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The "Nuclear Stepper" is a a great low climbing element that can fill a large open space. The arms can transition to out to other play areas in the space.

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The "Pentagon" element creates beautiful, tessellating patterns of climbing rungs from layered beams of timber. "Pentagons" can be built next to cubbies, platforms, or monkey bars to create more complex ladders to reach higher elements.

They can also contain fireman's poles within.

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Meet Tha Wah, a Playground Ideas superstar. He was the first hired employee of Go Play, the playground building initiative in Thailand that grew into what is now Playground Ideas.

In 2008, Tha Wah was involved in the construction of 33 playgrounds. He then went on to work forChild's Dream, an NGO which supports marginalized children and youth in the Mekong Sub-Region. Five years since his first playground build, Tha Wah is still at it; building spaces for play as a part of his work with Child's Dream. Check outone of his latest playgrounds:

Tha Wah was the brainchild of the "Tha Wah Car," first built at the CDC school in Maesot, Thailand.

Since then, the "Tha Wah Car" has been built around the world, as far away as Jinja, Uganda.

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The "Sandpit Square" is another of our "No Excuses" elements: play features so cheap and easy that anyone can build them regardless of budget or skills available. The only tool required for this element is a knife. Cut the sidewalls off a handful of tires, arrange them in any formation to fit your space and fill with sand. This style of sandpit creates sand "pods" that give kids ownership over workspaces. They'll enjoy digging and building in individual tires or moving sand between spaces. Size of tires can be alternated to create levels within the space.

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Follow the link to get the step-by-step instructions for building your own “Sandpit Square.”(Note: must create a free user account to see full instructions.) Got an idea for a playground element?Join our community and submit your designs here.