Make this simple DIY tree swing in less than an hour, with just a few basic supplies, and give your kids hours of fun!
Step 1: Paint the entire wooden round, both sides, with two or three coats of exterior paint. Any color will work, or if you want to get the kiddos in on the action then let them help you paint it. You could even get fancy and let them paint on their name or anything else they wish – it would look awesome to have a swing for multiple kids that they all designed themselves.
Step 2:Once completely dry, drill a hole right in the middle of the round with the one inch spade bit, going all the way through. You can either do it by eye or use a tape measure and get it precise (which I recommend.) Slow and steady is best when working with spade bits, let it drill in a bit and then pull it out so the chips get out of the way.
Step 3: You want to hang your rope from a good, solid tree limb (or get your husband to do it – that’s what I did.) You want to make sure that the rope goes almost all the way to the ground and it nice and secure. We wrapped it around twice then tied it off with a really great knot to hold it all in place.
Step 4: Thread the end of the rope through the hole from top to bottom, and then tie a good secure knot in it from the bottom of the swing.
Step 5: And that’s it! It’s seriously easy to make this swing, and besides drying time it really takes less than half an hour of work. It’s just about painting, drilling, hanging – DONE. Besides just making a swing to have fun on, when you let your kids help with small projects like this it helps build memories as well as self-esteem to let them learn they really can do things on their own. Happy Summer!
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I have to agree that round wooden swings are a great addition to the home specially when you have kids around! I recently got mine from https://treeswingstore.com/wooddiscswing/ and right now the kids and my wife are enjoying it every afternoon! I'm planning on getting more since I've got lots of trees in my Arizona home's backyard!
Such a great idea! Swings are definitely a summer must have. We recently found tree swings off of TreeSwingStore.com. It's hard to get everyone in my family together for DIY projects, so it was a great alternative.
Putting up a swing in the garden is a great idea for both kids and adults. The best online seller of children's tree swing is at http://treeswingstore.com
I noticed that your kids seem to be sliding back a bit while on the swing. Were they ok with that?
We love to playground hop! We visit familiar favorites, but also find new spots in neighboring communities.
We love to go swimming. Thank you so much!!!
Swimming :)
Great post - I want a swing for myself AND my kids! ;-) I think our favorite outside activity is biking.
Swimming!
This summer we have been busy playing outside (I have a 4.5 year old, 2 year old and 8 month old) and we do a Field Trip Friday each week with different outings. We have had a beautiful, mild summer in the mid-west!