Lego for 5 Year Old Boys

My son is 5 years old and loves lego.
He has been bought quite a few lego sets. Some of them have been quite small sets but actually find the smaller sets are sometimes better as he can pretty much build them up all by himself following the instructions. This his great for his confidence and gives him a sense of pride when he's finished. The bigger sets have longer instructions and he is more likely to need help building them. However, both my husband and I secretly enjoy building up the lego sets and it's a great project to work on together. 
Once the set is built, my son has great fun playing with what he's created too. 
Check out some lego sets below and at the end there are some advantages and more ideas of playing with lego. 

Small lego sets

As I've already said, my son has increased his confidence in building lego by building up the small lego sets following the instructions. You can quite often get free small lego sets with the weekend papers so it's worth keeping an eye out for. 

The artic snowmobile opposite is a new set from lego at the time of writing (Nov 2014). It is a small set though with 44 pieces but it's only £4.99 so makes a great stocking filler. It's also a great starter set which will help build confidence in building sets. 

Lego City

Lego city is a great range of lego that is suitable from 5 years old. One of our favourites has been the lego city police boat. You build this up and then afterwards you can play with it in the bath (it floats). This was a gift for my 5 year old son for his birthday and you can still get it for almost half price through amazon at the time of writing so it's worth checking out. 
Lego city comes in a wide range of sizes and prizes so there is something for every budget. I think most 5 year olds will need some help building the sets at some point (especially the bigger ones). My 5 year old can do quite a lot of it on it's own though. 
Sometimes, amazon have some pretty good deals on lego city, so it's worth checking out with free delivery. 

Lego Brick Boxes

To start a 5 year olds lego collection it may be worth investing in a lego brick box. These often come with a booklet with lots of lego building ideas to help you get started with some constructions too. 

If you want to bulk buy lego you could also consider looking on ebay for a bulk buy for better value. Lego lasts for years, so second hand stuff it still excellent quality. 

We use it to build all sorts, cars, farms, houses, garages, jails, guns,  etc. My husband has just built an aeroplane and my son was extremely impressed and loves playing with it. It's great for creativity and facilitating imaginative play. 

Lego Juniors

Lego juniors are a nice range for 5 year old boys. They are easy to build sets and are  designed to be simple enough that they should be able to build them on their own or with minimal help according to the instructions. 

There are some nice road construction and other vehicle sets that will appeal to 5 year old boys in this range

There are also supehero sets like batman and spiderman. There are also teenage muntant ninja turtle sets and a knights castle in this range. 

Superhero Lego for 5 Year Old Boys

Lego also do a range of hero lego. My 5 year old has just started to take a strong interest in superheros.
Lego make two ranges include hero factory and lego superheros which include figures such as batman. These lego sets are aimed at children from aged 6 years so if you bought them for a 5 year old they may need a bit of help constructing them. However, I think that it would be a nice project for children and adults to work onto together and after they had been built 5 year olds could use their imagination to play with them. 
Check out some ideas below.