TheBanyanTree: Lego logistics?

[Laura Hicks]

Yep. I have. I have indeed discovered the perfect Lego containment system.
It's a giant purple storage bin. :)

The lid snaps on and off easily, so the kids can get it on and off by
themselves. Organizing by set, color, size, shape, whatever ... USELESS!
Give it up, Mum. If you can get him to put them in the box when he's done,
you're doing better than I ever did.

I had to have "clean-up" days, which meant, either the kids clean it up, or
Mom throws it away. I did actually have to throw away (donate) a couple of
toys to get the point across, but once they understood I wasn't bluffing,
it worked out ok. Of course, all kinds of other stuff got in the Lego box
eventually - tufts of dog hair, paper scraps, bits of other toys, etc. But
at least all that wasn't on the floor. ;)

I'd give you a link to the kind of bin I mean, but I think TBT strips links
and pictures for safety, and besides, I suspect you know the kind I'm
talking about.

I think one of the big building tables with the surface covered in Lego
plates would have been awesome, especially one with a place underneath for
the boxes, but we didn't have room for one.

Laura
wolfljsh at gmail.com

On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 2:03 AM, <anita at redpepper.net.au> wrote:

> On a completely different topic - have any of the parents out there
> developed the perfect Lego organising system??
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> 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.
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> 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)
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> 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?
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> With love and traumatised feet,
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> Anita
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> xxx
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