Yesterday we spent the entire day building a playhouse for my daughter. We is my dad, mostly. My daughter was distinctly uninterested in the process, much to my dismay. She is four and would prefer that the house be presented in its completed state. Given my general state of soreness today, I can attest that it is now completed.
If you (I mean your preschooler) are dreaming about treehouses, here are some tree and playhouses to tickle your imagination. On second thought, it might be a good idea to hide these from your preschooler. If she’s anything like mine, she’ll expect that you can actually build such a creation, and in under half an hour no less.
The O2 Sustainability Treehouse looks like someone folded an origami structure and kicked it gently into a tree.
Free Spirit Spheres are just across the water from me on Vancouver Island. They look like little burnished wooden marbles hanging in the trees. Gorgeous stuff. Unfortunately, these ones are just for adults.
And this one? Well, this one is more my style. It’s a clutter of sticks. Hey, just throw together some lumber in a nest-like structure and you’ll be all set. Structural integrity? I laugh at structural integrity. Although I don’t know if I can make mine look like a bongo drum from the top.
I can see this one actually working in a yard. I love the spiral staircase and the funky look of the roof.
Funky – I think? This tree pod looks like it would be good for a sleepover. Strap it to a tree, zip the kids in, and take off inside.
Getting tired? This treehouse is perfect for nap time. In fact, it’s not a tree house at all. It’s simply a tree bed, all 42 square feet of it.
So get out some nails, lumber, and your resident geodesic dome and start building. You can do it. I know you can.