TTM about lego storage

RondackHiker

For those of you with lots of Legos, how do you store them?

I'm thinking of just getting a large lock n lock. I need something that locks or clips closed that DD won't be able to open. DS loves the lego man head, but I don't think it locks closed.

Does anyone have it? Are the lego brand containers worth the extra money?

NeneCakies

As kids, we just had storage bins with snap on lids. No need to get fancy. It all goes in and dumps out the same. (Dumping it all out was the best part.)

Mags748

We have legos all over the place. I am not worried about DD anymore though (she just turned 3 and actually prefers the teeny legos to the duplos).

When DS's lego collection was more manageable, I got some containers from dollar tree that were plastic food storage boxes with the "locking" clips on the sides. They stay closed pretty well, and I liked being able to organize the sets separately in smaller containers, and then I just put those in larger bins in his toy organizer. We still use those, but his train table has converted to a lego table, plus I have a storage thing from Ikea with drawers and those are full of legos now.

lrn327

We used an Ikea Trofast for Lego storage and love it, but I only have the almost 4-yr-old, no tiny hands to worry about.

stra0111

We use a bin with locking handles. I also throw a cheap dustpan in there to help DD scoop them up. She loves that part as much as dumping them.

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We have the Lego brand containers that look like blocks.  They don't lock but stack nicely.

RondackHiker

stra0111 said:

We use a bin with locking handles. I also throw a cheap dustpan in there to help DD scoop them up. She loves that part as much as dumping them.

The dust pan is an excellent idea!