Lego Storage Labels (Free Download) **Updated**

It's lego organizing time!

Do you have piles like this at home?

In a big mess.

And the kids can't find anything they're looking for.

Seriously, I took all these boxes out of the boys' closets.

Wouldn't it be nice if the Lego Maker People sold the legos in nice boxes that could be used as storage?

Of course they wouldn't do something so wonderful.

If they did, they would charge waaay too much for it.

I looked on the internet to find out how other people store legos.
Mostly, I just found grown up men who have huge, expensive storage systems.
While that level of organized is appealing to me,

it costs too much money and most importantly ...

the kids need to be able to put the legos away without my help.

I did find a cool website where you can design your own lego people and save the image.
This is a picture of me at work.

The website is called Reasonably Clever.

If you want to try, just go to the section called "Mini-Mizer."

They have different versions that do different things.

They even have a kid-safe one

(in case you don't want your kid making lego people that drink beer and smoke).

Here's a cute little skater dude I made.

I made a label for each lego storage drawer

using a lego font from TypeNow.

Printed them on card stock.

Cut them all apart.

I sprayed them with Preserve It! to protect them from busy, dirty hands.

This step is completely unnecessary.

Brief intermission to see a handsome fellow

who was following me around while I did this project.

Here's what I ended up with:

The legos are all sorted by color,

and each color has a drawer.

I didn't want to ruin the sets that weren't built yet,

so with the exception of the boxes on the top shelf

(which will be getting their own drawers soon),

the rest of the sets are in big plastic drawers in the other bedroom.

**I realize I spelled Gray incorrectly.  I fixed it.  I didn't feel like re-taking photos**

I glued them on with just a little bit of hot glue on each end.

Not a big pile anymore,

not too organized that they can't clean it themselves.

A while back, I found these little hampers at the Dollar Spot at Target.

They are perfect for dumping legos when the kids

are cleaning but don't have time to sort them back into the drawers.

Click below if you would like to download the label files.

If you use the MS Word version, you can alter them, but you will need to install the lego font to your computer if you want that specific font (the download file has the link to the website where you can download the lego font).

If you don't want to edit the labels, use the PDF version and you won't need to install any lego fonts.

I hope that's not too confusing.

Click Here to download the MS Word version.

Click Here to download the PDF version.

**Update**
I have put the downloads on a different host site.  The first one I used was requiring blog readers to register, and that's no good.  The new one should not require registration.
Sorry 'bout dat.

Have fun!

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