colorful Lego Classroom Decor ideas for 2nd grade

In 2020 we decided to temporarily homeschool our 7 year old. #thanksCovid Homeschool was the right decision right now for us because it came down to the LRE–the least restrictive environment.  It’s a term we use in public school. The question we kept asking was: Which environment–in person, virtual, or homeschool–will give Cooper the least restrictive environment?  The answer every time was homeschool.

A lego classroom decor theme for our homeschool classroom became obvious since my 7-year-old boy LOVES Legos!  And I think it turned out adorably.  Take a look at our lego classroom ideas!

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Our upstairs playroom has the perfectly sized window jut-out area.  It has great natural light and is just the perfect size for a homeschool classroom with our Lego classroom decor.  

2nd Grade Lego Sign

The first Lego classroom decor piece we did was make our “2nd” grade sign for the window sill.  I grabbed these paper mache letters online since I wasn’t going in stores, spray painted them black and hot glued random, extra legos to it.  The 2 is a 12″ letter and the N & D are 8″ letters.

The rest of the window holds our books we are reading that week.  Clearly, this week, we will be enjoying some Frog and Toad!

Lego Head Painted Jars

I ordered rainbow drawers to keep our supplies organized, but I also wanted a few supply jars out.  These LEGO jars were perfect!

I found a few extra small mason jars.  These are the 8 ounce sized jars.  First, I decided to use craft paint.

You can see that clearly didn’t work well.  The paint peeled, and the more coats I tried to add, the worse it got…

So I bought some spray paint and problem solved.  It was so easy and soooo much faster.  I wish I would’ve done this earlier!

Then, my handy husband cut a 4″ cube for me from a left over wooden post scrap he had in his shop.  I did use craft paints to paint this blue and it worked great!!  It took 2-3 coats to get the coloring right.  I wanted it to look like one of the lego heads had a blue shirt lego block and I think it works well!

Aren’t they adorable?  I had fun painting the faces and letting my 7 year old paint too! 🙂

Lego Drawer Pull

In the middle of a work-from-home, school-from-home pandemic, desks are a hot commodity!!

After 2 desk ordering fails, I finally found this desk and this chair at Walmart for under $50.  It’s simple and basic, but that’s what we needed for this kid space anyway!  (Rainbow drawers are from Amazon.)

I decided to add a drawer pull to it to tie it in to our theme.  

Cooper built a lego droid drawer pull (can you tell his other love is Star Wars??).  We used hot glue to attach it to the drawer, but that didn’t last long.  Right now, it’s stuck with Gorilla Super Glue.  Fingers crossed this lasts longer!

Lego Bulletin Board

If you have followed my blog for any amount of time, you know I LOVE a good anchor chart.  So having a place to post our learning this year was crucial!  I ordered this cork bulletin board and covered it in black fabric.  Then, I hot glued mega blocks around the border.  I bought this set of mega blocks and I had less than 10 left over so it worked perfectly with this size board.

I drew and cut out the light bulb, and made and printed the text for our big idea.  This is our big idea for the first nine weeks.  I’ve planned out 4 big ideas for the year!  If you have any of my integrated units, you know I’m a believer in a big idea to connect across all subject areas.  Homeschooling will be no different!

I love how this board turned out!  Soon it will be full of anchor charts and learning. 

If you love this lego classroom ideas bulletin board, you can find templates, for 3 lego themed inspirational quotes in this bulletin board set.

I really love our little Lego classroom decor space and hope it makes for a successful year of 2nd grade!