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Climbing Wall Fun

March 24, 2013 by OneMommy

 

 

My daughter is a climber.

She always has been, ever since she started walking.  It was one reason I became a multitasking mom when nursing her brother.  I’ve even shared a picture or two of her climbing the door frames.

Once she started climbing her dresser (which IS fastened to the wall) and jumping from it, I KNEW we had to find her something she was ALLOWED to climb indoors.  (After all, we do have climbing stuff outside, but the weather doesn’t always cooperate with her climbing instincts.)

I started daydreaming about one of those climbing walls.  I’ve heard of people making them on walls in their basement, or even in the garage.

But I wasn’t sure we were ready to commit to that.

Then, with the help of a few Pinterest ideas, we came up with a plan.  A stand-alone climbing wall that can be moved when needed, with two sides to climb on, put together a little like an A-Frame house.

A trip to the hardware store and an Amazon order for handholds, and my husband got to work.indoor climbing wall

I wish I had a picture of how I decided where to put handholds.  I literally held up each kid and asked them to pretend to climb the wall.  While holding them against the wall, I marked spots with a permanent marker.  While I was getting worn out, they were having a blast and kept asking to “do it one more time!”

Once it was finished, our daughter was itching to get climbing right away…kids climbing wallOur son wasn’t sure at first.

But once he realized it wasn’t a full-sized wall, he had to give it a try.preschooler climbing wall

We finally got them off the wall long enough to move it into the downstairs play area.

movable climbing wall
Check out little guy’s dance moves to celebrate!

 

Do you have a climber in your house?

 

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Filed Under: Parenting & Life Tagged With: fun with kids, husband, preschooler

Comments

  1. Ginny Marie says

    March 25, 2013 at 9:46 pm

    Such a great idea! And it’s great that your husband made it while your kids are still little! 😉

    • OneMommy says

      April 2, 2013 at 11:24 am

      Hopefully it helps with my climbing little girl — she has been climbing her dresser lately and jumping.

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