If you have kids, then you probably have Legos. And if you have Legos, then you probably have Lego instruction books floating around your house, getting bent and torn and lost. I have a solution for you!
I have four kids, and massive amounts of Lego sets, so my husband and I came up with this method of keeping our Lego instruction books nice and neat and organized. I’ve noticed that my kids play with their Legos more, now that they each have their own organized binder of instruction booklets. Pretty cool little bonus! This method also can be used to organize other toy booklets as well, such as Lincoln Logs, etc. So here’s what you’ll need…
Supplies:
- Binder
- Sheet Protectors
- Page Dividers
- Labels or Label Maker (optional)
- Piece of 12×12 Card Stock (optional- for cover)
- Letter Stickers (optional- for cover title)
Step 1:
At first my husband and I laminated each page of some of our books, but after paying $50 at Office Depot for only a couple of books to be laminated, we decided to change our plan. Now we use the sheet protectors instead, which are actually easier because you don’t have to punch the holes in the pages like you did with the laminating.
Step 2:
Anonymous says
What a great idea. That is a great picture, looks like a Pottery Barn ad!
Laura Russell says
Thanks! How did you know that was my favorite store? 🙂
Jessica says
How didnyou get the pages to go in order. If I put pages say 3 and 4 on, when they turn the page the back is pages 2 and 5. I can’t figure out how to keep them in numerical order. I plan to buy a laminating machine. They are only $20 then $14 for 100 sheet. I thought they were more expensive than that until I looked it up.
Kristi says
The instructions that come in my son’s Lego sets are 8″x5″ (horizontal) little booklets, how would you work that into a binder? I have 3 boys & my oldest is 6 years old & has just recently become a Lego fanatic – I’m going crazy trying to keep all the instructions & trying to keep the sets separate. Also, do you recommend keeping the boxes they came in? Help! 🙂
Ruby says
I wouldn’t keep the boxes because some of them get huge & even just keeping, say the front panel, becomes cumbersome! Trust me, lego collecting & busing becomes addicting & all that “extra” stuff adds up quick! I’m considering scanning all the booklet pages & re-laying them out in order to fit 8.x11 pages to be put in the binder. Haven’t done it yet, though, since my sons have a ton of booklets already. Good luck parents on keeping the growing mess organized 😉
Rebecca says
I also wrote in Sharpie the set # on each page so if the binder got opened and dumped my boys could put them back in order. Also I taped the top edge of the sheet protectors shut so instructions don’t fall out.
Laura says
Those are both great ideas Rebecca, thanks so much for sharing!
Evelyne says
I LOVE this binder idea. Can you please tell me where you purchased these binders and which sizes. I want to buy them online but having difficulty figuring out which ones are the best.
Thanks!!!
MARILYN says
Thinking of organizing all my grandchildren’s lego instruction books. I’ve decided to use the page protectors but am not going to disassemble them. So what do you suggest to use to fasten the pages at the top to keep the booklets inside. Someone suggested the folders with Velcro fasteners but they are very expensive. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Laura says
Hi Marilyn, Since we’ve collected so many more Lego sets that’s exactly what we do now too. We place one entire booklet into a page protector so it’s easy to store and see and pull out as needed. I don’t do anything to keep them inside the sheet protector since we store them standing up and we haven’t had any problems with them spilling out. Hope that helps!