The Lego designer is popular with millions of people from all over the world, especially among children and adolescents. This is not only an entertaining game, but also an exciting pastime that brings undeniable benefits to the mind. During the game of constructor, the child shows his imagination, the development of such qualities as patience and perseverance. That is why Lego has been in demand among people of all ages for more than a dozen years.
The standard equipment includes a huge number of small parts. That is why many parents are interested in how to properly store the constructor. As a rule, children ask parents to purchase a new designer only because parts from the old set were lost. How to properly store the Lego constructor, what rules should be followed? Answers to these questions will not only help to keep the product safe and sound and not to lose the details, but also significantly save the family budget, saving parents from the need to purchase a new designer.
Methods for storing the Lego constructor
To keep the Lego constructor intact, you need to follow a few simple rules:
- The best option is to sort the parts by any criteria. It is very important to teach a child from an early age to select details according to their distinctive characteristics and place them in containers or bags for further storage. Parents only need to help the baby find the most convenient way to sort: by size or color.
- To save space in the children's room, it is recommended to use plastic containers that can be installed on top of each other.
- It is better to give preference to transparent containers.
- To preserve the smallest details in pristine numbers, you can use small bags with a zip lock. All packages are then placed in a single container.
- It is better not to fill each container with details from the Lego constructor to the very top. It is also recommended that each container be signed to facilitate the search for the right parts.
- A convenient invention is a special table, which is designed to store parts of the Lego designer.
- Manufacturers of products offer customers a special "Lego" bag. It is large enough to play on it. After the entertainment is completed, you just need to tighten the lace and remove the designer in the space provided for it.
- Conventional Lego storage boxes are also suitable.
To store instructions for the Lego constructor, you need to take a separate place. Otherwise, they may be lost.
Special containers for the designer
To store the designer, you can use special containers. Lego designers use special storage systems, organizer cabinets that look like an ordinary tool box or construction equipment. Such systems are suitable for a very large design kit. For smaller kits, it is better to use other storage methods, less bulky.
Carpet bag
To store a smaller Lego collection, you can use a special Lego carpet bag. The fixture can accommodate about 2000-2500 parts for construction. Bags can have different sizes. It is best to choose a larger one, "for growth", as the number of parts will increase over time. The main advantage of this storage method is ease of use and speed of cleaning the playing area. It is enough for the child to tighten the lace on the carpet bag and put it in a specially designated place.
Cassettes
In order to maintain the original number of parts for the construction of "Lego", special cassettes are also suitable. As a rule, most of these products are a box with three or more departments, located one above the other.
The drawer takes up little space and contains enough detail. For ease of storage and saving work space, you can put one box on another. The cost of one cassette does not exceed 500-600 rubles. By purchasing several products at the same time, you can get a good discount and save some of the family budget.
Some useful tips
You need to know some useful tips in order to develop an ideal storage system for the Lego constructor and not lose the details that make up the elements.
Do not despair if the first time you fail to develop an ideal system. Improvement of such will occur gradually over time along with the growth of the collection for construction.
If you decide to sort products, it is best to store items in small batches. This method will help you find the necessary part easier and faster. It is not recommended to place constituent elements sorted by any characteristic in one container.
How to sort parts
You can create a special file cabinet that will help keep an accurate record of parts from various Lego designer collections. Universal helpers will be the images from the original boxes.
In order to provide the most convenient Lego storage system, you need to know how to properly sort the parts that make up the components. There are several options:
- By color details. This is the easiest and one of the most common ways to sort parts. The main disadvantage of the method is the fact that parts of the same color, located in the same Lego storage container, merge with each other and it becomes more difficult to find the necessary part.
- By type of detail. Sorting items in this way takes much longer. This is a very cumbersome and complicated way.
- According to the size of the parts. Many people who are interested in the construction of Lego parts consider this method to be the most optimal. The main advantage is that the parts do not merge with each other and it becomes much easier to find the necessary item. Search takes a minimum of time and effort.
It’s hard to say which way to sort the parts better. Each person chooses the most suitable method for himself. The choice of storage method may also be affected by individual character traits.
Rules for storing small figures
You can use several options for storing Lego mini figures.
- Small bags with zip locks. This method is convenient only for a small number of elements. For a large collection of figures it is better to choose a different storage method.
- Transparent boxes can also be used to store Lego parts. An excellent choice would be a container whose cavity is divided into identical cells. In this case, each figure can be assigned a separate place. When buying such a Lego storage container, the ratio of the cell sizes to the small figure is important.
- Container displays not only help maintain the original number of small figures, but also add a twist to the interior design of the room. Some models are attached to the wall. This is an added advantage as it prevents babies from contacting small parts.
Warning
If the house has a small child, it is very important to monitor small details. They are best removed to the farthest place, so that the baby could not get to them. Otherwise, a small child will want to try a find (a part from Lego) for a tooth, swallow it and, in the worst case scenario, choke on a design element.
So that the storage location does not look ridiculous and everything is neat, it is best to purchase several identical containers at once to store designer parts. As a rule, over time, the collection grows and more and more space is required to save more and more details.
Instead of a conclusion
A competently and neatly organized space for games forms the child’s habit of keeping order. That is why it is very important from the very birth to teach the baby to order and sort. The last lesson, among other things, will contribute to the development of qualities such as patience and perseverance.
Sorted parts can be stored in ordinary plastic containers, or in special boxes and cases for storing "Lego", which are easy to purchase in almost any store where brand products are on sale. Special display containers that can be attached to the surface of the wall will relieve parents of fear that the baby can find the part of the designer and swallow it or put it in a small nose. You can use LEGO storage boxes.