How to Design and Build Children's Play Equipment/05934 (Ortho Books)

Rating:
Summary: Dad's project
Review: I given this book in hopes of helping me build a play area for my son. The book was informative, but it did have limited ideas for play areas. It was a good reference tool, but again iI am looking for another book with more options and building ideas for the weekend builder.

Rating:
Summary: Dad's project
Review: I given this book in hopes of helping me build a play area for my son. The book was informative, but it did have limited ideas for play areas. It was a good reference tool, but again iI am looking for another book with more options and building ideas for the weekend builder.

Rating:
Summary: LIMITED IMAGINATION
Review: This book is very limited, only showing 4 structures to build. They each have moveable sections which are supposed to be fun for kids to rearrange their play structure, but these pieces are big and a kid could get injured very easily by dropping one. Also, contrary to the book description, this does NOT include plans on building a climbing net or a climbing rope (which was the main reason I bought it). The book wastes the first third of its limited pages telling you why you should build a play structure. Obviously you already know why or you would not be reading a book on HOW to build one. There are much better books on the subject like the David Stiles books. Now they know how to build imaginative play structures, play houses, and tree houses. This book mentions in the beginning how great treehouses are, but has no instructions.This is one to borrow from the library, but not worth the price of purchase.

Rating:
Summary: LIMITED IMAGINATION
Review: This book is very limited, only showing 4 structures to build. They each have moveable sections which are supposed to be fun for kids to rearrange their play structure, but these pieces are big and a kid could get injured very easily by dropping one. Also, contrary to the book description, this does NOT include plans on building a climbing net or a climbing rope (which was the main reason I bought it). The book wastes the first third of its limited pages telling you why you should build a play structure. Obviously you already know why or you would not be reading a book on HOW to build one. There are much better books on the subject like the David Stiles books. Now they know how to build imaginative play structures, play houses, and tree houses. This book mentions in the beginning how great treehouses are, but has no instructions.This is one to borrow from the library, but not worth the price of purchase.