Toddlers and sandboxes?

[tt3]

Hiya all, those of you with toddlers, do you have a sandbox? We're looking at a "Step2" one with an umbrella and all that, but wondered what if you guys have any?
My biggest resistance to a sand box is the whole freeforall cat litter germ nasty :vom: stuff ...
I know, I'm part crazy, but hey whachagonna do?

[katlinsdaddy]

We have one of the little tikes sand boxes (looks like a turtle) and it has a lid that goes on it when not in use. That was our concern too since we have a cat but the lid stays on really well.

[Don-Dad]

We have a castle with a lid, as stated, cats were a concern. My oldest, 4.5, loves it and now our 10 month old also likes to get in and feel the sand. Funny to watch, just keep those hand out of the mouth, yuck.

[floridamcmarion1]

We have the castle with a lid. It is currently out of commission and needs some work done on it. We are in our wet season, which amounts to 1 to 2 inches of rain every afternoon (usually between 5 PM and 5:30 PM) in a furious storm. My son left the lid off and it became a cesspool. It then didn't take long for bugs to get into it. I am going to have to replace the sand and rig some sort of drain hole that won't let all the sand escape. Any ideas on how to rig it?

[SAHF]

We have one of the little tikes sand boxes (looks like a turtle) and it has a lid that goes on it when not in use. That was our concern too since we have a cat but the lid stays on really well.

We have that exact same one. The sand box lasted about a weekend for us and our son lost interest. It is now a flower garden for my two kids. We made it a "humming bird" area for them to watch.