Aghh Lego!

[slh2009]

My son is just getting into Lego and I'm wondering how you're meant to keep all the pieces from one kit together once it's been opened! If it all goes in one box how on earth do you remember what bits go together? I can envisage tantrums if I can't find the last miniscule piece to a batmobile and keen to avoid that! Any suggestions welcome, thanks!:-)

[GinaG3]

We always planned to have floating shelves in our daughters room with the 'made' sets on them, as display etc. Alas, the walls in our new house are crap so won't hold up the shelves we bought - therefore all the lego is in sort and store heads, a girl and a boy. A few sets are on her trofast unit but only minecraft sets from christmas and a giant coast guard boat that won't even fit in a box!

[Pickle]

My son is Lego mad. In terms of keeping sets together, you don't. Once they're made, they're made - keep the instructions but generally you'll find specific sets (Star Wars ships, for example) tend to get played with as an item, rather than pulled apart again.

We have a "Box 4 Blox" which absolutely brilliant for storage. The tiny bits filter down to the bottom layer, meaning they're easy to find when required.

[catgirl]

We usually put them on a shelf for a bit and then they go into the lego box and get dismantled and come back in numerous combinations with other kits. In fact it's great as they get to do the follow the instructions bit and then use their imagination with it afterwards. I love the fantastic things my son has made from a combination of basic bricks and different parts from specific kits.

[vez]

Exactly as catgirl says. In this house Lego sets get made once. Then played with, then dismantled and thrown in with other Lego, then reconstructed led by my son' sown imagination. I thought this is the point of Lego?

We bought him 3 kg of Lego on ebay, great to get started with!

[Pickle]

We get presented with some amazing creations, Lego is such a brilliant toy (apart from the pain when you stand on it!).

[EmilyPie]

My lo is 3 and only just getting into proper lego. Duplo gets made, dismantled, merged and reborn like others have said, but his big boy lego kits live in their own Tupperware boxes to be dismantled and remade whenever his little brother is asleep, and are fiercely guarded when he is not!

[EDmummy]

Lego mad house here. We tend to do much of what others have said, completed models go on shelves (although this tends to be in the living room - must to my quiet annoyance) and eventually move to general Lego containers) but we also buy 'general' Lego - Lego that is not part of a box set that includes lots of different coloured bricks, sheets, figures etc which the children use to 'freestyle'. 'Freestyle' is definitely most popular but youngest also likes a project so building particular models can keep him occupied for many hours.

[slh2009]

Thanks everyone! I will look at the suggested storage ideas and relax about it all getting mixed up :-)

[Bonfire2010]

I saw this http://www.playpennies.com/life-hack-lego-storage-solution-120056 and thought it was quite a good idea.

[madmum]

Ive given up! I love playing with the lego and enjoy watching the boys create stuff with it but as a mum it drives me NUTS!

We tend to keep the mega lego models displayed, but inevitably they all get broken and I mourn for the 3 hours I spent making the Millennium Falcon!

We keep most of it in this

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Keter-Drawer-Tower-Storage-Unit/dp/B00KETX3UG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424340123&sr=8-1&keywords=tower+storage+boxes+wheels

quite handy and as its on wheels, you can move the lego all around the house (fantasic!!) When we first got it I sorted all the bricks out, now its just 3 draws mixed bricks and bits, we can spend what feels like a lifetime rummaging around for a flat 4 brick in beige! lol

I tend to be really OCD about the mini figures and keep them all in a giant lego head.

x

[njc97]

Same as catgirl. Every set gets made, carefully displayed on a shelf, then broken down to provide bits for some random creation. Much as I dream of remaking everything, I doubt it'll ever happen (especially that Chima Lion Tank, that was far too much hassle).

One of the Lego Creators books recommends keeping blocks in different boxes by colour, similar to Bonfire's hack. But given it ends up in one pile on the floor most days, I'm not sure it'll ever get sorted out like that.

[yeknomyeknom]

Not quite what you are after but great for storing bulk Lego or other toys:

http://en.smallable.com/5100-play-and-go?ectrans=1&utm_campaign=1115236437&utm_medium=email&utm_content=1135243409212&utm_source=Emailvision