The country house is a great place to relax, where you can go with the whole family. Parents enjoy pleasant fuss in the garden, fresh air and solitude, while children are given a huge space for all kinds of games and entertainment, incomparable with urban realities. A children's town in the country can add joy to them and decorate the site.
It will become an excellent playground for children, where they will be happy to spend most of their time. And thanks to the large number of variations in appearance, it can fit into the exterior of any suburban area.
Preparatory stage
First of all, it is necessary to allocate a sufficient amount of space for a children's town in the country. It is highly desirable that the available area exceeds 6 m2 (rectangle 2 by 3 meters), the more spacious, the better and the larger structure can be installed. You should also take into account the possibility of monitoring what is happening on the site, for example, its visibility from the windows of the house or from the veranda. Or good audibility of joyful children's exclamations. An important element when choosing a place to install a playground is safety for children. There should not be anything dangerous next to it: a barbed fence, a greenhouse, a well, electrical equipment and much more, which can pose a risk to children.
The children's town should be located away from traumatic objects
Recommendations on the place of installation of the town from a specialist:
Prolonged exposure to the scorching sun adversely affects the well-being of the child. In view of this, the children's town in the country should be installed in such a place that for most of the day it is in the shade of trees or a country house.
The shade of the trees will protect children from direct sunlight.
Complete set of a children's town in the country
The choice of equipment for the playground should be based on the future size of the town itself, it is undesirable for it to occupy the entire free area. The child should be able to run around the town around the perimeter. It is also worth considering the overall budget of the building. Self-creation of the structure and subsequent equipment will be cheaper than ordering a finished one, but such a process will take much longer.
A budget option
The simplest layout of a children's town in the country includes a small wooden structure itself, preferably square, which is located at a low height relative to the ground. The way up for her will be a staircase with a slight deviation from the vertical. A fun slide will be a plastic slide. Swings are a nice addition. They are easy to make yourself from improvised materials, for example, from a tire, which is fixed on a permanent support with reliable ropes or flexible chains. You can also purchase a simple hanging swing.
Inexpensive children's town in the country
This option is easy to perform, takes up a small area and will not hit your pocket.
Children's town in a medium-sized country house
This is a modernization of the design of the budget option. The wooden base can be made two-tiered. Let the first tier be located directly on the ground or on a small (up to 30 cm) elevation. And the second tier at a distance of one and a half meters from the first. The lower floor will be a resting place for children, where you can put chairs and lay out toys. And the upper one will be a platform for active games with the ability to go down the hill, which can be installed in a spiral form of a closed type together with the usual shape. In addition to the swing, it is possible to install a small sandbox on the platform. It is highly desirable to include the possibility of closing in its design so that no living creatures crawl there and introduce unsanitary conditions.
Children's town with a sandbox
This option will occupy a large area, and the design itself will look more pretentious.
Large area playground
The children's town itself can be made three-tiered. The third tier can be located exactly above the first, and the second with a slight horizontal deviation. A sort of vertical chess order. It is desirable that the area of \u200b\u200beach level be from 8m2 (rectangle 4 by 2 meters). For more children's play space. Install a sun lounger next to the swing.
Three-tiered children's town in the country
Among other things, you can install a shallow pool for swimming; for very young children, it is better to put a pool of the “paddling pool” type.
Children's town with a swimming pool
Separately, you can install a miniature house. You can put it on the ground, and if it's close to a spreading tree, you can build it right there and hang a rope ladder as a great way to get up there.
Children's town on a tree
Such a town is suitable for the large open space available in the country.
It should be understood that the above site options are only the basis for future developments.
Safety
Regardless of the choice of design, they must be absolutely safe for children. The swing must be fixed in the ground, and the connecting elements must have increased strength, exceeding the weight of an adult. All wooden surfaces must be sanded and finished, such as varnished. It is impossible to allow a child to get a splinter upon contact with them.
All details of the children's town must have increased strength
The tiers of the children's town must be installed with an additional barrier. So that they can let the light through, but the child could crawl through or fall out of there. There should be enough space between buildings. A sandbox or a pond must be installed at a distance of at least one and a half meters from each other and a swing with a tower. The foundations of large structures must be set underground so that the structures themselves stand level and do not wobble. Additional security will be provided by the presence of a special coating.
Special coating for added safety
Coating selection
The construction of the town can be installed directly on the lawn, but it is better to do it on level ground, and around it, enclose everything with a special coating for playgrounds. After all, it has a number of advantages:
- High water permeability. The coating passes water well, thanks to which it remains dry after rain or after cleaning, which cannot be said about the lawn
- Elasticity. Active games often lead to repeated falls of children, which become absolutely painless and safe due to the elasticity of the material.
- Durability. Will serve as flooring for many years without loss of properties and destruction of the structure of the coating
- Hygiene. Does not contain harmful impurities and is easy to clean under the pressure of water
- Roughness. Prevents slip
High-quality coating will serve you for more than one year
Pediatric dermatologists recommend:
For playgrounds, a two-layer combined coating is most preferable, which consists of a layer of crumb rubber with polyurethane binders and a layer of EPDM granules. This choice is associated with the complete absence of an allergic reaction of these materials for children, with the exception of individual intolerance.
The coating is best ordered from companies specializing in its production. Most often sold in the form of prefabricated tiles or solid flooring. Its optimal thickness for playgrounds is 20-30 mm.
The composition of the coating for the children's town
Coating installation
The coating should be laid after the final assembly of the children's town itself in the country. The installation itself takes place in several stages. The first step is the preparation of the site, its complete cleaning for reliable and high-quality laying. The next steps depend on the form of the coating.
Rubber tiles:
A pre-prepared polyurethane adhesive is applied to the cleaned surface with a roller. After the tiles are fixed. It is important to ensure that the gap between them is as small as possible.
Laying rubber tiles for a children's town in the country
Roll coating:
Similar to laying rubber tiles. Rolls of the required sizes are selected, fixed to the surface with polyurethane adhesive. Also, they should process the joints.
Roll covering for children's playgrounds
Seamless coating:
Its laying is carried out only on a wooden or concrete coating, which must initially be primed and allowed to soak during the day. In a concrete mixer or other suitable container, mix dry crumb rubber, polyurethane adhesive and dye in the proportions specified by the component manufacturer. After thorough mixing, the mixture is directly poured and leveled with a roller, which is lubricated with anti-adhesion grease. The coating dries in two days.
Laying a seamless pavement for a children's playground
Laying the coating for the children's town in the country can be done independently, but it is better to entrust it to professionals. They have advanced ways of doing this type of work in their arsenal. For example, spray coating. Many years of experience, as well as the high quality of materials, allow them to install rubber coatings for children's playgrounds in the country with the highest quality. As a result, they will last a very long time.
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An important circumstance is that you yourself choose the layout for the children's town in the country. This makes it possible to show imagination and fill the playground with interesting solutions and ideas.
green paradise
The entire territory of the town can be artificially landscaped. For example, build it inside a rectangular structure of beams, which is wrapped around the entire surface with a vine, so that it hangs down. By a similar principle, you can make a house by greening its roof and walls. This will add freshness and pleasant shady coolness to the children who will be inside.
Children's town surrounded by plants
Mini climbing wall
Such entertainment will appeal to the active younger generation. This idea is easy to implement. You can simply attach a special climbing board to a wooden multi-tiered structure, and also hang a special strong rope. And cover the floor with gymnastic mats so that the falls of the guys are painless and not accompanied by any injuries.
Children's climbing wall in the country
creative styling
The children's town can be stylized as something that the child especially likes. For example, he is a fan of the cartoon "Masha and the Bear". In this case, you can put a small stuffed bear on the outskirts of the site, and make plywood with the image of a mischievous girl from the cartoon as a protective structure for the upper tier of the town. And make the overall color of the buildings bright and colorful.
Thematic children's town
On a similar example, you can stylize the platform for any cartoon, favorite book or even a song. Similarly, the town can be performed in a berry style. Lots of styling ideas. Your child will definitely love it.
Stylized children's town in the country
Mood Playground
The children's town can be divided into two parts, according to the two moods of the child. Half of the playground will be for games and running around. There you can install a climbing wall and other facilities for vigorous activity. And make the other half a place of rest. Swings, a house and a sandbox will fit there.
Children's town with a holiday house
Playground
On the site you can install all kinds of sports facilities. For example, goal for mini-football. Or a basketball hoop. Or golf holes. You can also make a special canopy for storing clubs or balls. After all, this way they will be protected from rain and wind and not take up space in the country house itself.
Children's golf on the court
This idea is most suitable for children's towns of medium and large sizes. Differs in simplicity of implementation.
back to index ↑The benefits of a children's town in the country
Children are always happy to help their parents, but their enthusiasm quickly disappears, they become bored and have nothing to do. It is dangerous to let them out of the dacha. But the games in the children's town will never get bored. The maximum that will happen is that the children will get tired and want to eat. Such outdoor activities and prolonged exposure to the open air will positively affect the health of the child.
In the children's town in the country, the child will spend time with health benefits
Results
With the proper approach, the construction of a children's town will not be a big problem. The first step is to select a free area for construction. The next step will be a rough idea of what set of elements should be present on it, in accordance with the allowable size and budget. Then choose a design and place an order or build everything yourself. Be sure to remember about the safety of the structure. After it is worth laying a special safety coating. This step is not required, but highly recommended.
Regardless of the size, a children's town in the country will be an excellent gift for a child who will be sincerely happy. In addition, this will be a good way to distract the children with something while the parents are busy gardening, gardening or cooking.
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