Young or old, we were all brought up on it. Nearly every household has a bucket full of Lego for when someone small comes to stay.

The Cowra Uniting Church, in conjunction with the Berowra Uniting Church is planning to hold a Lego Exhibition and competition in the Cowra Uniting Church, Wesley Centre on Saturday, March 18 beginning at 9.30am and going through till 3pm.

The Berowra Church community have been running these events for the past eight years and it has been a wonderful time of coming together to build, learn, and enjoy the work of others.

The Berowra community will be bringing a display of Lego exhibits and there will be opportunity for all aged children to enter their own masterpieces for judging, and to have fun making new exhibits in the play area of the hall.

“Wait till you see some of the exhibits coming from Berowra,” organiser Katherine Tindall said.

“They are magnificent.”

There will be opportunity for mums and dads to relax with morning teas, and a BBQ lunch, while the children are indulging in the buckets-full of Lego at their disposal.

It is to be hoped that this exhibition, and competition opportunities, will engage with community families.

Competition entry fee is $4 per model. There will be a small $4 per person or $10 per family donation entry, which will go toward the support of the Religious Instruction in the Cowra High School for 2017.

Cowra Uniting Church would like to encourage all the young people of the town to get out their Lego sets and start getting a masterpiece ready for the big day on Saturday, March 18.

Lego was founded by a Danish carpenter back in 1932, who made wooden toys.

The plastic, interlocking pieces we are accustomed to today were first manufactured in 1949, sparking the company’s global expansion.

Today there is seven Legoland amusement parks around the world and 125 Lego specific retail stores in operation – 80 in the US, none in Australia.

The tallest Lego tower recorded stands at 35.47m, at Legoland in Gunzberg, Germany.