Lego Table

If you have kids between 5 and 13, there is a decent chance that you have more than your fair share of Legos at your house.  My boys love Legos, so much.  And thus it makes a great gift for everyone to get them.  And now there are so many that you don’t know what to do.  I bought my last Lego set almost a year ago and am holding fast to not purchasing anymore Legos.  (You too could make that commitment.  Repeat after me, “I will not buy any more Legos!”)

So when there are so many and the floor is covered it is hard for them to even play.  So I decided we were going to try to elevate our Lego play. Literally.

So I drug my husband to the Habitat for Humanity store, analyzed all of the tables to see which I could picture as the best Lego table, paid and brought it home.  That’s when the real fun began!

The table that we purchased was square with inset ceramic tiles.  So the boys got to join in the fun breaking the tile off of the table.

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Then they gave the entire thing a rough sand. This really is an important step in the process. It gives you an even surface and your paint has something to grip on too. You will regret it if you skip this step.

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Then the next fun part…Lego Plates!

My kids wanted them in multiple colors, so we actually went with some knockoff brand for ours. Plus they were way cheaper!

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We did the math and bought enough Lego plates to fill the table and leave some room for a road down the middle.  For this we used an industrial glue and then put the Lego plates on top.  We set some heavy stuff on it for a few days to make sure that they stayed flat and the glue had a chance to cure.  

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After that we painted the entire thing Rust-oleum matte black spray paint.  We love matte black!  No finger prints and sleek!

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Then we moved it inside to the kids play area and the kids had so much more fun than just having everything all sprawled out all over the place.  It was such a win-win!

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