WHEATLAND – Winners of the third annual Legos build competition were announced on Saturday at a gathering at The Wanderer on Gilchrist in Wheatland.
Sponsored by the Wheatland Kiwanis Club, the free Lego-building contest featured four age categories and cash prizes for winners. Contestants were required to use their own imagination (no kits or outside help) to create a story-telling scene on a 15-inch by 15-inch Legos board, using their own blocks.
The designs were judged on their engineering expertise, innovation, aesthetics – including use of color – and storytelling. Judges did not know the name of the entrant when judging.
Each first-place winner in each category received $100 checks. Second-place winners won a Legos trophy created David Cortez, a local Legos enthusiast and retired engineer.
“There were 30 entries this year…it was an incredible display of Lego talent,” Wheatland Kiwanis president Josephine Young said.

The creations were on display at Dance Wyoming studio on Gilchrist Street for the last couple of weeks. Builders were able to take their creations home with them after the winners were announced on Saturday.
“Your esteemed judges had an incredibly tough job. The level of talent in this year’s competition really raised the bar for this annual competition!” Lauri Munari, lieutenant governor of the regional Kiwanis division, said as she announced judge’s choice winners.
Munari said the 13 and up category featured the largest scale design in the competition, and “a stunning artistic expression beautifully based on a poem, and what the judges described as one of the best story pieces in the whole competition, depicting an epic Star Wars battle.”
There was just a nine-point difference between first and third place rankings in the 13 and up category.
The storytelling category was expanded from one to three winners, showing the excellent entries across all age categories. Each storytelling winner received a bouquet of flowers and a special bag of Legos. Winners in storytelling were Charlotte Robins (age 6) with “The plane crash,” Eloise Robbins (age 9) with “Timber Nook,” and Farley Warren (age 14) with “Republic Chaos.”
The people’s choice category required $1 per vote, and the event raised $1,780 for programs benefitting youth in Platte County. The winners also received an exclusive Master Builder t-shirt created by Roaming Buffalo Design. The shirts can only be obtained by winning the Kiwanis Legos competition.
Winners in the people’s choice category were Nolan Wilhelm (age 5 and under) with 70 votes on his entry titled “Space Program;” Lilyn Warren (age 9 – 12) with 225 votes for “Sandy Beach Vacation;” Farley Warren (age 13 and up) with 278 votes for “Republic Chaos,” and winner with the most votes was Claire Young (age 6-8) with 301 votes for “Colorful Cloud Creation.”
Next year’s Legos build contest will open March 2, 2026.
“Kiwanis Club of Wheatland desires to make a tangible and meaningful difference in the lives of kids in our community,” Josephine Young said, while inviting everyone to the annual Discovery Day on Saturday, May 3 at the Fire Training center on Cole Street in Wheatland.
During Discovery Day, kids can get hands-on with big trucks, tractors, construction equipment, emergency vehicles, a helicopter – and this year, there will even be a special candy delivery by airship. For kids sensitive to noise and sound, quiet hour will be from 9 to 10 a.m.; at 10 a.m. the vehicles will blast their horns and sirens; earplugs are given out for free.