Modern children are often captivated by television programs and computer games. They can sit motionless for hours and often get sick. But their health and full development directly depend on the length of stay fresh air and various physical activities. Understanding this well, today a lot of effort and money is allocated to arranging children's playgrounds. But sometimes they're like that play areas they look quite sad. What can you come up with to make the site look colorful and attract everyone's attention?
How to make jewelry for her with your own hands? There are many ways to decorate a children's yard. But first, let’s take a closer look at why children’s playgrounds are needed.
- 4.1 Decorations made from plastic bottles
- 4.2 Non-standard solutions
Purpose of children's outdoor playgrounds
Children are always quite active. They cannot sit still, and they cannot walk calmly. Babies need to run, jump, jump, crawl. And it’s better to do all this in safe zone, where the child’s chances of getting injured are minimized. The courtyard area, on which swings, horizontal bars, slides and other equipment are located, serves as such a place.
In addition to the fact that children's playgrounds and sports grounds contribute to increase physical activity kids while walking, they develop the imagination of toddlers. After all, bright and colorful tunnels, slides, Swedish walls and other design elements can be transformed by a child’s imagination into high mountains, fairy-tale castles, and spaceships.
Classification of playgrounds
The arrangement of an outdoor play complex depends on the age for which it is intended. Such sites are usually divided into three age groups:
- for preschoolers;
- for younger schoolchildren;
- for high school students.
Design Swedish stairs, intended for seniors school age, will be significantly different from its counterpart for toddlers. But those who create courtyard complexes have to take into account the needs of everyone age groups. As a rule, facilities for teenagers and younger children are located on the same site. To sports town looked harmonious, all elements are performed in the same style.
What are the decoration options?
A unified design style is good, but in the world of childhood this is not enough. In order for their imagination to play out, sometimes children need story line. There can be countless options for designing a playground. They can only be limited by imagination. When decorating a playground, you should try to go beyond stereotypes and create a real “ Child's world"in your own yard.
The site can be designed in the form forest clearing with a house, a family of hedgehogs or other animals. It could be a plot from your favorite fairy tale with wooden characters arranged. Or maybe it would be better to design it in the form of a spaceship or even another planet. Choose the option that is more accessible, but do not forget to consult with those for whom such a wonderful corner is being created.
Homemade decorations
To decorate the playground, you can buy a ready-made house, carved benches and figures different characters. But this option is not always appropriate, since the cost of a set of jewelry will be quite high. Or you can do all this (and more) with your own hands, and even involve your baby in the process.
Anything can be used as materials for making jewelry. For example, from plastic caps you can make it from bottles colorful path. Each lid just needs to be pressed into the ground, nothing complicated. From old tires and a few boards you can make a model car and paint it with bright colors.
Jewelry made from plastic bottles
To mark the border of the playground, you can place palm trees made with your own hands. To make them you will need a base - a thin wooden beam, a ski pole and one and a half liter plastic bottles. The neck and bottom of plastic bottles must be cut so that they can be placed on the base.
You need to put the bottles on with the neck down until the entire base is filled. In the topmost bottle you need to cut the same holes as at the neck. Insert here leaves- these are the same plastic bottles with their necks down and the caps are screwed on. This way they will stay firmly on the palm tree. The palm tree is painted in appropriate colors and firmly dug into the ground.
From the same plastic bottles you can make your own many figures various animals, for example, a fawn. To do this you will need one and a half liter and five liter containers. The technology of work is as follows:
- We make a head from a small bottle and a body from a large one.
- Another bottle is needed for details: we cut out the ears and insert them into the cut holes in the head bottle.
- Can be used as horns twigs suitable shape. They need to be inserted into pre-cut holes.
- We fix the necks of both bottles on a cylindrical stick. This will be the neck.
- We make the legs from sticks and fix them in the soil.
- We make a tail from a rope.
The fawn is ready, all that remains is to color it appropriately.
Non-standard solutions
The playground can not only be decorated with additional elements in the form of plants and animals. The structures themselves, made with imagination, can also serve as decorations. For example, who said that a sandbox should be rectangular? A pile of sand can be fenced off cutting down trees different heights and diameters. In this case, the sandbox can be made in any shape.
This DIY sandbox will perform several functions at once. Some children will build sand castles, while others will jump around the perimeter, jumping from stump to stump. And accompanying adults can sit on higher saw cuts for relaxation. You can also paint a fence made from saw cuts with bright colors. Such a sandbox will not go unnoticed.
If the territory allows and there is a desire, you can do it yourself for children living maze: plant bushes in a certain sequence or perennial flowers. The tangled passages of the bushes are a wonderful playground for all age groups.
Remember that any boring playground can be decorated. And this can be done even at no cost. There will always be materials at hand, because jewelry can be made from anything. The main thing is to approach the issue with imagination and be sure to involve your children in decorating the playground.
Kindergarten is a place where a child develops, learns and plays. Choosing preschool for their child, parents pay attention not only to the environment in the group, but also to the design of the area kindergarten. We want to give some tips for its improvement.
A kindergarten can be considered a second home for children, because this is where they spend most of their day. Probably every teacher and parent wants their child to be surrounded by beautiful trees and flowers, swings and slides, pavilions and horizontal bars.
All this needs to be planned immediately.
Unfortunately, many kindergartens now have poor funding, but this is not a reason to give up. After all, it is enough to use your imagination, skill and labor to change the territory beyond recognition with virtually no investment of money.
There are caring and active parents in any kindergarten, and if you also attract children, the work will begin to boil.
Let's look at what should be on the territory of the kindergarten:
- trees, shrubs and flower beds;
- paved paths;
- pavilions or gazebos;
- swings and slides, sandboxes;
- playground.
Green spaces
There is no doubt that on the territory of the kindergarten there should be a large number of trees, bushes and flowers, but this matter should be approached responsibly.
Remember safety
The essence of landscaping is to create a favorable microclimate, reduce dust and air pollution, increase humidity and shade in the area.
When choosing certain types of vegetation, do not forget about the safety of life and health of children, as well as their environmental education. In other words, you need to know.
Plant selection
When thinking through the landscape design of the kindergarten territory, we place the same types of trees along the alleys. The guys will remember the name easier this way and appearance seedlings.
- It is best to plant tall trees along the fence - maple, poplar (which does not produce fluff), ash, birch. These species look good at any time of the year and will protect the garden from the winds. To create shade in areas, you can plant oaks and acacias.
- Spruce trees will look beautiful at the central entrance to the kindergarten, but it is not recommended to plant them on playgrounds.
- Under them you can beautifully lay out painted in different colors pebbles and plant animals made of wood or concrete. Empty places in the shade of trees, where nothing grows, can be decorated with various figures. Even an ordinary tree stump in capable hands will turn into a fairy-tale hero.
- If you decide to plant fruit trees, allocate an area for a garden. Such trees require special care and timely harvesting, do not allow the site to be contaminated with fallen fruit.
- When thinking about landscape design in a kindergarten, you can use the idea of dividing playgrounds into sections using shrubs. To do this, they are planted in a line around the perimeter. The green hedge is ready! Viburnum, jasmine, lilac, and chokeberry are suitable for kindergartens. The main thing is to remember to trim them on time.
- Landscaping flower beds is an interesting and exciting business. For these purposes, children of senior and preparatory groups can be involved.
- If you take old slopes and cover them with soil, then paint the rubber with paint, you will get beautiful flower beds. We place them along the route to and around buildings.
When choosing seeds and seedlings, we pay attention to the flowering period and lifespan of the plants. Flowers should bloom from early spring until late autumn. Choose not only annuals, but also perennials, for example, petunia, calendula, pansies, irises, peonies, roses.
Advice! When choosing plants, make sure they are non-poisonous and suitable for the climate. If you are unsure of their safety, do not take them!
Paths
Paths in kindergarten
All main paths in the kindergarten must be paved or lined with special tiles.
In sections of the path, you can sow it with decorative grass or sprinkle it with sand. When considering the design of a kindergarten site, you can choose an orthopedic pebble path for the sports field.
To create a path, we select a place, fence it off on the sides (so that the pebbles do not fall apart) and fill it with medium-sized sea pebbles. Little cost, great benefit. In summer, children will walk on it barefoot to prevent flat feet.
Pavilions and gazebos
The main component of a playground is a structure in which you can hide from the heat or rain. Most often, pavilions and gazebos are built for this purpose.
Main requirements:
- safety;
- natural materials;
- one blind side;
- availability of benches.
The buildings are painted in bright colors. You can hang weather vanes or rattles above the entrance to the gazebo or under the roof of the pavilion. Arbors are located under tall trees, this will provide additional shade and coolness.
Swings and stuff
Flowerbed in kindergarten
Naturally, the design of the kindergarten playground includes swings, slides and sandboxes (play equipment). When choosing them, you should worry about the safety of the structures.
Swings and slides must be age appropriate, safe and reliable. After winter, be sure to lubricate all moving parts and check for damage.
All structures are painted with bright colors. On the seats of swings and on the sides of slides and sandboxes you can draw fairy-tale heroes or flowers.
We arrange swings and other structures so that they do not interfere with each other and a child who slides down the slide does not get hit by the swing. It is best to place them in different corners of the site.
Playground
Any kindergarten should have a sports ground. On it we place horizontal bars, a Swedish ladder, a log and a basketball hoop.
All sports equipment must be adapted to different ages children, be safe and comfortable. It is also painted in bright colors. When choosing a location for a site, give preference to a shaded area.
Advice! You can use old ones for a sports field car tires, for this they are half buried in the ground.
As you can see, when choosing a landscape design for a kindergarten site, the main attention is paid to the safety of the structures and the brightness of the colors. The arrangement itself is not a difficult task, but it requires responsibility and desire.
Summing up
We hope our article was useful to you. In order to more accurately understand the technological and practical issue, our website provides detailed photo and video instructions in which you will find useful information on this issue.
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Why children need a playground is probably worth explaining only to someone who was born six feet tall, wearing a business-like three-piece with a tie, crocodile shoes and a cigar in his mouth. The cigar is, of course, electronic. Even the smoke from it is not chemical, but depicted by holography and is clearly visible without harmful anamorphic glasses.
There are plenty of manuals on how to build a playground for posterity. And in them - really valuable and necessary instructions on safety, reliability of fastenings, quality of materials, etc. However, having reviewed many of these, something like what appears in Fig. below. Paradise, no doubt. Okay, palm trees, a huge stump (it looks like no less than a 100-year-old eucalyptus tree). Maybe they have palm trees like we have quinoa, and they give away high-value industrial wood to everyone for free, just to take it out of sight.
However, in both cases, a middle-income householder who decides to please his children by making a playground for them with his own hands immediately faces the question: where to get the space? No less than 2 acres of land went into such a monumental structure, but what if there are only 6 of them at the dacha? Or even less in your personal local area? A playground for children is built when the economy has already been established. Therefore, next we will consider, first of all, how to correctly arrange everything that children need for joy, trying to keep it to 1 hundred square meters or less. But, of course, the very components of the playground for children will not be ignored.
The most difficult case
The most difficult thing to arrange is a children's playground in the country. In addition to the acute lack of space, she remains unattended and unguarded throughout the cold season. That is, in addition to resistance to external conditions and environmental friendliness, the material of the structure should not provide much temptation to possible thieves. By at least, a temptation worth the trouble of dismantling. Hence, the entire country play complex must be compact and strong and upon completion is inconvenient to approach with a tool. What if they end up being stolen or succumb to bad weather, this shouldn’t bring big losses.
A good option for children play corner at the dacha made from scrap materials is shown in the photo:
The main material in this case is quite reliable, high-quality and affordable - construction pallets (pallets). Occupied area – only approx. 5 sq. m. Behind the climbing frame is a 2-story secret shelter. If one of the younger members of the family is a person of the fair sex, then the car is unceremoniously expelled to the green parking lot, and the garage is transformed into a boudoir, kiosk, doctor’s waiting room, etc. If there is sufficient area in front of the building, a ladder or slide can be attached to the captain's bridge.
About materials
The above case is not trivial. The materials at hand are used mainly for the design of the site; We will return to this issue later. But for its key structures (see below), high-quality construction materials are needed, because we are talking about the safety of the child.
Tree– coniferous without signs of rot, mold, cracks, or falling knots. Load-bearing elements – timber from 130x130 mm or log from 120 mm. Boards – edged or tongue-and-groove from 20 mm. Before assembly, the parts are treated with an oil water repellent (water repellent) or twice impregnated with a water-polymer emulsion. The best finishing coating - acrylic lacquer on water based on a well sanded surface.
The second most important material is metal. In addition to fasteners, heavily loaded elements are made of steel, for example. in sports facilities. In this case, it is preferable to connect the parts by welding: any protrusion is dangerous. The urchins manage to get caught on the seemingly completely smooth head of the bolt with clothing that seems completely unsuitable for this. Metal parts must be painted with a primer and twice. The best paint coatings are acrylic.
Plastics They are easily electrified; in the open air, microcracks appear in them within 1-2 seasons and hygiene disappears. And since plastics are also low-tech at home, it is better to avoid them altogether in a homemade playground. Perhaps the only place where plastic is appropriate on a playground is a manhole pipe. A plastic barrel works well for it. It’s better to take a white, translucent one so that you don’t get scared, start panicking and get stuck. Glass and other breakable or brittle/delaminating materials (composites, for example) are absolutely unacceptable.
Stone The material is also unsuitable for a playground: if you fall down hard, you can seriously hurt yourself on it. If borders are required on the site, then they need to be laid either soft or homemade wooden, or planted phytoborders from soft hardy plants, for example. sedum (sedum).
Separately, it should be said about ropes. In terms of childhood injuries on playgrounds, the top three are consistently occupied by rope railings/fences, entanglement mazes and climbing nets. Over the first ones, they are overweight, not yet able to correctly assess by eye the stability of the support, fall head over heels and are seriously injured, even breaking their neck. The nets do not leave parents inconsolable, but they cause a lot of fractures and dislocations. Prostitutes do not seriously injure physically, but due to fright and hysteria they can leave an indelible mark on the psyche. Therefore, ropes on the playground are applicable only as hangers for swings, stretchers of awnings and vines - a gymnastic rope with knots.
Note: fabric and non-woven textile products in children's playgrounds are used for awnings and soft fencing. In any case, the fabric should be stretched so that there are no rinsing sides.
Basic and extended equipment
Traditional typical playground minimally consists of a slide and a fungus. The latter are now most often combined in the form of a 2-story playhouse with a balcony, an air passage, an observation deck, a climbing frame and a ladder. This allows you to create a greater variety of entertainment in the same area, see fig. However, it is impossible to create a sandbox on the first floor of the house: the stomping overhead will in no way benefit the development of very young, “sand-age” children. The sandbox must be separate.
So, we get a basic set of a sandbox, a combi house and a swing. He is able to last from the first top to the time when it turns out that girls, in general, are not meant to be pulled by their braids. If possible, the following are added to the mini set:
- Free space for quiet games, children's picnics, in winter - for making a snowman, etc.
- Decorative elements for the development of aesthetic sense.
- Boom, that is. push runner.
- Inflatable pool, bathtub, trough or basin for bathing.
- A secret refuge corner.
- Sports complex.
- Playground for sports games.
- Mini flowerbed or mini flower garden.
- Hut or tent.
- Labyrinth.
- Children's carousel.
Many other additions are possible, provided there is free space and the imagination of the parents. But they no longer have a decisive significance for the all-round development of the child, so we will limit ourselves to the remark that most of them and some of the above can be quite placed in the gaps between the safety zones of the main structures, see below.
Selecting a location
Ideas regarding the artistic and decorative design of the playground can be anything; Some of the combinations of business and pleasure will be discussed below. There are no regulations/requirements regarding the appearance of structures on the children's playground. However, when selecting a place for it, certain safety and comfort rules that promote proper development children:
- The site must be within sight of the most habitable room. In private households this is usually the kitchen;
- All structures on the site, including their safety zones, must be within a 45 degree viewing angle. This roughly corresponds to the possibility of viewing a housewife employed in a position arranged according to the rules fire safety slabs;
- If the site borders a passage, incl. internal (your own, yard), between him and her there must be a permanent fence insurmountable for children, regardless of the presence of a fence of a different type;
- Reservoirs, wells, utility yards, etc. should also be demarcated. sources possible danger. In this case, the fence may be light, but necessarily insurmountable for children;
- The site should be located in sectors from north to southeast. Otherwise the smallest ones in the sandbox and the children busy active games, should be protected from harsh afternoon light;
- Whatever the location of the playground, the sun should not blind the eyes of children engaged in active games or sports exercises;
- The sandbox is located first in order of distance from the exit to the site. If he is not there, go first from home;
- The sandbox should not be located under a tree(s);
- The swinging directions of hanging swings and rolling out of the slide should not cross the sandbox. Otherwise, the distance between them should be at least 3 m for swings and not less than the height of the slide;
- The same directions should not go to the roadway;
- Between the sports complex and the sandbox there must be a playhouse or swing, or other permanent (immovable) structure, or there must be at least a 3 m distance;
- Safety zones of capital structures should not overlap.
Note: The safety zone of a children's play structure is assumed to be 1 m by default. The slide-out zone is 1.5 x 1.5 m. The safety zone of a swing is equal in length to 1.5 times the height of its suspension, and in width is at least 1.5 m; carousel - its diameter. The safety zones of sports complexes are indicated in their projects.
Examples of layouts of the basic modules of the playground with different orientations according to the cardinal points are shown in Fig. The house is conventionally designated by a gray circle with a star of directions and half-points. The safety zone of the swing is shown by a rectangle mustard color; house with a slide - thick green. What is a sandbox with an awning, see below.
About sports complexes
In Fig. Below are projects of children's sports complexes with a house and a slide (on the left) and only a gymnastic complex of the most compact T-shaped design. From there you can see that less than 30 sq. area is not enough with a standard solution, and the full complex does not leave room for a sandbox. It would seem that home sports in a small area do not shine.
However, it was Russian specialists who developed projects for children's open-air sports complexes based on the conditions of the Russian Federation, namely, the high level of population segments left from the USSR with middle and lower incomes, land plots. In the West, only a very rich person can afford to have 6 acres outside the city for recreation.
Drawings of one of these children's sports complexes are shown in Fig. below. Material - steel pipe (27-30)x2. Its features are an extremely narrow, but completely justified safety zone, only 0.5 m along the contour. No matter how you play around with this design, its ergonomics are thought out perfectly: even if you hurt yourself, it won’t be too bad, but you won’t hurt the little ones nearby. The second is the correct configuration. This makes it easier to place the complex on the site, as can be clearly seen in Fig. with layout diagrams: a site with opportunities for sports does not “climb out” anywhere for 1 hundred square meters.
About fences and dividers
In addition to a protective fence, in a playground for 2 or more children, it is highly desirable to delimit zones. If the space allows, a labyrinth will provide a lot of fun and useful skills; see below for more information on it. The traditional solution to the issue of dividing zones is a fence, and tires or logs inside the area, also see below. But the fence, albeit very cheerful, as in Fig. just below is a clear prohibition, which is generally not good for children. The strongest and most reliable discipline is a conscious one, understood with one’s own mind. And from the obvious prohibition during the “holiday of disobedience” you can even tear off a board. And climb where you shouldn’t at all, without even realizing what it entails.
When you need to isolate yourself from the roadway, there is no choice, because... The safety of children in this case depends not only on them. But, for example, a pond or utility yard will not enter the site on its own. In this case, if the platform is made of wood, the ideal lightweight protective fence is wattle fence. First of all, it is not difficult to weave, and free material is found almost everywhere in nature. Secondly, a fairly high fence is very difficult to overcome even for an adult well-trained person. Don't believe me? Try to climb over. It is not for nothing that temporary fortifications - fascines - were once made from wattle fence. In the same way, a bull is not capable of breaking a properly made fence, much less a man. Thirdly, the fence itself - great decoration suburban area.
But the most important thing is that children do not perceive the fence as a prohibitive sign. Why? And you can peek through it. Just looking at the pond - well, the water lilies there are beautiful, well, a frog climbed onto a leaf and is croaking. And through a crack, stealthily, a fairy-tale world appears, populated in the imagination by amazing creatures. Okay, we don't have one yet. But then, if a gloomy pig or an angry gander turns to the fence from the other side, you can be scared to your heart's content, without really risking anything. Rest assured, children perfectly distinguish toy fear, on the basis of which reasonable caution is developed, from real fear.
About the soil
An almost ideal soil base for a playground is seeded or rolled: it dries quickly enough after rain, brakes well when it rolls and dampens when it flops, and does not overheat in the heat. One “but”: it can turn clothes green because they don’t wash well. Therefore, the soil on the playground is often covered with fine gravel. It drains and brakes even better, but it gets hotter under the sun and can get scratched. The ideal backfill would be small, up to 1.5-2 cm in diameter, well-rounded pebbles. But, alas, this is a very expensive material, and its predatory self-procurement is punishable by law.
Modules and elements
Sandboxes
First, what is a sandbox with an awning, which is necessary when the site is located in sectors from the south to the northwest? See fig. There is no need to make the canvas very large and lower its edges too low: it is enough for the awning to shade the sandbox from the high midday sun. Closer to sunset, if the children are still playing at this time, about half of the box should be shaded so that the little ones themselves can settle down where it is more convenient for them.
The second thing that will be very useful if there are two or more children with a sufficient age difference is a sandbox-truck, or, depending on the inclinations of the older one, a sandbox-ship. In the latter case, the wheelhouse with the navigation bridge is located, like on any decent “transport vehicle,” in the stern. Then the younger ones will go about their sandy affairs without feeling intrusive guardianship, and the older “parent” will be able to fulfill his duties literally playfully, without getting bored. And if he ever takes the wheel or stands at the helm professionally, it has already been deposited at the level of reflexes: the main thing in a flight is passengers and cargo.
House with a slide
Here we will fill in something missing. The first is the slopes of the slides. They are most often bought ready-made, made of plastic. There are basically 3 designs to choose from: straight, spiral, see figure, and pipes.
It is better to ignore the latter: a children's slide is not a water park, water lubricant does not flow through the pipe. Children in tube ramps often get stuck with everything that follows. In terms of the degree of psychological trauma, tube rays are almost on par with prostitutes.
Of the others, if there is very little space for a platform, it is better to take more expensive spiral ones. Their use allows, in a standard design (see above), to abandon the roll-out zone, because it will be to the side, within the general safety zone. And rolling with a screw is more fun and “cooler” than just like that.
However, as stated above, it is best to avoid plastic in the playground. Therefore, for fairly skilled home craftsmen, we give in Fig. on the left is a profile of a children's slide from sheet metal. The sliding line is highlighted in red, the sides of the trough-shaped chute are highlighted in brown, the straight protective side with a bend outward is highlighted in blue; green - elastic pad on it made of smooth rubber. The latter is necessary to brake with your hands. The width of the ramp gutter is 600-700 mm.
Note: It is unnecessary to remind, but for the sake of the seriousness of the moment, let us recall that the overlaps of the sheets that make up the gutter and sides should be directed down the slope. Otherwise, the overlaps will turn into knives.
Swing
The cradle (seat) of a hanging swing is often made from tires. Then, if the children are boys, it is better to hang the tire vertically, on the left in the figure, so you can “crawl” to your heart’s content. For girls would be better suited a swing cradle made of tires, suspended flat: here it’s already convenient to sit in a circle and gossip like a woman.
The cradles of sports swings, on the right in the figure, are made hard, in the form of a flying trapezoid with rings, and soft. Making rings separately is recommended only for children already involved in athletics and having some success in this: many beginning gymnasts were quite seriously injured while trying to do a cross on the rings without sufficient physical training.
If there is enough space, little ones will really like and find the balance swing, inset in Fig. below. If there is not enough space, and the child shows the makings of a dexterous and strong little one, they can be replaced with a spring swing. The diagram of their device is shown in the same figure. Spring - from a small shock absorber passenger car or a motorcycle, depending on the age and weight of the rider.
About labyrinths
A labyrinth for children's games must satisfy the following conditions:
- To be one-dimensional, i.e. from partitions standing on the ground.
- The partitions should not be solid or high: older people should see over them and be able to climb over them, and younger ones should see below them and crawl up.
- Plant labyrinths are not allowed for children to play; they can get lost in the bushes out of fear and get hurt.
funny beauty
Tires
Functional, i.e. suitable for games, decorative elements Children's playgrounds are most often made from truck tires. Let's leave aesthetics to the adults. Children are pragmatists, it is important to them that it is elastic, springs well, and does not break if you hit it. Try to use only solid tires: cut tires often have traumatic cord ends sticking out over time. Or regularly check the tire structure and go over the protruding wires with a grinder and a grinding wheel.
A classic product of this kind is the boom runner. It can also be a zone delimiter or a barrier between the sports complex and the sandbox if there is not enough space. So, in all respects it is better to dig tires for it not lengthwise, as is customary, but across, as in pos. 1 pic. at intervals of approx. 30 cm:
- We clearly see the gap where there is no need to step.
- If your foot slips, it will slip sideways. Anyone who knows about sports physics knows that then the first thing to come into contact with the underlying surface without any grouping skills will be not the face, but the fifth point.
- It’s convenient and safe to push: the legs themselves rise to the position of the strongest support, and if the leg slips, then everything is as before. case.
- Anyone who is pushed does not fall backwards, risking injuring his back or hitting his head, but to the side, which is safe for children.
For small ones, if there are several different tires, you can simply pile them up, pos. 2. For those who are older and more skilled - an “advanced” climbing frame in addition to the usual one, pos. 3. Pos. 4 is actually a godsend: an old, but real steering wheel, and if you sway, it’s like driving a tractor over potholes.
Pos. 5 – the well-known sun made of tires and bottles is actually not just a decoration. PET bottles are an excellent, stable target for darts, arrows and generally anything thrown. And don't be afraid that children will grow up aggressive. On the contrary, it is precisely those who in childhood did not have the opportunity to express natural male inclinations, conditioned by the eras of biological evolution, in a harmless way, when they grow up, have a much greater chance of breaking into expressing them in an adult way until capital punishment liability under the legislation of the place where the act was committed.
For girls, and perhaps not only for them, a mini-flower bed made of tires, on the left side of the trail, will suit well and decorate the entire area. Fig., or a flowerpot made from a worthless wheel. In the latter case, in view of the above-mentioned risk of injury from the cord, it is better to turn the flowerpot with scallops down, as on the right there. What it lacks in aesthetics here and there it makes up for in coloring.
They make a lot of other things out of old tires. For children, without any obvious functionality - different figures. For example, what kind of crafts there are for the playground made from tires in the form of different animals, see.
Video: crafts made from tires for decorating a playground
Pieces of wood
We won’t dwell on driftwood or roots painted to look like animals: everything here depends on the source material, the appearance of which is impossible to predict, and already known creations cannot be repeated either - no two driftwood are alike. Let's deal with what is more or less stable in its original form: logs. Not necessarily business measures; any dead wood or waste from tree trimming will work for crafts for children made from logs. Simply by sawing logs out of them, and not very carefully, you can already build a good zone delimiter, on the left in the figure, a sandbox, in the center, or a furniture set for a doll picnic, on the right.
And with a little more effort and skill, make figures for a composition that has independent meaning or, say, for a children's carousel. Drawings of some of these are shown as an example in Fig. below.
Another idea
The arrangement of the playground is still the same, without going beyond 100 square meters. m and without interfering with anything else there, another thing can be completed. Let’s say you still have a baby bath, but you don’t intend to have any more offspring. The old adult bathtub is too deep, it is better to let it sit. Or there’s a leaky trough lying around in the barn. Or, let’s say, you came across an ad: “Used culinary equipment for sale,” and in it – “Donut pan 1100x650x100.” In general, you need any tub with a length of 80-90 cm, a width of about half as much and a depth of up to 15 cm.
Why do children need this? Let the ships go. For adults, applying patches to construction or aquarium silicone and painting, if it is rusty, is not a difficult task. It won’t take much water, so you can simply change it more often without excessively using disinfectants that are not always safe. If you keep the baby mini-sea in the sun, and throw a couple of grains of potassium permanganate or methylene blue (pharmacy blue) into the water until it turns barely pink or blue, and cover the pond with film at night, a week of uninterrupted navigation in it is guaranteed. Children get a lot of delight and fun from it. There will also be a lot of splashes and wet clothes, but there’s no need to get angry here, or were you not like that yourself?
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A children's playground is an integral attribute of any dacha or private home if children live in it. Buying a swing, sandbox and other attributes is a rather expensive process. It is much cheaper to build a playground with your own hands. We’ll look further at how to quickly and inexpensively build a playground with your own hands from available materials.
Do-it-yourself design and diagram of a playground
The first and main rule of constructing a playground is to design it in such a way that the playground is reliable and, most importantly, safe place for children's recreation. In addition, when choosing a place to set up a playground, focus on an area with good visibility for adults.
Also, it is unacceptable to have electrical appliances, wires, various kinds sharp objects. The playground should not be located near ponds or swimming pools.
Try to have shade from the trees on the playground during the day, and in the evening it is well lit. The place for arranging the site should be level, it is advisable to arrange a sand cushion on it, which will reduce the risk of injury to children if they fall.
When choosing materials for building a site, we recommend choosing wood. This product It is characterized by environmental safety, harmlessness, ease and practicality. In addition, wood is easy to process, so it can be used to construct almost any design part. Having painted wooden crafts in different colors, you will be able to get an aesthetically attractive playground.
We recommend that you initially create drawings of playgrounds with your own hands on paper. The project must indicate all dimensions of each element located on the site. In addition, it is necessary to determine the safe angle of inclination of the slide and its height.
DIY playground: photos and ideas
The choice of design for a playground should be compared with the age of the children and individual characteristics the area in which it will be built. Most often, the main components of any playground are a sandbox, a slide and a swing. In addition, you can also add slides, a children's playhouse, and a carousel. In general, all components of the playground should be interesting for children to play.
The most important element of any playground is the sandbox. Its creation must be approached with special responsibility. When choosing the size of the sandbox, you should take into account the number of children who will play in it. If the area is not in the shade, then it is preferable to make a sandbox with protection from sunlight. And if you have pets, such as dogs, then it is better to build a lid on the sandbox that will close it at night and during the winter.
Any child will be delighted to have a slide on the playground. However, this element must be especially safe. The slide must have handrails installed to prevent the child from falling. The steps should be designed in such a way that the baby can easily climb them. The angle of the slide itself should not be too sharp, as the baby may fall off it. At the bottom of the slide, you should come up with protection that slows down the child a little during the descent.
If the slide is made of wood, then thoroughly sand the surface, treat it with special compounds that will eliminate this material from roughness. The main qualities of a good slide are stability, strength and safety.
Try to ensure that there are no sharp corners or loose nails on the structures. Cover wooden structures Only environmentally friendly materials are required. It is preferable to use sand or lawn grass to cover the site. Great option- covering the site with synthetic artificial turf. Under no circumstances should the playground be built on a concrete foundation.
Technology for constructing a playground in the garden with your own hands: making a sandbox
When choosing a place to install a sandbox, consider the following requirements:
- the place where it is installed must be open to parents;
- It is not recommended to install a sandbox under a tree, as leaves and various debris will fall into it;
- make sure you have protection from direct sunlight;
- Calculate the size of the sandbox so that children can fit in it freely.
When choosing the shape of a sandbox, it is best to give preference to a square. This structure is easily constructed from wood. When choosing wood, choose pine, as this material tolerates moisture, temperature changes and solar radiation well. In addition, the resin found in wood has an antimicrobial effect.
The standard size of a sandbox, convenient for several children to play, is 200 by 200 cm. Initially, care should be taken to prepare the area for the sandbox. To mark, you will need a cord and pegs. After marking, you need to remove upper layer soil, approximately 20 cm.
Next, you should prepare the base for filling the sand. It is best to line the bottom of the sandbox dense material, since mixing sand with soil will lead to loss of its attractiveness. A sand cushion about 5 cm thick is placed at the bottom of the sandbox. Next, geotextile material or plastic tiles should be laid on the bottom of the sandbox.
Please note that the use of polyethylene is unacceptable, since after rain moisture will accumulate inside the sandbox, which will not allow the sand to dry out. Geotextile materials, in turn, easily allow moisture to pass through, but do not allow insects and spiders to pass from the soil into the sand.
When using film or plywood, it is recommended to install drainage holes in them. At the corners of the structure, a frame of 5x5 cm thick beams should be installed. To treat the parts, use an antiseptic, and it is recommended to treat those fragments of the sandbox that will come into contact with the soil with resin or bitumen.
To cover each side of the sandbox, make pine boards. At the same time, it is recommended to choose boards 25 mm thick and about thirty centimeters wide.
Please note that there should be no knots or burrs of any kind on the surface of the wood; it must be well sanded. For greater convenience for children while playing, we recommend building sides on the sandbox. They will serve not only as an additional seat, but also as a showcase for various types of sand structures.
As an additional convenience, you can build a lid on the sandbox that will protect it not only from rain, but also from debris and pets. To make the lid, you should build a shield from the same boards, which is fixed on additional bars and hinges. Please note that even a child should be able to open the doors, so do not make the lid massive.
DIY playground photo:
It is possible to equip the sandbox with an awning or a shelter in the form of a fungus, for example. These structures will also protect the sandbox from moisture. In order to build a fungal leg, you will need a beam with a cross-section of 10x10 cm. In order for the leg to be stable, it is buried in the ground at least 80 cm. To treat parts in contact with the soil, use hot bitumen or resin.
Next, you should purchase sand for playing in the sandbox. We recommend choosing the river version. This sand contains practically no foreign inclusions. However, any sand must be sifted before being placed in the sandbox.
There are special varieties of sand with a high clay content. It is easier to sculpt castles and other structures from them. However, the cost of such sand is more expensive.
DIY playground: building a slide
In order to make your own wooden slide, you will need:
- four wooden beams, dimensions 10x10x60 cm;
- one beam 50x50x80 cm;
- three standard floor boards, 6 m long;
- five boards measuring 4x13x60 cm;
- two slats with a round cross-section;
- two sheets of fiberboard and wood paneling used in the finishing process;
- fasteners and screws.
In addition, it is necessary to prepare tools such as a hammer, screwdriver, grinder, electric drill, plane, saw, level, tape measure, wood cutting machines, etc.
Instructions for making a playground from wood with your own hands:
1. Initially, you need to create a plan for the slide. The project should indicate the specific dimensions of each part. You can use ready-made slide drawings.
2. In accordance with the drawing, the wood is sawn into individual parts. Logs must be sanded and planed. Bevel the wooden parts to avoid injury to children.
4. Make a 65 cm deepening in the ground. Coat the wooden parts of the tree that are installed in the ground with waterproofing mastic or resin.
5. Use a router to make grooves in the posts. The depth of the grooves should be at least 2 cm. Use grooves to connect supports and boards. To tighten the boards, use bolts with self-tapping screws. The result is a frame structure.
6. Connect two wooden posts with grooves in them to the frame. In order to install the floor, you must use a floorboard.
7. Please note that a small gap must be left between the boards to compensate for the expansion of the wood as it gets wet. Use steel angles to connect the boards to the floor.
9. In order to build the frame, process the upper and lower parts of the slide using boards.
10. Sides are installed on the side, the height of which is about 30 cm. To finish the slope, a sheet of plastic, a sheet of galvanized steel or a linoleum coating is used.
12. In order to build a ladder for a slide, use wood 5 cm thick. Initially, build a stringer on which the steps will be fixed. Use self-tapping screws to secure the boards.
13. Install the ladder; use self-tapping screws and stands to secure it to the slide. Don't forget to strengthen the beams. Next, the baluster is installed on the stairs; its height is about half a meter. Install railings on it. Their installation is mandatory.
14. Install plywood or fiberboard walls at the bottom of the slide. They are fixed in groove joints. The presence of a parapet will protect the child from accidental falls. You should also install a roof on the slide; it will protect the kids from the sun in hot weather.
How to decorate a playground with your own hands
In the process of designing a playground, it is not necessary to use expensive purchased materials. A few cans of bright paint and available materials are enough. If you have old tires, plastic bottles, toys made of rubber and plastic, wheels lying around at home, then you can use all these elements to decorate the playground with your own hands.
Let's start with the sandbox. In order to give it an unusual and non-standard appearance, equip it with sides that have different heights. Possible use case old tire as a side for a sandbox. At the same time, it needs to be decorated with different colors.
If the sandbox has a lid, decorate it with paints. At the same time, you can decorate the playground in a certain theme, for example, in the form of a ship, forest, flower bed or garden.
If there is a house on the playground, its walls are painted in different colors. The discs can be used as mirrors or paintings. Install a table and chairs in the house so that children can relax and have tea. If you have old curtains lying around in your closet, feel free to hang them in your home. Place artificial flowers on the windowsills. Girls will especially like this design.
The option of construction on the machine site is possible. To make its frame, use old boards, and the wheels will be old tires. A seat and a toy or real steering wheel should be installed inside. To make the car happy for the kids, decorate it in their favorite color.
To add palm trees to your playground, build them from plastic bottles. If you have old stumps, build paths from them. Using old tires, you can make garden figures for the playground in the form of swans, frogs, a wolf and a hare.
Try to ensure that each element of the playground performs a specific developmental and educational function. It’s enough to show a little imagination and a playground made by yourself will become bright, beautiful and sunny.
Childhood is an amazing time of fairy tales, fun games and bright adventures. And we, adults, only need to make a little effort, and the dacha, garden or courtyard of a high-rise building will become a favorite place for children to play. Therefore, today we will talk about options for decorating a playground with your own hands.
The main elements of a playground can be:
- sandbox;
- pond (only in summer);
- children's playhouse in the form of tents, awnings and wooden structures;
- green spaces;
- various swings;
- DIY crafts for games.
All these elements can be used either separately or combined with each other.
Playground design ideas
I would like to give only some of the many acceptable options for decorating sites. The main thing here is to use your imagination as much as possible or ask the children themselves for advice, and you can safely work miracles.
The most common element of a children's playground is the sandbox. It is present on a large number of platforms. In general, it is difficult to imagine a playground without sand.
Sand is the best game material. You can use it to sculpt various figures, build tunnels and castles, and simply dig and bury a hole.
For the sandbox you need to choose a suitable place. It should not be too shaded or too open. It is better to place it not far from the house in order to observe the child’s actions from the window.
What can you make a sandbox out of with your own hands? The most simple option There will be a sandbox made from wooden beams, boards or logs. A large sandbox is usually divided into several play areas.
If it so happens that it was not possible to place the sandbox in the shade, then you can make a fabric canopy so that the baby does not bake in the sun.
Children's playgrounds for a summer residence with a pond, a swimming pool and a shower
Children can spend a lot of time in the water. Even when very cold, they are not willing to leave them. It’s good if the pond is combined with a sandbox. For these purposes, you can even use any container that you have on the farm (a basin or a large bucket).
A real pool in which you can swim will bring great joy to any child. It’s better not to make a pool yourself, but to buy a ready-made one in a store. For example, inflatable pools are not that expensive.
Perhaps the most fun activity on a hot summer day will be dousing yourself with water, not just from a hose, but from an unusual shower that can be made from PVC pipes.
Decorating a children's playground with wooden crafts
In my opinion, the most the best material To decorate the playground there will be wood and any wooden crafts. For these purposes, you can use any logs, stumps, boards, etc. You can make children's tables and chairs from wood, use it as fencing elements and sports equipment.
Children's imagination is limitless and can turn an ordinary log into a bridge over a river, train, plane or horse. Such games with replacing objects help to develop as much as possible. creative thinking baby.
As an example, I would like to show a photo of the arrangement of a playground, perhaps someone will take these ideas for implementation.
Green spaces such as trees, bushes and flowers will look very good on the playground.
You can not only climb trees, but also decorate them. Thus, giving an excellent look not only to the site, but also to the overall design of the site.
Old trees should not be cut down completely. The best option will turn it into a fairytale house.
For girls, you can arrange a flower bed, which they will take care of with great pleasure.
In addition, your child can be given a small plot of land for a vegetable garden, where he can plant and grow his own plants.
Creating crafts to decorate a playground is fun and exciting, especially if the children themselves take part in it.
You can use wood, old tires, plastic bottles, etc. to make crafts.
Cheerful colorful sun
To make sure your children have fun, you can build a bright, beautiful and interesting playground for them with your own hands. Plunging into the children's world of fairy tales and bright images, you can decorate the place for games with a cheerful colorful sun. Let it give you a joyful and playful mood even on a cloudy day. You can make it yourself from scrap materials. Or purchase it at a gift shop.
The sun can be attached to the ring of an old net that was once used to catch butterflies. The gauze bag needs to be removed, and the rod can be stuck next to the sandbox. For a complete idyll, we add toy cockerels and chickens to the sun. They will sit on straw perches.
For a children's playground, you need to carefully select sculptures. We give preference to strong, reliable materials and cheerful, friendly compositions. Figures made of fragile ceramics of pale color with sad characters are far from The best decision for the playground. It is better to place fragile sculptures in the depths of the garden. And offer children products that they can play with and have fun with without the risk of breaking or breaking anything.
For games, children can be offered homemade dolls made from soft materials. As inexpensive option Men made from ordinary paint brushes will do.
A bright couple – Pyramid and Mold.
Young explorers will love the colorful figurines that are easily made from simple toys. The bright pyramid quickly turns into a colorful boy named Pyramid.
It’s enough just to assemble a pyramid, grease its top with quick-drying glue like “Moment” and attach a hank of polypropylene twine of a matching color to it. A ball of rope will also do bright color. Then the eyes are glued on and the hat is put on.
The Girl Mold is assembled from a set of multi-colored sand molds in the form of cups. To prevent the figurine from falling apart, the bottoms of the cups are smeared with glue. We glue the head to the top mold, just like the Pyramid. Only it will be a little larger in size. And it is advisable to take a skein of a different color. Then we glue the eyes in the same way and put on a braided wig. A smart look completes the look. summer hat, decorated with a bouquet of flowers.
It will be nice if the playground has a corner exclusively for your child in the form of a house or tent, where the child can be alone or invite his friends.
I propose to consider several device ideas children's house with your own hands.
The simplest option is to make a tent out of rope and a piece of fabric.
The version of a house made of plants will be more complex, but much more interesting.
How can we do without a swing? Every playground should have. Moreover, you can make a swing with your own hands using available materials in just a few hours.
For example, if there is an old and unnecessary chair in the house, then you can easily make a swing from it.
Above I have given many options for decorating a playground with your own hands. All you have to do is choose the one that’s right for you and bring it to life. Give your child a fairy-tale corner on your property.