Glider Made Safe
12:37 PM |
| Safe Glider Redo |
Cleaning my son's room was supposed to be just that. Thinning out
toys he has outgrown or that have broken was the plan. Somehow, it became a
re-purposing and reorganizing 2-hour event.
During the thinning out part my son
decided he no longer wanted the old glider chair in his room. His sound
reasoning was that he could not rock in it because it falls backwards. Because
of this reason he couldn't take it away from the corner we placed it in. Therefore,
we agreed it was time to get rid of the old glider chair. Daddy told us if we
put the glider on the back porch, he would break it down and burn it.
Instead of just putting the glider on the
back porch, I thought, Gross Motor Skills! I set my son in front of the glider
I turned on its side, gave him a screwdriver and let him get to work (after I
loosened the screws). As the glider, part of the chair was disassembled and the
pile of screws, wood and washers grew, so did my son's excitement.
As we bagged up the glider pieces to put
on the back porch, my son sits in the chair.
"Can I keep it?"
"And what are we going to do with the
chair?"
"I can sit in it and read."
So we covered the cushions with his blue
camo blanket and slid it between his bed and bookcase.
This was a fun and simple revamp. We made
the Glider safe and usable and what little boy does not like to destroy
things!
He said "the most-est
awesome-est" part of taking the glider apart was using my purple tools
because "even daddies aren’t allowed to use them". This is a completely true comment. I find it
funny the things that kids notice!
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