Nice chest!  :)

Good hinges.  I was going to suggest maybe a removable lid, until the kids
are older.  But "safe" hinges would also be OK.


FWIW -- with my brother's toy chest, we would sometimes hide in it for hide
and seek:  curl up at the bottom, and then get someone else to cover you
with toys...


--Travis

On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 10:35 PM, Ed Minch  wrote:

> I have made a small six-board chest fors each of my two grandsons when
> they were born.  The first thing they did when they could stand was to
> spend a lot of time with their armpjts locked over the edge taking things
> in and out.  Each has a small till on one side, and the younger one
> (1-1/2)  keeps stuffed animals in it, and the older one (6) keeps his
> weapons in it.  And we have plenty of pictures of the 2 when they were very
> young inside the boxes.  Bill Ghio turned me onto the Rockler hinges that
> stay open like  your laptop computer lid :
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> Ed Minch
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> On Apr 22, 2015, at 8:16 AM, Gye Greene  wrote:
>
> > John,
> >
> >
> > Matthew makes a good point about "outgrowing, quickly" -- and Brian
> > suggests rocking chairs.
> >
> > Bill suggested the "cradle --> toybox".
> >
> > I support the general suggestion of something that will have a longer
> > duration of use.
>
>