Five iconic Lego sets to decorate
27.1.2023
Translation: machine translated
Do you love Lego, but never know what to do with the colourful bricks? Why don't you try using the little bricks as decoration?
For Lego fans, 28 January is likely to be a special date: On this day in 1958, the toy manufacturer from Billund in Denmark was granted the patent for the famous Lego brick. Since then, International Lego Day has been celebrated on this day every year. Reason enough to celebrate the sheer range of toy sets. The following five Lego sets are perfect for decorating - all year round.
Japanese tree art
Plants that need no water, no light and no love are a dream. But plastic plants often look dusty, like they were forgotten in the 70s and never picked up. How good that there are also plants made from colourful Lego bricks and elements: Although they are also made of plastic, more precisely of the plastic acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer, they at least look refreshingly different thanks to their square symmetry.
The bonsai tree from Lego is adorned with green leaves and pink cherry blossoms. The set also includes the rectangular bowl and a wooden slatted base on which the tree can be nicely staged. Incidentally, the Lego bonsai tree is part of a botanical collection for adults. In this collection, some of the set's leaf elements are made from bioplastic, which is obtained from sustainably grown sugar cane.
Starry Night by Van Gogh
Do you find the idea of decorating with Lego exciting, but are you a dendrophobe, i.e. afraid of trees? Then this Light my bricks set might be just the thing for you. Light my bricks offer a range of options for enhancing Lego models with LED lights. The Light my bricks are so small that they fit under and between the Lego bricks. This means you can decide for yourself where you want to add illuminated accents. In this case, you can give Starry Night - one of Vincent van Gogh's most famous paintings - a glowing sky with LED bricks. The set also contains Lego elements that you can use to build three spotlights. This gives you a stylish decorative element and brings an eccentric museum feeling into your home.
The red tongue on the wall
If you like the idea of a Lego decorative wall object but are more of an art fanatic, you're in for a treat. The Rolling Stones' famous logo - the red mouth with the tongue sticking out - is also available in Lego bricks. When designer John Pasche scribbled a tongue with lips on a sheet of paper in 1970, he had no idea that the drawing he had just created would one day become a masterpiece: the most famous band logo in rock 'n' roll history. The logo has been copied thousands of times, redesigned and printed on T-shirts, mugs and bed linen. It is therefore only logical that the legendary Tongue and Lips logo is also available as a Lego set.
Lego's own creation
If neither rock'n'roll nor art soften your heart, you can alternatively let your imagination run wild and create a personalised decorative object: With the Lego Dots sets, you can assemble your own colourful worlds. This model contains Lego bricks for three brightly coloured picture frames in the shape of an ice cream cone. There is also a Lego bracelet for the very brave (or helping children's arms). If you get tired of looking at the picture frames, you can easily redesign them completely and enjoy them again.
Magic chess
The world's favourite brain teaser is of course also available in Lego bricks. However, this is no ordinary chess game, but an homage to one of the most exciting episodes from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Together with his friends, Harry has to master a game against living chess pieces that do not shy away from cruelty. Once set up, the set is not only a pretty eye-catcher in the living room, but can also be used wonderfully to re-enact the famous scene or to play your own games of chess.
Cover photo: Pexels/Markus Spiske
A true local journalist with a secret soft spot for German pop music. Mum of two boys, a dog and about 400 toy cars in all shapes and colours. I always enjoy travelling, reading and go to concerts, too.
