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clairehi wrote: »

Sorting by colour is the only way to go if you have a serious amount of lego. we just have too many different sets and types of lego to have a box for each.

The DSs and I embarked on this when I was 8 months pg with DD. took ages but very satisfying. we have 3 big boxes of white, black and grey, plus 8 small boxes of colours. all instruction books kept separately.

You see, I have to disagree with this approach :cool:. I find it far easier to sort by type (2x1 studs together, 4x1s, 2x2s etc) as it's easier to find a blue 3x1 in a box of 3x1s than it is to find it in a box of blue bricks (1x1, 1x2, 1x3, 1x4, 1x6, 1x8, 2x2, 2x3, 1x6 plate and the rest) all jumbled together.



Please bear in mind though that I am a woman who spent 4 hours today building a Lego zoo- ostrich enclosure, monkey jungle, polar bear pit, bat cave, tarantula and snake vivariums and snack bar- then refused to let her children play with it when they got home :rotfl::rotfl:

moomoomama27

We just have big plastic tubs that store under his bed. I tub has lego city (all mixed), 1 has lego heros, 1 has a lego train set, 1 has atlantis and one is just loose bricks! He keeps the manuals in the lounge unit so he can refer to it.

meritaten

yep just store it all together in one MASSIVE box - and throw the instructions away! far better that your child uses his imagination anyway. (when lego first came out it didnt HAVE instructions - that is why it was so beloved of everyone! I dont really approve that you only get the 'bits' to build the figure on the picture).

nottslass_2

I have a lego mad DS and after suffering the pain on standing on escaped lego bricks and getting fed up with nagging at him to tidy it up I made him a storage bag / mat type thinggy.

I Brought a large round table cloth from ebay,an eyelet kit from john lewis & some some thick cord.
1) attach eyelets at 2 or 3 inch (ish) intervals around the edge of the table cloth.
2) thread cord through eyelets and knot at the end

Hey presto, you now have a draw string lego bag which opens out as a large play mat for the offending items. When your little darlings have finished playing all you need to do is chuck any escaped pieces back on the mat,pull the cord and its all tidy and away:)

londonsurrey

*mental vision of bag with drawstring done up, child securely bundled in it, with head sticking out*