from django.db import models MAX_INSTANCES = 10 class MyModel(models.Model): foo = models.BooleanField() bar = models.IntegerField(help_text='Must be an integer.') baz = models.CharField(max_length=32, help_text='Free text. Max length 32 chars.') created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True) def save(self, *args, **kwargs): """ For the purposes of the sandbox limit the maximum number of stored models. """ super(MyModel, self).save(*args, **kwargs) while MyModel.objects.all().count() > MAX_INSTANCES: MyModel.objects.all().order_by('-created')[0].delete()