It's a joke that's on the money: When you reach the stepping-on-Lego years, you become the parent trying to silent-scream your curses. Having storage for Legos is key, but what we find to be most beneficial — as parents, toy pros and play advocates — are Lego tables that encourage your child to build and display their creations while also keeping stray bricks off the floor.

"Building with Lego bricks can help support spatial awareness and reasoning, teamwork (or conflict resolution!), fine motor skills and more," said former Good Housekeeping Institute Chief Technologist & Executive Technical Director Rachel Rothman, a mom of three kids and a mechanical engineer. "In our house, we also incorporate Lego into sorting, counting and other math challenges. My own Lego play as a child eventually led me to coding and advanced structural engineering."

We evaluated 20 Lego tables and these are our eight favorites. All have either a brick-ready top or a rim to keep bricks on the table.