Backyard Playgrounds
Build Amazing Treehouses, Ninja Projects, Obstacle Courses, and More!
Published on 8. June 2021
144 pages
978-1-5107-6665-5 (ISBN)
Description
Build your own treehouses, swing sets, skate ramps, Ninja courses, and more!
Kids and families of all ages are rediscovering the great outdoors, including their own backyards. It is more important than ever to be able to entertain our kids at home, teach them about nature, and give them a great time building, exercising, staying in shape, and working together. All of these actions help foster independence, confidence, and growth. In Do-It-Yourself Backyard Playgrounds, authors Jean and David Stiles offer user-friendly plans (all hand-drawn by David) and step-by-step instructions to help you build something great in your own backyard. They offer a range of easy, timeless projects that can be made in an afternoon-trolley ride, treasure chest, circle swing, lemonade stand-alongside more ambitious projects, like the warped wall and treehouse. Learn how to build a complete Ninja adventure course and see how the treehouse can double as a home base for the adventure course that radiates from it!
The book includes photos of projects (during construction and completed), and explanatory step-by-step illustrations.
Kids and families of all ages are rediscovering the great outdoors, including their own backyards. It is more important than ever to be able to entertain our kids at home, teach them about nature, and give them a great time building, exercising, staying in shape, and working together. All of these actions help foster independence, confidence, and growth. In Do-It-Yourself Backyard Playgrounds, authors Jean and David Stiles offer user-friendly plans (all hand-drawn by David) and step-by-step instructions to help you build something great in your own backyard. They offer a range of easy, timeless projects that can be made in an afternoon-trolley ride, treasure chest, circle swing, lemonade stand-alongside more ambitious projects, like the warped wall and treehouse. Learn how to build a complete Ninja adventure course and see how the treehouse can double as a home base for the adventure course that radiates from it!
The book includes photos of projects (during construction and completed), and explanatory step-by-step illustrations.
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Persons
David and Jeanie Stiles have written 25 how-to books on backyard building projects that range from treehouses, playgrounds, and garden sheds, to tiny houses, workshops and cabins-and have sold over one million books. David Stiles is an industrial designer, builder, and illustrator and Jeanie Stiles is a writer, photographer, and actress. Together they have received several awards, among them the ALA's Notable Children's Book Award for Treehouses You Can Actually Build, and their articles have appeared in many magazines and newspapers including Architectural Digest, Better Homes and Garden, and The New York Times. They have appeared on numerous television programs, including HGTV, The Discovery Channel, and The Today Show during which they built a treehouse in three hours. David, a graduate of Pratt Institute and the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy, received two awards from the New York Planning Commission for his playground design for children with disabilities. They live in New York, New York.
Content
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Before You Get Started
- Part One: Backyard Ninja Adventure Course
- Welcome to the Adventure Course!
- Warped Wall
- Nitro Swing
- Shaky Logs
- Swing into Cargo Net
- Climbing Wall
- Monkey Bars
- Part Two: Treehouse Headquarters (All Using One Tree)
- One, Two, Tree-house
- Kavita's Treehouse
- Tree Summerhouse
- All-Season Treehouse
- Treehouse Locks & Latches
- Rope Work
- Transport Wagon
- Aerial Obstacles
- Part Three: Nature Playgrounds
- Nature Hut
- Balance Beam
- Climbing Bars
- Rustic Swing
- Bucking Bronco
- Rustic Log Seating
- Part Four: Timeless DIY Projects & Games
- Lemonade Stand
- Secret Lockbox
- Treasure Chest with Secret Lock
- Circle Swing
- Merry-Go-Round
- Model Sailboat
- Pogo Boat
- Birdhouse
- Ring Swing Game
- Tarzan Swing
- Cool Bike Decorations
- Wheel of Fortune
- Four Square Game
- Gaga Game
- Acknowledgments
- Other Books by David and Jeanie Stiles
- About the Authors
