Lego. It's a Menace.

Lego having legs? Sounds like it should, lol! I remember these when my kids were little and yes, I have stepped on them once in a while. All I can say is "OUCH!" and "CLEAN these up!". I think they should make lego's with a little magnet on them so you can take a wand and voila, they're gone into a pile.

We just have to weigh whether the pain in the feet is enough to over look and add in that it fosters there creative minds...

i cannot remember having that much of an issue with lego but i only have two and we had a big bin that held the lego and the bin got moved from room to room when the girls were playing with it. of course, they are teenagers now and we finally gave the lego away.

GreenMoo,thanks for this discussion,i think its a kid thing to just litter the whole house with legos plus their toys,i threaten my kids i will throw them away until i realise that i bought them with cash.you wonder why when they are done they cant pack them in their container.i think we just have to go through this phase in their life.

GreenMoo, i feel you.i am always tempted to throw them then i remember i bought them with money.i have threatened my kids i will give them away if after they have played they cant store them away.even me i go through having them all over especially when am cleaning the house they is a piece everywhere especially under the furniture.after i once slid after stepping on a toy car my help learnt to pick all those on the way before retiring to bed.kids you just have to love them.

I totally understand what you mean.. My sister assigned a specific place for my nephew to play with legos, so that the pieces are not all over the house.. I think assigning a particular room or area where kids can be all creative without creating trouble for the rest is the best idea..

It must. How else would it get places? Certainly not because the kids leave it lying about...

I haven't bothered to get the kids any legos in awhile because the pieces just go missing so quickly.

Hiya GM, Not so much Lego treading in the middle of the night no but I have found other obstacles yes like those scooter things for babies left in the passage way and how I never went flying I will never know it was pitch black as well lol. Another was when a certain somebody left a chair right in the middle of the living room God knows when as I always tidy up before going to sleep. I missed it by a miracle but did not miss the fright it gave me same as with the scooter. I love Lego we should all still be playing with that and board games oh well do not want to go on.xxx PS:I have trod on the pieces during the daytime yes but they do stick into the soles of your feet and how.xxx

I have two young boys and they do have their lego collection. It's always exciting for them (and even me) to get them out of the box, and build whatever it is supposed to be. But after it's been built it, they loose interest and it gets broken down piece by piece until it all ends up in their big lego bin. I have stepped on it a few times, and it IS a menace!

My granddaughter has loved it before.She used the plastic bricks to assemble and construct all kinds of objects.How come your children would scatter them about? Did they use them for making something when they lay on the bed?

I agree with. My daughter has blocks and I love the fact that they are open ended toys. Things like that they can play with often and not get bored with like a lot of toys that are battery operated, and have a specific purpose. Her blocks aren't that small but I can imagine how painful that would be. I often find her little hair clips like butterfly ones and end up stepping on those. That hurts like crazy as well.

My son loves his legos. He got a lot for Christmas at least three different sets. I have him store all the legos n the bedroom. They will find their way out into the living room. They are a nuisance. Sure do wish we had a playroom for them.

My son loved those legos. Legos are a great way for kids to be creative. yes, i understand might be a problem having them all over the house there. But I think its well worth it. A great learning toy there. Take care...

I have still got the indentation of what a piece of lego did to my knee when I knelt on it all those years back. Mind you most of the time mum would hoover bits of lego up, this one piece must have eluded the vaccuum cleaner and I just happened to kneel down in the wrong place. I loved lego and it gave me hours and hours of entertainment, when you are the only child and have to entertain yourself on your own lego is the perfect companion.

When my kids were young and playing with the big Legos it wasn't so bad. When they got older and has Legos of all sizes I swear those things did grow legs and worse still, they breed!! It was a never-ending battle to get them all picked up--the boys put them away but there were always stragglers lurking about in the strangest places and strategically positioned for my bare feet to land on at least one in the middle of the night or when I was hurrying to do something! But I love them! The boys and I would play with them together for hours, building cities and garages for their cars, space ships, castles and all sorts of things. I think if I child had Legos and nothing else they could nearly always be entertained as there are so many ways to use them and so many things to be built!

No human children here, so we don't have any Lego. Although, I have been tempted to buy some for myself, since I never really had them as a child except for one paltry "starter kit." However, I think that I shall resist that temptation and hold off until I have children. However, cat toys can be about as much fun. That is part of the reason why I always have slippers/house shoes on when I am walking about in here.

I spent many hours trying to pick it all up.I have also stepped on it and boy does it hurt.Those tiny figure in the packs used to drive me round the bend trying to get the hats on those little figures.My son is 19 and sometimes I long to step on that flipping stuff in the night on the stairs,floating down the loo.in my make up bag ect ,funny what you miss.

Yeah, I feel your pain! When I was kid, my younger cousins used to have legos all over the floor. Sometimes when I run around the house, I would step on one and I would yell out loud for the pain!!! Happened not just once.. Lesson here is to look at where you are stepping and to always clean up after the kids are done playing.

I like this toy, once made for relieving from stress. When I was oveload across the country, I used to go out and buy legos in my flat. Taking all day long assembling these components into a good craft. As the contract ended, I had made a complete police station on top my table and took a picture of it. Then I posted in my blog, a piece of craft made by me.