We were surprised when the box came. It was so slender we thought there was no way the full product was there. We spent the weekend putting this together and I assure you, all the pieces were there! Between the two of us, it went up in no time. We filled the sandbox at the bottom, and loved that the location of it provides relief from the sun. The kids have played on it all weekend and love to spend time playing tic-tac-toe on the canvas!