Balance Beam

I am so excited with how things are coming along in our backyard this year. We have worked incredibly hard at finding elements to increase the power of free-play in our very own yard.

The balance beams were a second thought, one not necessarily on our original to-do list.

Through the years we purchased a number of these inexpensive landscape timbers. They line our drive way, make the front flower bed and now have been used to create a simple balance beam.

I think we were outside playing one day when the thought about how much stuff was accumulating in the garage and the image if these popped in my head.

I went in the garage and dragged them to the shadiest alcove of our yard.

Laying the long one across the short one, it was a matter of seconds before Tessa jumped on to try her best to make it across.

Balance beam, teeter totter, bridge... It can be anything she can think of.