Thanks so much! Not a parent, but a children's librarian with a monthly Lego Club and about a million lego sets in our storage room! Definitely using these tips.
We are all Lego fiends here! Recently I invested in 2 tall 10-drawer units and organized by type of Lego and it's the best organization system. It's enough to hold the "unbuilt" Legos and I also have lots of display shelves including those Ikea ones
My now grown son, has a huge tub of Legos worth thousands of $$$. When he was growing up I bought him storage drawers from the hardware store that was originally sold to hold nuts and screws to separate his legos, it worked great
My daughter doesn't have as much as Milo, But I store everything the exact same way as Cathy. I have a file organizer for all the books. We keep all built pieces in clear storage bins and we have the small organizers for all those extra pieces, and shelving to store them. SO cool that I see someone else store the same way. Its always sorted by colour and taken apart. My daughter likes to keep them built to play with.Thank you for sharing! xoxo
This video is just what I need it! I have an 8 year old boy who love legos, and he stores them all in a box, but I knew we need it to come up with a better system for him to enjoy what he actually have and for the legos not to ended up everywhere..Can’t wait to show him this!
This system is really cool...if your kids stick to it. I have 3 boys, 11, 9, and 5, and they do not use ANY system I’ve set up for long. They get all into it at first. But days, hours, seconds later, the Legos are everywhere! My kids get the sets, build the sets once, and then never use the instructions to build it the original way again. They love to use their imaginations and build something new from it. Nothing wrong with creativity, but that means Legos everywhere... again. We sorted by color with Sterilite shoe bins from Walmart (a few cents cheaper than Dollar Tree and they last longer) for the ones they all share. Then they have bins for the ones that are just theirs. But it never fails. I’m vacuuming and I hear that familiar rattling up the hose...and I just know I’ve sucked up the mustard-seed-size piece they need to complete their creation! 😜 Major Mom Guilt! 😜 Sorry this vent was long, but can any other mamas relate? 😂 Blessings! Thanks for sharing❣️
I always check the vacuum before dumping it because I've swept up Legos plenty of times. 😊 Milo is crazy about instructions so he likes to keep his sets together until he wants to put them together again, but that system doesn't work for everyone. I agree and LOVE the Walmart Sterilite shoe bins. Cheaper and the lids fit better than the Dollar Tree variety. Perfect!
I can relate! I have one son who likes to create his own things, and another who likes to follow the directions. Both always want to display their creations! So I'll definitely be picking and choosing which ideas work for us!
My kids LOVED this! They wanted to watch it over and over. My favorite trick was built legos in the shoe boxes. They loved the lego guy drawer. That got a "wow!"
Aw how fun! Milo will be thrilled to know they liked it. When he found out his Legos would be on Do It On A Dime, he said, "EVERYONE IN THE WORLD WILL SEE MY LEGOS!" 😄
I feel just thinking about this overwhelming. My oldest is 5.5 and I guess he will starr graduating to real lego soon. Right now we just use duplo that all 3 kids can use at the same time without any choking hazards to worry about. The idea of having to corral thousands of pieces of lego has literally made my heart beat faster from anxiousness.
Wow -- sooo organized! My son loves legos. For a long time it was tough for us to decide what to let him "reimagine" into something else but generally decided we'd let him with any set worth $25 or less. More expensive sets get left together and put on display. (he has put together a few huge/expensive sets like the milennium falcon and the police station) We have way too much now to try to reassemble some of the sets with out it being WAY too much work, especially since he's not super interested in that either :) Generally we have "free build bins" (including some of those lay and play mats) and "display pieces" and nothing in between, despite my attempts at it a few times to break it down further (I have tried "by type" and those legos just get ignored! haha). I have kept the books just in case a larger set breaks and we need to figure out how to repair, or he decides he wants to try and reassemble some of the "reimagined creations" someday. For now I just try not to let it bug me that it's all mixed together :D
I actually use an old 3 drawer dresser and solar store bins for my sons legos. We divide the legos by type, people, flat, special, small are in those same little craft boxes, squares, 6 length rectangles and so on. One of the drawers has binders for the instructions and another drawer is for things they've put together and don't want to dismantle. Works pretty well for us.
Forget the Lego's!!!...How she hangs up her sons shorts and pants has just changed my life!!!! I'm headed to Walmart now for shower curtain hooks for my 11 year olds closet!!!! 😍😉😂
My grandson is ALL Lego! Star Wars, Batman, Ninjago, you name it! Instead of getting him MORE Legos for Christmas, I thought I'd help my daughter out and make/buy him a cool Lego storage/play area. Some great ideas here!
I have a daughter with autism that absolutely loves Lego but always manages to lose pieces. The lunch box was such a great idea for her to do wherever and whenever! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I really love those IKEA shelves because as they age they will utilize them for other things like trophies, books, etc. I like when you're organization pieces are able to transition as kids age.
Love all your videos Katheryn!! So, my 2 boys are HUGE Lego fans. They are 16 and 18 years old now but I bet over the years I have bought way over 100 sets for them. I organize the instruction books a little different than a filing system because we have so many and would have probably filled 3 little filing containers. I use large binders and page protector sleeves to put the instructions in. One book facing the front and one facing the back. We used dividers to separate the different types of sets, City, Bionocle, etc. They have 4 binders chucked full of instruction books now and they live on a shelf in my son's closet. The "binding" of the binder has a label with the types of sets so if they are looking for something specific, they can find it quickly. This has worked like a charm for us over the years!
My boys both loved Lego’s growing up, we had a huge canister that we just stored them all in! This was YEARS before dollar stores. As they grew into awesome young men, the Legos stayed in the canister and every once in awhile I would drag out that canister and play and build and I always had a great tint, all by myself! Now, I’m entering my 60’s, the canister was given away years ago but one Walmart shopping day I wandered through the toy section, actually my favorite section of the store! And what did I see but Elves, yep, Lego Elves...no one was looking, so I slipped a small Elves set in my basket! I remember thinking, “who are you hiding these from?” I didn’t know, it just felt sneaky! I started buying sets from Lego online, after I became a VIP! I absolutely LOVE all of my Legos! I have all the boxes and directions which I keep in each box in a chest at the end of my bed! My sons found out about my stash and we laughed ourselves silly! Now, they, in their late 30’s and my oldest, 43, surprise me with sets from collections, keychains, the bags you can purchase with one of the little people in them! You are never ever too old to love and play with Lego’s or toys in general! The ideas in this video are awesome and I’m hoping to incorporate a few myself! Thanks for bringing such wonderful ideas to the table! ❤️
Great tips. We've tried most of those systems and nothing has worked to contain or corral the Legos, except to organize them by color in those free-standing clear plastic drawer sets. I have learned that the organization of Legos is about the kid more than anything else, but that's because my kid has a photographic memory when it comes to Legos and he knows exactly the color and shape of the piece he's looking for when building. We tried to organize them by sets, didn't last because he just has too many and they get mixed up. They just do. We tried the Cinch sack playmat which worked GREAT for a while, until he had more Legos than the sack could contain. My kid has had Legos for 5 years now and the one thing I have learned is to keep the organization simple so that they are free to be as creative as they can possibly be.
Milo has about 5 LEGO friends sets that he found for sale at a garage sale (I think they were $8 for all....crazy right?). He said he didn't care that they were pink because he just wants ALL the LEGOS. 😁
We have a 13 gallon tote and 2 five gallon totes FULL of legos and my son is only 7!! He just recently expressed the desire to keep his new sets separated so this video is perfect! Believe it or not, I've donated probably about a dozen gallon zip lock baggies of legos to the local school already and need to donate more. He inherited a large collection from an older cousin and has received so many sets as gifts since he was 3. He's autistic and an only child and grandchild on one side of the family....we definitely have a spoiling problem! Thank you for all of your videos. They have helped me so much.
Lego organisation for kids - and big kids too! Every year since my sons were relatively young they have had a Lego advent calendar every December! They still get one and they're in their 20s, I've started getting one for myself too lol! I love them! Thought the Lego picture frame was a good idea! My eldest son sometimes buys a Lego magazine if it has star wars space ships as free gifts - he is studying aeronautical engineering in university and wants to major in space craft design - obviously not building the real models out of Lego 😂 Whenever I visit my parents I sometimes go to the Lego shop in their city, and there are more adults than children!
I've also used a plastic pencil box. Glue the square on to the lid so it is easier to build on. The flat square pieces that get broken, and we all know that they do, are perfect for making these travel boxes.
I love this, we use gallon sized freezer bags to store individual sets inside of a large tote from target, then the free play pieces get put into 2 smaller (shoe box sized) yellow bins.
I love these ideas!! My husband worked for the Lego Store for a while and he collected so many sets... Now I can organize them out of the way! Thanks! 😍😍
So much Lego anxiety before getting it all under control. I love Legos as long as they stay contained and in order! :) Now I truly enjoy playing in Milo's room with him without getting overwhelmed with the clutter. Good luck organizing!
Very awesome and much needed!!! We just got my daughter’s legos back out after I got overwhelmed a few months ago and threw them all in a closet where she couldn’t get to them. We love LEGO but with pets, her play area being in a living space, and younger cousins coming over all the time we really need a better way of organizing. Loved all these tips!! Thank you ❤️
My girls just have all their sets mixed and we haven't been able to make them again because if takes so long to find the pieces. This is honestly the best video on Lego storage, so motivated to sort their Lego out now. Thank you
OMG Kathryn! I think you and Kathy must be sisters from another mother! Lol. You guys are both so neat and organized!! I love this idea 💡 because my grandson is really loving LEGOS and we have been just putting them in their box. Thanks Kathryn and Kathy I appreciate the ideas!!!
My kids (now in their 20's) were HUGE Lego fans growing up. They still keep their Lego's at their own houses & my DD has a large tackle box for small parts. I can honestly say I miss those days despite pieces on the floor.
My daughter just got into Legos so for right now all of hers can be stored in one of those large Tupperware bins from the dollar tree. And she too likes hers stored completed.
Kathryn great tips as always but can I just say you look amazing!! Loved your outfit too, it’s adorable!! I love your beauty inside and out!! You have a beautiful soul and it shows!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your sweet, smiling face!! You really are the best!!❤️❤️
I have two Lego Maniacs! I think it gets easier as they get older- the sets take longer to put together and my boys want to keep them on display, so much less “extra pieces” laying around! -But much more $$$ 🤣 My 10 yo is a “free player” and likes the pieces in one big bucket! I love the travel case idea!
Oh my gosh, this video is such a lifesaver for me. My son's room is also superheroes and he is obsessed with Legos. They're always all over the floor and I've tried different types organization but this one is a good one. Thank you for sharing.
Yay for superhero rooms. We recently made some superhero artwork for Milo's rooms. It's in a video on my channel if you want to check it out. Maybe it will inspire you!
We’ve got a LEGO fiend at our house! Some great tips here. We’ve got clear dollar tree bins with the lids that are attached and we store in sets. His sister is started her LEGO love now so storage and organization is super key!
Milo has a little sister too that is starting to leave behind the DUPLOS and enter the classic LEGO sets now. I'm wondering if she will be as into LEGOS as he has been. 🙂
We organize the instruction books in a binder in sheet protectors but you could also get the folders that Velcro shut for binders too! Then nothing falls out and it’s easy to look through. My daughter loves it and let’s be honest...my husband does too. They can find an idea and then pull the booklet out and create away!!
Awesome video... my son is the LEGO master lol! We have a shelf that goes around 3 walls at the top of his room with his LEGO master pieces and the tower with drawers as well. So a tip for any one trying to dust LEGO ... use a paint brush only for dusting, perfect for LEGO or anything bumpy 😍
Great tip! Dusty LEGO sets make me cringe. Never thought of a paintbrush. Plus then I can feel like a detective looking for clues or a dinosaur bone excavator. 😆
You have some great ideas! Thanks for some hints that will help my going on 13 year old grandson! He has amassed a huge amount of Legos. Plus I have all the Legos my son had growing up and he's now 35! Thanks for sharing
Yassssss! OMG, my little guys are just starting to get into Legos. I have been trying to figure out a workable system for all those little pieces, Thank you!
Legos were the only toy that occupied my son for hours every day. He would grow bored with other toys within minutes. When gifted with other toys, he usually would take them apart and use the parts with legos to build "new things". Watching this, I would think to myself, "This child will be an engineer one day." At the time he kept the legos in their original containers until the collection grew too big. At that point, he had seen some drawer organizers at Harbor Freight while there with his dad and requested them to organize his legos. They were reasonably priced and did the trick. Fast forward to today (19 years old). He only has a couple of toys saved for sentimental reasons that survived the pick apart and all of his legos. He is attending college. He is an engineering major wanting to be a mechanical engineer. P.S. Instead of toys now, he picks apart anything that dies around the house, for example, printer, blender, etc. and uses the parts to "build things". LOL! He is constantly tinkering.
OMG THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!! I am tired of them being all over the floor and we won't even talk about the foot injuries 🙄 We will be working on this this weekend.
My boys love, love, love legos. I’ve used dollar tree bins for the past year (thanks to you!) and they’ve worked out well. I like the storage bin with the sliding drawers. I should get one of those as well.
I love LEGOS too! Having kids gives me a way to enjoy all the fun things about childhood all over again. Kite flying....sidewalk chalk...puzzles. You name it! 😁
This video is sooo awesome! My son has tons of LEGO’s and he and his brother fight over them all the time. They have separate rooms and we don’t have a playroom for them. I just decided to create an area in our hallway and couldn’t figure out what to do about the legos. This is going to help me so much. Saving to my favorites and downloading this video now. Can’t wait to share it with my hubby. 💕💕💕💕💕💕
My daughter is 3 and is all about Duplos. I'm sure it'll only be a matter of time before she graduates to regular Legos! This is chock full of great ideas because I dread the day that I might have to start walking the parent fire walk...aka, floor of Legos! LOL!
I had to go back and rewatch the video because somehow I missed the excellent way of hanging pants with shower curtain hooks!! :O I wish I had seen this video back when my kids had Legos all over the place!!! :D
I'm glad all those sets weren't available when my son was a Lego fanatic! I would've went broke! lol He had regular old building blocks and one of the mats that fit on the play table in his room. I used a 3-drawer cart to put all his pieces in.
We love Lego! My husband and daughter have so much between them. I have a tall unit where we display built models and a trofast unit from ikea where unused/unbuilt sets are stored in ziplock bags with the instruction booklet and a big mixed box of bricks at the bottom for creative play. We also gave Lego base boards glued on the top for a play surface. I loved the tips for storing specialist pieces as my husband is always sifting through a huge box looking for those. We are also looking into building a mini figure display area. Xxx
We used to spend a LOT of time sifting and searching for just the right piece. It's so nice to be able to find the pieces we need quicker with our new system. :)
Hi! Huge Legos household here! Little Dude builds a set, plays with it for a while, then throws it into one of 2 big under-the-bed boxes to be scavenged for parts to build his own creations. He likes to have all his Legos in a big, flat container like this so he can see them all and dig around. Sometimes an odd piece will inspire him! He keeps his mini-figs and accessories separate in a big fishing tackle box, though... 🙂
You rock! Such a life saver. My boys favorite thing in the world is LEGO and it’s like an ameba, spreads everywhere quickly! 😂... I had seen all those lego organization idea in Pinterest and the only one that I thought might work long term was the rug with the string but my kids have so many that wouldn’t even come close to enough to solve the issue. And they love to keep them in sets so the clear shoe boxes is perfect!!!! So may great ideas here, I feel like a new woman already just thinking about all those legos actually properly stored 😂
My son loves LEGO’s too and it drives me nuts when they are all over the place! 😂 We just started organizing sets in shoeboxes as well and we stick the manuals inside so everything is together. We also stick a picture of the set on the shoebox so it’s easy to find. Love this!
We used to store the instructions in the shoe boxes too! We recently changed because it just didn't seem to be working well for us anymore since we were storing multiple sets in each bin. A picture on the front is a great touch!
Kathy Thornburg so far it’s working well. I like the organization and the look makes me feel more sane 😂. Definitely going to try the in progress bins. The boys are always building!
Me too!! I am SO sick of legos everywhere in my house because my step-daughters want to carry them around. My dog found one that they, the vacuum, and I missed, and it wasn't super pretty. The new rule is they have to be corralled, and this seems like the perfect way (without barricading them in their play room!)
Omg my 3yr old has just discovered LEGO’s and I’m thinking I’ll be needing to utilize these tips in the coming years when he moves on to the smaller pieces. Picking up the big ones is nightmare enough 😳 but hey at least it’s not a screen!!
This was super helpful. I didn't know how to manage my son's legos but I like all these tips. Especially about the directions, he gets so upset when they get torn
We separate our Minifigures: bodies, weapons and accessories. We also keep all of our wheels separate too to easily build a car whenever we want. As a easy Lego staorage diy I recycled a plastic cat litter tub, spray painted it and then free hand painted it to be Lego theme. It works awesome!
This awesome! This is completely useful and I “almost” wish my 10 yr old was still heavily into legos...almost! Lol This is also teaching the kids to grow up organized! Bonus!! Love your videos and love seeing Carson! 😘
I think it’s so cool that I came across this video today as we are stuck in the house due to heavy rain and had already planned to get all of my eight-year-old Legos organized. Luckily I already have tons of dollar tree bins to get this project started so I am super excited!
We have four base plates (non-lego brand) from Amazon drilled into an Ikea coffee table for major building. On the shelf we have all of his legos. 2 large snap handle containers from Michael's with insert trays and 1 jewelry organizer turned Lego organizer. Ours are separated by color and it works for us! 😊 We don't keep any of the manuals. We did at first and stored them in a red Lego plastic container that a set came in, but my SS has never rebuilt the same thing again so it was pointless.
Cool ideas! Instructions are a must in our home but now you can also download from the internet if you ever needed one you don't have anymore. I like the coffee table idea! 💡
Love this! My son is a Lego addict! Now I want to reorganize everything! I’ve been wanting those IKEA shelves for his creations. Gonna have to get some! And what a great idea w the storage bag!
Glad you liked it! I will warn you, if you mount the IKEA shelves as low as we did you'll likely either run into the bottom one when cleaning up toys or your kids will try to hang from it. 🤦 Some have needed repair. haha
We organized bricks by color.. My son rarely kept the final pieces together he always took them apart to build new things😳 great tips.. love the cinch Mat!
I think the type of system needed for Legos might depend on your kid's personality and play method. My kid saw no value in keeping the models intact, though he did like to display his current creations for a bit. What eventually worked for us was: -- storing Legos in the large flat underbed storage bins. Yes, all mixed up. The kids would slide a bin out, play, and it was very easy to slide it back under the bed. ( I think easier than the cloth version shown, though that's neat, too. ) -- We also had a Lego table for play. -- And a temporary project box for really large projects that first time through, like the "in progress" bins above. [ Learning the project box concept at an early age is great if they can take that thru to later life and other areas of interest; they also need to learn how to wrap up a project, find homes for parts leftover, document what's necessary and file the paperwork, etc.. And set up for another project. ] -- One container, unsorted, for all the instructions books. This worked for us. No more Legos conflicts. When we moved all Legos into the kid's bedroom, sanity was restored elsewhere in the house, along with intact barefeet and the ability to clean the floors without first having a Lego organization session. For me, life is busy and short and I have too much else in the house to organize and keep filed to have the perfect Lego system. Lego phase will -- I promise -- not last forever, so to me it was not worth a huge investment of time and energy. FWIW, at one time, I taught a class using Legos for projects. Kids who were not allowed Legos at home because of a young sibling or because their parents were unwilling to put up with the hassle had less visual 3D discernment identifying parts, picking out pieces and following instructions. Good skill development in those Legos!
Yes! Different kids work best with different systems. Milo prefers using instructions over free play so keeping them put together works the best for us. As with everything in life, we sometimes have to try something and then try something else until we find what works. Glad you found a system that works for you! 😊
My tip for those Lego travel boxes? Glue the brick base to the inside of the lid so that the kiddos still have the deeper part for the pieces while they work. It makes it super handy for car trips too :)
Thanks so much! Not a parent, but a children's librarian with a monthly Lego Club and about a million lego sets in our storage room! Definitely using these tips.
We are all Lego fiends here! Recently I invested in 2 tall 10-drawer units and organized by type of Lego and it's the best organization system. It's enough to hold the "unbuilt" Legos and I also have lots of display shelves including those Ikea ones
My now grown son, has a huge tub of Legos worth thousands of $$$. When he was growing up I bought him storage drawers from the hardware store that was originally sold to hold nuts and screws to separate his legos, it worked great
My daughter doesn't have as much as Milo, But I store everything the exact same way as Cathy. I have a file organizer for all the books. We keep all built pieces in clear storage bins and we have the small organizers for all those extra pieces, and shelving to store them. SO cool that I see someone else store the same way. Its always sorted by colour and taken apart. My daughter likes to keep them built to play with.Thank you for sharing! xoxo
Great minds think alike! Milo is obsessed with Legos and I'm obsessed with keeping them contained. haha
Kathy Thornburg ❤️
This video is just what I need it! I have an 8 year old boy who love legos, and he stores them all in a box, but I knew we need it to come up with a better system for him to enjoy what he actually have and for the legos not to ended up everywhere..Can’t wait to show him this!
This system is really cool...if your kids stick to it. I have 3 boys, 11, 9, and 5, and they do not use ANY system I’ve set up for long. They get all into it at first. But days, hours, seconds later, the Legos are everywhere! My kids get the sets, build the sets once, and then never use the instructions to build it the original way again. They love to use their imaginations and build something new from it. Nothing wrong with creativity, but that means Legos everywhere... again. We sorted by color with Sterilite shoe bins from Walmart (a few cents cheaper than Dollar Tree and they last longer) for the ones they all share. Then they have bins for the ones that are just theirs. But it never fails. I’m vacuuming and I hear that familiar rattling up the hose...and I just know I’ve sucked up the mustard-seed-size piece they need to complete their creation! 😜 Major Mom Guilt! 😜 Sorry this vent was long, but can any other mamas relate? 😂 Blessings! Thanks for sharing❣️
Marissa Lay My 11yr makes them and displays them and gives the extra pieces to 3yr old...lol... But it works
I always check the vacuum before dumping it because I've swept up Legos plenty of times. 😊 Milo is crazy about instructions so he likes to keep his sets together until he wants to put them together again, but that system doesn't work for everyone. I agree and LOVE the Walmart Sterilite shoe bins. Cheaper and the lids fit better than the Dollar Tree variety. Perfect!
I can relate! I have one son who likes to create his own things, and another who likes to follow the directions. Both always want to display their creations! So I'll definitely be picking and choosing which ideas work for us!
That’s the magic of LEGO, they are meant to be made then taken apart and built into something completely unique and personal!
I don’t have kids and I don’t like Legos. I watch everything that Kathryn uploads
Do you know if Kathy has a page?
My kids LOVED this! They wanted to watch it over and over. My favorite trick was built legos in the shoe boxes. They loved the lego guy drawer. That got a "wow!"
Aw how fun! Milo will be thrilled to know they liked it. When he found out his Legos would be on Do It On A Dime, he said, "EVERYONE IN THE WORLD WILL SEE MY LEGOS!" 😄
I feel just thinking about this overwhelming. My oldest is 5.5 and I guess he will starr graduating to real lego soon. Right now we just use duplo that all 3 kids can use at the same time without any choking hazards to worry about. The idea of having to corral thousands of pieces of lego has literally made my heart beat faster from anxiousness.
Wow -- sooo organized! My son loves legos. For a long time it was tough for us to decide what to let him "reimagine" into something else but generally decided we'd let him with any set worth $25 or less. More expensive sets get left together and put on display. (he has put together a few huge/expensive sets like the milennium falcon and the police station)
We have way too much now to try to reassemble some of the sets with out it being WAY too much work, especially since he's not super interested in that either :) Generally we have "free build bins" (including some of those lay and play mats) and "display pieces" and nothing in between, despite my attempts at it a few times to break it down further (I have tried "by type" and those legos just get ignored! haha). I have kept the books just in case a larger set breaks and we need to figure out how to repair, or he decides he wants to try and reassemble some of the "reimagined creations" someday. For now I just try not to let it bug me that it's all mixed together :D
I actually use an old 3 drawer dresser and solar store bins for my sons legos. We divide the legos by type, people, flat, special, small are in those same little craft boxes, squares, 6 length rectangles and so on. One of the drawers has binders for the instructions and another drawer is for things they've put together and don't want to dismantle. Works pretty well for us.
Forget the Lego's!!!...How she hangs up her sons shorts and pants has just changed my life!!!! I'm headed to Walmart now for shower curtain hooks for my 11 year olds closet!!!! 😍😉😂
tyshine33 isn’t that brilliant??
Dude sameeee I took a screenshot an sent it to my friends 😂😂😂
Do It On A Dime Yes!! I am seriously heading to the store and doing this asap!!
Cortni Stieneker I took one and showed my mom!! 🤣🤣
I have a over the door coat hook thing and this is how I store my husband's jeans!
My grandson is ALL Lego! Star Wars, Batman, Ninjago, you name it! Instead of getting him MORE Legos for Christmas, I thought I'd help my daughter out and make/buy him a cool Lego storage/play area. Some great ideas here!
I have a daughter with autism that absolutely loves Lego but always manages to lose pieces. The lunch box was such a great idea for her to do wherever and whenever! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I really love those IKEA shelves because as they age they will utilize them for other things like trophies, books, etc. I like when you're organization pieces are able to transition as kids age.
Love all your videos Katheryn!! So, my 2 boys are HUGE Lego fans. They are 16 and 18 years old now but I bet over the years I have bought way over 100 sets for them. I organize the instruction books a little different than a filing system because we have so many and would have probably filled 3 little filing containers. I use large binders and page protector sleeves to put the instructions in. One book facing the front and one facing the back. We used dividers to separate the different types of sets, City, Bionocle, etc. They have 4 binders chucked full of instruction books now and they live on a shelf in my son's closet. The "binding" of the binder has a label with the types of sets so if they are looking for something specific, they can find it quickly. This has worked like a charm for us over the years!
My boys both loved Lego’s growing up, we had a huge canister that we just stored them all in! This was YEARS before dollar stores. As they grew into awesome young men, the Legos stayed in the canister and every once in awhile I would drag out that canister and play and build and I always had a great tint, all by myself! Now, I’m entering my 60’s, the canister was given away years ago but one Walmart shopping day I wandered through the toy section, actually my favorite section of the store! And what did I see but Elves, yep, Lego Elves...no one was looking, so I slipped a small Elves set in my basket! I remember thinking, “who are you hiding these from?” I didn’t know, it just felt sneaky! I started buying sets from Lego online, after I became a VIP! I absolutely LOVE all of my Legos! I have all the boxes and directions which I keep in each box in a chest at the end of my bed! My sons found out about my stash and we laughed ourselves silly! Now, they, in their late 30’s and my oldest, 43, surprise me with sets from collections, keychains, the bags you can purchase with one of the little people in them! You are never ever too old to love and play with Lego’s or toys in general! The ideas in this video are awesome and I’m hoping to incorporate a few myself! Thanks for bringing such wonderful ideas to the table! ❤️
Great tips. We've tried most of those systems and nothing has worked to contain or corral the Legos, except to organize them by color in those free-standing clear plastic drawer sets. I have learned that the organization of Legos is about the kid more than anything else, but that's because my kid has a photographic memory when it comes to Legos and he knows exactly the color and shape of the piece he's looking for when building. We tried to organize them by sets, didn't last because he just has too many and they get mixed up. They just do. We tried the Cinch sack playmat which worked GREAT for a while, until he had more Legos than the sack could contain. My kid has had Legos for 5 years now and the one thing I have learned is to keep the organization simple so that they are free to be as creative as they can possibly be.
Super cute! My 6 Year old daughter LOVES lego friends so we've been building different things together.
Milo has about 5 LEGO friends sets that he found for sale at a garage sale (I think they were $8 for all....crazy right?). He said he didn't care that they were pink because he just wants ALL the LEGOS. 😁
My son is a Lego fanatic
Loved your organisation ideas
I have arranged according to size of bricks in transparent bins
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We have a 13 gallon tote and 2 five gallon totes FULL of legos and my son is only 7!! He just recently expressed the desire to keep his new sets separated so this video is perfect! Believe it or not, I've donated probably about a dozen gallon zip lock baggies of legos to the local school already and need to donate more. He inherited a large collection from an older cousin and has received so many sets as gifts since he was 3. He's autistic and an only child and grandchild on one side of the family....we definitely have a spoiling problem! Thank you for all of your videos. They have helped me so much.
That's a lot of LEGOS! 🙂 We have inherited some mixed bags from teenagers we know before. Glad he enjoys LEGOS. Such a fun hobby!
Lego organisation for kids - and big kids too! Every year since my sons were relatively young they have had a Lego advent calendar every December! They still get one and they're in their 20s, I've started getting one for myself too lol! I love them! Thought the Lego picture frame was a good idea! My eldest son sometimes buys a Lego magazine if it has star wars space ships as free gifts - he is studying aeronautical engineering in university and wants to major in space craft design - obviously not building the real models out of Lego 😂
Whenever I visit my parents I sometimes go to the Lego shop in their city, and there are more adults than children!
This is really realistic and efficient way to store them! I loved that they weren't colored coded.
Sorting by color never really crossed my mind althought I'm sure it's pretty...for five minutes. 😂
The In Progress bins may just change my life & make my kiddos so happy!
I've also used a plastic pencil box. Glue the square on to the lid so it is easier to build on. The flat square pieces that get broken, and we all know that they do, are perfect for making these travel boxes.
I love this, we use gallon sized freezer bags to store individual sets inside of a large tote from target, then the free play pieces get put into 2 smaller (shoe box sized) yellow bins.
Love the “in progress” bin!!! Kathy seems amazing!
Aww how sweet! You seem amazing too, Johanna! 😊❤️
Johanna Collins I love it too. I wouldn't have thought of that
So many great ideas! I don't even have kids but I was super impressed with how organized she is. Great video!
I love these ideas!! My husband worked for the Lego Store for a while and he collected so many sets... Now I can organize them out of the way! Thanks! 😍😍
I could hug you right now!!! Legos are our biggest organizing issue!!
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So much Lego anxiety before getting it all under control. I love Legos as long as they stay contained and in order! :) Now I truly enjoy playing in Milo's room with him without getting overwhelmed with the clutter. Good luck organizing!
Very awesome and much needed!!! We just got my daughter’s legos back out after I got overwhelmed a few months ago and threw them all in a closet where she couldn’t get to them. We love LEGO but with pets, her play area being in a living space, and younger cousins coming over all the time we really need a better way of organizing. Loved all these tips!! Thank you ❤️
I wish I had this video when my son was younger. Thanks. It was still fun to watch.
My girls just have all their sets mixed and we haven't been able to make them again because if takes so long to find the pieces. This is honestly the best video on Lego storage, so motivated to sort their Lego out now. Thank you
It took quite a while to get the sets back together with all of their pieces but so far the system has been holding strong! 🙂
OMG Kathryn! I think you and Kathy must be sisters from another mother! Lol. You guys are both so neat and organized!! I love this idea 💡 because my grandson is really loving LEGOS and we have been just putting them in their box. Thanks Kathryn and Kathy I appreciate the ideas!!!
Thanks for watching! ❤️
My kids (now in their 20's) were HUGE Lego fans growing up. They still keep their Lego's at their own houses & my DD has a large tackle box for small parts. I can honestly say I miss those days despite pieces on the floor.
We have a tackle box for extra pieces too! 🙂
Katherine...you should try to plan a meet and greet! That would be so much fun! Or plan a workshop or something totally cool...but easy for you!!
My daughter just got into Legos so for right now all of hers can be stored in one of those large Tupperware bins from the dollar tree. And she too likes hers stored completed.
Kathryn great tips as always but can I just say you look amazing!! Loved your outfit too, it’s adorable!! I love your beauty inside and out!! You have a beautiful soul and it shows!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your sweet, smiling face!! You really are the best!!❤️❤️
I have two Lego Maniacs! I think it gets easier as they get older- the sets take longer to put together and my boys want to keep them on display, so much less “extra pieces” laying around! -But much more $$$ 🤣
My 10 yo is a “free player” and likes the pieces in one big bucket!
I love the travel case idea!
The older they get, the harder those sets can be! We have some with multiple instruction books. That's the big league there. 🤣
Watching this for my HUSBAND’s LEGO storage😂😂 thank you Katherine!! ❤️
Oh my gosh, this video is such a lifesaver for me. My son's room is also superheroes and he is obsessed with Legos. They're always all over the floor and I've tried different types organization but this one is a good one. Thank you for sharing.
Yay for superhero rooms. We recently made some superhero artwork for Milo's rooms. It's in a video on my channel if you want to check it out. Maybe it will inspire you!
This is so beautifully organized and ridiculously satisfying to watch! If my little one grows into Lego as he gets older, I am nabbing these ideas!
Thanks! ❤️
We’ve got a LEGO fiend at our house! Some great tips here. We’ve got clear dollar tree bins with the lids that are attached and we store in sets. His sister is started her LEGO love now so storage and organization is super key!
Milo has a little sister too that is starting to leave behind the DUPLOS and enter the classic LEGO sets now. I'm wondering if she will be as into LEGOS as he has been. 🙂
My son is crazy about Legos. He has at least 50000 pieces. He's 17yrs old. He has a shelf with all his creations. Your never to old for Legos!😀
Wow that's a lot of LEGOS! 😲
My little guy is now 41. So no more Leg is!! But these ideas are fantastic!! Great kids ' room!!!💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
We organize the instruction books in a binder in sheet protectors but you could also get the folders that Velcro shut for binders too! Then nothing falls out and it’s easy to look through. My daughter loves it and let’s be honest...my husband does too. They can find an idea and then pull the booklet out and create away!!
LEGO household over here! I REALLY enjoyed this. What helpful and easy to implement ideas here!
So glad you liked it! I enjoy being a LEGO household but it can be stressful when it gets out of hand. 😂
Awesome video... my son is the LEGO master lol! We have a shelf that goes around 3 walls at the top of his room with his LEGO master pieces and the tower with drawers as well. So a tip for any one trying to dust LEGO ... use a paint brush only for dusting, perfect for LEGO or anything bumpy 😍
Great tip! Dusty LEGO sets make me cringe. Never thought of a paintbrush. Plus then I can feel like a detective looking for clues or a dinosaur bone excavator. 😆
You have some great ideas! Thanks for some hints that will help my going on 13 year old grandson! He has amassed a huge amount of Legos. Plus I have all the Legos my son had growing up and he's now 35! Thanks for sharing
Yassssss! OMG, my little guys are just starting to get into Legos. I have been trying to figure out a workable system for all those little pieces, Thank you!
My husband and I were just talking about this! Great tips! I will definitely have to re-watch several times to make sure I get them all!
Legos were the only toy that occupied my son for hours every day. He would grow bored with other toys within minutes. When gifted with other toys, he usually would take them apart and use the parts with legos to build "new things". Watching this, I would think to myself, "This child will be an engineer one day." At the time he kept the legos in their original containers until the collection grew too big. At that point, he had seen some drawer organizers at Harbor Freight while there with his dad and requested them to organize his legos. They were reasonably priced and did the trick. Fast forward to today (19 years old). He only has a couple of toys saved for sentimental reasons that survived the pick apart and all of his legos. He is attending college. He is an engineering major wanting to be a mechanical engineer. P.S. Instead of toys now, he picks apart anything that dies around the house, for example, printer, blender, etc. and uses the parts to "build things". LOL! He is constantly tinkering.
How fun! Thanks for sharing that story. Milo seems to think like an engineer too. It's fun to imagine what he might be when he grows up. 😊
OMG THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!! I am tired of them being all over the floor and we won't even talk about the foot injuries 🙄 We will be working on this this weekend.
Love when you help others organize their space and show how others organize for their needs!
We’ve been collecting legos for 15 years and 3 boys. Hopefully this summer we can finally get the Legos organized.
We love Legos. My boys enjoyed watching too!
My boys love, love, love legos. I’ve used dollar tree bins for the past year (thanks to you!) and they’ve worked out well. I like the storage bin with the sliding drawers. I should get one of those as well.
I am 36 and love Lego !! 💕
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I love LEGOS too! Having kids gives me a way to enjoy all the fun things about childhood all over again. Kite flying....sidewalk chalk...puzzles. You name it! 😁
This video is sooo awesome! My son has tons of LEGO’s and he and his brother fight over them all the time. They have separate rooms and we don’t have a playroom for them. I just decided to create an area in our hallway and couldn’t figure out what to do about the legos. This is going to help me so much. Saving to my favorites and downloading this video now. Can’t wait to share it with my hubby. 💕💕💕💕💕💕
Yay! So glad it helped! 😊
My daughter is 3 and is all about Duplos. I'm sure it'll only be a matter of time before she graduates to regular Legos! This is chock full of great ideas because I dread the day that I might have to start walking the parent fire walk...aka, floor of Legos! LOL!
Haha yes! Milo was never really interested in Duplos but his little sister was until about age 4. Now she wants the big sets too!
I had to go back and rewatch the video because somehow I missed the excellent way of hanging pants with shower curtain hooks!! :O I wish I had seen this video back when my kids had Legos all over the place!!! :D
I'm glad all those sets weren't available when my son was a Lego fanatic! I would've went broke! lol He had regular old building blocks and one of the mats that fit on the play table in his room. I used a 3-drawer cart to put all his pieces in.
My kids love Legos! This is so helpful. I look forward to your videos every week! ❤
My son is almost EIGHTEEN and STILL LOVES LEGOS...and they are EVERYWHERE. 🤣
We love Lego! My husband and daughter have so much between them. I have a tall unit where we display built models and a trofast unit from ikea where unused/unbuilt sets are stored in ziplock bags with the instruction booklet and a big mixed box of bricks at the bottom for creative play. We also gave Lego base boards glued on the top for a play surface.
I loved the tips for storing specialist pieces as my husband is always sifting through a huge box looking for those.
We are also looking into building a mini figure display area.
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We used to spend a LOT of time sifting and searching for just the right piece. It's so nice to be able to find the pieces we need quicker with our new system. :)
Hi! Huge Legos household here! Little Dude builds a set, plays with it for a while, then throws it into one of 2 big under-the-bed boxes to be scavenged for parts to build his own creations. He likes to have all his Legos in a big, flat container like this so he can see them all and dig around. Sometimes an odd piece will inspire him! He keeps his mini-figs and accessories separate in a big fishing tackle box, though... 🙂
We use a tackle box too for extras! 👍
You rock! Such a life saver. My boys favorite thing in the world is LEGO and it’s like an ameba, spreads everywhere quickly! 😂... I had seen all those lego organization idea in Pinterest and the only one that I thought might work long term was the rug with the string but my kids have so many that wouldn’t even come close to enough to solve the issue. And they love to keep them in sets so the clear shoe boxes is perfect!!!! So may great ideas here, I feel like a new woman already just thinking about all those legos actually properly stored 😂
Good luck! Enjoy the final product! 👍
Very cool!!!! Love the filing system ! I’m going to have to try that!
My son loves LEGO’s too and it drives me nuts when they are all over the place! 😂 We just started organizing sets in shoeboxes as well and we stick the manuals inside so everything is together. We also stick a picture of the set on the shoebox so it’s easy to find. Love this!
We used to store the instructions in the shoe boxes too! We recently changed because it just didn't seem to be working well for us anymore since we were storing multiple sets in each bin. A picture on the front is a great touch!
Kathy Thornburg so far it’s working well. I like the organization and the look makes me feel more sane 😂. Definitely going to try the in progress bins. The boys are always building!
Wow those are Lego goals for kids! He has soooo many! Btw I love your floral skirt, so pretty!
OMG! I am in love with the mat! That will be a game changer in our home!
Me too!! I am SO sick of legos everywhere in my house because my step-daughters want to carry them around. My dog found one that they, the vacuum, and I missed, and it wasn't super pretty. The new rule is they have to be corralled, and this seems like the perfect way (without barricading them in their play room!)
My 8 year old son loves his legos more than life lol. Right now we are using a trofast storage system from ikea to hold all the legos!
Omg my 3yr old has just discovered LEGO’s and I’m thinking I’ll be needing to utilize these tips in the coming years when he moves on to the smaller pieces. Picking up the big ones is nightmare enough 😳 but hey at least it’s not a screen!!
That outfit is so cute! That burgundy color looks great on you!
Great ideas for organizing Legos.
Organization completes my soul
Love the idea of having display shelves of their creations. Also going to try the travel kit idea - thanks!
Chris SC yay! Hope your kids love it!
Amazing DIY Shield! Less Lego Stress? Yes please!
Thanks! The shield took FOREVER to finish but was still worth the work. 🙂
Milo would be BFFs with my grandson. My daughter keeps each set with instructions in Ziploc bags. P.S another great video.
Milo's pretty friendly so you're probably right. 😁 Glad you have a system that works for you all!
This was super helpful. I didn't know how to manage my son's legos but I like all these tips. Especially about the directions, he gets so upset when they get torn
I'm only 11 and yet I so love these videos!!!
Love all you videos, you smile is contagious, it gives me energy and ideas to organize and clean my house
I don’t even have a child old enough to play with legos! I just watched because I love your ideas!
My daughter Cadence has a couple of those Lego friends sets. These are amazing ways to organize her sets. Thanks for the great video as always!
We separate our Minifigures: bodies, weapons and accessories. We also keep all of our wheels separate too to easily build a car whenever we want. As a easy Lego staorage diy I recycled a plastic cat litter tub, spray painted it and then free hand painted it to be Lego theme. It works awesome!
Cool idea and great tip about keeping wheels separate. I wish I had thought to do that. 🤔
This awesome! This is completely useful and I “almost” wish my 10 yr old was still heavily into legos...almost! Lol This is also teaching the kids to grow up organized! Bonus!! Love your videos and love seeing Carson! 😘
I think it’s so cool that I came across this video today as we are stuck in the house due to heavy rain and had already planned to get all of my eight-year-old Legos organized. Luckily I already have tons of dollar tree bins to get this project started so I am super excited!
Amanda Robinson have fun!! It’s been so rainy here, too!
That is some rather satisfying organization.
Thanks for watching! ❤️
We use a shoe organizer for our legos!
Shayla W that's a great idea!
We have four base plates (non-lego brand) from Amazon drilled into an Ikea coffee table for major building. On the shelf we have all of his legos. 2 large snap handle containers from Michael's with insert trays and 1 jewelry organizer turned Lego organizer. Ours are separated by color and it works for us! 😊 We don't keep any of the manuals. We did at first and stored them in a red Lego plastic container that a set came in, but my SS has never rebuilt the same thing again so it was pointless.
Cool ideas! Instructions are a must in our home but now you can also download from the internet if you ever needed one you don't have anymore. I like the coffee table idea! 💡
Love this! My son is a Lego addict! Now I want to reorganize everything! I’ve been wanting those IKEA shelves for his creations. Gonna have to get some! And what a great idea w the storage bag!
Glad you liked it! I will warn you, if you mount the IKEA shelves as low as we did you'll likely either run into the bottom one when cleaning up toys or your kids will try to hang from it. 🤦 Some have needed repair. haha
Oh, wow SO GOOD TO KNOW! Thank u for sharing!
Yep! You live...you learn! 🙂
We organized bricks by color.. My son rarely kept the final pieces together he always took them apart to build new things😳 great tips.. love the cinch Mat!
I needed this a few years ago. My son LOVED his Lego's. Some really great ideas for organizing them:))
Love the floor bag! Getting one for my grandson, my DIL will love me for it! :)
Great! They can be so helpful!
I think the type of system needed for Legos might depend on your kid's personality and play method. My kid saw no value in keeping the models intact, though he did like to display his current creations for a bit. What eventually worked for us was:
-- storing Legos in the large flat underbed storage bins. Yes, all mixed up. The kids would slide a bin out, play, and it was very easy to slide it back under the bed. ( I think easier than the cloth version shown, though that's neat, too. )
-- We also had a Lego table for play.
-- And a temporary project box for really large projects that first time through, like the "in progress" bins above. [ Learning the project box concept at an early age is great if they can take that thru to later life and other areas of interest; they also need to learn how to wrap up a project, find homes for parts leftover, document what's necessary and file the paperwork, etc.. And set up for another project. ]
-- One container, unsorted, for all the instructions books.
This worked for us. No more Legos conflicts. When we moved all Legos into the kid's bedroom, sanity was restored elsewhere in the house, along with intact barefeet and the ability to clean the floors without first having a Lego organization session. For me, life is busy and short and I have too much else in the house to organize and keep filed to have the perfect Lego system. Lego phase will -- I promise -- not last forever, so to me it was not worth a huge investment of time and energy.
FWIW, at one time, I taught a class using Legos for projects. Kids who were not allowed Legos at home because of a young sibling or because their parents were unwilling to put up with the hassle had less visual 3D discernment identifying parts, picking out pieces and following instructions. Good skill development in those Legos!
Yes! Different kids work best with different systems. Milo prefers using instructions over free play so keeping them put together works the best for us. As with everything in life, we sometimes have to try something and then try something else until we find what works. Glad you found a system that works for you! 😊
Your friend is sooooo creative & organized!!!!! Can we see the rest of her house?? Lol
Aw thanks! 😊Working for Kathryn keeps a person motivated to organize and clean. 😆
My tip for those Lego travel boxes? Glue the brick base to the inside of the lid so that the kiddos still have the deeper part for the pieces while they work. It makes it super handy for car trips too :)
PERFECT solutions!! Also, you two are absolutely adorable
Wow!!! Both of you mommas are incredible!!! Unreal organization, loved it and you guys!
How sweet, Sarah! Thanks! I bet you are rocking it at life too! ❤️
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