TheBanyanTree: Lego logistics?

[Dale M. Parish]

My boys used an old suitcase, that allowed them to contaminate grandparents
houses over a weekend.  Rule was that to be read to before lights out, all
legos not part of a structure must be in the suitcase.

Dale
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: TheBanyanTree [mailto:thebanyantree-bounces at lists.remsset.com] On
Behalf
> Of anita at redpepper.net.au
> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2018 01:03
> To: thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com
> Subject: TheBanyanTree: Lego logistics?
> 
> 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
> 
>