Transform a plain crate into this DIY
wooden toy box by adding wheels and giving it a fresh coat of paint.
A wooden toy box helps keep the room neat and tidy and is an attractive piece of furniture in its own right.
My kids have a sturdy
wooden toy box I bought at a garage sale, but it's beginning to show its age.
I have my husband's old
wooden toy box sitting in our garage and I just can't decide how to paint it... keep it simple (one color) or get out of my comfort zone and try stripes or geometric shapes.
Based on the educational philosophy of Montessori,
this wooden toy box stimulates cooperation between parent and child.
In our living room, I always had
a wooden toy box with a lid so the kids could put the toys inside and we could shut the lid and not see them....
Wooden toy boxes should be finished with non-toxic varnishes and finishes that won't harm your child.
Not exact matches
To keep
toys tidy, instead of a large
toy box, it is better to have a variety of small containers, preferable transparent plastic
boxes with tight - fitting lids to keep bits and pieces of games that are in sets together e.g sets of farm animals, army soldiers,
wooden blocks, cookie cutters, marbles, lego blocks,
toy cars etc..
A visit to my parent's house proved to be the light - bulb moment, when my mother handed my son a
box of old
wooden toys and airplanes that I played with as a child.
Shop at Wild Dill for natural
wooden and organic plush
toys, such as the Imagination
Box Cottage ($ 20) and one of my daughter's favorites: Tea Set from Green
Toys ($ 24), both featured in our Hottest Holiday
Toys 2008 Guide.
Other components of the exhibit included optical illusions (a drawing of an elephant with an indeterminate number of legs was a popular choice) and several activities centered on the sense of touch, including a small
wooden box filled with
toys.
Wooden and cardboard chew
toys can help direct your rabbits natural chewing instincts and filling a
box with some old paper can let them fulfil the drive to dig, shred.
Wheels,
wooden log rolls, cardboard
boxes, and tubes, and cereal
boxes are some of the best
toys.
They often include upright
wooden posts covered with thick sisal twine or carpet together with platforms, beds, hiding
boxes and dangling
toys for the more energetic individuals.
Funky, arty and modern Tijili Hotel bursts with a riot of tropical colour in its art - filled lobby, easily mistaken as a children's
toy box with colourful
wooden blocks and shapes suspended from the ceiling.
She made abstract book bindings and decorated a
wooden box for her son's
toys.
Mark DION Concrete Jungle 1992 Taxidermic birds, cardboard
boxes, tires,
toy truck, wash basin, motor oil canister, chair cushon, rolled carpet, linoleum flooring,
wooden crates, aluminum cans, newspaper, plastic bags, containers, cups, bottles, other assorted rubbish 150 x 420 x 130 cm
I have a large basket, large
wooden crate, and some big, fabric - covered
boxes that make it super easy to keep all of Steevenson's
toys organized (they're behind his chair in the photos below), and he loves the fact that all of his
toys can go in their own separate containers, so he always knows were they are.
Whether for use as children's
toy boxes, fruit and veg baskets, keeping your magazines in one place or even in the hallway as shoe
boxes, wicker baskets and
wooden boxes need not be boring.
A large
wooden box never fails to look good and be useful where
toys and tidying are concerned.