This post was first published on May 22nd, 2009. Updated on March 15, 2010 to include a new storage idea!
It’s a sickness I tell ya! While I was doing a little research for organizing Lego’s I got this crazy urge to go buy a bunch of them just so I can organize them all. Don’t worry I refrained.
Right now we have a rather small collection of Lego’s that were Hubby’s when he was a little guy. Then we topped those off with some my son received for his last birthday.
In anticipation of a growth of Lego’s in the coming years I gathered up a few ideas I really liked….
Meredith and Laura use bins that slide under the bed. A great idea and super easy clean up for those larger collections.
Josie took matters into her own hands and hacked an Ikea table. I like the fact that it gives the kids a specific place to play and provides lighting too!
Another Ikea inspired idea… Robinella uses the Trofast drawers to organize Lego’s with a table underneath. I like how the storage unit also serves as a shelf for completed projects.
Jess’ husband built this really cool table to store all of their kid’s Legos. It has 6 drawers on each side of the table. (Laura gave Jess the storage star for this idea.)
Oooooh, how pretty! Now being the organizing geek that I am, I would love to sort them all by color, and type, and size, and well you get the point. Not very practical for the little kids but storing Lego’s in compartmentalized boxes would be good for the pro’s.
Since I have this dream of doing a construction/tool type theme for my son’s room I would love to use this storage bin wall organizer to hold all of his Lego’s. Of course it would look nice if the Lego’s were all color coded too but that may be setting the bar a little high. :) Regardless I love the look.
Kimba found a great solution for storing Lego sets together while not taking up tons of space. She stored each Lego set in a storage bag along with the instructions. Several sets can fit in one storage i this way!
For more Lego organizing ideas for the young and older check out:
Jeri’s post – 16 Lego Storage Options
Wiki How’s – Sort and Store Lego Toys
Evil Mad Scientist – How to Organize your Lego Bricks for efficient building
And if your kids have this many Lego’s we need to have a talk. :)
[top photo by: Glenn Calvin]
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anyone have a great idea for storing the built legos connected to the 12X12 platforms? Maybe hinged pads on the wall???
I love the bag idea for those little kits. Once they get disassembled & mixed in with other Legos they never seem to come to life again.
My 5 yo recently took his brothers baseball card box(similar to a tackle box) and used that to sort out a large Lego set by color.
Most of our Legos are in those same containers with the blue lids shown at the top of your post.
I have to laugh because I, too, am such the type that they’d need to be sorted by size, color, etc. My 5 year old is at the stage where he is in LOVE with Legos but he wants to keep his projects separate from his “big stash” so I have been utilizing the baggies as well! Loved this post!