How to Create Playground Equipment for a Model Train Layout

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By Jane Smith
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Your model train layout is almost complete. You have roads, water features, tracks, houses, buildings and even a school. But something is missing: you need a playground. Here are some tips for making playground equipment for your model train layout.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Reference pages for various playground equipment, below in the resources section
Plastic tubing, peat moss, sphagnum moss, Spanish moss
Sheets of thick cardboard
Paint
Leftover plastic from model kits
Children's building toys such as Tinker Toys and Lincoln logs
Thread spools

Research

Step 1

Look at playgrounds near you. What do you like? What do you not like? Check your collected supplies to see what pieces of playground equipment each resembles most.
Step 2

Use a length of flexible vacuum cleaner hose for a climbing tube. Spray paint it any color you like. Use leftover plastic from model kits to make swing sets and monkey bars.
Step 3

Make a tire swing...

Do you have a bunch of tires from various broken toy cars? Use them to make tire swings, sand boxes, and geodesic jungle gyms.
Step 4

Make merry go rounds from Tinker Toys. Make log cabin style playsets from Lincoln Logs.
Step 5

Paint everything to match.