Did your child receive new Lego sets for Christmas and now there is a mess of small parts in the bedroom? With a smart storage system you not only create order, but also make tidying up small stones child’s play. You can find out how to smartly organize Legos and other small parts here.
With each new set of toy figures and bricks, maintaining order in the children’s room becomes a logistical challenge. With smart Lego storage and some ideas on how to quickly make remaining toys disappear, tidying up will be quicker and easier. We present 6 ideas that will bring order and reduce tidying stress.
1. The cleaning bag: play mat and toy bag in one
To prevent the small bricks from spreading throughout the apartment as if by magic, it helps a permanent construction site If possible, establish where the toy should not be left, for example in a corner of the room or under the loft bed. To clean up even faster after construction, there is this clever Lego container for the children’s room: The Cleaning bag it is simultaneous a round play mat on which your child can play with blocks. If the stones are no longer needed, join the mat together using string to form a bag and store it with the toys in the closet or hang it on a hook. No more laboriously collecting stones!
2. Children’s play table with built-in storage
Even one specially set up for playing with Legos Children’s play table with integrated storage space limits the chaos of the bricks to one area of the room and has numerous advantages: the Lego bricks are easily accessible at the table, your child can Build directly on the table and store the Lego bricks in the boxes after playing. This not only promotes order, but also responsible tidying up. Another plus: on the play table with building surface you can also safely store the assembled Legos and enjoy the view of what you have built.
True construction professionals who prefer small parts sort by type, minifigure, shape and colorhave with this transparent Sorting box the complete overview and immediately find the right particle. Assuming they make the effort to put the Legos back in the box after playing.
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3. Lego inside Lego: stackable storage bricks
What’s better for Lego storage than Lego-designed boxes? The big ones Storage stones There are different colors and sizes. They are thanks to the typical Lego knobs Stackable and can be stored in the room to save space. To ensure that your child can easily retrieve the missing stone from a tall pile of boxes, these are the main things Storage boxes with drawer for storing Legos a good idea. And because you can create such great structures with storage stones, kids can easily incorporate tidying up into play. Tip: To create enough creative space and storage space for several Lego sets, you need several Lego bricks. A single box offers little space.
4. Diolie Cube: play mat and storage box in one
This is also a fun way to quickly tidy up the kids’ room. THE Diolie cubes by Emma & Noah I am Foldable play mats made of soft felt that can be quickly assembled into a zippered storage box allow. Lego and Playmobil characters, toy cars, Schleich animals, etc. they can be immediately tidied up after imaginative role play. Practical when travelling: the container is equipped with a carrying handle. This means that your favorite play mat simply becomes a toy suitcase that you can take with you to grandma’s.
If your child has multiple Diolie cubes to tidy up their bedroom, they can use the play mats in different models (farm, city, airport). combine them into one large game world. This also provides various gaming impulses. However, Diolie cubes are better suited for larger toys than small-scale Lego.
Two Diolie cubes (city and farm) are placed in a game world (carpet).
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5. Movable toy box
One Toy box on wheels, like this one from Vertbaudet, makes tidying up a breeze. Your child can use the cart to go around the nursery and effortlessly put the things he was playing with back into the box. So it will be Cleaning up becomes a playful act, where children understand order and structure along the way. The disadvantage of this storage solution, however, could be that the toys can be distributed just as easily throughout the apartment.
This piece of furniture is even more multifunctional and perfect as a place to store larger toys Pinolino toy boxthis thanks to padded seat Can also be used as a bench.
6. The classic Lego container: Ikea boxes for the children’s bedroom
One of the most popular ideas for storing Legos in a child’s bedroom is this for a reason Ikea Trofast system. With its robust and different sized containers and the Flexibly expandable shelving system This storage solution can be individually adapted not only to the needs of your child, but also to the shape and size of the nursery.
The advantages of this Lego storage system from Ikea are obvious: the storage system can grow with you over the years and allows your child to store his toys and constructions they can be sorted using a well thought out organizational system and tidying up is incredibly easy, because the box is movable and toys can be easily thrown into it. For large building blocks, tall Trofast boxes are generally recommended, For small parts, low boxes are better. All Trofast boxes they are compatible with all Trofast frames and can optionally be closed with a lid.
Tip: To make tidying up especially easy for your child at first, you can do this Label the boxes or provide picturesso that you can see at first glance which toy belongs in that place.
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A few years ago Ikea and the toy manufacturer also created one specifically for Lego storage playful solution developed. THE Ikea Bygglek boxes, available in different sizes, are made of the same plastic as the bricks and are supplied with the plug-in board. That’s how Storage box part of the construction game and within easy reach when it comes time to clean up.
How to store assembled Legos neatly?
If your child has spent hours building a particularly sophisticated vehicle or even a large building, it obviously can’t be dismantled right away and put away in boxes. In order to properly admire the building, it needs a safe place to display it for a while. You can use some of the Lego storage ideas presented here, for example:
All of these storage solutions for assembled Legos have the benefit of creating a secure storage area for the small structure and, at best, are out of the way. Since your child will soon need the Lego building table or box for something else, it’s worth having a special one for kids who love Lego too Display for assembled Legos to acquire. Self dispay windowwall shelf or Standing shelf with additional storageIt doesn’t matter, the important thing is that the furniture offers enough space for the changing structures.
It’s best to organize one with your child Rotation in which patterns are changed. In this way the pleasure of building and playing is increasingly rekindled and the child learns to handle his toys independently. And if you don’t want to part with an already built work of art, a photo of the building can help you as a form of digital storage.
Conclusion: Ideas for storing Lego in the children’s room: what is important?
So that your child always has the right Lego pieces at hand during construction and that the bedroom remains tidy and tidying up does not become a constant battle between you, you need a storage solution that meets the following criteria:
- Allow your child to have their own Order the terminal blocks clearly.
- He offers one Space-saving Lego storage and can be expanded as needed, for example when new Lego sets are added.
- It’s for your son easy to reachso that the stones can be stored quickly and easily after playing.
The more your child manages to independently manage the organizational system of his bedroom, the sooner he will learn to handle his toys independently and create a harmonious play environment for himself.
Further advice on furnishing your children’s bedroom and advice on Lego alternatives can be found at ELTERN.
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