The Magnet Board and Basketball Hoop

We used the space under the window for another Children's Museum of Phoenix inspired play area.

Introducing!:

The Magnet Board

It has lots of pvc pipe tubes and elbows to use to make a ball run as well as just some fun magnets to play with.

Jake posed for this picture.

He is so funny sometimes.

And, in one corner we moved our basketball hoop (that was in our family room) up to the playroom.

We found the giant tubs at Bashas when we found the noodles for the noodle forest. It was a good night to stop at Bashas for some milk!

They were $4.50 and matched the colors so great.

One has balls and the other has vehicles.

Well, there you have it. Our playroom.

Let me know if you would like any different pictures or information on any specific project!

A Noodle Forest

Have you ever been to the Children's Museum of Phoenix?

Well, they have this awesome noodle forest and the first time I saw it I was already trying to figure out how to replicate it (in miniature).

Well, here you have it!

The whole family hanging our contraption.

I should probably mention now that this picture below is taken from the door. To the immediate right is The Tree and Mailbox. And to the left is a short wall with a mirror hanging on it, and then as you turn the corner, that is the closet.

In this picture you can see the whole top side of the "Noodle Wall" with the Super Simple Wall Hangings above and also a little bit of how we hung the thing.

And, in case you were wondering about the paint colors since they always seem to be changing - we have two walls that are green (the North and East) and two walls that are Orange (The South and West). It actually looks pretty cool, and was completely determined by what colors of "Ooops" paint we could get our hands on. :)

Want some details?:

We found pool noodles at Bashas for $.65 and that was by far the cheapest we saw including buying in bulk online. We have mostly those, but then had to break down and buy some Dollar Tree ones to finish the project. (Those are the shorter yellow ones.) There are a total of 34 noodles making this the most expensive playroom project by far.

We attached the noodles to some 2' by 4' peg board with some nylon rope that we strung through the noodles and the holes in the pegboard, tied in a knot and then burned the ends. We had to drill the holes in the pegboard a bit larger to accommodate the rope we used.

The peg board is attached to the roof with eyebolt screws. We were lucky to find some rafters in good positioning. There are also six eyebolt bolts in the pegboard. We started with the rope only on the ends, but then added the center support when we noticed a definite sag in the pegboard.

That's it. The hardest part was finding noodles!

Oh well. We are officially the coolest parents ever.

The Tree and Mailbox

I completely stole this idea from here. ...

And, I absolutely love it!

It looks like we need another apple... hmm.

The hubs built the ladder with much precision.

The apples have velcro on back and Jake already knows how to pick them and put them back.

And the mailbox? Genius!

(I can say that because it isn't gloating, it is complimenting this lady!)

Jake thinks that apples from the tree should go in the mailbox.

Who am I to correct him?

Wanna hear something else completely awesome!?

I had all the paint = free!

And the wood for the ladder? Cull lumber from Home Depot! = $2.00

Super Simple Wall Hangings

Seriously -

MDF

a little paint

Mod Podge

scrapbook paper

Done.

My hubs cut these squares from some scrap wood from Home Depot ($.51!)

They are 81/2 by 81/2 only because that was how it worked out with the size MDF we had.

After painting the edges of the wood, I cut the scrapbooking paper to 81/4 by 81/4 and mod podged it to the wood.

We hung ours with a brad nailer and an air compressor, but a simple hammer and small nails would do the trick.

A Dresser for the new Playroom

The playroom is almost done, but until I am ready to do the big reveal - I will show some smaller projects that we did along the way.

This dresser/bookcase/nightstand cost us $5 at a garage sale.

If you add the cost of the knobs, scrapbooking paper and Mod Podge to the total cost of this piece we might be set back a whole $10.

And Voila!

I painted this whole thing sitting on my kitchen floor and then I Mod Podged some scrapbooking paper from the arsenal to the fronts. The hubs installed some knobs and a handle and there you have it. A new look for cheap!