If there’s one toy that no kid on the face of the Earth can resist, it has to be Lego. So instead of just buying a new set of blocks or a storage tub next time around, why not try your hand at putting together this incredible homemade Lego table that’s guaranteed to make building up a storm even more fun? It also helps keep things nice and tidy – an added bonus for parents! It’s a surprisingly easy project to go about and the resulting table will keep on doing its job for years. In terms of supplies, you’ll need the following: Brush Or Small Roller 3/4- By 16-Inch Wood Board 3 (15-Inch-Square) Lego Plates 3 Standard-Size Drawer Carts* 2 (12-Inch) Squares Of Nonslip Shelf Liner Electrical Tape In Several Colors Lego Base Plates For the Top (Optional but Recommended) DIY Lego Tables Directions Add a coat of paint in the color of your choosing to the board and let it dry. As it is to be used by kids on a regular basis, consider a second coat of paint for extra durability.
Use the glue to stick the Lego Base Plates to one side of the board, giving it plenty of time to dry. Place the board on the top of the two storage units – you can stick it in place with glue or leave it loose at your discretion. Add labels to the drawers of the storage unit as a guide to which colors or type of blocks should be stored in each. You can check the full details @Ourweefamily And here are a few other ideas for making Lego Tables Lego table from old dresser from Myrepurposedlife Wonderful DIY Mini Diary Book Keychain 16 Beautiful Handmade Baby Gift Sets with Free Crochet Patterns Novelty Finger Foods for a Princess Themed Birthday Wonderful DIY 4 nail styles Clean Crafts: DIY Hand Sanitizer Jackets for Those On the Go!Pine Plywood8 WoodWood GlueCity TableTable 3Table IdeasWeiland GaryBoy'S PlayPlay RoomForwardDIY Lego table : 3/4" pine, 3/4" plywood, 1 2x4x 10, wood glue, 8 wood screws, and the Lego sheets of your choice This project made the kids cheer when I brought it inside.
Published on March 31st, 2015 | Modern LEGO Table Hack I saw other elements of this on another site but it was too colorful, very small and without the shelf and bins that I’ve added with custom handles for a lot of storage. This table is all IKEA elements except for the LEGO plates on top. Hope you like it. Metal towel rack 22″ plus screws, 4 metal spice canisters, Hanging buckets Green and white. 4 VARIERA Box, white 13×9″ and 2 9×6″ 4 Green IKEA Handles. 6 10×10″ Lego Base Plates (Blue & Green) Drill, Wood Glue, Crazy Glue, Screws, Ruler, Marker, Follow assembly instructions of the table and magnetic strip then attach the towel rod with screws. I recommend using wood glue on both the back of the LEGO base plates and table. It’s very important NOT to push the plates together to dry. For Accurate spacing, use blocks to connect the plates. Let glue dry over night. Attach the IKEA plastic handles to Large White Boxes with Crazy Glue.
Be sure to measure so that each handle is in same place on all bins. See more of the IKEA modern LEGO table. COPYRIGHT @ 2017 - 2018 IKEAHACKERS.NET | IKEA is a registered trademark of Inter-IKEA Systems B.V. | or the IKEA Group. are presented for reader convenience only and do not imply IKEA's approval of this website and/or the modification of its products. IKEA and IKEAhackers.net are not liable for any product failure, injury or damage resulting from the application of hacks featured on this site. Back to Top ↑We are lucky to have Julie also known as Angry Julie guest posting today. She lives in Orange County, CA and works full-time in the legal sector taking photographs. She is married, and has a 6-year old son. When she isn’t busy taking pictures of her son, she is photographing her food. Sometimes, Julie attempts to be crafty so she can be friends with Cindy, from Skip To My Lou. Find more of her photographs and ramblings on her blog at Angry Julie Monday.Thomas The Train is no longer a crowd pleaser in our house.
We have now become the House of Lego. My 6 year old son is acquiring Legos by the gallon and we are constantly looking for new places to put them all. We loved our precious train table that our son got for his second birthday, and we were sad when it fell apart. I started looking for something similar to build Legos on, and realized that Lego tables are pricey.My husband kept coming up with the next big “brilliant” idea for a Lego table, but never followed through. He was going to build one out of wood, but had to draw up plans, cut the wood, built it, etc. While we were shopping at IKEA one day, I had an epiphany. Why don’t we use one of IKEA’s inexpensive tables and build our Lego table out of that. We chose the Lack Side Table in black. We didn’t want to build a huge Lego table because we have a small house, and Lego Baseplates can get expensive.Because we’ve been busy with our full-time jobs, Angry Kid, Little League, and several other projects, our Lego Table got put on hold for about a month.
I politely asked (nagged) Angry Husband if we could work on the Lego Table this past weekend.We used the following items in our Lego Table project:We started with the IKEA Lack Side Table (I have no pictures of ours, but here is the stock photo from IKEA).We then centered the gray Lego Baseplate in the middle of the table. This Lego Baseplate is extra-large. You could use all green Lego Baseplates, but we made the center look like a “street” and surrounded it with green Lego Baseplates for “grass”. After the centerpiece was measured out, we taped it down to the table with blue painter’s tape.We then took the green Lego Baseplates and placed them around the edges of the table. We temporary secured the green Baseplates to the gray Baseplate with Legos. Angry Husband then went underneath the edge of where the green Baseplate comes up to the edge of the table, and took a Sharpie to mark the area to be cut (excess Baseplate). Angry Husband then used a level as a straight edge and cut the green Baseplate on the backside (non bumpy side) with an Exacto Knife.
He said that he did not cut all the way through, but scored it. He then snapped the plate to break it into two pieces.After each cut was made, Angry Husband placed the cut pieces of green Lego Baseplate around the edges of the table. He secured them with Legos to the gray piece. This may not seem important, but it is VERY important to the layout of this Lego table. You have to secure the pieces with Legos for . If you butt the pieces of together and just tape them, they will not line up. Angry Husband showed me this. It is very easy to make a mistake during this part of the process. We had a box of loose Legos nearby that we used for placement.We left a little extra of the green Lego Baseplate hanging off the edge of the table. Angry Husband said that we needed it, just for error and placement after the glue was laid out. The excess Baseplate will be trimmed at the end of this project. After all the Baseplate has been cut and laid out, the table will look like the photograph below.Angry Husband then taped butcher paper around the edges of the table to project is from the glue, and well excess glue.
We then removed the Lego Baseplates from the table (gently holding them together). We sprayed the IKEA Lack Side Table with spray adhesive. We also CAREFULLY flipped over the Lego Baseplates and sprayed the back of them with spray adhesive. We recommend you use contact cement. We had to fix some edges that did not firmly glue down.We left the Lego Baseplates and table sit separately for thirty minutes for the glue to set up. Angry Husband then cut up some cardboard strips to help place the Lego Baseplates onto the table. Angry Husband laid them out and we gently flipped over the Baseplates.We then carefully removed the cardboard strips after the Baseplates were centered onto the table. After each strip was removed, we pressed down on the Baseplate of that area. Angry Husband said that we needed something heavy to place on top of the table to hold the pieces together until the glue was firmly set. We were very tired as it was late. He grabbed the first thing he saw, a bucket of screws.After two days, Angry Husband removed the box of screws from the table.