The beach bucket is the most nostalgic of all bucket varieties. As kids, it’s likely that these colored containers were our first ever bucket experience. These pint-sized pails usually measure in at a gallon or less, but they’re perfectly scaled to the children using them.
Do you remember cup stacking? It exploded from zero to phenomena around the same time as Pokemon cards. This is one of the fastest “Stackers” in the world. The speed is unbelievable.
I would have killed for a toy like this when I was that age.
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As a kid, my mother would bathe us in plastic buckets. Kids are pretty small, and bathing them in small vessels uses less hot water than filling up a big, adult-sized bathtub.
Obviously, kids will outgrow a 5 gallon bucket before too long, so they can be graduated up to an 18 gallon rubbermaid!
Here’s a way to provide some cheap entertainment to a child! The folks over at EcoProjecteer have developed what they call the “bucket swing” using a cut-up 5 gallon bucket.
Most 5 gallon buckets are made with very heavy duty plastic, but I would still consider reinforcing the eye holes the ropes are threaded through. I have had buckets split on me, and I would hate for that to happen to one of these swings.
Visit their site for the detailed instructions.