A Natural Playground

By The Mother Earth News Editors
Published on August 1, 1991
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Build a play platform on top of old tree stumps.
Build a play platform on top of old tree stumps.
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The first item on your natural playground: a swing made from a curved tree trunk.
The first item on your natural playground: a swing made from a curved tree trunk.
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Set up long strips of bark as a watercourse.
Set up long strips of bark as a watercourse.
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Make bark boats and sail them in puddles or ponds.
Make bark boats and sail them in puddles or ponds.

By the middle of summer, the kids have swung on the
backyard tire enough times to qualify for frequent flier
miles, and the wading pool toys you bought have
mysteriously disappeared into the pool’s own Bermuda
Triangle. And somehow the treehouse you promised them last

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