The summer cottage has recently become more and more not a place where cultivated plants are only grown, but also a territory where the whole family has a rest. If there is space near the house, then there you can equip a comfortable area for children to play. In order to diversify the leisure of growing family members, you can use one of the many modern projects that involve sandboxes, slides, as well as swimming pools and much more.
It often happens that young children choose the wrong places for games, this increases the risk of injury, and adults do not always have the opportunity to keep track of each movement of the kids. This is especially true when there are many children. In order to avoid unpleasant situations, you can organize a children's playground for the do-it-yourself cottage.
For zoning, you can use materials of natural origin and improvised means. It can be:
Before installing the elements, they can be painted in a suitable color. When there are no tall trees on the site, and there is no way to organize the sandbox in the shade, then a canopy can be installed over the structure. Tree cuts and logs are commonly used for building sports equipment. They are also suitable for laying tracks, and the logs will be a great place for training.
Seat selection
A DIY playground for children can be equipped with every home master. At the first stage, you need to choose the right place. The territory should be located near the house. This requirement is especially true for those families with small children. For younger children, you can equip a zone, which is usually removed from the house. Team and outdoor games require more space. For these purposes, you can set aside a garden.
Making a sandbox
If you decide to build a playground for your own home, you need to think about the most important element - the sandbox. For her, a drainage layer is usually formed. The most optimal dimensions of this design are 170x170 cm.
Initially, the master should separate the perimeter of the zone for construction. For this, metal or wooden pegs are used, as well as a tape, twine or rope. The design should be built in such a way that subsequently water does not accumulate there. Before starting work, it is necessary to remove the topsoil. You need to go deep by 0.3 m.
When making a children's playground for a summer house, you should determine the middle of the site for installing a sandbox. To do this, draw two diagonal lines that are connected in pairs. At this point, the depression will be 0.7 m. The diameter of the hole will be 0.5 m. Precipitation will flow there.
The recess is filled with pebbles, which are well compacted. In order to ensure fluid access to the drainage layer, it is necessary to perform a slope of the soil, which goes from the edges to the center. The base for the sandbox is a thick plastic film or synthetic geotextile. A mound of sand is made on the drainage layer, the thickness of the layer should be 0.05 m. Then, material for covering the base is laid on this pillow. 10 mm holes are made in the film or geotextile.
Making a wooden playground for the do-it-yourself garden, for the frame part, it is necessary to prepare and sand the details. Among them, it is worth highlighting a wooden block, the dimensions of which will be 50x50x450 mm, as well as a board, its dimensions will be 25x300x1700 mm. For the side you will also need a horizontal board with parameters equal to 25x150x1700 mm. Each item should be prepared in an amount of 4 pieces.
Before assembly, the parts are impregnated with an antiseptic composition. Making a playground for a summer residence with your own hands, you cannot help but complement it with a sandbox. The latter is installed on the prepared site, and then goes deeper into the ground by 0.15 m. Then, wide boards, which will serve as the sides, are nailed to the blanks installed on the edge.
At the final stage, a construction is performed that will serve as protection from the sun. For this, a lid is made of wood in the form of a fungus. You can also make four wooden boards, which will serve as supports for the awning. Coarse river sand should be used for filling. If you apply the dimensions of the structure that were mentioned above, you will need approximately 900 kg of filler. Before use, the sand is sieved and cleaned.
Making a slide
If you are doing a do-it-yourself playground for a summer house, then you need to install a slide on it. It is important to equip it with durable handrails that end after the top step of the stairs. The most difficult for a home foreman is usually the construction of a ramp. To do this, you can use multilayer plywood, which is varnished. However, experts recommend purchasing a ready-made ramp. It can be made of plastic.
If you intend to complete all the details of the slide yourself, then it is necessary to polish the joint zones and the workpieces themselves. The supports are made of new and durable materials. To fix the supporting part of the railing, use high-quality fasteners. The traditional material for the slides is also stainless steel. Conventional steel sheets are not suitable for this, since under the influence of external factors they will corrode, and the slide will quickly rust. Stainless steel can be replaced with wooden boards that are well polished, resulting in a well-sliding descent.
Making a swing
A playground is quite difficult to imagine without a swing. The height of the structure will be equal to 350 cm. In order to ensure a strong fixation of the supports, they are deepened into the ground by 0.7 m, and then fill the formed space with cement mortar. For load-bearing parts, prepare 6 wooden blocks of square cross section with a side of 5 cm.
It is necessary to start assembling the frame with the arrangement of racks. The bars are connected by bolts, as a result it will be possible to obtain a durable product. In the upper part of the bars are connected in pairs with the help of another bar, which will become the crossbar. To install a swing, prepare a spacious place. It is important to consider the swing amplitude.
The simplest option for organizing a swing is the design on rope suspensions, which are fixed on a thick tree branch. Ropes or ropes can act as suspensions, before they are fastened, they must be checked for strength. It is important to consider that the material deteriorates over time under the influence of friction, loads and the sun. More reliable and durable suspensions will be chains that will be able to withstand significant loads. However, chain links can pinch the skin, resulting in injury to the child. A rather interesting idea of a playground in the country with your own hands is the addition of chains with a plastic or rubber hose. Such a shell will protect the skin.
Features of the installation of a swing
When installing a swing, special attention must be paid to chains or ropes. Or rather, to those places where they are attached to the crossbar. Using carabiners will solve the problem. However, this approach has some disadvantages. The carabiners will creak loudly, in addition, such details gradually wear out. Therefore, it will be necessary to periodically lubricate the parts.
Wear and squeaking can be avoided by mounting bearings based on bearings. However, in this case it will be necessary to use a welding machine. To fix the suspensions, hooks with rings that are screwed into a wooden structure can be used. They can be welded to metal beams. Fasteners can be bought at any specialized store.
Having before your eyes a photo of examples of playgrounds in the country, with your own hands you can make one of them. However, it is important to observe safety measures and take into account some nuances. For example, when installing a swing and slide, it is important to maintain a safe distance zone. The width of this space is 2 m.
Interesting ideas: making a palm tree
If after manufacturing the site you do not want to stop, then you can decorate it with decorative elements. As one of them is a plastic palm. Everyone can create it. To do this, prepare plastic bottles that are washed and dried. It is desirable that some of the bottles that make up the trunk of the palm have a brown color.
After removing the bottoms, the bottles are put on a metal rod according to the principle of beads. Previously, the support is buried in the ground and is well fixed. For the branches you need to take a few bottles of green. They are cut so that the cuts pass from the base to the neck. These stripes are used for leaves. Considering the ideas of the playground in the country, with your own hands you can implement each of them. For example, in order to give the plastic a resemblance to real leaves, it is necessary to cut the bottles at an angle. The resulting elements are inserted from the neck into the barrel. This recommendation is universal, but you can be smart and make the decor in your style.
Use of car tires
Quite often, many car tires accumulate in the owners, which litter the space. If so, then you can use them to equip the playground. On the basis of tires, you can create a swing, as well as sandboxes. Rubber does not imply a large number of fasteners and components. It is easy to use and does not require the use of a special tool. Reinforcing tires is not necessary.
If you decide to make a playground with your own hands in the country, then you can make a sandbox from a tire. To do this, you need a tire of impressive diameter, a piece of a garden hose, a knife with a sharp blade, a paint composition and a shovel. To place the sandbox, you need to choose the best place. It should be in the shade, because the rubber should not be exposed to sunlight.
Using a shovel in the soil, you need to make a deepening. In shape, it should fit the tire, but its size should be made a little larger. The inside of the tire is cut with a knife. The freed edges hide under the hose. To do this, it should be cut in length and put on the edge to limit access to the edges of the slice. The surface is coated. Filling should be carried out only after the decorative layer has completely dried.
Alternative tire crafts
Making a playground in the country with your own hands can be done from improvised materials, which are all the same tires. For example, a solid tire is suspended from a tree on a rope. For a more attractive design with the help of a knife in the tire, curly slots are made. The main requirement in this case is not to overdo it, because the supporting parts must remain strong and wide.
For small children, the “cradle” design is perfect, for this the same small tire is used. It is cut to the middle so that the rims remain intact. Then, places for fasteners are planned, and then staples are fixed, through which a chain or rope is threaded. Carrying out the arrangement of the playground in the country with your own hands, at the next stage you can thread the ends of the suspensions and fix them on the rims on both sides.
Territory decor
Outdoor games are an integral part of children's leisure. In order to provide interesting entertainment for your children, you can set up an obstacle course on the playground, which will simultaneously become a decoration of the territory. For this, tires are dug in one after another. As a result, it is possible to get a single line through which children will step over in games.
You can do this design of the playground in the country with your own hands, additionally painting the tires in different colors. They can be located at some distance from each other so that the kids jump from one element to another. The core of the tire is cut out to make a pair of rings from one disk. From them it is possible to form a grid and fix it on the ground on a high support. From tires, you can create other interesting items for the site. It can be:
- capacity;
- benches;
- decorative ornaments;
- flower beds.
To paint the surface of the resulting structure, it is better to use a water-based emulsion mixture or nitro-paint.
About the mazes
Quite often, a maze is a complete element of the playground. It must be one-dimensional. This indicates that partitions should be installed on the ground, which should be high and deaf. Older children should be able to see over them and climb if necessary. Before you equip a playground in the country with your own hands, you must remember that the maze should not be plant. Such an element in the area may be dangerous. If children get lost in the bushes, they can get scared and get hurt.
Conclusion
The playground should be made not only functional and interesting, but also attractive. Plastic bottles and tires are great for decor. From them you can make the sun, which is suspended by the branches of trees. For darts, polyethylene bottles can be an excellent target. The latter are often used to make pins.
If you decide to equip the playground in the country with your own hands, then flowerpots from the same tires that are filled with soil will become an excellent decoration, beautiful flowers are planted in the latter. The lack of aesthetics can be compensated for by coloring. A lot of things are made from old tires, including the fact that it does not have a functional purpose. It can be figures of animals and birds. Quite often they are swans.