Wacky Posts
$167 – $730
Age Group: All Ages
Nature’s Instruments Wacky Posts are irregularly shaped posts hewn from trees with large knots and twists, and encourage creative and dramatic play. With the imagination and creativity of children, these simple posts are transformed into store fronts, forts mazes and frames for leaf or snow forts. This item requires installation.
Please note that only NI-PG-601-02 and NI-PG-601-03 Hardwood Wacky Posts are available outside of Canada. Customers in the USA will receive Wacky Posts with the bark removed.
CAD Drawings
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NI-PG-601-01 Softwood Wacky Post
NI-PG-602-02 Hardwood Wacky Post
NI-PG-602-03 18″ Hardwood Wacky Post
Item Details
This component ships with:
- Wacky Post
- Installation Hardware (NI-PG-601-03 only)
- Installation Instructions
Sensory Processing: 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, Attention, Comprehension
Social/Emotional: Parallel, Joint or Cooperative Play, Turn-Taking, Self-Regulation
Communication: Expressive and Receptive Language
These simple, carved posts add so much to a natural playground. This component supports dramatic play, expressive language, gross motor development, social skills and sensory skills. Wacky posts offer nice structural supports for building forts that engage children in working together, problem-solving and expressing themselves. These forts can be carried over into a dramatic play by simply adding natural loose parts or large swaths of fabric, reinforcing children’s creative, expressive and social skills. The wacky posts also offer a tactile experience with contrasting smooth and knotted textures and an irregularly curved shape. Children can also try and climb the posts, an activity that supports the development of core and upper body strength. Adding ropes or slack lines between the posts is another fun and simple way to support balance, core strength, upper body strength, coordination and motor planning.
Age Group: Preschool
These picnic tables are crafted from oak and are available in many different sizes. Not only do these picnic tables provide seating and a place for activities, but are another form of art to help make any playground engaging. These tables are available in adult and child sizes and we offer accessible picnic tables too! These tables can weigh up to 800 lbs. Picnic tables are shipped in one piece, which means the receiver is responsible for placing the item.
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: Infant/Toddlers
This movable component is a great way to use your vertical spaces. No Installation required! Great for all ages.
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: All Ages
This xylophone is produced from Canadian cedar or spruce and designed to hang from a tree branch. The instrument has a beautiful tone and can be played by multiple users from either side of the instrument. It can be left raw, oiled with tung oil or dyed with non-toxic anodyne dyes. This is a beautiful, functional and simple instrument that is great for all ages. This order includes everything necessary to hang the instrument from a tree branch or post. Please note, this product is meant to be used under supervision and should be taken inside when supervision is not possible. This can be purchased with a frame if a permanent installation is required.
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: All Ages
The Log Jam 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 Jam play system and all of their natural playground components, free of charge! The Log Jam 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 Jam components.
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: All Ages
This log framed stand includes a mirror on one side and a chalkboard on the other. This is great for both dramatic and creative activities.
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: All Ages
Each chair is completely unique – hand carved from large tree stumps as one solid piece, they give children the sense of sitting in a throne, 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
Often placed into sections of fence or against a blank wall, these simple cedar-framed boards are sealed for protection from the elements. The boards make excellent canvases for murals and can be washed if tempera paint is used. Mural paper can be affixed to the wall using simple pins so that the art can be brought inside after completion.
**Please note that all art walls are shipped with a clean slate – it will come pre-painted in green exterior paint. Custom murals like the one shown can be commissioned from our resident artist, Debbe Shannon. Please contact us for details.
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: All Ages
Stump tables differ from activity tables but can also be used for outdoor learning environments and activity centres. Not only are they functional for any playground; they double as art pieces as well.
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: Infant/Toddlers
Use an acrylic board as a fence panel to separate two spaces in your playground. All acrylic boards are 4’x8′ framed in cedar. Custom sizes available.
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: School Age
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AVAILABILITY: In stock
Nature’s Instruments mirror walls are a great addition to any playground, with mirrors made of acrylic for safety. Placing two mirror panels together in a corner of a playground creates a fun and dramatic play area. These panels are 4’x8′ and framed in cedar. Custom sizes are available, please contact us for pricing.
AVAILABILITY: In stock