard choice - and I was proud of him.

1. Overall, how did you find rewarding your DC(s) with LEGO®?

I don't normally reward with toys, so this was a new situation for us. It was very well received by DS though - he loved having something to play with.

1. Would you consider using LEGO® as a reward in future?

I would.

Hi, tester here.

1 & 2. No I didn't reward this week because I rewarded both dc last week.

1. I liked rewarding them with Lego as they both appreciated it A LOT!
2. I would consider rewarding with Lego in the future BUT it would probably be mini figures or small sets as Lego is just so expensive. Also, it would be a reward for big achievements/appointments etc not just everyday things.

Thank you for the opportunity for taking part in this Lego reward. We've all enjoyed it, it has brought big smiles all round.

1. Did you reward your DC(s) this week?

Yes, I rewarded DS

1. If so:

• Which of your DC(s) did you reward?

DS(5) with his second set of Lego.

• Which LEGO® set did you reward them with?

The digger set, with the toilet!

• What did you reward them for?

DS was very well behaved at a long family event, he knew that if he behaved well then he would get the Lego set. He'd also been very good all week and tidying his room as well as doing his homework without a fuss.

1. Overall, how did you find rewarding your DC(s) with LEGO®?

It worked very well, we love Lego anyway and I quite often buy the Minifigures but these sets were lovely to receive. I much preferred rewarding DS with something that he could play with and spend time building (which he did mostly by himself). This made a nice different from unhealthy treats like sweets and went down just as well. I also found if I saw DS' behavior worsening I would just mention that he'd been so good he had nearly earned the Lego set, this would diffuse any worsening of behavior (or refusing to do homework)

1. Would you consider using LEGO® as a reward in future?

Yes - like I said I have done so before with smaller Minifigure sets.

The Mixels and Minifigures are a bit more affordable for a treat than the big sets we were given for the test. I would consider a big set for something big like a really good school report but probably wouldn't for smaller things. It would be great to have a bigger range of more affordable Lego for rewarding DS on a more regular basis!

Thanks for letting us take part in this test, we have thoroughly enjoyed it!

Non Tester here - I reward dd for good behaviour, I have recently returned to work after 3.6 years at home, so if we've had a good week, with no tears or tantrums about going to preschool, the childminder or Grandmas, we usually go out and choose something together on Sunday. Lego and Duplo are firm favourites.