I’m a big fan of LEGO. I remember spending hours as a kid building all sorts of weird and wonderful creations. I know in years to come our house will be overrun with little bricks but for the moment, it’s all about Duplo. I love watching what my tornadoes create and at least the larger sized bricks don’t hurt as much as the little spikey suckers.
As a kid there was just LEGO. These days there’s so much more – LEGO City, Speed Champions, Super Heroes, Star Wars, Minecraft, Technic, LEGO Movie, Disney Princess, Creator… the list goes on. Even LEGO Scooby Doo is on it’s way!
With LEGO so popular, it’s no surprise there’s a high chance of double ups when it comes to giving LEGO sets to kids. My godson Mr TJ received 3 of the very same LEGO set for his 4th birthday this year.
If you are lacking storage space for more LEGO sets, tired of stepping on spikey little bricks and looking for something a little different (but still practical!) here are some of my favourite LEGO inspired gift ideas.
Colourful rubber Building Blocks Notebooks.
These Legomen bookends would make a bright and fun addition to any bookshelf.
LEGO keylights are great as a backpack accessory or used as a keyring. An added bonus is the inbuilt flashlight in the figures feet. Lots of characters are available including Batman, Stormtrooper, Wonder Woman and Olivia from LEGO Friends.
This Play N Wrap hobby mat is 1.5 metres wide. Packing up Lego is easy with this – pull up the cord and the mess is gone in seconds.
How cute is this LEGO Minifigure ice mould tray?!
Melbourne based Charlie and Jae make gorgeous wooden wall hooks for kids bedrooms including this Legohead wall hook (available as a standard or removable wall hook).
Sticker books make a handy and affordable gift for kids. LEGO do great sticker books with plenty of reusable stickers to keep kids busy including:
LEGO DC Super Heroes: Heroes into Battle – Ultimate Sticker Collection
LEGO Star Wars Minifigures Ultimate Sticker Collection
LEGO Batman Ultimate Sticker Collection
LEGO City Ultimate Sticker Collection
LEGO Friends Ultimate Sticker Collection
LEGO Ninjago Ultimate Sticker Collection
For kids learning to read, the DK Readers range have a number of titles that will keep LEGO fans interested:
LEGO Pirates Brickbeard’s Treasure: Brickbeards Treasure Level 1
Defend the Castle: Defend the Castle Level 2
Ready for Action!
LEGO Friends: Let’s Go Riding!
Why not make your own gift? The very clever Bianca from A Little Delightful has created a free printable LEGO minifigure which you can download from here. Make some copies, add colouring-in and craft accessories and you have an inexpensive, practical and fun gift.
I spotted this great idea from Babee and Me who made this for her son. Tired of losing minifigures, she purchased a house from Cotton On Kids, bought some white bricks off eBay and got to work decorating!
Or if you have LOTS of minifigures, you could always try these DIY storage shelves…
And finally, Hallmark now have LEGO greeting cards. I’ve bought this particular one for a few friends of mine. It makes me laugh every time!
Is your house overrun with LEGO bricks?
Have you ever sustained a serious brick-related foot injury?!
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We don’t have enough Lego in our house! I think my parents ditched all of my childhood blocks and now I have only the still-boxed TMNT Lego that is stashed under my desk until I build a room worthy of housing it. And I am VERY excited about the Scooby Doo Lego!!!!!
The quick-pack-up hobby mat is a great idea. I wonder if I can make one….
Something tells me David there’ll never be enough LEGO to satisfy you and Little E! Scooby Doo LEGO is going to be cool. I love all the concepts coming out of the LEGO Ideas project. Apparently LEGO Golden Girls has already received 10,000 supporters?!
How about One-Eyed Willy’s ship from The Goonies?
https://ideas.lego.com/projects/45109
Surely that’s a shoo-in?!
Jurassic Park Lego Dave!! Dinosaurs and Lego, yes.
Oh and we
have one of those quick pack up mats, my mum made it. At the moment
the Duplo is everywhere but on the mat.
Jurassic Park Lego? Is this a thing. Sweet! I want to see Short Circuit Lego – a block-built Johnny 5? Oh yeah, baby!
Get ready for Lego Jurassic World David – it is indeed coming! I think you also might like to get lost in the awesomeness that is https://ideas.lego.com/ – your Short Circuit idea just might fly!
Duplo everywhere – I can definitely relate Karen!
Great Ideas Tash! There are also some awesome lunch boxes, pencil cases and storage boxes that I have resorted to for nieces and nephews in the past.
Thanks Karen – there’s so much more I could have included. Love your suggestions – I’m a fan of the lunch boxes and drink bottles too!
I love LEGO. My youngest son in particular loved his LEGO for years and years and years! He had multiple Star Wars legos&used to build them all up and then makeup stories and battles with them which he’d say out aloud. I used to hide around the corner and listen to his stories. Some of them were absolutely amazing!
That’s what I love about LEGO Ingrid – kids can really use their imagination. It sounds like your son had lots of fun. I remember making a full “Royal Show” out of bricks in my folks living room – complete with string between the bar stools and little LEGO chairlifts stuck onto the string! I hope you’ve kept all of the bricks. My Handy Hubby still hasn’t forgiven his mum for throwing his LEGO out!!!
These are awesome gift ideas in a huge lego fan but I think I love the idea of the Play n Wrap The most, such a great way to hopefully avoid stepping on them!
Thanks Lila! Anything that promotes an easy clean up and a decline in brick related foot injuries is a winner in my book!
I love those bookends and that ice tray would be sooooo much fun! Great ideas.
I think I’d like that ice tray for myself Malinda! It would certainly put a new twist on cocktails to have little Legomen floating in them!
That wall hook is too adorable! Love it! We are overrun with lego now and have recently had to brave Ikea construction to make a storage unit to try and keep it under control.
Braving Ikea construction Kirralee? You must be flooded with bricks! I hope all that allen key effort has solved the storage issue 🙂 I do love those wall hooks – made by a clever Australian small business who do also do cute wall hooks in icecreams, batmasks, pineapples and other cool designs.
Our household is obsessed with Lego! I have sustained a seriously massive, purple bruise from stepping on those plastic bricks of pain. Its a love/hate relationship with Lego for me!
Oh Emma – that sounds painful! I think I’d need to muster up all my effort to suppress every swear word I could think of when sustaining an injury like that. I hope your future relationship with LEGO is more love than hate 🙂
I was a huge Lego fan as a kid, many hours spent creating. Bell loved Duplo when she was little, then moved onto painting.
I’m absolutely in love with those wall hooks, Tash! x
I don’t think I’ve met many people who haven’t loved LEGO at some point in their life! Lovely to hear of your childhood memories Lisa. I think we have a couple more years of Duplo in us before the onslaught of “big kid” LEGO begins. Well that’s if Handy Hubby has anything to do with it! I think he’ll enjoy creating as much as the tornadoes (I’m looking forward to it too!). I love those wall hooks – such lovely designs and even better that they’re done by a clever Australian small business xx
My boys are HUGE lego fans.. my vacuum cleaner? Yeah not so much lol. How cool are those wall hooks! I want some of those for my youngest boy’s room xx
I think Lego pieces and Loom bands are a vacuum cleaner’s worst nightmare! I’m such a fan of those wall hooks – lovely Australian company too. You should see the bunny ears and ice cream ones Sonia – sooo cute!
We’ve had some Lego fun today, I love how it gets the kids thinking, a shame it’s so pricey really. I can’t wait til the boys are older and spend hours making things, I hope they do any how!!
I’m looking forward to that stage too Em – when they have the patience to concentrate and focus on building a set. Maybe then we’ll be able to actually finish a hot cup of tea 🙂
Lego is HUGE in our house right now. It’s amazing how compelling it is for almost every kid! I like the look of the hobby mat! How nifty is that?
It’s compelling for big kids too Vicki 🙂 That hobby mat is such a simple idea but incredibly clever – nifty indeed!!
Oh, that Hallmark card is hilarious! I want it!
Sorry, I’m not a fan of Lego. In fact, I think I yelled out at the top of my lungs how much I hated it after treading on some a little while ago. But the boys love it and I’m outnumbered so in the house it stays 🙂
That card makes me laugh every time Grace! As a mum of twin boys, there’s no way you would ever get away with escaping without a house full of LEGO. I wish your feet all the best in the coming years…
These are such great ideas… and what kid doesn’t love LEGO!!!
Thanks Lucy! I’m yet to meet a kid who hasn’t been lured in by the fun of little plastic bricks 🙂
Master H (nearly 4) is just starting to get into his LEGO. He still loves his DUPLO but is enjoying the challenge of the LEGO. I love the bookends and the wall hook. So cute and fun. These are all gorgeous ideas. So cute!! Jx
Thanks Jess! I can’t wait until my tornadoes are ready for “big kid” LEGO. The concentration factor is severely lacking at the moment! Sounds like your journey is just beginning – good luck!
Such ace ideas! I love that mat and the keyrings are too cute. Don’t all kids (big and small) love Lego?It’s the one thing you never grow out of!
This big kid still loves LEGO Sammie 🙂
Very cool indeed!
Thanks Kaz – LEGO is cool! xx
Perfect timing Tash. My master almost 5 is having a lego themed party this month. He’s so mad for it. I need a bigger house to hold all his creations!
What a fantastic idea for a party theme Shannon! Can’t wait to see what you come up with. I foresee many more crates of Lego in our future as Mr TT is just starting to get into the smaller and spikier stuff now! Who am I kidding though – I enjoy building the sets as much as they do 🙂