August 15, 2012

Mini-Figuring It Out …

You can’t imagine how excited I was when my mom consented to give me an old printer’s tray she had laying around in her basement.  I knew it needed a new life as a home for the gazillion Lego people floating around RedDog’s room.

The boy and I spent an entire weekend this summer rebuilding all of his Lego sets, finding all the “guys” and reattaching their appendages, organizing all the bricks and pieces by color and declaring that we had finally mastered the chaotic mess that is Lego ownership.

After the weekend was over, my eyes and back hurt and I swore I’d never touch another Lego again in my life.  I have such a love/hate relationship with Legos. Tell me you feel the same.  They are such a great creative, manipulative toy – one of the ONLY things my kids can do together without wanting to rip eachother’s heads off.  But they are tiny and everywhere and they embed themselves in my feet a lot.

Back to the printer’s tray . . .

Here it sits on RedDog’s shelf.  It is a happy place to be if you’re a minifig because it means you’re important, you have two legs and arms, and may even have some cool accessories.

The best part about it is that RedDog can see all of his guys but they are just out of reach of Owlie {aka: The Mighty Destroyer of All Things Lego}. The rule we agreed to is that after playing Legos RedDog must put the guys back in the cubbies. If he doesn’t, he has to suffer the consequence of Owlie having access to and breaking things.  It’s working out pretty good so far.

The shelves on the wall are from Ikea. We bought them at the same time as the Lego overhaul so RedDog would have somewhere OFF THE GROUND to display cool Lego sets he’s built. Again, our primary purpose for this was Owlie breakage avoidance. We’ve put two more with his very most prized sets over the bed.  It’s a nice streamlined look that has really decluttered his shelf and floor.

I hope you noticed I even vacuumed the rug for you. That is love right there. Tell me, do you have a great Lego solution, or are you ready to dump them all like I was?

6 comments:

Apis Melliflora said...

Leave it to you to take an old fashioned printer's drawer and turn it into a display case for the always modern Lego. The display deeply satisfies my inner organizer!

Aiketa said...

That's a genius idea. At the same time Red Dog gets to see his lego guys daily and also it's great decoration for his room.

Anonymous said...

Ah, there's nothing like a little organizational triumph to sooth the soul. Congratulations. And, tell me, where did you find the big glossy U.S. map?
Linda ever seeking order


Tobi said...

Lego's are something my whole family can agree on. Even the Princess has her own girlie Lego's. They both have their own totes for Lego's. We don't have to worry about breakage. Not yet at least.

queenie said...

oh gosh! no words for the lego ocd heaven. my boys would die!

The Queen Vee said...

Out of my house and into yours, makes me happy.