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7 DIY Lego Table

July 12, 2011


My husband and I were chatting about buying my son a lego table for his birthday.  We looked around and found a cheap one for $50 but it didn't look very sturdy.  The only other one we found was a wooden table at Toys R' Us for $160!  It included the table and two chairs and that's it.  We were going to buy it but then decided he could just use his desk and settled the matter...  until I found a plastic table sitting on the side of the road for free.  It was in perfect shape so I scooped it up, wiped it down with Lysol wipes and put it in his room.  And the brainstorm began!  I picked up a large Lego base and some Super Glue (Gorilla glue would be good too), and glued it to the top of the table.  That's it!  I let it dry a few hours and revealed it to my son.  It was an INSTANT hit.


I chose to use only one square tile because my son likes to drive around his set-up, and he can still place other bases around it.  If you get the table the right size you could place 4 of the squares on the tabletop and have a larger space to work with!  I am actually considering doing so as the Lego collection grows.  The Super Glue is pretty stuck, but with a little muscle power I think I can get it to come up... there will definitely be pulling and tugging involved if I try.


Happy Playing!

7 comments:

  1. Great idea and a lovely project! Those little table & chair sets are quite cheap and easy to find - and Ikea (in UK anyway) offer wooden or foiled-board table & chair sets for little people, which are also quite cheap - in case plastic doesn't appeal. I made my DS a hand-painted table top when he was small, to play with his little die-cut "Thomas the Tank Engine" engines. You could use clip-art images, printed out with your computer, cut out and stuck down, then covered with two or three coats of varnish - trains, butterflies, fairy house... But I think a Lego table is the Best idea!

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  2. I wish we had an Ikea (or even a Target) in Vermont! Great idea!

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  3. How fun and great idea!!

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  4. Smart. SMart thinking and saving. Good job mama.

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  5. Very cool! I bet he just LOVES it!! Thanks for sharing this.

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  6. LOVE THIS!! I have two little boys and this would be such a great gift. They would love me FOREVER!! thanks for sharing!

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