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Hanging Swings ’round Campfire

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Materials needed:

6- Bags of Sacreete (or Quickcreete – whatever you call it) one for each upright.
6- 6x6x10’s (for the uprights)
6- 6x6x8’s for the top sections
6- 2x6x8’s for the stabilizers that go kitty corner on top of 6×6’s (for strength)
24- 3/8’s x 8″ lags for laggin the top horizontal pieces to the uprights (countersunk)
24- 4″ Deck screws for screwing the top pieces together horizontally before lagging them.
24 – 3″ Deck screws for screwing the top 2×6 stabilizers to the 6×6’s
10- 3/8×8″ eyebolts with nuts and washers for hanging the swings

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Marble Tower

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So simple and yet so fun and keeps kids engaged. Makes a great individual or pair activity.

  • Take several cardboard tubes. Think: wrapping paper tubes, paper towel tubes & tp tubes
  • Cut some in half or thirds lengthwise for the ramps as in photo. (Painting is optional.)
  • Cut access holes into the longer sturdier ones.
  • Grab some marbles.
  • Give the kids the assorted parts and have them put together their own towers.
  • Make a game out of who can make thier tower to keep a marble going the longest, fastest, shortest, etc..

pic via pinterest