What do 13 year old boys do?

ognum

Useful information I have 13 year old triplets visiting this week and they are all boys!!

peachyprice

antrobus wrote: »

You're either insane or a woman. You're never too old for Lego. I'd take a Lego Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter any day of the week.

OrkneyStar wrote: »

Will there also be younger kids there?
My nephew (13 next month) plays his x-box, wii and the like, but as soon as we visit with DS (5) he loves playing roads, cars, lego etc!

This ^^

I wouldn't mind betting that if you left the box of Lego in the corner they would gravitate towards it. They might think they're too old and cool to have it at home but they won't be able to resist building something if it's there (and none of their friends will find out )

Or maybe I just have nerdy kids?

OrkneyStar

peachyprice wrote: »

This ^^

I wouldn't mind betting that if you left the box of Lego in the corner they would gravitate towards it. They might think they're too old and cool to have it at home but they won't be able to resist building something if it's there (and none of their friends will find out )

Or maybe I just have nerdy kids?

I can't resist lego tbh, and I am 37 year old female........ok a slightly nerdy one lol, but still .

C_Mababejive

I know what i did when i was 13 but it may not necessarily be applicable to this situation.

Mr_Toad

Tropez wrote: »

I think they'd consider Lego a bit babyish.

Lego babyish! :eek:

It's one of the finest prototyping systems out there. Lego Technic and Mindstorms can be used to create some fantastic stuff.

I still stuff that can be controlled via a Raspberry Pi, Arduino or other computer. I once built a Lego plotter for the PC.

Tropez

Mr_Toad wrote: »

Lego babyish! :eek:

It's one of the finest prototyping systems out there. Lego Technic and Mindstorms can be used to create some fantastic stuff.

I still stuff that can be controlled via a Raspberry Pi, Arduino or other computer. I once built a Lego plotter for the PC.

I'm just going by what I remember from high school and what I know from relative's kids. Maybe they did/do play with it on the quiet but no one was/is openly admitting to it.

Mindstorms, to me, is Lego in brand name only. Sure, I can understand why that would have some appeal to the more computer-oriented teenager, but I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of people don't immediately think of Mindstorms when they hear the name Lego.

Though, I'll be fair, I don't know how chic Lego is considered these days - maybe like RPGs it is considered a lot less nerdy.

building_with_lego

antrobus wrote: »

You're either insane or a woman. You're never too old for Lego. I'd take a Lego Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter any day of the week.

:cool: clearly insane- there's NOTHING to say that fully grown women aren't into Lego

Medieval Market Village for me though

newgirly

I have currently confiscated the xbox from my 12 1/2 yr old twin boys ( with good reason ) and they have just spent hours playing monopoly tonight, so I would suggest giving that a go maybe.

UsernameAlreadyExists

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*looks at all the replies so far.

such restraint!

kingfisherblue

One of my sons is 13, and although he enjoys gaming, he has other interests as well. He doesn't use his Lego as often as he used to, but still has it and builds with it when the mood takes him. He is a bit nerdy, in a nice way, and enjoys origami and flying his model helicopter, as well as bushcraft/survival skills.

Have you any humorous jigsaws, about 1000 pieces? If you leave a jigsaw on the side, partly completed, few people can resist putting in a few pieces. Teenage lads often like to compete, so will challenge each other to put in more pieces than they themselves have.

Also competitive, how about paper planes? Wilkinsons have a pad of different ones. I think there are about 20, for £3. Try making one and leaving it on top of the pad. Every teenage lad I know will be sure that they can make a better plane, fly it further, etc.

You could leave out a pack of cards, or UNO, which is very popular. Or try leaving out a few small spinners. You'd be surprised how many men, never mind boys, start playing with spinners when they get a chance :rotfl: