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Indoor Sandbox

The other day, Chris and I were discussing the fact that Jupiter should have a sandbox. I figured he has plenty of dirt to play in outside, but the consistency of sand can be a little bit more fun and not quite as much of a cleanup hassle. Then I came across the idea of indoor sandboxes.

I thought that an indoor sandbox might be just the thing, but the ones I was seeing were small and over 20 bucks! Rather than buy one of those little things, I remembered that we had an shallow tote that we were not using in the basement. I also thought that a bag of sand from the hardware store was probably a lot cheaper.

Jupiter and I walked over to the nearest hardware store today, and the smallest bag of sand they carried was under $4.00 for 70 pounds. My shoulders are regretting carrying a 70 pound anything the three blocks back to our house, but we did put the unused tote to good use.

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  1. Lisa (@oobbles)9/15/11, 5:17 AM

    I don't think we could do that- we have enough problems in the house with sand from our outside sandbox!

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  2. Cara (@thinkCara)9/15/11, 3:20 PM

    We get our sand from the hardware store too. Midwest sand is much grainier than east coast sand. It was a difference I had not expected. weird

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