We make a children's swing at the cottage

In summer, the best vacation for children is to rest in the country. In this article, we will tell you about how you can make a children's swing at a summer cottage with your own hands. We offer the best ideas with photos.

Content

1 Varieties of swings
2 What is necessary for the construction of a children's swing
3 Children's swing from car tires
4 Children's swing from a hoop
5 Metal swing
6 Swing pendulum for 2 children

Varieties of swings

There are several types of swings for summer cottages. They can be roughly divided into 3 categories:

The best option for the site is a mobile swing. Their plus is a portable, often lightweight design, and therefore they can be moved throughout the territory.
The second category is family. Their peculiarity is that if you make a swing in the form of a bench, naturally, without legs, then your whole family can fit there. The main task in building a family swing is to ensure safety and to fix it well. If you cover with a tent over the swing, you can ride not only in the heat, but also in the rain.
Well, and the third - directly children's swing. The preferred form of a swing for children is boats or hanging chairs.

It is important to remember that children's swings must comply with safety standards: ate for very young children, it is necessary to fix the seat belts.

What is necessary for the construction of a children's swing

In order to make a children's swing with your own hands, you can use any materials that are at your fingertips:

plastic;
necessarily, bars;
a rope, only strong enough;
metal pipes;
unnecessary chairs, chairs, removing at the same time, pre-legs.

Children's swing from car tires

The simplest and most optimal version of a children's swing is a swing made of car tires.

What does that require:

old and unnecessary car tires must be placed horizontally;
the next step: cut from 3 to 4 holes in the upper part of the tire, then insert metal hooks there, and then fix the future swing with washers and nuts;
final step: in carefully fixed loops of metal hooks, it is necessary to thread a chain or a strong rope, and then hang an impromptu swing on the thickest and largest branch.

Children's swing from a hoop

Another fairly simple option is a children's swing from an old and already unnecessary hoop. In order to make such a swing, it is necessary to additionally parallels or wrap the hoop with any other dense material, and then sew it with ordinary fabric.

Note!

In several, at least 4 points of the hoop, metal rings for fixing are required to be fixed. Well, at the end of this action, strong ropes or chains are threaded through the rings and can be hung on a large and reliable branch.

Metal swing

Children's swings can also be made of metal. In order to make a swing for a child with their own hands, it is necessary:

metal pipes;
welding machine;
beams;
concrete;
metal cutter;
hooks for fixing.

Step-by-step instruction:

cut metal pipes into pieces, the length of which is necessary: 7 even sections of 2 meters in size, and 2 - from 1 to 1.5 meters. That is, 4 pieces of a 2-meter pipe for the sidewalls, 1 is needed for the crossbar in the middle, and the rest for the core;
Further, using a welding machine, it is necessary to weld the main rectangular structure;
then, weld the struts for support to the base of the swing, and on the top - the crossbar;
the next step: dig 4 holes from a depth of 80 to 100 cm;
fix the beams in the holes, remember that they should peek slightly along the edges of the dug holes, above the ground;
thoroughly pour concrete pits with beams;
carefully weld metal hooks to the transverse pipe;
and now, the whole structure will need to be welded into metal beams;
the pre-prepared seat must be attached to the welded hooks.

Swing pendulum for 2 children

In order to make yourself a fairly simple children's swing-pendulum, you will come in handy:

long and wide board, from 5 to 7 cm thick;
cut from a log in height from 70 to 80 cm;
4 U-shaped reinforcement fasteners;
and, of course, 2 child seats.

Step-by-step instruction:

Step One: Dig a hole about 0.5 meters deep.
Step two: in it, in an upright position, saw cut logs are installed.

Important!

For more reliable fixation pour concrete.

Step three: in the middle of a wide board, cut 4 holes (two from each edge) with a width of at least 1 cm and a length of 2 to 3 cm. Remember that they must be located at a distance equal to the fixing width.
Step four: make 2 of the same holes closer to the edges of a wide board, but be sure to leave room for children's seats.
Step five: attach the child seats to the edges of the main board. And first, through the holes that you prepared in advance, carefully fix the fasteners from the fittings, so that the children can hold on to them.
Step six: put a board with seats on a log in a horizontal position. And lower the ends of the 2 reinforcing fasteners down into the holes that you made in advance.
Step seven: drive fasteners into the log so that only a few centimeters protrude above the surface of the thick board, and the rest is securely fixed in the log.
Well, the last step: check the children's swing, remember that both edges must necessarily touch the ground.

We talked about several options for children's swings that you can do with your own hands at the cottage. You can please your kids with fun games.