LEGO group could be a large problem, however I’ve discovered a number of methods to maintain them neat and tidy (and assist save your sanity)!
LEGO group has been form of a thorn in my aspect ever since we introduced LEGOs into our home a number of years in the past… however we’ve lastly discovered a way that works for us. (Cue angels singing! 😉 )
I discussed that I had some particular ideas and opinions about organizing LEGOs once I shared my boys’ organized playroom a number of months in the past, and several other of you requested for extra particulars, so I believed I’d lastly spill the beans as we speak!
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I’ll undoubtedly present you the LEGO system we’re utilizing presently, however I need to make certain I begin out by saying that LEGOs are a kind of issues the place I don’t assume there’s a “one dimension suits all” answer. I feel the perfect storage answer for LEGOs will depend on how your particular youngsters prefer to play with them.
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Organizing LEGOs by Set
Once we first introduced LEGOs into the home, I used to be decided that I used to be going to maintain them organized by set. I had every set in a ziplock bag, normally a gallon bag or two gallon bag, and stored the directions within the bag as effectively. Then I’d hold them within the material bins in our IKEA KALLAX unit.
The issue was that my boys didn’t essentially need to hold the units collectively. They wished to combine and match and be inventive, and I’d find yourself spending numerous time pissed off, making an attempt to determine which items went again during which bag. In case your kiddos prefer to construct the units by the e-book every time, this could possibly be the right answer, however for us and the best way that my boys wished to play with LEGOs, organizing by set didn’t final for lengthy.
Organizing LEGOs by Coloration
The following LEGO group answer I attempted was to arrange the LEGOs by colour. I had seen this throughout Pinterest, and it appeared to actually work effectively for folks. I purchased a TROFAST storage unit from IKEA, spent hours doing the preliminary sorting, and put all of our instruction books right into a bin.
We stored our LEGOs colour coded for about six months. And it seemed lovely! However once more, we had some issues. My boys nonetheless weren’t desirous about pulling out the instruction manuals and constructing units. They only wished to combine and match. So they’d pull out a ton of items, combine up the entire colours, and construct their creations, after which when it was time to wash up, it was taking a very very long time to place the LEGOs away as a result of I used to be insisting that we re-sort by colour. Oftentimes, we ended up simply leaving a pile of LEGOs on the LEGO desk as a result of we didn’t need to take the time to kind them.
It was round this time that I learn Marie Kondo’s e-book The Life Altering Magic of Tidying Up, and in it she made the purpose that your whole gadgets needs to be straightforward to place away so it’s easy to maintain your area tidy.
Lightbulb second.
It was at this level that I deserted the colour coding system for our present system. Once more, for the best way some youngsters prefer to play with LEGOs, the colour coding system could be excellent, however for us, it simply made clear up time too lengthy and nerve-racking.
(Tongue out for final LEGO constructing focus! 🙂 )
Our Present Lego Group System
So as a result of the boys principally prefer to construct their very own creations with the LEGOS after they’ve assembled the set for the primary time, the system that’s presently working for us is to really have the entire LEGOs blended collectively in two TROFAST models.
The one factor that we separate out is the LEGO figures, into the underside bin, which I labeled with my Silhouette Cameo + adhesive vinyl. It’s because Caleb, who’s 6, actually likes the “guys” finest, so this fashion he can discover them simply. And the boys can nonetheless throw all of their LEGOs into the remainder of the bins after they’re completed constructing their loopy creations!
As soon as they’ve constructed a set or one thing they need to hold, we now have open shelving within the playroom closet the place they’ll retailer and show their completed units.
The finished set stays there till the boys need to use the items for one thing else, or it breaks, or the cabinets begin to get too full, after which we add the items to the TROFAST models.
How We Manage LEGO Instruction Manuals
Since we now have acquired a ton of LEGO instruction manuals and the boys ask for them each occasionally, I file them by sort in a file field with hanging folders.
Star Wars manuals are in a single folder, Ninjago manuals in one other folder, LEGO Metropolis manuals in one other folder, and so on. I’ve alphabetized the folders so we will simply discover the kind we’re in search of.
(The three blue folders within the again maintain the booklets for several types of constructing units like Bionicle and Okay’NEX.)
I used my Silhouette Cameo slicing machine + adhesive vinyl to make the “LEGO Manuals” label for the aspect of the file field, and since we’ve had this method for some time, the labels on the hanging folders had been made with my older label maker.
UPDATE: We not too long ago up to date the best way we manage our LEGO instruction manuals! See our newer system right here!
In order that’s how we manage LEGOs! It’s truly tremendous easy, and like I mentioned, what ended up being excellent for us could also be completely completely different than what’s excellent for you!
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