Just for the record – we haven’t made him sleep in this one for quite some time, he just decided to spend a little time remembering the good old days.
Toddler-saurus Rex outgrew his crib several months ago. We knew that it was time to move him into a big-boy bed but we already had the crib. He liked it! And for some reason this boy… the boy who will jump from the top of the staircase, launch himself into the deep end of a swimming pool and climb a ladder like a spider monkey stayed in the crib. He would wait, patiently calling for Hubby or me to come get him, every morning. We would come into his room and tell him he could get up, at which point he would easily climb out of bed by himself and follow us downstairs.
I don’t get it, but I wasn’t about to complain!
Why would I end this arrangement?!
But, alas, then we moved into the new house. The crib was used when we got it and, though I never checked, it’s probably been recalled because every crib in the US that’s more than 10 minutes old has been recalled for one reason or another. It was getting a little rickety. It really wasn’t safe for him anymore and I certainly didn’t feel comfortable giving it to someone else for a younger baby to sleep in.
Maybe he can sleep in the dog bed? He seems pretty content in there!
But it was still so pretty! And I couldn’t see just tossing all that loveliness in the landfill.
What’s a Hippie to do?
Repurpose it, of course! I had Handsome Hippie Hubby tear it apart to its pieces and drag them all to the new house which he did with no complaining – even though at least one full load of what we moved was “pieces of stuff I’m sure I can use someday.” He’s a great husband!
Yesterday was the day… I figured it out!
We had a spot in the yard where an old tree stump had been ground out and the hole filled in with dirt from the field next door. The grass hadn’t yet grown over it so it was just calling for some kind of creative treatment. As I stood there, staring at the bare earth, trying to figure out what I wanted to do it came to me. The rectangle of earth was just a little larger than a baby crib. EUREKA!
I dug out the corners and buried the legs enough to give it some stability, tied the corners together with a length of wire and planted peas all around the edges. As they grow they can climb the sides creating a little “hidden fort.”
I painted an old piece of plywood I swiped out of a friend’s burn pile (Yes. I admit it. I save other people’s garbage, too.) as a tic-tac-toe board with painted rocks as the markers. A few colorful touches added some fun and it’s ready to go!
The finished product! Now to wait for the peas to grow…
I am having so much fun at the new house – with all this space to build things like this. What whimsical creations have gone in your yard this summer? Tell about them or share your links in the comments.
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