These are the must-haves for your LEGO trousseau

My children’s wish list is fairly monotonous and can be summed up in four letters: LEGO. After a quarantine of no less than three weeks, the LEGO mania in our house has only increased. Admittedly, we as parents are happy to help with that. Because the quarantine was the perfect time to assemble all the LEGO structures and find out which bricks are missing. You can order these individually on the LEGO site. Useful! This is how we make everything complete again. And in the meantime Elin (9) and Mats (6) learn how to follow an instruction booklet, see how constructions work and develop their imagination with loose LEGO bricks. These items and packages are included in our LEGO trousseau:

The rollercoaster

“During the first lockdown, we were looking for a project that the four of us could work on. It presented itself in the form of: the roller coaster! Take turns building four pages and moving them on again. That’s how we have this thing built up as a family. Really great to do together and you can play endlessly with the end result. We bought a motor, so that the carts continue to drive by themselves.”

– Includes 11 minifigures
– Set contains more than 4120 elements
– 53 cm high, 88 cm wide and 41 cm deep.

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LEGO tape

“My children’s bed and bedroom cabinets are covered with LEGO tape. You can put dolls on these, but of course also build your name in LEGO so that everyone knows who should sleep in that bed.”

– Length: 1 meter
– Available in different colors
– Can be cut to any desired length

Here you can buy this very handy LEGO tape

Destiny’s Bounty

“Mats loves all things Ninjago. When he first started talking about Destiny’s bounty, I had no idea. It’s been in and out four times now. He can do this all by himself – which of course I I think it’s very clever. Admittedly: the LEGO sets are quite an investment, but here at home they are really played with intensively.”

– Easy to follow instruction
– Includes 7 minifigures
– Suitable for children from 9 years old

Yes, I want this set

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LEGO Dots

“Elin’s LEGO bins are full of LEGO Friends. The LEGO tape on her bed is filled with the figures from her different sets. But she also likes LEGO Dots. She can make new creations every time.”

– This large set contains 5 bracelets, each approx. 20 cm long
– Suitable for children from 6 years old
– Includes 295 colorful tiles

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Classic package

“In addition to building with an instruction booklet, Elin and Mats also like to make fantastic constructions. It is therefore useful to have a lot of loose stones at home to make towers, animals and other worlds. I keep these separate from the building kits. I want to keep it complete. With LEGO blocks you can give fun assignments to your toddler and preschooler, such as counting blocks, naming colors and replicating animals.”

– 484 stones
– Packaged in a sturdy plastic storage box
– The green building board is 8 cm long and 16 cm wide

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LEGO plates

“LEGO building boards should not be missing from your trousseau. They are useful for making villages or displaying built structures.”

– Available in different colors
– 25 x 25 cm.
– Suitable for children from 4 years old

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store

“In order to organize all the colored bricks in a clear manner, we have purchased LEGO storage bins. The ones with drawers are especially useful. We have different colors that you can conveniently stack on top of each other.”

Handy, I must have this!

Technical LEGO

“The LEGO Friends packs are no longer so challenging for Elin. That’s why she now regularly makes technical LEGO. I think it’s a shame that vehicles and masculine devices are mainly available in this series, but Elin doesn’t mind and feel free to build a race car.”

This makes my child happy

On the wish list

• “Of course there is always something to be desired. We are eager to go to Legoland Discovery Center in The Hague with a Ninjago training zone, endless blocks to build with, attractions and workshops.
• And our next set? We’re not quite done yet, but my hands are itching when I see this beautiful Harry Potter castle.”

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