Log Mash™ Play System
$8,433 – $25,338
Age Group: All Ages
The Log Mash™ play system allows designers to specify a natural play structure just as easily as a traditional one. Nature’s Instruments provides AutoCAD Blocks and installation details for the Log Mash™ play system and all of their natural playground components, free of charge! The Log Mash™ play system can be installed anywhere and fits any budget. Customize this play structure with different games to create new experiences and challenges to fit the needs of your clients.
Contact us for custom configurations of 2+ Log Mash™ components.
Install the Log Mash™ play system anywhere! Designed for use in parks, rooftops, forests or trails, each Log Mash™ pod comes from our studio pre-built and mounted on a 4’x8’ treated steel ground frame. Installation is simple and flexible. Rooftop installations are now possible with our interlocking ground frame system and less than 80 lb./sq. ft. load. Sensitive forest floor or play-trail applications are a breeze, requiring only four helical piles per pod.
Fit any budget! You have the flexibility to add more variety over time. Where budgets are tight, parks can purchase a pair of Log Mash™ pods and a game with the option to add pods and games in subsequent years, or as budget allows.
The Log Mash™ Play System is fully compliant with American, Canadian and European playground safety standards including CAN/CSA Z614-14, ASTM F1487-11, and EN 1176.
Contact us to discuss the different options available. We have Triple and Quadruple Log Mash™ configurations along with different game options and discounted pricing when more the two Log Mash™ are purchased.
Item Details
This component will ship with the Log Jam Pods pre-assembled for easy installation and with the games based on the configuration you choose.
Install Diagram
NI-8101-01 – Install – Single Log Mash
Sensory Processing: Auditory, Tactile, Visual, Proprioceptive, Vestibular
Motor: Eye-Hand Coordination, Core Strength, Upper Body Strength, Balance, Coordination, Crossing at the Midline, Motor Planning
Cognitive: Problem-Solving, Focus, Memory, Attention, Comprehension
Social/Emotional: Parallel, Joint or Cooperative Play, Turn-Taking, Self-Regulation
Communication: Expressive and Receptive Language
The Log Jam provides amazing gross opportunities. Children can climb, hang, balance, jump, and cruise around and on this component. This component provides excellent opportunities for balance and coordination, proprioceptive input and increasing motor planning skills. It is also great practice for the coordination of the upper and lower extremities. Children can experiment with vestibular motion by swinging and hanging from the ropes. There is a social aspect to this activity since children of all physical levels can play together on the same component. The Log Jam comes with either 6 or 5 ft logs providing opportunities for many age groups.
Age Group: All Ages
Each love seat is completely unique – hand carved from large tree stumps as one solid piece, adding a sense of awe and amazement. If you are interested in this type of furniture as an art piece that is larger than the available options, please contact us for pricing information.
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: All Ages
If you ask children what they want in their playground, they’ll always include a slide. Nature’s Instruments Hill Slides are the perfect way to give them what they want, while eliminating the fall height of a traditional slide.
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: All Ages
Nature’s Instruments Stepping Rounds are made from real stumps in a variety of sizes. Custom stepping rounds are also available. Sold individually, but works best with 3 or more.
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: Infant/Toddlers
If you ask children what they want in their playground, they’ll always include a slide. Nature’s Instruments Hill Slides are the perfect way to give them what they want, while eliminating the fall height of a traditional slide. The 2′ easy install hill slide is a great addition to a natural playground for pre-school children.
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: All Ages
The Double Boulder Climbers can have a ship rope or net climber strung between two boulders. Children can play by climbing the boulders and by jumping or balancing on the rope or net- great for developing core strength!
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Pull up bars are a great way to bring gross motor play to your play spaces. Children will enjoy hanging, climbing, sitting and balancing on the bars – terrific for developing coordination, core strength and balance!
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: All Ages
Boulder climbers are a natural way to bring gross motor play to your spaces. We offer single boulder climbers, double boulder climbers and triple boulder climbers. These climbers to do not come with nets or ship ropes, but are stand-alone boulder climbers. We offer a private use and public use versions of these climbers.
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: School Age
If you ask children what they want in their playground, they’ll always include a slide. Nature’s Instruments Hill Slides are the perfect way to give them what they want, while eliminating the fall height of a traditional slide.
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: All Ages
Log clusters are a unique feature that can act as a retaining wall, a path border, a gathering space, and a physical challenge all at once. Built from natural hardwood logs, log clusters offer versatile play opportunities that range from balancing and leaping, to gathering as a team, to quiet exploration of the shapes and textures of the logs. For maximum play value, combine your log cluster with a hill and diverse woody shrubs. Choose from some of our sample layouts or make your own combination choices of our four versions to create something unique for your space!
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: All Ages
One of our most popular products, our milled log bench sits flush with the ground and offers a fantastic organic seating and play option for young and old alike. Milled for a flush, stable surface.
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: All Ages
Log borders are a natural way to separate your surfacing while providing balancing opportunities for children. Nature’s Instruments log borders are sold by the linear foot and are available in cedar and hardwood. Barrier-free log borders are also available to allow for accessible entrances between your surfacing.
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: All Ages
Boulder climbers are a natural way to bring gross motor play to your spaces. This triple boulder climber can be installed without games strung in between or you can string two nets, two ropes or a net and rope between the boulders. Children will enjoy climbing, sitting and balancing on the ropes and nets as well as climbing the boulders – great for developing core strength and balance!
AVAILABILITY: In stock