I have a collection of toy hammers, nails, and other plastic tools that I have accumulated over the past several years and  my grandson has recently found a big interest in playing with them.  To give us a place to store all the tools and to give my grandson a different way of playing with them while indoors, I was inspired to create a DIY fix-it box!
To make the DIY fix-it box, I recycled an old box by spray painting it first then cutting different sized holes for play. I think I may add a few more holes before it is all said and done, but for now, my grandson has enjoyed the box as is…
This is a very sturdy box so when my grandson crawls across the top or pounds the box with the hammer, it holds up pretty well but of course, any time you use a box there will eventually be some wear and tear…
I put holes in the box for the nails and screws to fit in and added rubber bands just for a different twist on using the box…
My grandson likes to pull all the nails out and push them back in or drop the plastic wood pieces through the hole in the end of the box…
When my grandson discovered he could open the box, he found the inside of the box to be just as interesting (if not more) as the outside of the box…
Inside the box were more tools, a calculator, paper, clipboard, and crayons to invite additional kinds of play…
And then there is the natural desire to climb inside the box to check things out…
The fix-it box will eventually make its way to my discovery center in my classroom but for now it is undergoing seriously play testing…
Here is a little collage of the fix-it box in action…
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