Toy Box

I would go with 1/2” stock and 1/4” tongue. Kids can be brutal. What width is your stiles and rails.

-- Bill - "Freedon flies in your heart like an Eagle" Audie Murphy

Sounds like good advice. stiles and rails 3-3/4” x 1-1/8” thick. posts are 3-3/4” x 1-3/4” thick. So I can go up 1/2” thick on the panels with no problem – maybe a little thicker

-- Ron, Northern Illinois

Good luck with your toy box. Be sure to incorporate some sort of locking hinge that will keep the top/lid open when the kids get excited. I had a 2 year old nephew that was killed when the lid of the toy box his dad made fell on his neck when he was trying to reach a toy in the bottom of the toy box.

-- Larry "Work like a Captain but Play like a Pirate!"

Toolz- sorry for your loss. I suspected something like this could happen and talked about it with mothers of young children, but I never heard of anyone that had experienced such a nightmare

I’ve been thinking for the last 2 weeks how to make this thing safe. I’m using the Rockler safety hinges, rounding the edges

-- Ron, Northern Illinois