Simple ways to bring a sandbox to life. Don’t have a sandbox? Check out this DIY sandbox!
Lily has been the only child to show much interest in our sandbox until this past week, when Johnny and Emma started adding small animals, grass, and other items to the mix. Suddenly, the sandbox is a fantastic play scape, perfect for hours of imaginative play!
Do your kids add things to the sandbox to bring it to life?
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MaryAnne is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.
Thank you for linking to our pirate boat! :)
You’re very welcome – it’s such a neat boat!!!
I always love creativity in your kids! I hope everyone is healthy after the first week of school!
Till date I haven’t bought a sand box for my LO. Your picture prompts me to buy one right away!
Its definitely cute to hear/see their pretend plays :)
My link should say “Finding Letters in Nature” if you are able to change it.
Thanks for the link up and I love when my kids rediscover old toys too!
Done :)
Absolutely brilliant!
This makes perfect sense….what kid wouldn’t fall in love with a sand box …full of imagination!
We’ve never had a sandbox but go to the beach so often that that should totally count as the biggest sandbox!
Who needs a sandbox if you live near a beach?
I’ve been looking for something different to do with our sandbox. I think I’ll put plain old dirt in it and let the boys do whatever…the sand is just too hard to deal with. ha! (meaning, I’m tired of finding sand in my bed!)
We love our sandbox- it’s also filled with bits of nature from all over the yard- sticks, rocks, leaves, grass clippings…
My older sister used to make an outdoor kitchen. She would take the spices outside and her and her friend would start mixing them. They had a pretend cooking show. LOL! Looking back, I’m surprised she was allowed to waste the spices. Of course, back then they weren’t from Penzey’s and cost a fortune. We had the cheap ones. LOL!
You must have had the best-smelling sandbox for miles around!
I love this. Creative play is so important for children and on so many levels. beside it just plain fun too. :-)
Exactly! Thank you, Susan. :)
I’ve never added anything to our sandbox, but it sure looks fun!
Fun! We’ve never owned a sandbox at home so the only time the kids play in one is at the park.
Sandboxes are so fun! Sadly, my kids have never had one, only played at the ones in the park.
I love that photo! Our tea set often ends up in the sandbox along with lots of leaves and twigs. The buckets are usually used to make all sorts of soups.
What a beautiful picture of cooperative imaginary play.
What a great idea for adding that extra creative spark.
Our sandbox is definitely part of her outdoor kitchen. She loves to use the sand as cakes, cookies, cupcakes, soup and more. I made her an oven from a big box and she loves it. So much fun!!
My kids are always bringing things into our various play things, it amuses me to see how they combine stuff.