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Lego Altoid Tins

Author by Meaghan Mountford on January 13, 2019 Updated on January 15, 2019

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These cute LEGO Altoid tins are perfect recycled craft. They make fun mini travel kits to keep kids busy in the car or on a plane. Or, you can make up a bunch for fun birthday party favors.

Lego Altoid Tins: great way to keep kids busy on a plane or road trip

 

Lego Altoid Tins

Save your mint tins! There are so many ways to upcycle your empty Altoid tins, so these cute metal boxes are worth saving. You can easily turn one into a LEGO play kit for kids, a great road trip idea or birthday party favor. Personalize each tin with your kid’s favorite Lego sets.

Love this idea? Here is a roundup of 25 awesome Lego crafts for kids and grown-ups. Or think bigger and make your kids a rolling Lego table for years of playtime fun.

Recycled craft: Lego Altoid Tins above shot

What you’ll need to make Lego Altoid Tins:

  • Altoid tin
  • Acrylic craft paint (optional)
  • Paintbrush (optional)
  • Hot glue gun
  • Plate LEGO pieces for the top
  • Small LEGO pieces to package in the tin


Lego Altoid Tins up close

Wash your Altoid tin and let it dry completely. If you like, paint the edges of the top of the tin to cover the red design. You may also leave the tin as is. You may need two to three coats of paint. Let dry completely.

Painting lego tins

Hot glue the plate (the single layer) LEGO pieces to create the base on the top. You will need pieces that total 10 notches across and 6 notches wide to fit the plate centered on the tin.

Or, to cover the top of the tin completely, you’ll need pieces that total 11 notches across and 7 notches wide. I recommend the former combination, as the edges fit fully on the tin and the configuration is easier to attain with different pieces.

How to make Lego Altoid Tins step 2

Let the hot glue dry well.  Package Lego pieces in the tin, and gift to kids!

How to make Lego Altoid Tins. Open tin with LEGOs in it

How to make Lego Altoid Tins

I love these cute and easy Lego Altoid tins so much, I kind of want to make a few for myself. They are awesome little kits to keep kids busy in the car or on airplane rides.

If you’re making them as birthday party favors, have the kids help make and design each tin! You’d be surprised how many different Lego pieces can fit in an Altoid tin.

For another recycled craft idea, and one to keep the kids busy is this Four Seasons Felt Board. They can mix and match the seasons and create their our version of the perfect day!

For a more adult-centered recycled craft idea- check out this Cookie Sheet Magnetic Board. Made from an old cookie sheet, you can have a DIY magnet board for your craft space, office, or school.

Originally posted on April 2, 2018

Lego Altoid Tins
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Lego Altoid Tin

Author: Meaghan Mountford

Supplies

  • Altoid tin
  • Acrylic craft paint optional
  • Paint brush optional
  • Hot glue gun
  • Plate LEGO pieces for the top
  • Small LEGO pieces to package in the tin

Instructions

  • Wash your Altoid tin and let it dry completely. If you like, paint the edges of the top of the tin to cover the red design. You may also leave the tin as is. You may need two to three coats of paint. Let dry completely.
  • Hot glue the plate (the single layer) LEGO pieces to create the base on the top. You will need pieces that total 10 notches across and 6 notches wide to fit the plate centered on the tin. Or,to cover the top of the tin completely, you'll need pieces that total 11 notches across and 7 notches wide. I recommend the former combination, as the edges fit full on the tin and the configuration is easier to attain with different pieces.
  • Let the hot glue dry well.  Package Lego pieces in the tin, and gift to kids!

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  1. Jan says

    November 11, 2023 at 5:45 pm

    Love the LEGO tins!! Where do you buy the base plate?

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  2. Victoria Boehner says

    September 29, 2023 at 3:17 pm

    I was wondering if you had any ideas for a 6 year old boys altoid box. I have twin grandchildren and my grand daughter would love the girl one you posted, but I am stumped for a boy’s version.

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