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Playground Rules and Guidelines for All Ages
If you have a playground, you need safety rules for outdoor play. While not everyone associates rules with fun, the right playground rules for schools and other recreation areas can teach kids how to play on the playground while keeping safe so they can have a great time. Playground safety rules, implemented correctly, can promote inclusiveness and good manners at the […]
Del Valle Park Flies High Again
A large welcome banner frames the iconic interactive plane that greets visitors as they enter the playground. The Airplane Playground at Del Valle Park features custom airplane-themed playground equipment by Little Tikes Commercial® Del Valle Park in Lakewood, California earned its nickname as the “airplane park” due to the decommissioned Douglas Aircraft Company F3D-2 Skynight […]
Dinosaur Themed Playground
Olympus Park – Roseville, CA “Unique and different” were the words that the City of Roseville used to describe what they wanted when refurbishing an existing park. When Glen Wurster of All About Play heard those words, he knew he could create the destination playground the city was dreaming of. Inspired by an old dinosaur […]
Inclusive Nature-Themed Playground Like no Other
Wildwood Community Park – Wildwood, MO Wildwood Community Park was seeking an inclusive nature-themed playground like no other. The idea was to have natural play with wood climbing structures, independent play features, and an iconic tower. The Little Tikes Commercial team of talented designers and engineers worked to make the vision a reality! Enveloped by […]
Design for Happily Ever After
San Martin Park – Lakewood, CA San Martin Park is affectionately known in Lakewood as “Pumpkin Park.” The playground had contained two pumpkin carriages which for 50 years were a beloved play destination by the community, but safety issues required their removal in the spring of 2014. A request for design was sent by Lakewood […]
Little Tikes Commercial Donates Brand New Playground to New Orleans
Children in a New Orleans neighborhood are in for a wonderful surprise this week as PlayPower, parent company of Little Tikes Commercial, will be donating a brand new, state-of-the-art play area. This playground will feature new equipment that has been kid-tested for the fun-factor, while meeting or exceeding national playground safety standards. The playground will […]
Deicke Park Discovery Zone
Huntley, Ill. (pop. 24,291) is a village about 50 miles northwest of downtown Chicago. Fun fact: Woodstock, a neighboring town just 11 miles to the north, stood in for Punxsutawney, Penn. for the film “Groundhog Day.” The older section of Huntley is in keeping with the village vernacular. There’s a public square and gazebo; Woodstock […]
Country Western Star Taylor Swift Helps Rebuild Flooded Playground
Country western superstar Taylor Swift and Little Tikes Commercial have partnered to rebuild Kids Kingdom, a popular Nashville area playground destroyed by the flooding of the Cumberland River in May of 2010. Swift attended a Hendersonville area high school near the site of the playground. When the city officials of Hendersonville, Tennessee decided to build […]