You know that Santa is a pretty smart fella! He knew that if he brought my boys the LEGO sets they were wanting then they would need a Lego table to build them on so little brother couldn’t get them. We love our smaller LEGO table, but this one makes it so everyone can play together.
How to Build a LEGO Table
But, knowing that we don’t have the room for a permanent Lego table, he brought us one that not only folds flat, but folds in half as well. That Santa is a smarty pants indeed. After inspecting the table I thought I would try and let you know how he built it. 😉
Santa used a Lifetime 34-inch square fold in half table. (Getting the right table is important for this project.) The great thing about this table is not only that it can be stored easily when the kids are not using it, but it is also very durable like other Lifetime tables.
Santa used two of the LEGO Large Building Plates 4 Piece set that can be found at Amazon.com. Two of these were perfect for this table because all of the pieces were used except one green plate and one and a half blue plates, which are great to have on hand anyway and it is less expensive to buy them as a set.
Santa used Liquid Nails to glue the two 15″ grey base plates to one side of the folding table and then 3 of the 10″ green base plates to the other side of the fold in the table. He then cut two of the 10″ blue base plates in half using an Xacto Knife
and glued three of them up next to the green base plates, leaving approximately 3 inches around the entire outside of the table. Then you can use extra Lego pieces to make sure the pieces were spaced correctly after being glued down, but before the glue dried, so that you can build across the entire table if they wanted, which has definitely come in handy. That Santa sure knows a thing or two about making toys!
Christmas Morning!! The boys spent literally hours working on their Lego sets.
Finished products:Lego Monster Fighters Vampyre Castle and the LEGO City Gold Mine
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Order the supplies needed to make your own LEGO table today:
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Lifetime 80273 Fold in Half Square Table, 34 Inch, WhiteLEGO Education Large Building Plates 4570274 (4 Pieces)
Liquid Nails LN700 4-Ounce Small Projects and Repairs Adhesive
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And of course you may be thinking, “Okay, that is cool and all but I don’t have the time or the desire to make one.” 🙂 Well, in that case, yes, you can just buy a LEGO table already made. I’ve found some great ones at Amazon and Ebay.
Of course we love everything LEGO related. If you have little boys and you haven’t been to Legoland I’ve put together 10 reasons to take a Legoland vacation (not that you’ll need any convincing) and 10 tips for planning the ultimate Legoland vacation.
We also love our smaller DIY LEGO table! Perfect for my little guys to put their creations on when they play on the floor.
And check out these DIY LEGO tables from our friends around the web:
That’s awesome! Santa is very tricky! Thanks for the post!
Your welcome Loni! Here we are almost 3 weeks after Christmas and the Lego builders are still going strong.
Great table! My son was obsessed with legos when he was young too. I like the idea of having a table that is so easy to store away. Fun idea too!
We don’t have room to have a permanent Lego table so this works perfect for my boys. This is the first year they have really started obsessing over Legos so it was perfect timing to get it. And plus, it keeps the Legos off the floor away from my baby.
Wow, what a great idea. I love it that it folds for easy storage.
Thank you Barbara! I think the fact that it can be folded and put away is my favorite part. And it was so easy to make.
What a fabulous idea! I would have really like to have done something like this when my boys played with Legos…I pinned it to my DIY board.
Thanks Brandie! Ever mom of boys needs one. 🙂
This is going on the Honey-Do list !
I LOVE this!!!!
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Found your blog from the UBP13 and I just wanted to say this is an ingenious idea! Tucking this away in my memory for a Christmas gift for my 3 boys this year! 🙂
This is genius! I wish I had known how to make a lego table back when my kids were little.
I don’t know what it is about boys and legos but my grandson’s are wild about them. I guess they are just natural builders. Anyhow I am sharing this post with my creative daughter in hopes that she can start this project in time for Christmas. Thanks!
This is awesome, we need to do this after we move.. The kids will love it!
Fantastic idea! Would have been perfect when my daughter was younger! LOL! Thank you for sharing.
This is a great idea! And will be PERFECT for this winter 🙂
Santa did an AWESOME job! and…those kiddos are awesome with their legos!
This is cute! We’ve been thinking about getting my daughter some Lego’s for Christmas, so this would be perfect, too!
Santa is a crafty guy, love this! We are also big lego and Legoland fans.
You boys are really good their legos. I like that set of small pieces lego.
Curious as to if the table is still holding up?
Yes and still played with everyday.
You are a Genius!!!!!
Well thank you! 😉
Which glue of Liquid Nails did you use? I clicked on the link in the blog and it brings me right to the Liquid Nails Polyurethane Construction Adhesive, but then at the end you have the link to the Liquid Nails 4 oz Small Project and Repairs Adhesive. Thanks!
Hi Jamie, Any will work. I can’t remember exactly which one we used but either of these or a strong glue like E6000 will work. Hope that helps!
Yes!! Thank you so much Kara! I got all the other material ready to go. When I finally get it finished, I’ll let you know how it comes. ? We are psyched about it!
Yay! I’m sure your kids will love it!!