The playground

What's new with the bus? We moved the bus from one corner of the yard to another. The bus had to be towed with another car, pulled with a pulley and also pushed to it's final place. Sounds easy, right? Since the bus has no engine and quite empty wheels, it took a while.

The week before there were trucks driving to our yard, bringing sand and gravel. Now we have a playground with sand bottom. There is a sandbox too for outdoor play. We will also put swings, a slide and somekind of climbing frame in this area.

The traffic signs are from the landfill. Now they are hanging on the tree. The yellow mailbox is our old one. We had to change it because it was hit by a car. Someone was turning the car and not noticing the mailbox. And no, that someone wasn't me. The box has been sprayed with a yellow colour, it used to be gray/silver.

Wooden stairs that help climbing inside the bus.

There is a hammock hanging on the other side.

New lights and eyelashes.

Now there is music too in the bus. Right now you can listen to the radio, but soon there will be kid's music available as well. As you can see there are led-lights placed inside. It's useful when the evenings get darker in autumn.

The Kleinbus as playhouse

My husband got this idea of a car as a playhouse for our little girl. He got the idea from cartoon books. Our kleinbus is an old policecar, we bought it from Orimattila. The car has no motor, but right now it doesn't need one. However, the plan is to buy an motor some day. Right now it's a playhouse.

What have we done so far? We have painted the inside (partly) with white spray. The bench in the back has new fake leather on it. It's quite comfortable to sit on. We also bought two chairs, a table and a play kitchen inside. And wall stickers, of course. Now there is also a nicer carpet on the floor, and in the back. Some colours have been added too on the outside, to make it more like a car for kids.

 

Here is a picture from the outside. It's changing all the time, some new flowers and a landscape will be painted and also some colours will be added. I will write more about the car after two weeks. Wait and see!

Our Kleinbus

Today we went to pick up a “playhouse” for our little girl. The “house” is an old car, a kleinbus from year 1979. How cool is that? It’s a nice project, the plan is to fix it just a little bit. Oh yes, I will paint flowers on it!