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This was a great easy project. I used the template from Mel Bartholomew’s I purchased two untreated pine 2x6x8ft boards. (They have 2x8 and 2x10 if you want it deeper.) I had Lowes cut them into 4 ft lengths. My son has a little saw, but I thought three small children sawing wasn’t the safest idea. With older children, it would probably be fine. I laid the 4 lengths flat on the ground and drilled three holes, evenly spaced but about an inch from the end of each of the boards. (This was only on one end of each board, on the smooth side.) Then I placed the boards together to make the box, with one board’s flat end against the cut side of the other piece. Then I drilled through the holes again (into the rough cut end of the other board) to make the track for the screw. (When I tried to screw in the screws without this second drill step, my screws all stopped abruptly and wouldn’t go in any further.) Finally, I screwed 3 ½ inch deck screws through each of the holes, holding together the box. (I think I would use 3 in screws if I did it again, because my drill bit was barely long enough to reach the 3 ½ inches.) I placed it on the ground, laid landscape fabric over it, and put eight 50lb bags of play sand in it. (“Play sand” is key, because landscaping sand is too fine to wash easily out of clothing.) |
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