Turning Your House Into A Kid-Friendly Home

As a parent, you want your home to be a safe and welcoming place for your children. Turning your house into a kid-friendly home can make your daily routine easier and more enjoyable for you and your kids. Here are some tips to help you create a child-friendly space in your home.

Create A Designated Play Area

Giving your children a space to play and explore without worrying about breaking fragile items is important. A designated play area can be a separate room or a corner of a larger room. Consider adding a soft rug or carpeting, toy storage bins, and child-sized furniture.

Encourage Play Outside 

Consider what features you could add to your backyard or courtyard to make it an enjoyable area to hang out in if you want to encourage kids to spend more time in the garden. For example, your kids would spend hours playing in a Wendy hut or tree house. In addition, they would play in a sandpit, climbing wall, swing, and trampoline.

Why not turn a blank fence into a huge blackboard for the youngsters to play games like hangman or noughts and crosses on if space is at a premium? This simple project can be completed quickly if you have an afternoon to spare, some treated wood, and blackboard paint.

Rounded Furniture

Use furniture with rounded, soft edges to reduce accidents caused by sharp edges. Avoid sharp edges, such as couches, tables, and coffee tables. If you have furniture with sharp edges in your home, consider edge protectors to reduce accidents.

Objects That Don’t Tip

The youngest children and babies play on furniture. This could entail pulling and gripping, which, if done incorrectly, could cause a heavy piece of furniture to topple over. Fortunately, many anti-tipping systems can hold heavy furniture firmly in place.

Make Storage Accessible To Kids

Ensure children can easily access their toys and games using open shelving or baskets. This will encourage them to be more independent and tidy up after themselves.

Children’s Paint

Let’s face it; children can scribble and spill on walls, which causes a mess. Fortunately, most home improvement stores have washable interior paints, an excellent remedy for such accidents. 

Flooring And Area Rugs

Children spill things. We advise installing hardwood and vinyl flooring in your home for easy maintenance. For your living areas, consider area rugs as well. This will give your kids a more comfortable place to sit and play while on the floor.

Add A Porch 

A porch can be a great addition to a child-friendly home, providing a safe and enclosed outdoor space for kids to play. However, the cost of building a porch can vary depending on the size and the type of materials used. 

In addition to creating a kid-friendly home, involving your children in the process is important. Ask for their input and let them help choose colours, fabrics, and furniture. This will help them feel like they have a stake in their environment and encourage them to take care of their space.

Choose Furniture With Fixed Cushions 

The majority of kids enjoy playing active and pretend games. These games frequently include moving furniture around the house to make their thoughts come to life. Pushing and rearrangement of furniture is not exactly a good idea, even if it can be entertaining and exciting for the little ones. Not only may moving furniture harm individual pieces, but it could also put children in danger. 

Choose furniture with fixed cushions. Although they can be large and heavy, they are a safer alternative for families with young children. This is because they are too heavy for them to move around. Furthermore, since fixed-cushion furniture is more comfortable, children will play on it rather than move it around.

Make A Place Where They Can Relax 

Children are constantly moving and have active minds. Children gain from being encouraged to relax, read, or look at a picture book, just like adults. Get a pair of beanbags, place them in an empty nook or corner of the house, and add a small bookshelf. This will create a designated area for kids to do this. Another straightforward yet efficient alternative is adding a couple of floor cushions and picture rails to a corner of their bedroom to display books. 

Keep Adults Out

Everyone wins when kids have space to build with Legos, create with craft supplies, paint, and sketch. This keeps all that creative energy in one place. The right storage is essential to designing a successful room for kids only. Cleaning up is simple with a cube unit with separate boxes for craft supplies, toys, blocks, dress-ups, and other items.

Take Advantage Of Their Creations

Kids want to share their things with others. Even though retaining every sketch or daub is impossible, selecting a few masterpieces and putting them on display in a sturdy frame is a great idea. Since most artwork can fit in these frames, you may change the decor frequently. A piece of thread with wooden pegs can also be hung in a child’s room, playroom, or a communal area. Children enjoy seeing their work displayed. Many inventive display choices are available, so there is something to fit any interior design aesthetic.

Bring The Outside Indoors 

Why not assign your child the duty of caring for the plant in their bedroom even though you may have a few house plants distributed about? Going to a garden centre and choosing a plant and pot together can turn it into an experience. Get a cheap clay container that your kid can paint or decorate if you want to keep costs down.

Turning your house into a kid-friendly home doesn’t have to be a major renovation project. Instead, by making a few simple changes, you can create a safe and welcoming environment for your children. This will encourage them to learn, explore, and grow.

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