Playhouse Makeover!

One weekend this spring, after drooling over some gorgeous outdoor play-spaces over at Let the Children Play, and Teacher Tom, I decided to give our playhouse an Extreme Makeover.  This is what the playhouse looked like early Saturday Morning.  Fun hide-away, yes.  Stimulating play-space….not so much.

As luck would have it, we found a slide for 10 bucks that morning at a yard sale, so Mike got to work, cutting a hole in the front wall for the slide, while I raided our cupboards and closets for seldom used items to make the space a little more exciting.

A wire rack, a milk crate and some dishes and utensils made for a great kitchen.

I hung curtains and we made a thumb-tack geo-board.


We added clothes-line and a keyboard, as well as a chalkboard and an old phone.

Andrew put the Hooligans’ names all around the rafters with sticky foam letters. And Mike finished installing the slide.

A great weekend with the family all working together.  And Voila…take a look at the transformation!

 Hellooooo Hooligan Hut!