Diy climbing triangle

This post goes out to my husband! He has spent countless hours learning how to woodwork and building shelves, kitchen helpers, floor beds, and Pikler triangles for our family and others. Now he has so kindly spent many more hours putting together these step-by-step, incredibly detailed plans for tho

How to Make a Foldable Pikler Triangle (climbing Frame): Emmi Pikler was a Hungarian Pediatrician who developed a new theory of child development in the 1930s/40s, based on allowing the child to move freely and develop at his or her own pace. (Magda Gerber, who founded RIE - the parenting philosophy to w…

Kids got you climbing the walls? Get them climbing this wall! Cure your family's cabin fever with this easy-to-build climbing wall.

One of my favorite toys to encourage climbing and freedom of movement is a Pikler Triangle. Here's a DIY add-on for a rock climbing wall!

Mason Smith on Instagram: "It’s always the simple things that they love the most. This has been a fan favorite with all the kids that come over to our house, and I know this summer they’ll be asking to sleep inside it! This build cost roughly $160 and took about 2 hours. If you didn’t want to add the backside and keep it open on both sides, you could cut the cost down as well. If you end up building one, send me a picture! 🙌 #DIY #DIYDad #build #climbing #rock #triangle"

Pikler triangles are great for busy toddlers, but whether your kids are too big, you have a small space, or you have a low budget, here are the perfect alternative climbing toys for you!

Toddlers and kids love to climb, which is something I really wanted to encourage as a rock climber myself! And one of my favorite toys to encourage climbing and freedom of movement is a Pikler Triangle. We were so lucky that the girl's uncle (my brother) is a super handy with woodworking and design and made one for the girls for Christmas. They love it! And I finally convinced him to write up a tutorial on how he made it! You can find it here. So I was thinking, how can I take this up a…

Hubby built a Pikler shortly before the girls were born, neither of us realizing all the ways we would use it. It has been fantastic! We've used it to hang mobiles when they were newborns along with silks and other fabrics for them to feel and pull. Once they started to army crawl, we used it to create obstacle courses and hanging a blanket has made for a great tunnel and fort. Lately, they are starting to use it to stand. For Easter, Hubby made them a ramp to accompany their Pikler…

Playground DIY project for kids. Climbing wall and climbing netted rope.