There’s something deeply satisfying about building something with your hands and then watching it spring to life through play. My four-year-old is deep in a “build it” phase. Dens, caravans, planes, boats, if you ask him if he wants to make something, the answer is always yes. Outdoors? Even better. His two-year-old sister is rightContinue reading “Building, Crafting, and Imagining: Summer Adventures with My Little Engineers”
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Plant pot markers
It was birthday season in our house, just a week between the two. As is tradition, we marked the occasion with a bit of guerrilla tree planting, using saplings we’ve nurtured from seeds collected over the past year. This time, we were lucky to be gifted a couple of ash saplings especially for the birthdays.Continue reading “Plant pot markers”
Kids outdoor play area water toy
Upgraded the outdoor kids’ play area with a DIY water feature for the pallet den! My toddler’s a water fanatic, so he wasted no time testing it out—even if it was a bit high. No problem for him: he dragged over the slide, climbed up, poured water, and whooshed right down. (Don’t tell his mother!)Continue reading “Kids outdoor play area water toy”
Kids outdoor play area
After making my pergola out of reclaimed fence posts, one night my wife said, you know, one of these would be good outside the house for the kids to play under in winter… ignoring the fact I had suggested that for the one we were now sitting under at the other ending the garden. SoContinue reading “Kids outdoor play area”
Pallet scrabble letters
One of my favourite games has always been scrabble. Not because I am good at spelling… far from it! With our new baby, we have been looking at decorating a nursery and I have been thinking of fun ways to make it different. Having already made an oak chair and a pallet toy box forContinue reading “Pallet scrabble letters”
Raspberry raised beds and supports
You can’t beat raspberries, I find them tastier than strawberries. To provide the perfect growing conditions I used some reclaimed scaffolding boards to create a raised bed and some added heat. Rasps can grow high and scraggy, so some old fenceposts were screwed for height and some pallot boards and wire to brace. It’s doneContinue reading “Raspberry raised beds and supports”
Pallet potting table
Apparently I’m a messy gardener. In defence, I think it is down to not having the correct configuration. With this in mind, every year plastic pots, compost and chaos ensued around potting time. This year it would be different. A couple of old pallets were bolted together. Some left over kitchen work-surface out to useContinue reading “Pallet potting table”
Reclaimed timber planters and wheelie bin store
Not unlike my toy box, this epic project started as a cleaning exercise. It was a nice day and I was looking out on the carcass of some pallets the long planks removed for planters. I really hate wheely bins, and our sizeable front drive was a horrible car park. I really wanted some sleepersContinue reading “Reclaimed timber planters and wheelie bin store”
Reclaimed pallet cat and mouse toy box
At some point last year, I was sent to the shed, my work room, to tidy. It had descended into chaos… again. Normally, because I lack storage, and must work around stuff. It wasn’t long before I picked up some pallet off-cuts, got distracted, and made a box like structure with legs— but no topContinue reading “Reclaimed pallet cat and mouse toy box”
Pallet bird house
Last summer I set off to clean the shed and somehow found myself making a bird house. Not the first time I have been distracted from cleaning my hobby workspace. The bird house was a simple design of six small lengths of pallet wood screwed into place. Once the front and back facing pieces hadContinue reading “Pallet bird house”
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