Comments on: What is a good toy box for kids wooden or plastic ones?

By: bellamama_2b

bellamama_2b — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:43:40 +0000

i have a plastic little tykes toybox. i got it at a consignment (second hand) shop and its awesome Its huge and it holds all my daughters toys and then some. When we first got it i took the lid off of it, and put my daughter in it to take a picture. Anyways I vote plastic.

By: Erika J.

Erika J. — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:49:41 +0000

I think plastic for smaller children and anything without hinges.

By: thisxlifexisntxrealx2006

thisxlifexisntxrealx2006 — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:25:54 +0000

For wood, you will want to get it from a furniture store, because they will sand it down and they will put veneer over it as a coating to make it smooth. I just earlier this year we finally threw out my old wood toybox, ive had it for 20 years. It never gave me a splinter.

Plastic can be weak and if they climb on it, can become a hazard. If you wanna to plastic do Sterilite Plastic rolling boxes with an easy lid that comes all the way off.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:42:32 +0000

Honestly, we currently use a huge cardboard box for our daughter’s toys. She’s at that age where she likes to scribble on EVERYTHING and we dont have to worry about her scribbling on the cardboard because its easily disposable. But her daddys making a wooden toybox for her and is nearly finished so the cardboard will be gone soon.

I did see a really nice plastic toybox at Toys R Us though. It was a Little Tikes box. It was nice but very expensive and way too small to hold all the toys a kid gets.

By: Ken H

Ken H — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:59:10 +0000

Never like the plastic ones, because when they get old and they start to crack, causing a hazard. Kids want to climb and jump on it. Wood is better, just don’t get the kind made out of press wood, because has a formagihide clue (chemicals) that outgasses for the kids to breath. If you see any wood toy boxes, please turn it over to besure the wood is not a verneer that is covering the press wood.

By: mary k

mary k — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:27:20 +0000

Plastic is best. Anything Little Tikes brand is best. I got it from good ol’ Kmart.

By: Jayme S

Jayme S — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:12:46 +0000

Got mine at Toys R Us, I think the brand is First Steps. It is plastic. The lid opens up and slides back so that you don’t have to hold it up. Above the box part there is a couple of shelves that work great for books or other toys that are played with more often. It came in two different colors, Pink and White, and Gray and Red. I didn’t care for the wooden ones because the hinges looked like it would be easy to pinch fingers.

By: Teah

Teah — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:52:45 +0000

Plastic toys but make sure to check the lead, wooden toys could leave splinters and be very harmful.

By: Ryan's mom

Ryan's mom — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:16:14 +0000

I would go for plastic, but make sure you get one that doesn’t close on their own. Kids have been known to get their heads caught and strangle on them.

By: RetroDiva65

RetroDiva65 — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:34:40 +0000

Don’t buy a toy box specifically. What I have found works great for toys are the Rubbermaid or Sterlite clear bins, and the bins on wheels.