Cheap toy box

I love being organized, but younger children do not share my passion. I have tried for years to categorize their toys and games into several bins in their rooms. Unfortunately, I was the only one that tried to put like items together. I will dump all of their toys into a giant pile, sort them and put them away. It would stay this way for a week or so and then they were hopelessly mixed together or on the floor.

So, I gave up. When I was in the back yard last week, I noticed one of our deck boxes and it occurred to me that it would be a perfect toy box.

Some of the qualities I like were:

• The box was quite light, this should prevent any nasty bumps on their heads if the top should suddenly close.
• It is not air tight. No chance of a game of hide and seek turning terribly bad.
• It is huge, all of their toys easily fit inside.

The downside is that it didn’t pass the mother test. She thinks it looks trashy. Maybe she is right, but it isn’t staying for ever. Hopefully, she will forget about it. : )