The Sand Box

Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 220, 20 September 1934, Page 2

The Sand Box

The sand box seems almost like one of the inalienable rights of childhood. It is a play-boon, indeed, aud whenever conditions warrant it, pays rich dividends in wholesale living like most of the things which afford little children the greatest joy, it is simple and inexpensive. Place a suitable box in a partly shaded section of the yard or on. tho porch. In order to keep tho sand in good condition the direct rays of the sun should fall ou it part of tho day. Tho box should slopo just a bit so that excess water can drain off. The rain and tho sunshine will keep the sand in good condition if ground and clay have been kept out of it. A small load of clean sand, preferably the kind builders use for mortar, is all that will bo : required. While there are many fascinating things made as equipment for sand boxes, simple, round-the-house thing will answer the purpose nicely. Some suggestions are baking powder cans, some old spoons, small pans that may leak, ! a little pail, etc. Por making sand gardens tho children will find useful such things as seasheils (the larger ones) acorns, twigs and clothespins. The sand box has a good educational feature because it gives the child’s imaginative and creative powers full sway. He can create anything he has an. urge top destroy it quickly, and go on making the next thing his active imagination may devise. And along with all the other desirable features the san'd box keeps tho child happily occupied in tho great-out-of-doors.