Our youngest has always loved building things, even from when she was a baby. It started with building blocks being built and toppled numerous times every day, to Duplo, marble runs and now we are into Lego.
You name it, we have the set – Cinderellas carriage, Elsa’s castle, Merida’s castle along with numerous Palace Pets and Lego friends thrown in there to!
After her birthday, and all the new sets had been built, they were being broken up and wonderful new creations were being made. And that’s when I found the tinniest prices of Lego absolutely everywhere. This is what it looked like on the top of her storage unit in her bedroom:
I needed to sort this out, so off I went to our local Wilko and found this great organiser.
Click here to see it on their website.
What I like about this organiser is that you can move the compartments in the rows around to make them fit the size of space you need. So after I sorted the Lego into colours, and saw how much there was of each colour, I then worked out how many compartments I wanted in the rows. When it was filled up little one could see what colours she had and could easily find the pieces she was looking for.
I must admit when I first got this I did think it wouldn’t last long and everything would soon be mixed up, or tipped out all over the floor again! But in fact the opposite has happened. Over the summer holidays little one must have played with her Lego every day, and at the end of every day one of us would sit with her and put away the pieces that she had got out and weren’t using and were put back into their own little compartments.
This organiser now permantely lives in the lounge as this is where she likes building her creations, and as its so small it can easily be put away under the sofa or a table and pulled out when she wants it.
This has been such a quick fix and now instead of hearing that horrendous sound of a whole tub of Lego being tipped upside down I just hear the gentle rustling of little fingers looking for that perfect little piece to finish off her latest masterpiece.
How do you organise your little ones Lego?
Lets get organised!
Jo
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Amazing idea!! My boy is still playing with Duplo so it’s not too bad to tidy up. When he advances onto proper lego I will definitely remember this, there’s nothing worse than spending hours picking up Leo or worse..treading on it!xx #picknmix
I think I have invented new swear words when I have stepped on random pieces! Thanks for popping by. X
What a great idea! We are just heading into the world of Lego and this will help us being organised from the start. Alice would love it being all in compartments like that X #picknmix
Glad you liked it. My youngest really liked helping me sort it out too, putting the lego into piles of colours was great fun for her. Thanks for the comment. X
We don’t currently have this issue, but I can see it becoming a big problem very soon! This sounds like a great solution – I know my son is a little organiser too, so I think it would really appeal to that side of him. #picknmix
Thanks for the comment Katy. I think this is why it works for us as my youngest does like to organise her things. She is the complete opposite to her sister! X
The boys have gotten rid of so much of their Lego now thankfully as they had tonnes of the stuff! They still have loads though, great idea lovely. Thanks for linking up to #PicknMix
Stevie x
At the moment I can’t see the day when lego isn’t in this house but their tastes change so much as they grow. Thanks for the comment. X
That looks brilliant! I have to admit that the slightly obsessive side of me would have just as much fun sorting the bits into their compartments as the tots have playing with the stuff! We’re still on Duplo for now but once the little bits start I’m all over this. Thanks for the tip! X #marvmondays
I was in heaven sorting this lot out Even when the kids and hubby saw what I was doing they all joined in and helped out too. I’m sure it’s therapy. X
Lovely idea. A great price too! We have so much Lego in this household that we’ve gone for a Blokpod, it’s huge and you just pour the lego in and shake to sort, It keeps the big bits at the top and the smallest pieces fall all the way to the bottom through the filters. It isn’t colour seperated though. #marvmondays
Oh I like the sound of that, I’ll have to go and check it out. Thanks for popping by and comenting. X
I love a bit of organisation and this looks fab. Might have to get one of these for my daughter’s lego. This is the kid who got 4 different lego sets and opened all the bags at the same time so they all got jumbled!! #marvmondays
And that’s the reason I had to get this organiser, little one got Elsa’s castle, Cinderellas carriage and two palace Pets for her birthday, promptly made them and then broke them all up!! If you do get it I hope it works just as good for you as it did for me. X
That’s a great idea, will definitely be investing in some of these!
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Thanks Lindsay, for something so cheap it does just the job. X
This is such a great idea! My mum has a big box of lego for the grandchildren and keeps it all on a bed sheet, so it can be scooped up and put back in the box quite easily! We are still on duplo at the moment at home, and I use a ziplock food storage bag to keep it all in! It keeps it nice and tidy and easily fits in his toy box, and we can find it all without having to search for odd pieces in the box! I do still find the odd piece under the sofa, behind the tv or more recently in my bed!! #MarvMondays
Thanks for popping by and commenting. Our little one loved her Duplo, and still gets it out now occassionally. X
What a fantastic idea! I need these in my life. Literally going to go online and buy some right now! I might just get some for everyone I’ve ever met. Genius! #MarvMondays
Yeah!., hope it brings you as much organised joy as it did for me . X
What a good idea! I need this as we have so much lego…….LEGO everywhere! I will have to look in our shops as we don’t have a Wilko here #MarvMondays
Thanks for popping by Emma. Oh I hope you find something similar, it has been great for us. X
Lego! I could write 200 words on this topic.
I also had the intention to store the blocks in the little bead sorters, but in the end we opted for something bigger, and I’m glad we did! I bought a large plastic chest of drawers at the DIY store (6 drawers, at about 15 euros) and me and the kids decided on the categories together. Regular blocks, narrow blocks, flat pieces, house pieces, minifigures and accessories (swords, torches, hats etc) and finally the miscellaneous draw for all that’s left.
It works really well so long as, indeed, you make sure they clear up afterwards and lend a hand occasionally to keep it all neat. My boys do respect the order of the drawers, but they put very little back in there and tend to leave all the lego on the table until it’s fit to burst and the drawers are almost empty! My main problem is that now I have three kids I no longer have the time to help them clear up. I imagine that once their ickle brother enters the Lego-age we’ll be swimming in Lego!
Thanks for sharing the pics on Twitter earlier, I was impressed. Especially with the labels on the drawers too. I think having organised like this does make it easier for the little ones to play with it and respect putting everything back where it came from. X
That is a good idea. We have great stuff in our lego box but just can’t find the bits we want. #marvmondays
Thanks for the lovely comment Kirsten. It has really worked well for our two when they know what they want to build. X
Great idea! It hurts so much when you find pieces underfoot! #marvmondays
Stepping on Lego is torture!! But it also feels like it’s a parents right of passage, another milestone reached! Thanks for popping by. X
I like the sound of this. Not sure if my girls would keep it organised and whether it would drive me a little crazy sorting it back out again on a regular basis though but might have to give it a try! 🙂 #bloggerclubuk
Thanks for the comment Louise. I must admit I thought little one would have it everywhere in no time but she’s been doing alright with it. Just a little tidy most evenings needed. X
We’ve just graduated to lego and only have a few sets, but I’m sure I’ll have to come up with a better storage than a zip-lock bag soon! This looks like a great idea. #bloggerclubuk
I couldn’t recommend this little organiser enough for when you need it. X
I love this idea! (Thankfully) we’re not at the Lego stage yet, so the Duplo just goes in one container. My favourite building thing is the magentic smartmax, they’re much easier to collect together! 🙂 #BloggerClubUK
Oh I haven’t seen the smartmax stuff but I bet my littlest would love it. We are also loving the marble run at the moment too. X
This looks fab, I love wilko, unfortunately we don’t have one in our town and I feel a little bit lost. It’s always been my go-to shop for pretty much anything! We are just about to enter the lego stage as Oliver turns 4 in December so I think we might have to pop to one of the bigger towns and visit wilko to have a look around for some of this lovely storage!
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I really recommend it, for the price it is so perfect for keeping everything sorted. X
I love the colours idea! This kind of boxes is awesome! #SharingtheBlogLove
My little one likes to group things so putting the Lego into colours was fun for her too. X
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That organiser wouldn’t even be enough to hold just one colourway of lego in our house. Weirdly, it’s not like we have a massive amount yet we do have enough that it takes up more than 10 very decent sized plastic boxes that you can get from Lidl every now and then (don’t judge me…Lidl has great stuff ha ha ). I saw your comment on my post and it doesn’t even dawn on me that the ‘organised’ part of your name actually meant that (sorry…clearly not drunk enough coffee today!). I’ll definitely be popping back to a) berate myself over how unorganised I am in comparison b) getting some tips. #bloggerclubuk
Thank you for popping over. Oh and I love Lidl, in fact we have an Aldi not far from us and I just go in there to browse the middle aisles when I’ve got a spare 10 minutes . Xx
Oh that is such a good idea. I must confess that we don’t organise Lego at all, it’s just tipped in together in a big basket. #SharingtheBlogLove
Thanks for popping by. We still have the a Lego box to keep all the bigger things in but this dos stop everything getting tipped all over the floor. X
I love the simplicity of this! Just stopping by again to say thanks so much for joining us again at #SharingtheBlogLove
This is total genius, the tidy person in me is exhaling in relief! We have a huge lego head atm with all our boy’s lego in but it’s still a total mess. Thanks for linking up to #MarvMondays. Kaye xo
Thanks for the comment Kaye. I don’t think Lego can ever be completely tidy but if I can just do a little something it makes me feel better. X
I’ve been struggling with how to store legs for ages and had resorted to sandwich bags with sharpie titles! It’s not working as I have no idea which bag which piece came out of! This is a great idea and so much cheaper than the actual Lego storage boxes! Thanks for sharing stopping by from #MarvMondays and #BloggerClubUk xx
Thanks for popping by. For something so simple, and cheap, it has made such a difference to how we play with Lego in our house. I really can’t recommend this organiser enough. X
Seeing all that lego so organised and neat makes my heart sing! Love that you’ve colour matched all the pieces. Popping over from Ceri at Content Mum’s new linky x
Thanks for the lovely comment Michelle and glad you like the colour co-ordinated Lego, it really sits well with my geeky organising side . X
Thanks for running the linky, I think it will be a favourite for me. In,ove this organising tub, it has really helped my little one find the stuff she has been looking for. X