How to independently make a sandbox for the child on the
When choosing the design of a small children's sandbox, it is necessary to take into account not only its direct (functional) purpose, but also to pay attention to how harmoniously it will “fit” into the surrounding landscape.
The most suitable material for the sandbox will be plain wood. Let's look at how to make your own sandbox for children.
Main questions:
- what design to choose;
- how many boards will be required for its manufacture;
- how to choose the right color solution.
The design and size of the sandbox for the playground
There are no special requirements for the size of children's sandboxes. If there is enough free space on the plot, you can choose any dimensions that are convenient for you (within reason, of course). Most often I make a square sandbox, which noticeably facilitates the preparatory work associated with cutting workpieces of the same size.
Boards can have a length of 4, 5 or 6 meters with a width of about 12 cm. As for the height of the walls of the whole structure, here the optimum size is about 24 cm, which corresponds to a bunch of two boards. Thus, if you have five-meter boards at your disposal, you will need eight of them to assemble the entire sandbox.
The thickness of the boards, going to its production, is chosen usually equal to 30 mm. Billets of this thickness provide the required strength and reliability of the design and exclude the possibility of cracking. The depth of the sandy bulk layer used to fill the sandbox is chosen to be 15 cm.
Since natural wood is not protected from rotting and attacks of parasites - all the material used to assemble the frame must be treated with an antiseptic.
The main stages of sandbox manufacturing: work order
After all the boards are prepared - you can proceed to the construction of the frame. To fasten the individual elements of the structure among themselves, you can use pre-prepared metal corners, mounted on the boards with self-tapping screws.
You can, of course, do without corners; but then half of the boards used to assemble the framework should be 6–7 mm longer. In this case, part of the prefabricated boards is mounted on the ends of adjacent blanks using conventional screws on the tree, which allows you to get a fairly reliable and durable frame.
In the conditions of a country site it will be necessary to worry about the bottom of the sandbox; and to approach this question is necessary with all seriousness. To protect the playground from the penetration of rodents, in particular, it is possible by laying the bottom with a special agrofiber, the edges of which are fixed on the boards with the help of a conventional furniture stapler.
Choosing a place to place the structure
When choosing a suitable place, the following considerations are based:
- the place should not be open to the winds and the sun;
- the place of children's games should be clearly visible from all points of the garden, i.e. would be "in sight";
- must be present "visor".
It is best to place the sandbox under the tree canopy or in such a way that the shadow of the nearest building falls on it most of the day.
As for the color solution, it should be chosen at your personal discretion (to taste). The palette of colors should be quite diverse, as well as bright and saturated. On the sides of the wooden frame can be applied patterns or drawings.
Expert Tips
Here are a few tips:
- The form does not necessarily have to be square. If you try to move away from the patterns, it is quite possible to imagine a triangular, trapezoidal, and even polygonal design.
- In the sandbox itself, you can prepare some kind of labyrinths, walkways and grooves in which the kid will be interested in making outdoor games.
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