Repurpose A Kids Tent Into A Sandbox



I'm not gonna lie, I'm feeling pretty smug right now. Finally a cool repurposing idea that's NOT "Pinterest-inspired", that I came up with all by myself!  My brilliant idea was to turn a kids pup tent (pup tent? pop tent?) into a sandbox.  You see, we have a fenced-in pool and lots of concrete in our back yard, so I wanted to spruce things up for baby #3 - a water table, a basketball hoop, maybe a slide or a playhouse, and now a sandbox. 


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Sandboxes are ridiculously expensive, in my opinion. Even the cheapies at WalMart are around $30, not to mention the cost of the sand. I was looking for an old school hard plastic kiddie pool, or a small inflatable one would have done fine, but then I realized that this tent that my daughter used to use as a clubhouse was just the thing!  



And it's actually better than a sandbox because you can zip it closed to keep cat doody out...



And it provides a shady spot to play!



Our tent is roughly 4x5 feet, and we bought 5 bags of sand at WalMart for $3.88 each. And of course we needed a pail and some new shovels to celebrate. 







3 comments:

  1. Great idea does it keep the rain out?And doesn't it get Hot?

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    1. I didn't notice that it got hot but the sand did get a little icky since I had the tent closed up all the time, and it wasn't really exposed to the sun which would have dried it up a bit. I kept it closed to keep neighborhood cats out but now I'm thinking I should have let it breathe. Also after being in the sun for a long time it did start to tear. I just hauled it out to the trash, but it was fun for a summer!

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    2. I didn't notice that it got hot but the sand did get a little icky since I had the tent closed up all the time, and it wasn't really exposed to the sun which would have dried it up a bit. I kept it closed to keep neighborhood cats out but now I'm thinking I should have let it breathe. Also after being in the sun for a long time it did start to tear. I just hauled it out to the trash, but it was fun for a summer!

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