How to make any toy lego compatible with sugru

Kids love lego. But sometimes their imaginations are just too vast to be limited to that world of bricks.

With just a little bit of sugru you can bring a whole new element to your child's playtime and incorporate all their favorite toys into the lego world.

Wowzas.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

sugru lego (a range of flat pieces are best, from single studs to much larger bits) scissors tissue paper and TOYS TOYS TOYS

Why sugru is good for this: 1: bonds to ABS brilliantly :) 2: bonds to most other materials 3: you can remove sugru from most non porous surfaces without leaving any marks so you can continually adapt and update the toys almost as quickly as your child's attention span shifts!

Take note: Unlike LEGO, sugru isn't a toy. While it's still soft and squidgy, sugru is for grownups, not kids, so keep it away from those little guys. Once sugru has had time to cure, it's safe for everyone.

Lego-fy that toy!

This can be as crazy as your imagination, just use the same steps as before but you can build all kinds of crazy new LEGO compatible toys, we made a dinosaur, what will you make ?...

1: Make a small sausages of sugru the length of the LEGO piece.

2: Press the sugru firmly onto the back of the LEGO block.

3: Make a mini pyramid from the sugru with your fingers. (This will help you get a good bond in the next step)

4: Press the sugru firmly onto the end of your toy making sure you get a good bond.

5: Finally, gently press the sugru around the edges to get a nice surface finish.

5: Leave both to cure overnight.

6: Once cured, you can easily build other LEGO blocks or characters onto your new LEGO compatible toy, yay :)

PLAYTIME!

Once cured your child can finally get their hands on the toy. That's if you can face giving it away!

TOP TIP: Incorporate natural elements such as stones and logs in the same way to bring an even greater degree of realism to your lego play!

Waaaahooooooohwaahhooowahhhwahhohoooooooooo! :)

We also made a lovely print friendly A4 PDF of this project, you can download it from our blog here, I hope you like it :)