I'm an aging, handyman/maintenance guy. one of the people i do stuff for wants to build a home made slide for his grand kids. he would like it to come...

Taylor Moran on Instagram: "Nick made this out of wood and metal flashing. Apparently it’s NOT done and he wants to paint the wood a dark green to blend into the playground a little more 🥰 But how cool is this! I’d never seen a DIY slide before this!"

How to add a playground slide off a deck for kids. An easy alternative to a backyard playset. Add fun with a 5 foot side winder slide!

We made this slide with scrap wood & the cost of a used slide ($25) bought on Craigslist. Follow these steps to make your own! If you have a hillside in the bac…

I wanted to post about playground hills today. Almost every person I talk to wants a hill in their learning landscape, with an embankment slide of course. It is kind of a trademark of natural play. Most folks picture a grass hill that is perpetually green and mowed (by someone else ;). But, most of these spaces will get a low level of maintenance and the hill is likely to turn into dirt and mud at the top and on the sides of the slide from all of the excited foot traffic. I want to encourage…

This playground slide was built using a standard joist design, supported by 3-by-4 posts and secured with galvanized fasteners.

At the top of the slide, an entrance platform is required. We have designed one that fits around the slide and that accommodates both the sit down bar required by the playground safety standards, and a crib stair. The sit down bar comes with the platform, but the crib stair is an add-on. We can also provide the rock scramble (see elsewhere in the store). A note about the crib stair: Kids will ALWAYS try to go back up the hill the shortest way possible, which is along the sides of the slide…

As soon as the weather warms up, it’s time to say no to TV and phone, get the kids outside! If you’re lucky to own a sprawling property big enough for a kid’s

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This looks like fun! Taken at Patterson Farms in Ohio, this slide is 50 feet long and is hidden in the woods next to a big wooden fort!