Looks fab Sarah :clapping: I got some great photos of my lot making a bed yesterday!! Sooo funny :D
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Looks fab Sarah :clapping: I got some great photos of my lot making a bed yesterday!! Sooo funny :D
my 'den space' , under the dining table is currently space! they took in the spaceship and astronauts to play with , then we made some tinfoil stars and some xmas star lights in too. My only problem is it cant be 'ongoing' as i need to clear away each night and set up each morning.
What a lovely idea - I like the fact that it is play in progression and you are changing and watching it. I have my soft play out this morning and have just put boxes out to see what the children want.
Thanks for the idea
Looks great Sarah :)
Big boxes are good for older kids as well. When my brother was 6yrs old and I was 8yrs old, we had a big washing machine box and we made a door, a window and drew some buttons on the inside and lots of other things and it was our spaceship that summer :)
That is great, we often make a den from a sheet and the clothes airer :laughing: kids love it and play inside for ages, we had lunch in it yesterday too:thumbsup:
What a great idea Sarah, thanks for sharing, we have got a space in our playroom that is just the job for a den, kids love making and playing in dens, I know I always did as a youngster. I can JUST remember that far back.:laughing:
looks great but reading the blog one thing i noticed was you said the netting was held in place by the computer monitors??? how secure is this ie if it gets pulled will the monitors move/fall over?? just thinking about safety as well as the cost of replacing a broken monitor!
JoJane you will learn that Sarah is the queen of paperwork - so am sure she has it fully RA'd!:thumbsup:
i dont mean to imply anything:blush:
I didn't mean to imply that you did!:blush: ....:D
Thank you for your concern that is a good point!
It is just tucked at the very edge under the 2 monitors.
It is fully risk assessed :laughing: and because it is a silky material it will just slide out before it pulls anything over.
We tried a couple of ways including tying it to the book cases but decided it was best draped this way because I have a couple of older children who might well strangle themselves if it was secured in place :rolleyes:
It's still a hit! The baby had his treasure basket in there for ages yesterday, away from marauding toddlers :D
What a great imagination you have, I cannot see anything in my room that can be made into a den, (light in brain has just popped on!!!) but I can always put my beach tent up and put some resources inside, I can see the lo through the mesh roof, but they may not see me. ideal, you have inspired me to think about more rainy day activities in doors.
i did the Elizabeth Jarman Communication Friendly Places course- it was very informative, great fun and has made me look at the areas around my home differently. I would recommend it to everyone. Clothes pegs are a great way of holding things together also viole curtains (you can then see whats going on without the children being aware) are a cheap and readily available:)