Comments on: Lego Storage Solutions for Kids (or adults)

By: Marcy

Marcy — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:49:07 +0000

Over the past 20+ yrs I have had huge amounts of lego’s in my home and the easiest clean up ever has been a vinyl table cloth spread out on the floor. Clean up is a cinch, pick up each side the legos slide to the center and they get dumped back into the rolling tote like a cement shoot, fold up the table cloth place ontop of legos put the lid on the tote and wheel it out of sight!

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:20:25 +0000

I have the same problem. Currently, I use a bookshelf that’s deep enough for the big items. My son was very happy to see them displayed like that. Problem now is, where do I put the books? He plays with his Legos on the floor and has piles separated by his own system. But, he knows where everything is. So, this tells me there’s organization. I buy shoe boxes to help his keep organized but he perfers the pile method. He likes going to places where things are in lighted boxes. I’m thinking of having some of his displays lighted. I think he’ll get a kick out of that. I hope this helps. My son has a Lego airplane too. Try hanging it from the ceiling.

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:46:32 +0000

My older sons have always played with their legos that they have built. Sometimes they leave them up for months at a time and sometimes they tear them down and build something else to play with. We had a playroom just for legos so storage wasn’t a problem. Each boy had his own table (my husband built them) for completed or nearly completed projects. Extra bricks were either under the table in shallow bins or in plastic storage drawers. Now that my 3rd son is getting into legos and we no longer have the extra bedroom just for legos, I am piling completed projects and loose bricks, etc. onto poster board and sliding them under our sofa and loveseat in the family room (we have skirts on them so they are hidden) This would also work if you wanted to slide it under a bed. Really big items have to be put on a shelf but it really helps to have a quick way to put up the thousand pieces that are spread around on the floor hahaha. Bins are great but the problem is your child may have spent a hour going threw the bins looking for just the right pieces to build what he needs. If everything gets scooped up and thrown in a bin at the end of the day – it’s really frustrating to have to start over. Some things take days to complete especially as they get older and start doing more complicated designs. Hope these ideas help!

By: carekelly

carekelly — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:15:40 +0000

Martha,
For our last Lego Creation we got super glue. We glued all the pieces. You have to be careful and my son could not do the gluing…..but I sat patiently as he placed each piece and then I glued. I had to make sure I didn’t glue the moving parts, but so far so good! My son no longer has a meltdown when he plays with his Lego Creation.
I no longer hear, “Noooo, it is coming apart, it was so hard….Mommy, I was just paying with it and it came apart!”
Hope it works for you….just remember it is a lot of work, to wait and glue each piece and it can get messy.
Good luck
Caroline

By: Martha

Martha — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:03:27 +0000

My son loves to play with what he has built (the castle, ship) with all the people. Isn’t that why they have the people so you can play with it? He doesn’t want to tear it apart after he spent hours putting it together. What’s frustrating is when the “ship keeps breaking” and he has worked so hard to make it. How can I make it permanent?

By: Jeana

Jeana — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:03:43 +0000

Here is what I do for storage of the big lego creations….I take a pic of their object (airplanes, cars, etc). We then have the picture forever digitally and can print if off if they want it. Then they can take it aparts and build more! Afterall, it’s about imagination and not just preserving something they have built from directions!

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:50:57 +0000

OOPS! The url for the Bricksacks is http://www.bricksack.com. Not as I stated above. Sorry!

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:56:22 +0000

I agree with the storage space issue! Also, I find my son likes to spread the Legos out on the floor to play, not on a table. The best solution I’ve found are the Bricksack (www.bricksacks.com). My son has several that he organizes by theme (Star Wars, Viking, etc). They close up like sacks and fit neatly in a toy box. When he wants to play, he takes one out and it opens up to lay flat on the ground so he can see all of the pieces. When it’s time to clean up, he just tosses the few strays back onto the circle and cinches the cords to form a sack again and places in his toy box.

By: carekelly

carekelly — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:20 +0000

I don’t have a problem displaying the Lego kits, because like jennifer my son like to take them apart and rebuild them.

My issue is finding enough space to store all the kits, with out using sandwich style bags. I have been looking for a storage box. small with a enough room to keep the instruction with the paices but small enough to fit lots of them in the closet shelves and still look nice and neat.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:27:34 +0000

bms2000 my son gets many lego sets, but he’ll build them, then disassemble, so he can build something new. To be honest, I’ve never heard of kids who build the set, and then leave them built. I’m not sure what you’d do. Lego sets built are not so easy to store. Can you talk your kids into enjoying them for a while, then taking them apart? Cedar sets his on the fireplace mantle for a few days, then takes it apart after he’s shown it to everyone. One thing you might do is make a little lego scrapbook – have your kids take a photo, then they may feel ok taking them apart.