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Swing Sets And More Backyard Fun For Your Children
By James Morrison
If you want to go all out as you buy a swing set for your kids,
then there are several prominent companies that produce swing
sets and more. It varies from company to company and from website
to website, as to just what that "and more" actually
refers to.
As you browse through the different offerings from the various
swing set manufacturers, you may start wondering why you are restricting
yourself to a "mere" backyard swing set when in fact
you could apparently create an entire playground. And more.
Palatial Residential Swing Sets
Take Play Nation, for example. They deal almost entirely in residential
swing sets, some of them almost literally palatial, with multiple
wings and passages, slides and climbing walls and all sorts of
activities, sometimes taking place on two levels in little forts.
But as you peruse Play Nation’s website (www.playnation.com),
suddenly you come upon their Breckenridge Playhouse, with real
doors and windows, a little porch, and a peaked roof with a couple
of gabled windows. Swing sets and more, indeed!
Adding Accessories To Play Sets
Rainbow Play Systems is another major player in the swing set
world. Rainbow swing sets can now be seen everywhere from the
yard down the street to the south lawn of the White House.
For this company, when one thinks "swing sets and more,"
the "more" doesn’t so much refer to fixtures that are
completely separate, but instead comes in the form of accessories
that you can add on to the play sets themselves.
Creating Alternate Worlds For Children
Thus, when visiting Rainbow’s website (www.rainbowplay.com),
you’ll find pages and pages of add-ons like binoculars and chin-up
bars, sandboxes and bay windows, and even a large tic-tac-toe
panel. These aren’t swing sets, really, but are more like alternate
worlds for kids to live in for awhile.
Of course, the ultimate website for exploring the world beyond
simple swing sets may actually be Swing Sets and More (www.swingsetsandmore.com),
where the products of many different companies are brought together
in one place.
Trampolines And Pool Slides
Here again you’ll find a multitude of play houses, from very
simple one-room huts to an elaborate two-story Victorian mansion.
Click on a new page and there are trampolines, while still another
web page brings you to pool slides and water teeter totters. Of
course the main attraction remains the vast array of outdoor swing
sets.
When you go looking for a swing set to put in the yard for your
kids, with everything that’s available you could just find yourself
setting up an elaborate playground not just for your own kids,
but for the entire neighborhood.
About the Author:
James Morrison has written a number of articles on gardening and
landscaping including Backyard
Fun, Wooden
Swing Set.
Keep a lookout for more of his articles on this website.
Little Known Facts About Swing Sets....
A backyard is just not complete without a swing set. Think back
to when you were a kid. Didn’t you love playing on the swing set
at the school or at the yard?
Chances are your children, grandchildren or even nieces and nephews
would love having a swing set to play on when they visit you.
Swing sets come in a wide variety of styles. You can go for the
more expensive wooden sets or you can go with a metal set. The
choice is yours.
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