I will cry when we finally give away our Lego Duplo , but considering my 8 year old will still happily play with it I am not packing it up yet. One of the things I like to do with toys that we already have to make them fresh is to find new ways to use them or ways to make them seem new. Enter washi tape. If you aren’t familiar with washi tape it’s colorful paper tape that comes off easily so not only can you reposition it you can remove it. I added some washi tape to my daughter’s Lego Duplo on a whim around Valentine’s Day and posted it to Instagram and the response was great enough I knew I needed to do a full post about it here. As you will see washi tape Lego Duplo can also be used for more directed activities too. Scroll down to see what we did with it.
Gather your materials. You will need some blocks – we used Duplo but Mega Blocks or Little People Builder blocks would work, as would regular old wooden blocks. You will also need some washi tape. I got ours online here ( affiliate link), as well as some Scotch brand washi tape at Target. 
Start by wrapping the tape around the blocks. Make a few blocks with the same tape. 
Time to build. 
Mix the different blocks with tape along with some without the tape for a fun group of blocks to build with. 
If you are looking for a structured activity here are two that emerged from our play :
Match all the similar patterns – dots and stripes. I suggested she count them to see which had more by casually saying ” I wonder which tower has more blocks.” 
And then match the exact tape patterns. She counted them all without me prompting it, which is exactly what I love to see!
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Jeanine says
Allison, this is the most genius idea ever for refreshing the LEGO especially!! And how cool to think the girls can just make their own a bit more girlie if they like! You have got some of the most simple, practical, and very useful ideas for childrens learning fun I have seen. Thank you for sharing so much valuable information with your readers always.
Ashley Mullen says
What a fun way to add some new fun to lego!
Diana @ Life in German. says
this post made me want to buy some duplo/legos and washi tape just to do this, thanks for sharing your creativeness 😉
{found your blog on bloglovin}
Cristina says
Wow! Amazing! Fantastic! Fabulous! <3 Thank you!
Gude from The Paperdashery says
GENIUS IDEA! I absolutely love this and wish I could play with them, let alone my kids… 😉
I’ve linked to this as part of our 10 fabulous washi tape ideas blog post.
Thanks for the inspiration!
Rose says
Fantastic Idea! LOVE this!
Emily says
Nice idea for decorating the Lego. My son had so many Lego toys. Let’s try it out.
Lucy says
Had never heard of washi tape until i read this article. Fantastic. My daughter loves playing with her duplo and I can see her absolutely adore her making her duplo “pretty” with washi tape