TheBanyanTree: Lego logistics?

[anita at redpepper.net.au]

On a completely different topic - have any of the parents out there
developed the perfect Lego organising system?? 

 

I am struggling to control the tsunami of small bright plastic pieces that
emanates from Max's boxes whenever he builds something. Some kits are
intact, but most are starting to blend into each other as he exercises his
creativity and mixes and matches to create grand new machines and scenarios,
which is fabulous. 

 

Do I construct all the sets to collect the pieces then try to keep the sets
separate? What hope do I have of that lasting more than a day? Or do I sort
them by type and colour into small containers or bags? Pinterest has
variations on these two themes but I'm struggling to find something that
really grabs me AND is something that a 5 year old boy will stick to.
(realistically it will be me doing it for a few years)

 

Has anyone tried the Lego construction tables, which seem to be pretty handy
with a contained construction surface and drawers? Surely it would be pretty
easy to make one or repurpose something else?

 

With love and traumatised feet,

Anita

xxx