Playground in the yard and at the cottage with their own hands from improvised materials - the choice of location, elements and safety rules, cool photo ideas

More recently, the garden-plots were a source of food for the long cold winter. Today, dacha vacation is associated with recreation, not weeding beds or collecting Colorado potato beetles. It is often arranged shashlik-mangal pavilions, erect comfortable houses and baths, install swimming pools.

And, of course, the little inhabitants also need to set aside a place where they can do what they love. It is best if this area will be laid at the planning stage, but in an already well-groomed garden there is likely to be a place where the Playground for country houses with their own hands.

The advantages of a playground

At the playground kid will feel "in its element". He will have a territory on which no one will infringe, where he will be able to leave toys, switching to more interesting things. Here he will be able to invite friends without the risk of dropping something necessary in the house or vegetable garden, here he learns to communicate with peers, older or younger children, to learn the world around them in relative safety.

And adults will love this idea. Young gardeners will be able to do their own thing, not too distracting parents from their work or leisure.

The main thing is that the children's yard should be located in a convenient and successful place.

Choosing a place

To place the playground, it is necessary to decide on the place. The ideal location would be an area that:

Located on an elevated site. This will help keep an eye on the playing child from all parts of the dacha.
Is away from potentially dangerous objects such as a well, swimming pool, barbecue, stairs, high bridges, and other injury hazards.
Is protected from too strong rays of the sun on a hot day, but is not in deep shade. Although this problem can be solved by a sun umbrella or awning.

However, the central part of the site to give up for the creation of a play complex is not desirable, so the site is placed close to the fence. This gives the protection of the territory, at least on one side, it is not very well accustomed to planting.

In order to make a cozy children's place pleased with its inhabitants, you need to allocate a lot of space. Traditionally, the distance between the individual elements should be at least one meter. But if the child is alone, and he does not have many friends at the cottage, this distance can be reduced.

Safety

Pre-created a model of a playground from paper with their own hands will give a general idea of the structures to be erected, but in practice it is necessary to watch for:

Absence of sharp edges and corners, gaps and gaps where you can stick your fingers;
no nails or screws sticking out;
Smoothness of all surfaces;
the use of safe paints;
the reliability of all fasteners;
The presence of additional fences around the swings for very young children and playgrounds at height.

A special role should be given to the coating of the site.

Coverage options

To date, there are several options for organizing a children's outdoor corner.

Sand until quite recently was considered the best surface. It is relatively soft, does not cause much injury, it is possible and necessary to move barefoot on it, it perfectly absorbs water. But the wind can carry grains of sand around the site, throw them in the eyes of the kids, and pets decide to settle on the soft sand their toilet.
Lawn is devoid of these troubles. This surface is pretty easy to get a pretty look with lawn mowers, can withstand the load of a few children, not hurtful. But on the lawn can live nasty insects, this coating requires increased attention to the owners (water, mow, remove grass).
Rubber coating will negate all the previous problems. But it is not environmentally friendly, and in the fresh air would like to have natural materials under the hands (feet). In addition, rubber can get very hot on a hot day.
Wood chips or bark will be environmentally friendly and soft coating. In addition, specially prepared wood chips are treated against nasty cuts, they do not have sharp corners, can be painted in different colors. The disadvantage will be a rather high cost.

So it is quite difficult to find the best option.

Materials for the creation of the site

Most often created playground made of wood with their own hands. Additional elements can be old car tires or stretched ropes.

Elements of the playground

Before you take on the creation of a play area, you need to create a drawing or project. Most often for children's games use:

sandpits;
slides;
swings;
obstacle courses;
sports equipment;
houses.

All these elements are planned taking into account the age of children and their number.

Bright, juicy colors will help to make the playground an ornate place and develop children's imagination.

Sandboxes

A variety of sandboxes will occupy children up to 7-8 years. A small sandbox for toddlers can be made from a large tire (very large), and for older children will have to make a structure out of boards.

The sandpit can be made traditionally square, or you can create a triangle of a ship with a central sail, or a rectangle of a car with a steering wheel and wheels.

Sandbox-table will help you make goodies out of sand. And when the game with sand bored, sliding panels provide space for drawing, modeling and other quiet games.

Slide

When you create a slide, special attention is paid to security and durability of the structure. For better sliding surface slides can be made linoleum or buy plastic slope. If there is a wooden slope, it should be carefully sanded.

Swing

Swing can be bought as a ready-made version or make your own, using tires or wooden boards. For stability, the base of the swing is better to concreted or use a triangular connection in the form of the letter A.

Obstacle courses

Usually the athletic strip is laid out of tires (they can be painted in different colors). But a web of ropes, suspended logs, a rope path, various poles, vertically buried tires, gymnastic hoops, and bungee cords will be much more interesting.

Or you can just lay out tangled paths.

House

A cozy house can be made an imitation of a large structure, as in adults, using wooden boards.

But if there is a tree in the allotted area, you can build a house directly on it. This will give all the children a lot of fun, and it becomes a fun game for all ages.

Such a structure can be equipped with a rope ladder or slide.

Playground décor

For comfort and beauty of the site decorate funny garden figures or homemade dacha crafts, planted on the edges of flowers.

In general, the scope for creativity is enough. For part of the playground will need special tools and construction skills, but some items can be done without having neither. And then practice and add new ideas to the playground.