TheBanyanTree: Lego logistics?

[Kitty Park]

​See Laura's reply.  One big lidded bin and *perhaps* some smaller
containers for such unique pieces as the people and their bits and wheels,
axles, etc.  But I'm confident that won't work as well as you'd like
either!​  A Lego table?  Eh, an option, certainly, but unnecessary.

Kitty
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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
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> 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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