How to Make a LEGO Minifigure Display Shelf
Our house is drowning in LEGO Minifigures. I am constantly finding yellow heads in our laundry, little body-less plastic pants in our beds, and tiny swords get sucked up by the vacuum cleaner weekly. We are slowly being invaded by these little quirky warriors, construction workers, mermaids, superheroes, and ninjas.
Maybe it’s my own fault for being addicted to the LEGO Minifigure blind bags
(This post was originally published in June 2015. It was updated and refreshed in June 2020)
To bring order to our LEGO Minifigure town, I had to do something and do it swiftly. Last year I found the coolest shelves and after LEGOfying them (yes, that IS a word), the kids were immediately on board to organize and display our mighty (and growing) collection of LEGO Minifigures. I love these little guys so much that I might just have to make a set of these shelves for our bedroom!
These DIY LEGO Minifigure shelves are the perfect storage and display solution, and they are easy to make! The shelves are perfect for any kid’s room, regardless of their theme.
Our kids had a whale/ LEGO theme for a while and it was SUPER adorable!!!!
Everything You Need to Make a LEGO Shelf:
- These black shelves are PERFECT for this DIY project. The ledge has a small lip that allows the LEGO plate to be concealed. It is a great fit, actually, a match made in LEGO heaven.
- I used three baseplates for this project.
- You could use a hot glue gun for this project, but I wanted to have the ability to remove the LEGO plates in the future. The double-sided tape has kept the base plates in place without any wiggling at all.
How to Make a LEGO Display Shelf
- Remove the shelves from their packaging.
- Place the LEGO baseplate on the shelf, leaving 1/4″ from the back edge.
- Cut the baseplate to fit with regular household scissors.
- Cover the entire top surface of the shelf with baseplates.
- Some shelves will have more than one piece, cut them to size, and fit it like a puzzle.
- Secure the baseplates with double-sided tape.
- VOILA! You are now the proud owner of a DIY LEGO Minifigure display shelf.
- Collect all your LEGO Minifigures, have fun putting them together and on display!
We have our shelves hanging above the boys’ LEGO bookcases displaying their largest sets. It is a great way to keep the LEGO Minifigures handy for play, but off the floor – which our feet appreciate!
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This is such a great idea!! I try to get the kids to keep their Legos at their Lego table in the playroom, but you can imagine how that goes 😉 Maybe having little stations around the house would avoid the inevitable horror of stepping on one!
My 6yo’s Legos were fine until the baby became mobile and interested. Now they’re EVERYWHERE. Always looking for storage ideas, thanks!
Oh yeah – mobile babies change your view of EVERYTHING – especially LEGO. LOL
Genius! What a great way for the kids to showcase their little figures but also keep things organized. I can even imagine several of these along a wall.
Thanks Nina! I had to do something… we were being invaded! 🙂
This is such a brilliant idea. I never thought of this before. Yes, I admit, currently my TV console has become a display table for those Lego creations, but it is kind of disorganized. Having separate shelves dedicated for Legos would make it way nicer. Great project!
Where did you purchase the shelves? Sorry if you answered, I didn’t see it.
you can get them on Amazon – there is a link in the article. They are AWESOME
Great way to keep the LEGO minifigures out of the reach of younger siblings. I and sharing this on Pinterest.
Thank you SO much for sharing. Yes – the siblings… they do tend to make minifigures disappear!
I am SO glad you found this useful!!! We love our shelves – especially because that means less LEGO on the floor to step on!