Our grandsons (age 4 & 2) played for HOURS the very first time we brought it out and filled it with sand! The just loved it. It is larger than other types of covered sandboxes sold in our local stores, so it easily fit them, all their sand toys, and left room for them to moved around and have space of their own to play in. We highly recommend it as the perfect "grandparent" backyard toy to keep little ones occupied and having fun while outside at Grandma & Grandpa's house!