Sensory Spaces: Individual Sandboxes! ⛱️⌛️

During the height of Covid, we were busting out all ideas and getting really creative with ways to extend activities and allow everyone to have their own space. I had a thought that instead of sharing one big sandbox, I could find a way to use a smaller container that would hold enough sand for them to play in and also could be stored without water/weather elements getting in. It was a great solution.

This also saved us right after I had my third baby and it was the middle of the summer. I needed to have my other boys occupied for short spurts of time while I was feeding and tending to baby.

This was a quick, simple activity that I could open up and set out minimal cleanup—as their entire bodies did not get covered in sand! The containers were easy to store even throughout the winter as the boxes just stacked on one another.

We just recently busted out this idea once again — six years later! It’s been fun to give them their own space again and watch how they all use the boxes differently!

Here are links to the containers we used both times and the BEST, softest sand!

Containers: https://amzn.to/4vRJULn

Sand: https://amzn.to/4vLPMW7