In summer, children spend most of their time on the street. Well, if in the yard for them there is a playground. On its territory it is possible to both have fun and develop physically. Well, if you live in a private house or at the cottage, then you can equip the playground on your own in your yard.

There are playgrounds of the following types:

1. Small, designed for kids. They have a small area. Consist mainly of a sandbox and a small lawn.
2. Large, whole complexes for school-age children. They include a sandbox, swings, and complex elements.
3. "Home" for one child. Parents build them in their homes or cottages.

Content

• 1 Sequence of the construction of the playground
• 2 What are the dimensions of the site?
• 3 Territory preparation
• 4 Coverage area
• 5 Game complexes
• 6 Precautions
• 7 Registration of a playground

The sequence of the construction of the playground

1. Выбор места. Territory preparation.
2. Placing and fixing dimensional equipment.
3. Perform surface coating.
4. Installation of small items and decorative ornaments.

First you need to choose the right place. It should be borne in mind that the area should be open and spacious, receive enough solar heat, but have a place with a shadow. To protect against direct sunlight, you can provide for the installation of umbrellas or a canopy made of polycarbonate.

The site should not be located near roads, construction sites, garages, greenhouses. It will be convenient to monitor the child if the place is viewed from the windows of an apartment or house.

What sizes can the site have?

For young children do not need a lot of space, but babies grow and grow needs. It is better to select a large area immediately.

For children of preschool age will be enough area in 8−9 m2, for schoolchildren - already 14−15 m2. If the playground is multifunctional, designed for children of different ages, then its area may be 100 m² or more.

The sizes directly depend on the number of components. It is better draw a project to scale and then calculate the required area. You should consider the dimensions of the game elements and the distance between them.

Territory preparation

1. Align the plot.
2. Remove rubbish, stones.
3. Pick up weeds and uproot unnecessary bushes and trees.
4. View the area near the playground. It should not grow prickly and poisonous plants. If they exist, delete them.
5. A cycling track can be provided around the site.

Coverage area

Often, the site area is covered with a thick layer of sand. If you can not buy sand - you can stay on the lawn grass. On it, the child will be able to run even barefoot. Travosmes intended for sports lawns are resistant to trampling and have a dense structure.

Currently on the market rubber crumb mats. Convenient and durable. They allow you to make an elastic surface that will pass water well. But such coverage is rational to use on small home platforms.

The choice of components of playgrounds depends on the age of children. For kids up to 3 years old, just place:

• sandbox;
• swing;
• slides;
• carousel;
• table with chairs.

For older children, various climbing elements and facilities are already needed, such as:

• rock climbers;
• mazes;
• ladders with horizontal bars;
• ropes, rings;
• basketball hoop;
• a house;
• fortress.

Game complexes

On sale are complex, multi-level children's play complexes. You can build them yourself. Such facilities can significantly save space. Children like them a lot.

Complexes include:

• stairs;
• slides of different sizes;
• elements for climbing and pulling;
• "Cobwebs";
• bridges.

Equipment for the site can do it yourself, and you can buy ready-made. In the first case, you need to make a diagram of composite and calculate the necessary materials. In addition to gaming equipment, you will definitely need:

• locksmith tools;
• boards for the construction of the fence;
• in quarrels;
• shovel;
• cement mortar for fixing swing columns and other complex elements;
• ready-made jewelry or natural materials for crafts;
• paints of different colors, brushes.

Precautionary measures

For game structures for children increased demands.

1. All elements should be well secured. Props buried in the ground, better concreted. The wooden surfaces are well-ground, without any burrs.
2. For the swing is better to use chains or ropes.
3. Slides are equipped with high sides, the bottom is rounded.
4. Gaming equipment should not have sharp corners, protruding edges, nails or bolts.
5. Swings should have a safety zone with an area of ​​at least 2 m² in front and behind.

Registration of a playground

Now near the houses you can find many different options for the design of playgrounds. The elements are made from almost everything. In the course are old tires; plastic bottles; rubber and plastic toys; discs; logs etc. Having a good imagination, you can come up with a lot of original handicrafts, repeat what was done in the neighboring yard or seen on the Internet.

1. Sandbox design. Even the sandbox can be made unusual:
   • lay out its sides of wooden logs of different heights;
   • use a big old tire instead of the sides, and in the center insert a wooden stick and attach a sail to it.

   The most practical to be closed sandbox. The cover can be mounted on hinges, freely discarded or "turn" into a bench.

2. House. Hiding in the house will be interesting for both kids and more adult children. On the walls of the house you can put a beautiful picture, make a roof above the entrance. Cut windows, attach pots with artificial flowers to window sills, hang oilcloth curtains.
3. A machine. From boards built car frame. On the sides are mounted old tires. Inside is a seat. Be sure to wheel, it should be strengthened so that it is spinning, then the children will be more interesting. The car can be beautifully painted.
4. Oasis. From plastic bottles make beautiful palm trees. You can install 2−3 of these palmochki, and under them insert artificial flowers into the earth, made from the same bottles.
5. Track from penechkov. Stumps of different height are dug into the ground, tightly to each other, so that the child can conveniently step from one to another. This track can be made from old tires. For the beauty of the elements of the track cause color drawings.

Playgrounds - these are elements child development. Kids play outdoor games, chat with other children, have fun, and all this in the fresh air. Such a pastime promotes health, development of courage and dexterity. Therefore, every child should attend the playgrounds.