1/19/2024 0 Comments Old toy boxToys can be dropped off at any of the four Tinley Park Fire Department stations as well as any of the Orland Fire Protection District stations. The children range in age from infant to 15. For health reasons, the toys must be new. No sports equipment or outdoor summer toys. The Toy Box Connection is looking for toys and books that areĪppropriate for a child in a hospital such as crafts, Legos, puzzles and dolls. Maxia is calling this special project “Christmas in July,” and donations will be collected through Aug. Along the way, they will be joined by other Elevator Constructors Union members who The union will escort the truckload of toys via motorcycle brigade all the way to St. “This is what we do.”Įnter Illinois Elevators Constructors Union Local 2, which is donating a semi truck to the Toy Box Connection, presenting the Orland Park-based charity with the substantialĬhallenge of filling it with toys and books. That knowledge is all it took to set the wheels in motion for Maxia. No child is denied treatment because of the family’s inability to pay.ĭuring the late summer and fall, the hospital runs low on toys. Jude specializes in treating childhood leukemia,īrain tumors and sickle cell disease. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis is low on toys. Maxia said she’s facing her biggest challenge to date. Here’s how the toy box lid is held open by the springs.Īnd here it is loaded up already! What do you think of my DIY Toy Box? Comment below and let me know your thoughts.When it comes to helping out children in need, Michelle Maxia, director and founder of the Toy Box Connection children’s charity, always thinks big. Getting them in the right position is tricky and therefore I put at least a dozen holes or more in the side of the toy box trying to get it right. The slow close/open springs were by far the hardest part of this entire build. I added a handle to the top and slow close/open springs inside. I made sure there was just enough clearance for the lid before the first shelf. Here’s the toy box in it’s new home with the new shelves! I stained the entire thing in Minwax Special Walnut (to match his DIY Bed and Floating Shelves) and that was it! Seriously super easy. I bought regular hinges from Lowe’s and attached the lid to the box with them. I wanted it to be as light weight as possible so Aiden could lift it easily. I nailed the plywood to the trim pieces from the under side of the lid using 3/4″ nails. I used a piece of quarter inch plywood and the same 1×3 pine boards for trim to make the lid. I nailed them from the front using 1 1/4″ brad nails. I used 1×3 pine boards and cut the angles at a 45. Here’s the front trim pieces that I cut and nailed on to give it a more finished look. That was literally it for the box itself. It’s open to the carpet because a) I feel like it won’t be as noisy with toys hitting the bottom of wood and b) I’m lazy. I drilled straight into the front because I was going to cover the front with trim that you’ll see below. I used 1 1/4″ spax screws and just screwed the boards right into the 2×3’s creating the box. It came out to be 47.5″ wide by 21″ deep by 22″ tall. The dimensions of the board were determined based on the exact opening of that nook so it would fit snug in there. I used 1×6 common board for the entire frame of the box and attached it to four 2x3s that I used as “posts” in the inside corners of the box. Handle of your choice and these gas struts for a slow/close open lid. Six 1圆x8 common boards, one 2x3x8, four 1x3x8 pine boards, and one quarter sheet of quarter inch plywood. So I can honestly say that for the first time, I made these plans up myself! So here we go. I wanted something super easy to build since I’d never done it before, but didn’t find any plans on my go-to plan site Shanty-2-chic. I knew a toy box would be the most practical thing to go in the bottom of that nook, and the perfect place to store (read: dump & hide) all of his toys. Last week I shared the DIY Floating Shelves in Aiden’s new room, and today I’m sharing a toy box I built to go under them! That awkward nook space in his room is now seriously my favorite! I can’t wait to show you the finished look of it.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |