What kind of childhood did we have: football, fishing, chasing grasshoppers ... And what about today's children? A TV, a computer, a tablet, and without a scandal, Internet toys cannot be taken away from a child! Do not waste time - pull your child away from virtual joys, straight to the dacha. Their own cottage, and even on a tree, should be a great bait for them!
Varieties
Let's start with the fact that huts are different. One similar to cardboard house, children can build themselves. And over the construction of others, even parents will have to sweat more than one day.
Such a “triangle” is rightfully considered the simplest structure, the construction of which does not require titanic efforts. All the complexity - I attached a stick at an angle to the tree, pulled a piece of tarpaulin through it, and the hut is ready. If it's crowded, you can find two supports and make a kind of tourist tent.
Or even make a real Indian wigwam.
These are all ground "tent" huts. It's easier with them. The frame here is mounted from thick branches or the average section of the bars, and as roofing material it can serve as a tarpaulin, canvas or other dense fabric, as well as tightly packed branches of coniferous and deciduous trees, bundles of reeds or even sheaves of hay.
But there are designs in the arsenal of "hut builders" that are more complicated.
First, they are dugouts. Have you seen the acclaimed Lord of the Rings trilogy? If desired, a cozy "mink" Bilbo Baggins can be built in your yard.
This is a rather complicated matter, and it deserves a separate article. We will definitely address this topic sometime. In the meantime, our attention is drawn to the tree houses in the style of the famous prankster Tom Sawyer.
They might be like this.
Like these ones…
Or even like this!
No, we do not offer you to build castles in the air right away. Let's practice for more simple project. And there, you look, when you fill your hand ...
Process
Without what it is impossible to build a hut on a tree? That's right, no tree! Ideally, it should be hardwood (oak, ash) and have a diameter of about half a meter. And yet, it would be nice to look for something not in your yard. Nails hammered into the trunk of a plant will not add longevity to it, and therefore risk the integrity of an already created landscape design- a rather dubious decision.
When the place is found, take two boards 2500x200x70 mm and screw them to the tree at a height of about two meters using screws for logs 12x140 - 12x180. Choose drills without maximalism: the deeper the metal goes into the trunk, the more likely it is that the tree will dry out.
Take two more boards of the same section as the previous ones, but with a length along the diameter of the trunk and knock down such a frame.
This will be the grillage of the future hut, on which you will put the logs. Now you need to give the base stability. This is done with the help of two slanting. Pay attention to the shape of the products, it is desirable that they are in contact with the "grillage" both in the vertical and in the horizontal plane.
Details in the picture.
As you can see in the picture, the lags are not placed symmetrically. An “extra” detail is planned on one of the sides: there will be an entrance hatch and there is a need for additional support. All this "lattice" should also be supported slanted.
They are usually made from the same board as the lags themselves or the harness. In our case, this is lumber with a section of 150 × 50 mm.
Behind the lags there is always a flooring in the queue. It is at least not comfortable to work further without a hard floor under your feet. use for work edged boards with a cross section of at least 40 mm, and do not make allowances for the fact that children weigh little. This is the case when it is better to overfill than underfill.
When you pick up the boards, do not forget to leave a small gap between them. Also leave a few inches of space between the floor and the tree trunk. The better the wood is ventilated, the longer it lasts.
Farther wooden frame. Knock it down from bars with a section of 70 × 70 mm, making all the joints in half a tree. Do not forget, there are simply windows in the hut, moreover, on the walls opposite to the hatch (or someone will fall out of there), which means they also need to be laid in the construction of the wooden "skeleton".
Since the house itself is rather low, and the frame is “live”, it makes sense to further strengthen it by pinning rafter legs. Just remember: a tree trunk is not a rounded beam! The size of each rafter is selected individually. And so that the slopes do not turn out to be a “turntable”, check your work with a paint thread.
The diagonals of any plane figure must intersect. If there is a gap between the threads, more work needs to be done on the plane.
It may seem that there is still a lot of work ahead, but in fact there is not so much left. Sew up the walls of the hut with the thirtieth board, and nail the crate over the rafters. The latter, depending on the roofing material, can be made of wood or OSB sheets, but a natural product in such cases is always preferable.
As a roofing material, it is easiest to take corrugated board, although any other modern product will do. And do not seek to waterproof the roof near the trunk itself. If you just get close enough, over time, the tree will close the gap on its own.
In principle, you can put up a ladder right now and let the kids into their “house”, but it’s better to spend a little more time and give the hut some extra chic. The "highlight" will be a real rope ladder. It is easy to make it from an ordinary clothesline and thin branches, about 3-4 cm in diameter. The finished ladder can be tied directly to a tree trunk or special fasteners can be nailed for it. It is necessary, of course, to equip the “house” from the inside, together with the children.
As a result, even the legendary Huckleberry Finn will envy your "bungalow".
Have a good rest to you and your children!
All children love nooks and crannies. Only in solitude can you give free rein to your imagination and go on an exciting journey through imaginary worlds. That is why children often build homemade houses from pillows, blankets and other improvised means. But if you want your child to feel like a brave traveler or the hero of his favorite fairy tale, give him a hut. Moreover, it is quite easy to make a hut for children with your own hands, but the child will be able to fill his leisure time with exciting games. Today, "Dream House" will share with its readers ideas for building children's huts, which can be installed both in the children's room and on the street.
We make a hut for children on our own - some interesting ideas
1. Sheet and rope
To make a hut, it is enough to stretch the rope between the trees, throw a sheet over it and secure its edges with wooden pegs or other suitable means. To make the child comfortable, lay soft blankets or blankets on the ground. And even if there is nothing supernatural in such a "structure", but a child's imagination can fill it with an exciting story. Homemade hut for children on the street will give a lot interesting games And, besides, it will save kids from solar overheating.
When choosing a place for a hut, give preference to darkened and flat areas.
2. Hut from a gymnastic hoop and fabric
An ordinary gymnastic hoop can be an excellent basis for a children's hut. It is enough to sew a long fabric to the hoop and hang it in a horizontal position, for example, to a tree branch at such a height that the edges of the fabric reach the ground. Alternatively, you can simply throw a large piece of dense fabric over the hoop, build a cone-shaped roof and fix the frame at a convenient level. Then, to hang the hut, you only need a reliable strap or tape.
3. Hut of branches
Probably every child dreams of world tour, dangerous adventures and exciting journeys. It is possible to help a child realize his cherished dream without going beyond the aisles of his own suburban area. Since brave travelers prefer to sleep not in a warm bed, but in a hut made of tree branches, made by hand, the baby will surely be delighted with such a gift.
But how to make a children's hut from branches? There are several interesting options:
- Firstly, you can build a hut from flexible and long branches left after pruning trees and. To begin with, collect as many branches as possible and select the largest specimens. In place of the future hut, draw a circle and dig branches along its circumference, tilting them so that they create a cone-shaped frame. Install only two branches at a fairly wide distance from each other, because. they will serve as the entrance to the future hut. Make sure the branches are firmly planted and complete them with the remaining material. It's okay if the walls of the hut are "translucent" - being in such a house, the baby will still feel like at least Robinson Crusoe.
- Secondly, you can make a "live" hut by decorating it with foliage and plants. If you are not in a hurry to build a miracle house, plant it around the perimeter of the frame climbing plants, for example, grapes, bindweed, etc., which, as they grow, will beautifully braid the walls of the hut. If you want to give your child a holiday "here and now", just cover the frame of the hut with branches with greenery.
4. Hut wigwam in the nursery and on the street
The tepee hut is traditional house Indians. This building has a conical shape and a strong structure. Previously, the Indians built their dwellings using thick branches, which were then covered with thick canvas. We can also make a children's hut on the principle of a wigwam. To do this, you need to pick up 5-7 flexible, but strong twigs, and then install them in the shape of a polyhedron or a semicircle. The tops of the twigs should be connected in such a way that they are combined like flowers in a bouquet, overlapping each other. At the junction, the twigs must be secured with a strong rope or piece of fabric.
If you are setting up a wigwam outdoors, dig the bases of the twigs into the ground a little. If the wigwam will be indoors, tie transverse twigs at the bottom of the structure, which will secure the structure.
After that, decorate the wigwam with a cloth. Most often, triangles form between the nearby twigs of the hut, so it’s enough just to cut out pieces of fabric in this shape and sew them around the frame. However, it is much more beautiful if the wigwam hut is decorated with a specially sewn cover, to create which you will need to carefully measure the height of the frame and the width of each of its parts.
5. Gable hut
Having done simple design from several wooden slats, you can create a beautiful gable hut or hut-tent. The most important thing in this building is to choose the right fabric. If you are setting up a hut in the yard, it is best to use a tent fabric that does not fade from the sun and does not deform due to high humidity. If the structure will be in the child's room, cotton or any other natural material will do.
Room huts
If you are not confident in your abilities or just do not want to waste time making a homemade hut, you can purchase finished structure. For example, beautiful and easy-to-play huts are produced by the Swedish brand IKEA. Such structures are suitable not only for games, but also for. In addition, the branded hut will surely become the main decoration of the children's room.
As a hut, you can also use a stylized awning or roof on the bed. This accessory will not only give the baby peace exciting games, but will also provide him with a sound and restful sleep.
How to build a temporary roof over your head during a hike, everyone should know. After all, you don’t always have a ready-made tent or a sleeping bag with you, and a roof over your head is the main thing that a person thinks about in the forest, in addition to food and water, especially if the trip takes place in winter nature. You can learn more about how to build a hut in the forest with your own hands.
Shelter in the forest should be protected from wind, rain or snow. In the forest, it is easiest to build a hut, since all the materials necessary for this are present. There are three types of temporary shelter: a free-standing hut, attached, and also built in a recess. In addition, by design, they are hipped, single-slope and gable. Before you start building a hut in the forest, you need to find appropriate place. It should not be a depression in a narrow gorge, the bank of a river or the bottom of some canyon, or the foot of a mountain.
If you need to make a hut in a mountain forest, you need to choose an attached type of shelter, one or two sides of which will be made of wood or parts of a rock. The installation is done in such a way that the entrance looks in the opposite direction to the top. Along the perimeter of a homemade tent, you need to dig recesses for rainwater to drain.
If you need to build a hut in a flat forest, you need to choose a place based on weather conditions. In cold dry weather, you need to choose a place in the recess, and in rainy weather - on a hill. In order to build a shelter, you will need an ax, a rope, a knife. If there is no rope, spruce roots will be an excellent substitute. Other tools are not so important, and usually nothing happens with yourself except for the above.
hut
Shelter type shelter is a canopy that protects from the wind and reflects heat from the fire like a screen. A hut is built between two trees. Between them, you need to fix the crossbar from the pole, to which the rafters are fixed at an angle of 45-60 degrees. On them, parallel to the ground, you need to fix a few more poles to get a kind of lattice, the frame of which must be covered with vegetation that protects from wind and precipitation. Coniferous spruce branches or branches with large leaves are well suited for this. The branches are attached to the crossbars, starting from the first lower level to the upper one. Thus, the water will flow down the wall without getting through the foliage. Several short logs are installed on the ground, on top of which thin poles are laid. On top of them, you can lay spruce branches, the “bed” is ready.
Another version of a shed shelter is built near a broken tree. It is necessary to find such a tree that the break was at a height of no more than two meters above the ground. The part of the trunk lying on the ground is covered with long branches as a roof deck, the ground under the trunk is also covered with branches.
One of the options for a gable hut can be built if the second side of the pole, transverse beams, covered with spruce branches or branches is added to the shed shelter described above.
The second version of the gable type consists of a sequence of actions:
- You need to find two strong horn racks, thin rods and a long pole as a support.
- Racks are installed in the ground for about a third of their length.
- A horizontal pole is installed on the racks.
- The floor is tilted to the pole with thin branches that act as rafters.
- From above, the rafters are covered with branches with foliage, spruce branches, grass.
- Covering material is located from the bottom up to prevent the penetration of water inside.
- At the entrance to the hut you need to place your fire.
Tent hut
A hipped hut is built from young, thin, long poles, which are cut off from excess branches and foliage, and are installed with a cone. They can be attached both to each other and around the tree trunk. From above, it is covered with grass, branches. If you make a tent hut big size, inside it you can place a fire. Leave an uncovered part for the smoke to escape from above. But at the same time, the fire should not be too large; when kindling, use only deciduous firewood so that there are no sparks.
Shelter in a recess
A temporary shelter built in a recess is a cross between a dugout and a hut. To do this, you need to find a small depression in the ground or dig it yourself. Shelters are mounted on top thin branches with covering material (fir branches, grass, reeds, leaves), inside the structure, the surface of the earth must be covered with the same if there is no sleeping bag.
Ukrtia in winter In winter, you can also build a hut that protects from snow and wind. The main thing is to have a warm sleeping bag with you in winter. To build a winter hut, you need to find a suitable place on a hill, clear it of snow to make a small depression. Next, you need to prepare the required amount of coniferous spruce branches and poles. Lapnik must be cut from the lower branches of trees. Poles can be used from old, dry trees, they do not have to be young trees. Part of the chopped coniferous spruce branches should be laid out on the floor of the future structure in such a way that there are no protruding branches. Poles are installed on both sides of the future hut, additional supports are laid on top of the frame, and the poles are tied with a rope in places where the load is applied. Then, spruce branches are laid on top of the frame in dense rows without gaps and cracks. On the sides of the hut, you also need to cover it well with coniferous spruce branches, at the same time covering the walls with bricks of snow, if it is dense. The entrance to the shelter can be covered with a hanging spruce branch. Such a building will be warm and spacious enough to spend the night.
Communication with nature has always been useful for any child. AT Soviet times schoolchildren often went camping and spent time in tents. But it is worth noting that the era of forest tourism is no longer so common, as computers have appeared that distract modern generation from the joys of life in nature. It is for this reason that parents often have a question about how to make a hut correctly. After all, this way you can tear the baby away from the monitor.
Definition and purpose
A hut is an artificial structure that can be quickly erected in any field conditions or just for fun in your yard. As materials, you can use boards, branches or tree roots.
Such devices at all times were made by mushroom pickers, hunters or huntsmen in order to protect themselves from sudden rain, and also in the event that it was necessary long time do without the blessings of civilization.
In addition, many children often build them for their games. It is worth noting that with great pleasure they not only build structures, but also spend a lot of time there, imagining that they are at the headquarters of a secret organization or a cabin spaceship. Modern children need to be taken out into nature as often as possible so that their eyes rest from the TV, and their body from sitting for a long time in one (usually incorrect) position.
The hut will interest the child, and communication in nature will improve the well-being of the baby and teach him useful skills. It is quite simple to build a hut for children with your own hands.
Main types
There are several types of huts. All of them will differ in their design, depending on the simplicity, as well as the location. There are such options:
And there is also another variety, which is installed in a recess below ground level. This is a dugout, the residential part of which is located in a warmed and sheltered pit.
Composition of structures
Absolutely any hut consists of certain elements. This is just a base that can be supplemented from your own experience:
- skeleton. This is a frame that must be assembled from poles.
- Lining material. Usually any moss, straw or branches are used.
- Fasteners. You can carry out with the help of adhesive tape or nylon threads. In the campaign, improvised materials are usually used: freshly cut tree bark, dug out roots and tows made from grass.
These structural elements will be required in all types of huts. It is worth noting that the facing material must be quite reliable. Otherwise, it will let water in during rain.
Making buildings
On a hike, the question may arise about how to build a hut in the forest. Therefore, it is better to deal with this matter as early as possible.
Each type of hut has certain assembly steps that should not be violated so that it does not fall apart too quickly. To begin with, you can try to collect shed construction, since this is the simplest structure that can be erected within a few hours.
Shed hut
For assembly use various branches that may be nearby. Usually such huts are built in the forest. What the build looks like:
So that it is not cold inside the canopy, it is necessary to make a fire near the entrance, behind which a reflector is installed - a wattle fence made of stakes driven into the ground, as well as branches intertwined with each other. Thanks to this construction, heat will pass into the structure.
gable structure
This option can also be crafted during a forest hike. But it will require a significant amount of improvised materials to collect. First you need to choose a suitable site and clean it of debris and stones. It is worth noting that you should never install a hut near anthills, as well as animal burrows.
It is desirable to build a hut under big trees. If it starts to rain, they will serve additional protection from moisture penetration. To make a skeleton, you need to find two straight sticks that have branches in their upper part. The lower ends must be well sharpened, and then driven into the ground at such a distance equal to the length of the building.
A long pole is installed on the resulting base, which can be tied with adhesive tape or threads that you have with you. You can also use tree bark or weave a rope from roots or grass. On both sides of the structure, poles made of thick branches are tied. You need to fix them at the base with driven pegs. From above, fixing is done with adhesive tape or tree bark.
The structure will look like gable roof ordinary private house. This whole building must be very well overlaid with branches on all sides except for the entrance. At the final stage, it is necessary to cover the hut with straw. If the laying is dense enough, then even snow and rain will not get inside the structure, and therefore it will always be comfortable and dry there.
If possible, then it is advisable to stretch a film or any tarpaulin over the structure. But it is worth noting that with this method you need to make fires very carefully, since any spark can lead to a fire. To prevent the hut from flooding during rain, small ditches must be made around the perimeter, which will divert water to the side.
Winter hut in the ground
There are not only ground, but also such types of huts that are below ground level. In such a house it will be warm not only in summer time but also in winter.
The entrance must be closed with wooden shield. So that the structure does not rot from weather conditions, it must be treated with a special solution.
Indian wigwam
A wigwam is a circular hut. It can be built outdoors or indoors own yard to please the children. In such a children's hut, it is always fun for kids to play.
From strong sticks it is necessary to build a cone or a pyramidal shape. If the wigwam will gather in an open area, then the sticks must be hammered into the ground. To do this, you need to sharpen them very well.
If the hut is made of matter, then first you need to make a cover that has ties with which everything will be attached to the base. It should be noted that the cover must cover most structures.
It is not necessary to cover only the entrance to the structure. The "door" can be made from two curtains that close the hut. A good and thick blanket should be placed on the floor so that the children do not freeze.
Interior arrangement
It is worth noting that any hut should not only hold up well under the influence of weather conditions, but also be very comfortable inside. This requires some improvements:
Huts - pretty interesting buildings , in which you can relax on a hike or with the help of them just to amuse children. A little practice, and all questions about how to make a hut at home should disappear, and after a few attempts, you will definitely get the perfect design.