Should You Get a Themed Playground? What are the Best Themes? As has always been the case, kids grow up with an imagination so wild that it can even make…
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Local parks and playgrounds can be more beneficial than you may realize. Sure, kids love a playground. But there are also important social and economic reasons that playgrounds aren’t just…
You may remember crunching over gravel in the playgrounds of your childhood, but today many safer alternatives are used instead. These materials vary in cost and maintenance requirements. However, they…
We’ve covered playground design quite a bit on this blog, with several entries touching on the history of playgrounds and the inspiration for some of the structures we see today….
Any experienced construction crew has looked at playgrounds in trying to figure out to do most of the structures more effectively. Because of this it can be interesting to look…
History Of The American Playground For most parents in America today, the idea of taking a child to a playground is as normal as taking them to a park, a…
Playgrounds have a long history. They pose some interesting design challenges but they can be can be fun to design, especially if the playground has been designed well. The first…
Inspiration for Building Your Park or Playground Before you lay the literal foundation for your park or playground, you want to create a foundation of ideas from which to plan…
There are base-connected pieces and standalone “attractions”. The connected pieces can be added on as part of the main structure, while standalone pieces would include things off to the side…
Children have been playing since the beginning of time. They used their imagination and created games such as hide and seek, duck, duck, goose and skipping rocks. Unfortunately, children would…