Melissa & Doug Sunny Patch Seaside Sidekicks Nesting Sand Pails

Absolutely love these!!! Great durable, thick, plastic nesting buckets. Beautiful numbers and letters, bright, clear and easy to read!

The best sand buckets! 4 sizes that can be stacked and easily carried away. They are not cheaply made. Plus its always good to have extras for sharing.

Great pails, especially since theyre nesting and easy to pack. They are also sturdy. My kids love them.

These have all the tools you need on the beach to build a great sand castle. I especially liked them because they all fit together for storage but act as a full set of beach tools. Smart design!

Cute buckets!!! My son enjoys playing with them on the beach. The plastic is thick and sturdy. I bought the Melissa and Doug seahorse shovel to go along with the buckets.

There are several reasons I like these buckets. The plastic is is thick and durable. When you squeeze them there is a little give, about 1/2, so there are not super rigid, nor flimsy. Each one is a pleasant color and there is a numerical number printed large on one side in a contrasting color. Opposite that number is the number spelled out and it is engraved in the plastic. I like this because the color is less likely to scrape off. On the bottom of each one is a mold. The #3 bucket has three turtles on the side, the number 3 spelled out and in numerical form and the bottom mold has 3 turtles to match. Each numbered bucket is like this, respectively. Even with the molds on the bottom, the buckets sit steady on a flat surface. I havent had a chance to try them out at the beach, but we use them to play with by making up games-ex:put the red car in the yellow bucket, how many are in the red bucket, etc. I am glad that they dont all have a handle because they would not nest all together as well as they do.

From the glowing reviews I imagined that the buckets were really sturdy but mine were somewhat flexible and could bend fairly easily and the handle detached itself once or twice. My 5 year old like them though and like the way they stacked so that she could carry them easily. I realised from the outset that there was only one handle but it would have been nice if more had handles and still stacked. Im not downgrading them because of this however as they were exactly as described I checked out some others in a store with a target as its logo and the Melissa and Doug ones appeared good value and of similar conbstruction so maybe Im expecting a lot...

Cant wait to use these w/ my son. Great attention to detail on these. LOVE!

These are nice and sturdy and I love that they all fit together. Weve had one set for over 2 years and it hasnt cracked or broken!

I like these pails for the kids due to the fact that they fit into each other and have numbers on them to teach the kids. Also like the colors.