Everyone knows LEGO is a brick toy that can stimulate children’s creativity and logical reasoning. But did you know you can put a practical spin on classic Lego sets?
Indeed there are a few things you can build that can help make your everyday life more colorful. For instance, LEGOs can also be constructed to a solar-powered machine that serves simple essentials to our daily needs. In this article, I’ll share with you the many ways you can use LEGO for practical purposes.
Why Use LEGO?
Today, LEGOs are more than just a toy. It has became a staple novelty brand that attracts kids and kids at heart from all across the globe.
LEGO began as a company that manufactured wooden toys. The child-friendly brick was born in a little workshop in Billund, Denmark, in 1932, created by Ole Kirk Christiansen.
LEGO isn’t a complicated toy. There are many ways to benefit from its excellent brick design. LEGO is made with a durable plastic material that lasts longer than you think. The material allows people to play or use it for generations. Even the rare, vintage edition LEGO sets you can see on collectors’ markets were handed down through generations.
Another thing that you can make use of is the LEGO brick’s adaptive shape. The rim and stud in each type of LEGO brick allow endless possibilities of arrangement and design. For starters, you can build police stations and fire trucks. As you become familiar with the types of LEGO bricks, you may eventually replicate the world’s famous landmarks, such as the Eiffel tower, the Empire State Building, and even Big Ben.
If you are wondering what to create using your pieces, the LEGO Digital Designer (LDD) is available for free. LDD is a software that helps you build a model through virtual bricks that you can re-arrange and construct a pattern from.
What Can You Build from LEGO That Has A Practical Use?
1. Education/Fashion
Abacus
If you have kids ready to learn how to count and compute, the abacus is the perfect toy to play with. There are available LEGO bricks that can slide, which makes it easier for the kids to learn elementary math just by pushing LEGO pieces across the rod.
Chessboard
Chess is an educational sport that exercises people both mathematically and logically. And there are many ways to create a chessboard from LEGO blocks. What’s fun is that you can use LEGO Minifigures as chess pieces to add excitement to the game.
DIY Jewelry
You can choose to create DIY jewelry from rings to pendants using a piece or two of LEGO brick. You can design any shape you desire through LEGO’s adaptive structure. Glue on hooks and locks and, in a matter of minutes, craft a personalized necklace or pair of earrings.
Cuff Links
If ever that the cuff links of your favorite blazer or jacket are missing, try using LEGO brick as a substitute. LEGO bricks have a strong stud-and-tube design that uses friction to lock one block to another without using any additional fastener.
2. Interior Design
LEGO is an excellent material for furniture and home decor. Aside from its well-built fastening mechanism, LEGO bricks have more than 50 colors that you can choose from depending on the aesthetic or theme you prefer.
Lamp Shades/ Lanterns
LEGO can help you build a beautiful lampshade for your living room or study. The best part? You can customize your lanterns every quarter, depending on your mood. Also, LEGO has available transparent bricks that you can use to add tone or reduce saturation to light luminosity.
DIY Wall Repair
If you have a wall that needs repair, LEGO blocks can help. While it isn’t as big as standard marble bricks, LEGO bricks can patch areas collectively. The chunks can also cover up any holes and act as instant wallpaper with solid and vibrant colors.
Picture Frame
Add radiance on your boring picture frames with a dazzle of LEGO brick’s fun colors. Pick any block and attach it around the frame and voila, you have your family or wedding pictures blooming.
Table/Table Top
If the walls are a surprising DIY hack, then you’ll be amazed if we told you that the bricks could be attached to become a table. This is a bit of a tricky hack, as you will need lots of pieces to create a sturdy desk or tabletop.
Mini Pet House
You can use LEGO to build a creative mini-hotel or apartment for your pet. Add obstacles and furniture as well to lighten the area of your little best pals. LEGO bricks also work with aquariums if you are a fish keeper.
3. Kitchenware
Take advantage of LEGO’s customizability, even if it’s for the kitchen. Build your kitchenware, including knife holder, napkin holder, coaster just by using LEGO bricks.
4. Office
Office supplies can be recreated as well using multiple LEGO pieces. Check some of the ideas to save your office/study into being a bland space.
Organizers
Storage boxes are a big help if you are obsessed with categorizing knick-knacks lying around. Legos can also use it to build a medical kit or give it as a gift box.
Time Management/Calendar/Clock
Buying yourself a LEGO set isn’t a waste of time, as it can help you be productive throughout the day. Create your desired design for a wall clock, attach it to a clockwork, and have your custom time manager.
Final Thoughts
Even if it is one of the world’s most renowned toys, LEGO isn’t just a little past time for kids. There are multiple designs you can create with the bricks. Grabbing yourself a LEGO for practical purposes saves a lot of time. It adds joy in creativity instead of just wandering lifelessly in a department store while finding yourself some picture frame or phone stand. And although the phrase LEGO directly translates to “play well’, you, too, should have some break – while LEGO does the work.
Try out these practical builds that you can do with Legos and liven up your living space!