How To Choose the Best Space for Your Playground Playgrounds are the ideal place for children to just go out and have fun. However, building and a playground installation is going to be more complicated than what you originally thought. The outdoor location that you pick is going to be incredibly important. While building your […]
How to Build a Swing Set for your Backyard Let’s go over How to build a swing set for your backyard. Have you ever admired those large wooden structures that kids seem to have hours of fun on? Looking for a way to build this but not a cookie cutter idea, one that is truly […]
Playground History So I have often wondered how organized playgrounds and early playground equipment started. Playground history shows the Germans were the 1st to offer up a designated play areas. These play areas were known as “Sand Gardens”, in 1885 to get children off the roads where play was getting dangerous. The United States saw […]
Playground Safety Well it’s playground safety week again! Started in 1997 by The NPPS, National Program for Playground Safety. This week April 23rd to 27th is an opportunity to help communities look at their local playgrounds with the focus on safety and play. With 200,000 plus kid visits to emergency rooms across the US […]
Swingset fundraising The City of Council Bluffs has donated about $10,000 to the Dream Playground and Swing set Re-Imagined effort for an accessible swingset. The City Council voted unanimously at its Monday meeting to approve spending. $10,378.85 alloted to purchase an Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant double swing set. “This helps the community as a whole,” […]