Playhouses and Huts in The Trees

Beautiful well constructed tree house, built around the tree.

Do you remember back as a kid when you hassled your Dad to build you a tree house? Maybe you were a little more pro-active and took it upon yourself to find some old scrap building materials and built one yourself. The art of building a tree house (if your lucky enough to have a tree in your back yard that is big enough to take a tree house) is something that kids should put their hands to during their growing years.

They create a sense of accomplishment (and as long as all the safety aspects are followed, and a supervising eye from a parent) for the child if they are able to pretty much build it themselves. Then when it comes to using it, there is often a pride of ownership that is distinctly different to their bedroom.

I remember myself building a tree hut in my backyard when I was about twelve, and being so proud of it, I wanted to decorate it with all sorts, curtains, carpet, and even giving it a lick of paint. It was around that time I came to realize just how expensive a lot of decor and decorating items were. The carpet was definitely not an affordable option (even though in retrospect, a small cheap mat may have done the job for the space we were talking about), the curtains were shortlived, but I did manage to scrounge some old unused paint from my Dad’s garage.

A home backyard tree house will build character for your child and provide them with a feeling of having somewhere to escape to when and if they need some alone time. So if your child asks you to let them build one, support them and encourage them, but based on my experiences I would strongly suggest that you work with them and plan a few things first, like access, water proofing and roofing to name a few important ones.

Treehouse on the beach.