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MR – As our four boys move from the infant/toddler stage to the busy-young-boys stage, Lego has become a favourite pastime. But we’ve always had a problem about where to play with it and how to store it. I was getting Lego all over the house – stepping on it and vacuuming it up.
My husband mentioned that they had a Lego board while growing up – just a large board with a lip around it to build/play on. He thought his dad might be able to make one to fit under our couch. He gave the measurements to his dad, and asked for one with a lip around it and handles to pull it out. What we got was this:
It’s perfect!
We can easily seat all four boys around the board. We can store most of our lego on it, pull it out to play and build, then push it back in for quick and easy cleanup. We still have Lego pieces around the house, but the kids are quick to find the pieces and bring them to the board. We get much more use from the lego, now that it is so easily accessible.
The boys still have their special Lego sets in their bedroom (the big transport truck, or garbage truck, or lighthouse sets) but our basic Lego is all stored here now. It’s also very easy to search through the board for a specific type of lego piece.
For more Lego ideas, check out our post on Lego Creation Preserving
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Jenn vanOosten
I live in Hamilton, Ontario, and love my city. I'm a Netflixer, choral music geek, bookworm, inventor of recipes (I take Artistic Licence on EVERYTHING that I make), wife of one, mother of two, and owner of a neurotic Schnauzer. I respect people who respect others. I love good food that's well done, but my favourite lunch is KD & hotdogs. With ketchup. I'm addicted to Clearance Shopping. I will ALWAYS get the product that I want at the price that I want, eventually.
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Great idea, Marya (& Eric). I may have to borrow that one from you (:
The staff at storage facility works fine and I’m always in and out in less than 10 minutes. This saved time is a big bonus considering my always tight schedule.
Love this idea! Just got a lego table for my tot and come to find out the legos don’t stick to the table very well anyway. AND it takes up valuable room space!
Now, since there is no carpenter around… maybe I can just find a giant, flat drawer…? 😉
Thanks for sharing!
I know – it really helped that my father-in-law is good with woodworking. Good luck! 🙂
The lid to a long under bed storage tote might also work.
That would be great – especially if you were custom making the size!
We took the storage drawer from underneath my son’s crib after he outgrew it and put it under his twin bed. Instant Lego storage to tuck away but easy to find any Lego when the drawer is pulled out.
That would work great too, I’m sure!
This is an outstanding idea. Wish I had this when my son was small. Great idea. Thanks for linking up to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Party. I’ve pinned your post to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Board
Awesome! Thanks for stopping by!