DIY: Lego Table

Stepping on a piece of lego - many parents have had this annoyingly painful experience. It often happens when you least expect it - creeping through the lounge to get a drink of water in the wee hours of the night. 

Trying to keep our duplo and lego off the floor is always a bit of an effort. And yes, even with our well-constructed table our duplo often gravitates to the easy play space of the floor. 

Although I am a strong advocate of child-directed play and we often end up with play items in every part of the house, I also like a well-organised lounge at the end of a long day of play. 

We had a low chest of drawers not really being used in our spare room. I bought a couple of $5 bins from the warehouse stationary and grabbed a few spare screws from our garage. I screwed the bins on either side for easy duplo/lego storage. I bought a couple of secondhand duplo baseplates to put on the top. I planned to screw them on, but decided just use them when needed, so that the table could be use for puzzles, dollhouses and other manipulatives.

The drawers are on rollers and easy to open and close. The top of the table is just at child play height. I can rotate the contents of the drawers easily. This handy wee table gets used everyday and is very versatile for all kinds of play. If you want to make one yourself, you could get more creative than me, but I enjoy the simplicity of this one.