Thread: Christmas break project 1

Nice work, looks like she is happy with it. You will be out there all the time sweeping the sand of the nice framework?

Are there draining holes in the black plastic?

That's a nicely constructed sandpit, much better than any other I've come across, and your daughter sure is a sweety.

Did you make a cover for it? You don't want it to end up as a huge kitty tray.

Chris

Judging by her smile I'd say someone is real happy!
Good work Shannon

your a little to big for that box,,

Love your fence there

Nice One Shannon! Smart man earning brownie points from one so young & cute & who is having so much fun I remember my sandpit days and how much fun I had, back then.

cheers
RufflyRustic

Originally Posted by Shannon

Not exactly "fine" woodworking, but I was pleased with it and so was our daughter. Sandpits are always going to be well received by the youngens

It was going to be a surprise for our 3 y.o but I had to get the sand delivered on the 23rd. With her having played with that on the drivway and then having seen me create a box out of treated pine, it took her about 10mins to say "daddy is my sandpit ready yet?" So much for "surprise Trinity look what santa made for you"

hahaha yes kids are quick, I am sure they are quicker today than when I was there age (and I am only 35!).

We got around that delima but saying santa's elves were so busy they asked if daddy could build it for them. Worked a treat (it was a swing set in out case).

Nice work. Reminds me of a similar sandpit I built for my 3 yr old daughter. She is now 22 and getting married in four weeks.

Tex

Shannon,

This is a great project. I really like it. Thanks.

Thanks all,

No drainage holes in the plastic, but have a cover for it. Long term I am going to build a cubby to the left of it and I will add an annexe over the sandpit using the same roofline from the cubby, this way it has some sun and rain protection for Trinity (our daughter). Cubby was going to be the chrissy project, but as it happens when you have kids, time is short so the sandpit got bumped into 1st place.
Trinity can spend a LONG time in the pit so I am one happy chappy that I decided to build it. Besides this project, and christmas project 2 which I will post when I download the photos also enabled me to get an early christmas present in the form of a SCMS so you see giving can really pay off sometimes

Originally Posted by Shannon

Thanks all,

No drainage holes in the plastic, but have a cover for it. Long term I am going to build a cubby to the left of it and I will add an annexe over the sandpit using the same roofline from the cubby, this way it has some sun and rain protection for Trinity (our daughter). Cubby was going to be the chrissy project, but as it happens when you have kids, time is short so the sandpit got bumped into 1st place.
Trinity can spend a LONG time in the pit so I am one happy chappy that I decided to build it. Besides this project, and christmas project 2 which I will post when I download the photos also enabled me to get an early christmas present in the form of a SCMS so you see giving can really pay off sometimes

Don't wanna rain on your parade mate. But I built my daughter a sand box many years ago (she's 35 now) and one day I heard her screaming. I ran out to see what the problem was and she'd disturbed a nest of 4" brown scorpions :eek::eek::eek: that I later found out just love sand-boxes. Mind you I was living at Deakin at the time. errrr.. thats a railway camp on the nullabor plain a kilometre or so inside the West Australian border.Cheers