Parents who want to enhance their backyard might want to have an in-ground trampoline built. The new trend in backyard fun is aesthetically pleasing to the eye and can be built as large or small as you’d like, making it ideal for both small and big backyards. To make an in-ground trampoline, you need to consider whether it is safe …
Best Trampoline with a Basketball Hoop (Must Read Before Purchase!)
A trampoline hoop feature looks similar to regular basketball hoops except that they are mounted on the trampoline itself. They’re also a lot safer than a traditional hoop, designed to flex on contact. They’re also covered with padding and foam for added protection, making them safe for everybody. The backboard is also soft and not easily destructible, allowing the ball …
How to Set Up a Volleyball Net in the Yard?
It’s a beautiful and chilling morning. I just got back home after dropping my daughter at school. I’m now sitting on the deck of my backyard while writing this post. I love playing many different kinds of sport. For instance, soccer, basketball, squash, swimming, ping pong, and skiing. I have started introducing some of them to my kids as I …
How to Build a Backyard Ice Rink with Snow?
My wife and I had a talk last week. As the summer holiday is approaching an end, she suggested that our first daughter to start taking skating lesson in the upcoming school year. I agree with her as our daughter said in numerous times that she wants to learn skating. It must be after when we went to watch “Disney …
Fun Things to Do in Winter Without Snow
“Hey, Daddy, if there were no snow this year, what are we going to do?“. I remember my daughter once asked me when we were watching a cartoon movie together. I love spending time outdoors with my daughters. Even during the winter time, we would hang out in our backyard in building a snowman, snow tubing, or constructing a snow …
How to Prepare a Surface for a Play Structure?
Whenever I pick up my daughter from school, there are many kids having fun on the playground. They are incredibly active on the play structure. Climbing up and down on the metal chains, sliding down on a slide, (sometimes, they are even running uphill on the slide), and jumping from one playset to the next. I begin thinking without a …
Backyard Camping in Winter with Kids
Every once in a while, I would see friends posting photos on social media of them and their kids camping in the backyard. However, most of them did that during the summer. I wonder what would be needed if we bring the camping experience to the winter season. Afterall, a child needs to be physically active not just in the …
How to Maintain a Wooden Swing Set?
In my one of my previous posts, I wrote about “How to choose a wooden swing set?“. I hope that was helpful to you in making a purchasing decision. Regardless of which wooden swing set you picked, I’m sure you would want your investments to be worthwhile. Therefore, it is important to properly maintain it, so that the swing set …
How to Choose a Wooden Swing Set?
Whenever I walk past my daughter’s school playground, there are always kids having a great time playing on the swing set. I wonder what does it take to install one in my backyard. What kind of materials would be safe and durable? What is the price range of them? Will it be difficult to assemble? Here are some details I …
25 Vital Backyard Safety Tips that You Would Regret Not Knowing Now
Before I become a father, I rarely paid attention to local news. Not until I have daughters of my own, I naturally want to know what is going on in our neighborhood. I recently read the news where a nine-month child is severed burned by the extremely hot water within a garden hose. 30% of his body was suffered second-degree …