Children's Play Areas by Editors of Sunset Books
$10.36
In their waking hours, children seem to be driven by the notion of play and the pursuit of happiness, as most parents will surely agree. Create a safe place that's perfect for play without breaking the bank. Build safe, sturdy outdoor play structures following detailed, step-by-step instructions. Creative play areas foster mental and physical development; but for the kids they're nothing but fun. Some projects encourage indoor play, including an art desk with storage bins and a charming doll house. Consider imaginative hideaways where kids can bring friends, exercise or enjoy quiet games. Play your plan space to evolve as the children get older. The main chapters are: planning inside play areas, bedroom ideas, playrooms, planning outside play areas, swings slides and sandboxes, jungle gyms and gym equipment, tree forts and playhouses, and tools materials and techniques. Specific easy projects that any beginner could do after reading this book include a toy display cabinet, art desk with storage bins, delightful dollhouse, computer desk, backyard cottage and sandbox playtable.
Playhouses You Can Build: Indoor & Backyard Designs (Weekend Project Book Series)
by David R. Stiles, Jeanie Stiles
$10.47
Playing is one of the most important ways children learn. Whether architecturally simple or fanciful, a playhouse is a magical place for a child. In Playhouses You Can Build, David and Jeanie Stiles use their personal experience to guide the weekend carpenter through building a playhouse suitable for the backyard, basement or playroom. Playhouses You Can Build makes it easy: 14 designs; projects use easy-to-obtain materials and common household tools; clear step-by-step diagrams and instructions; age-rated playhouse designs; projects require only basic carpentry skills; concise instructions and complete drawings and plans; explanations of basic methods; materials lists. Playhouse projects, which take only a weekend or two of spare time, include: Gingerbread Playhouse; Spook Playhouse; Fiberglass Whale Playhouse; Barn-Bed Playhouse; UFO Playhouse; Three-Legged Fort; Garden Trellis Playhouse; Log Playhouse; Traditional Playhouse. Any one of the playhouses here will excite and challenge children, and will provide a real sense of accomplishment to adults as well as years of fun and enjoyment for everyone.
Build a Kid's Play Yard by Jeff Beneke, Neil Soderstrom (Editor)
$10.47
Book contains detailed plans and step-by-step instructions for building the play structures that kids love most: swing set, monkey bars, balance beam, playhouse, teeter-totter, sandboxes, kid-sized picnic table, and a play tower that supports a slide. Includes extensive safety information. All structures conform to U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission standards and are the safest possible designs. 200 color photographs and illustrations.
The Backyard Playground: Recreational Landscapes & Play Structures by The editors of Creative Publishing international
$11.87
By combining building projects for children's play structures with tips and ideas for creative landscaping, this book goes much further than any other to helping readers create a fun, safe, and interactive outdoor play area for their children in an environment that is useful and appealing to adults. The projects in this book include a broad range of designs, for toddlers to teenagers. The play structure project is the classic, timber-style set found in many yards and can accommodate several accessories and future modifications. Playing in either of the two tree house projects, kids will find adventure, privacy, and a connection to the outdoors. The climbing wall project provides kids-and parents-with a fun way to develop strength and concentration. There are also projects for playhouses and forts that kids can help build and several plans for child-size outdoor furniture. Where appropriate, projects are designed for adaptation to a different use after the child outgrows them. For example, the sandpit project is a decorative sandbox that can easily be adapted into a garden bed; the playhouse could become a garden shed in later years. In addition to the projects, there are dozens of tips for using trees and other plantings to create private, natural places for kids that are integrated with the general landscape. This book focuses on the nationwide trend of parents encouraging outdoor play for their kids while, at the same time, keeping them close to home.
Kids' Places to Play by Jeanne Huber and the Editors of Sunset Books
$10.47
Playtime never looked so good! This delightful new volume is packed with ideas and how-to instruction for innovative play structures, tree houses, sandboxes, swings, kid-friendly water features, and more. Twenty-four fun-filled projects include ways to involve children in the planning and building process. Shows how to attractively integrate play areas into the overall landscape design with a special section on family gardens. Detailed step-by-step photography and art show how each structure is built. "Quick Ideas" offers ideas for enhancing playtime with props, fun additions, and projects. Includes a two-page resource guide of where to purchase the parts to build your own project. Our favorite section is called "cable ride," which includes information provided by Outdoor Fun Store about zip lines.
