We have one and since we move so much it is great! Gavin loves it. We got ours at a yard sale also and I only paid $5!

Maddie will use it and then it will be a flower planter. Also make sure that the lid is on the corect way and totally covers the sand. Last summer it was open like an inch, it rained and I did not realize it. All the sand got yucky and turned
green! Yuck!