With your own hands arena

The time comes and the child lying in the crib is learning to crawl, get up. Parents begin to monitor and stop leaving him alone. Dad can give the baby the safety of movement and construct the arena with their own hands. As practice shows, this is a simple process that does not require special knowledge. Follow the instructions and prepare the material and tool in advance.

Children's arena. Typical designs

There are many varieties of children's arena. According to the configuration, they are separated:

1. Square.
2. Rectangular.
3. Hexagonal.

On the enclosing perimeter:

1. Wooden fence. The preferred option. The material is environmentally friendly, durable, durable. Disadvantages: when falling and hitting a wooden grill, there may be injuries.
2. Net. Light, soft, smoothes strokes, softens falls. Disadvantages: the baby can get confused in cells.

For the purpose:

1. Game. It is used to develop motor skills in the baby, as a temporary device for several hours. Industry produces these products with various forms, from modern and classical materials. The bottom of the arena is bored with rubberized cloth, a raincoat.   The average cost is from $ 67.
2. Coted-maneuj. Two types are produced: wooden and grid. Wooden make stationary or folding, with a folding front wall, with the possibility of adjusting the altitude of the side.   The arena is selected taking into account the growing up of the child. In such a sleeping manger, the child will sleep up to 3-4 years.   The advantage of this species is a high stability of the structure.   Disadvantage: The material is poorly treated with hygienic agents.   The average cost is from $ 100.
3. Screen. It is placed depending on the area of \u200b\u200bthe apartment and the preferences of the parents. The main functionality is a temporary fence. It is convenient to create the safe movement of the baby around the apartment. Masks and protects the child from penetration into dangerous places: stairs, fireplaces, office equipment. The average price is from $ 40.
4. Inflatable. It has a seasonal purpose.   It is made of food plastic or rubber. Brightly painted, has bizarre forms. Convenient for traveling with a child to nature, sea, cottage. The average cost is $ 20.

For small apartments, a classic crib, fenced with round wooden rods, acts as a rational arena. The rigid structure reliably holds the baby to get up, allows you to take the first steps around the perimeter.

How to independently make a folding, hexagonal arena

The size of the arena is selected independently, dimensions depend on the capabilities of the total area of \u200b\u200bthe apartment. Recommended height 75 - 100 mm. The height plays protection from the child’s dropping out of the crib. Growing up, he will learn to throw a leg, outweighed over the edge. A high fence will not present him such an opportunity.

For the design of the frame, the following materials are needed:

1. Bars made of hardwood: birch, alder, aspen, maple. These breeds are characterized by medium hardness, easily processed and cut. They have a beautiful natural color, a calm, not annoying look. Recommended size - 15x50x1000 mm. In the amount of 12 units. Before buying, the tree is checked for quality: good drying, lack of roughness and defective places, lack of bluish plaque. Not dried bars during operation will conduct and warp. Sineva on wood means its lying in dampness.
2. For a lattice, round bars with a diameter of 10 mm. In the amount of 36 units. The wood breed is selected similarly to the previous point.
3. Bolts and nuts with a diameter of 5 mm. Choose connecting elements with a smooth metal surface. The heads protruding over the bar should not scratch children's handles. The material of the bolts is selected taking into account the environmental friendliness and safety for the health of the child.
4. Self -tapping screws.
5. Wood sandpaper: No. 0 and standard.
6. Thick construction PVA-blanket.
7. Varnish or paint without organic solvents, water -based. For example, AZ 2130/00. In the container, this varnish has white color, looks like a thick milk jelly. Drying, becomes transparent, creating the surface protection from mechanical damage and without masking the natural pattern of wood.

For work, you need to prepare a set of tools:

1. A knife on wood with a removable panel.
2. Lobzik: manual, electric.
3. Electrodegol and a set of drills with a diameter of 5 mm and 10 mm.
4. Brush for applying varnish.

The arena is assembled from separate sections connected by bolts to racks. Convenient and mobile design allows you to fold the bed for transportation, remove for the duration of cleaning or repair.

How to assemble an arena with folding sections

They start assembling from the side walls. In our case, there are 6 of them.

1. The ends of the bars for the crossbars are trimmed, the same length is achieved. Extra centimeters are drunk.
2. Enlargon paper No. 1 is taken and used to fabble the bars.
3. With a hand, smoothness is checked from all sides.
4. Enlargon paper No. 0 is taken. Each bar is cleaned to perfect smoothness.
5. The same operations are performed with bars for gratings.

Assembly of sections:

• Choose a bar for the lower crossbar of fixing racks. The marking of the installation of the rack and cylindrical bars of the grates is marked.
• On the upper crossbars, markings are made taking into account the coincidence of the parts vertically.
• The drill is drilled on both crossbars through holes for connecting bolts.
• Brill the nest under the rods of the gratings. The depth of the hole is to the middle of the bar. The distance of the Prutkov is selected up to 100 mm. Precautions: the baby can stick his head through the wide openings and cause injury to himself. The ideal gap parameter, tested by more than one generation of parents and children, is 70 mm. Not suitable and too frequent grille. The kid will stick a pen or leg and will not be able to pull it back.

Tip: the desired depth of the nest is performed as follows: to the drill, parallel to the drill is attached 7 mm shorter. 7 mm is the size of half the thickness of the crossbar. The drill, having passed a depth of 7 mm, will rest on the bar into the bar.

• The walls of the recesses on the lower crossbar are smeared with a PVA-cloth.
• The ends of the bars are inserted into the lower nests. Fixed until the glue is set.
• The recesses of the upper bar are smeared. Connected with the ends of the bars.
• The gathered six sections are exhibited for drying in a warm, ventilated place.
• The assembly of fixing racks is an important process of work: the function of holding the structure in an upright position and in horizontal when folding is assigned to the racks. To strengthen, strengthen the rack under increased load, glued stacks are enhanced by self -tapping screws.

The finished design is assembled:

1. The through holes for large bars are combined with through holes under small bars. Contact the bolts.
2. Water -based varnish is covered with all wooden details. The kid will want to taste the upper details of the arena, so the coating is selected taking into account hygiene, water resistance and health safety.

According to the proposed instructions, a large arena is made. He is able to fit 2-3 babies at the same time.

Tip: Do not give large toys in a spacious arena. An inventive child will put the toy to the bottom, stand on it and risks falling out.

How to make a classic design arena

1. The optimal maximum size of the crib is selected, taking into account the dimensions of the room. The area of \u200b\u200bthe arena is important for the development of motor reflexes and skills in a child. It is better to move the furniture and free the excess part of the room for the crib than to save and build an uncomfortable narrow or short bed.
2. Harvest materials:

• bars of solid trees: birch, maple, alder. Diameter 30 mm;
• bars for a lattice diameter 5-10 mm;
• electric drill;
• knife habits on wood;
• construction roulette;
• water -based wooder
• sandpaper No. 0 and No. 1;
• varnish, water -based paint;
• dual -action pendulum loops with a wide shelf;
• latch.

3. Of the main dimensions, pay special attention to the choice of the height of the grate. A tall child is made 100 - 70 cm. The distance between the lattices is selected optimal in safety: 70 mm.

Tip: if possible, make an arena of heavy materials, combine metal with a tree, for example, a metal square or round pipe, metal rods are suitable for the lower bar. A heavy manger will not turn over if a grown baby falls on all over the edge.

4. Measure the chosen size on each bar, cut the excess part. Prepare 8 blanks: 4 pieces along the length of the arena and 4 pieces in the width of the arena. From the same timber, make vertical racks at each corner.

5. On the lower and upper horizontal strips, not through holes under the rods of the grate are drilled, depth of up to half the thickness of the bar. The coincidence of holes on both surfaces is withstanding.

6. The surface of the racks for the garden is polished. It achieves perfect smoothness.

7. All surfaces are covered with a primer. Dried.

8. The bars of the grates are inserted into the recesses made. First installed on the lower bar, then on the upper.

9. The side racks are fastened together with bolts and corners on bolts. At any time, the structure can be disassembled for transportation.

10. The neighboring walls are connected by pendulum loops in pairs.

11. The latch is installed on the other side. Shper or safe hook.

How to make an arena without a grille

For small-sized apartments, a mesh boxing box will be an ideal arena for a child. It is mobile, has a compact design, a safe fence. Amortizes and softens the baby's fall.

Materials and tools for the arena:

1. Synthetic mesh.
2. Plexiglass tube.
3. Khosauvka for metal/Electrician.
4. Tailor scissors.
5. Roulette.
6. Chalk.
7. Sewing machine.
8. Color threads No. 10.

The dimensions of the arena with the net are selected based on the possibilities of the area of \u200b\u200bthe apartment. Having selected the dimensions, you buy a synthetic net in the store. Requirements for mesh material:

1. Color: dim, calm. The shade recommended by children's psychologists is cream, light beige, pale-fan pink, light-linked. The kid will look at this grid for a long time, strain the lens or experience the carving in the eyes if the acid-bright gamma is picked up.
2. A mesh with an average cell size is selected. In a large one-the child will get confused, try to stick the handle-knife behind the toy and wrap the material tight on the skin. Small - it will make the baby be nervous and experience a feeling of loneliness, will complicate the visual review. Recommended cell size from 20 mm to 35 mm.
3. The synthetic thread of the grid is chosen by medium thickness. The thread is not twisted, whole, without inserts of fishing line or metal. A very thin thread will cut delicate skin.

Building:

1. From a penny pipe, the segments of the arena on the selected dimensions are cut by a hacksaw.
2. For a square arena, a grid pattern for one side is made. On all four sides, a large supply for the wings is left. The tubes will move into the cakes.
3. The pattern is placed on a mesh fabric, circled with chalk. Cut the first side.
4. Starks are wrapped on four sides, sewn with a strong small stitch. The sewing threads are taken in the color of the material.
5. The tubes are inserted into the finished cakes. One at the top and bottom. Then the tubes are threaded into the sidewalls. Correct the tension of the material, hem or dissolve, setting a tight position.   This turned out to be the first wall of the arena.
6. Perform operations described above for the manufacture of the remaining three walls.
7. In the mesh fabric, for fastening the tubes, holes are made according to the diameter of the plexiglass.
8. The walls are assembled among themselves.
9. For strength and safety, the joints are wrapped in soft material. For example, a removable pad is sewn.

The arena of the grid will serve the baby as a bedroom and a place to play.