It's a 9-kid pile-up!

Originally Posted by CaliannG

Gena, Nehi, thanks for sharing pics of the "Hot Pocket". That is SUPER nice! I showed the pics to Edgefarmer and he said, "Why didn't I think of that!?!" It is so simple and elegant!

And since I have ALL the materials to build four or five of them......NEXT kidding I will only keep the kids in my bedroom for the first 24 hours, then they can go to one of these!

(I also have a fire paranoia, having spent a few years of my life as a volunteer fireperson. This addresses those issues and means less baby poo to clean up in my bedroom!)

ETA: Hmmm, I have standard sized kids...but I also have a bunch of *metal* 55 gallon barrels that are currently junking up the side of my barn (As well as several of the plastic ones), and a fairly handy metal cutter and file. I think this would work just as well with a metal barrel, you would just have to file the edges of the entrance hole after you cut it to make sure they were dull. It would certainly be heavy enough that no kids would be able to tip it over, and metal would not melt or burn AT ALL. Even my adult goats don't bother the things.