Lego Letterbox

This was a really enjoyable project. My son has boxes and boxes of Lego. Rather than stack them in a corner and continue to vacuum up stray pieces, I decided to make our letterbox for a new house that we are building this year. It will be a talking piece for our new neighbourhood, and will remind us of my son's happy building times. I had a lot of fun using the men in random places – check out the number.

I made my letterbox big enough for a C4 envelope, those big envelopes which hold an A4 sheet of paper. I purchased a 30x30cm baseboard from www.justbricks.com.au.
(628 LEGO® X-Large Grey Baseplate CODE: 628)
You may be able to think of a way to use what you have rather than buy something new.

I began by adding a single row of two dots in from the edge of the base plate, on three sides (you can see that in the finished image too), but at the back I left 6 rows of dots, but you don't have to. I don't really know why I did that... I just liked the look of it.

I used Atlantis column pieces to make the edges of the opening, 4 pieces high to allow small packages to be left. The width of the opening is 36 dots – check that a C4 envelope fits before glueing.

I carefully selected the colour scheme for the front, sticking to black and grey pieces mostly, so that my number 37 would stand out in yellow/orange. I glued the pieces one by one with a plastics glue called Tiger Grip.

You can have your post box however high you like. And as long as your cover will spread past the finished shape, like eaves on a house, then it doesn't matter if you have some gaps between your Lego pieces.

I built my number first and then added dark colours around to ensure it stands out. Have fun with the Lego people!

You can use anything waterproof for the top, but I would make sure it extends past the shape of the letterbox, in case you have gaps (which I do) between Lego pieces. I used a plastic box lid and glued it into position.

I love my Lego letterbox.