My husband and I have had to move a lot since having children. When you live a nomadic-of-sorts life, it’s difficult to achieve certain things like a backyard sandpit or cubby house. My son especially enjoys playing with sand and so I wanted to give him that experience without the big deal of doing a sandpit (even a shell sand pit is a pain when you often have to move, sometimes each year).
So…what I have done over the years is use a plastic underbed storage container to make a sandbox. The good thing is they come with a lid so you can leave it out on the patio somewhere covered so no pets get into it. I grab a bag of sand from somewhere like Bunnings, and then add anything we like to it. It usually lasts about a month (depending on what the kids use it for). When using water, I leave it out in the sun for a bit, give it a bit of a debris clean and it’s good for another play session.
Start with
- Underbed storage container
- Play sand
Play ideas
- Water dish (food coloured water can be fun)
- Rocks
- Cars
- Small Toys
- Twigs
- Spoons & Plastic cups
- Plastic figurines (these are brilliant!)
- Shells
- Pavers (to make roads)
Themes
Sometimes we do up a theme box, and below are three that we have done before.
Construction Sand Box
Desert Island Sand Box
Ocean Sand Box
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