DIY Skateboard Swing

Hi everyone, here is a quick blog post showing how to make one of these cool skateboard swings- great for older kids and a really quick and easy backyard project!

You will need

* a skateboard deck

*2 pieces of dowel approx 20cm long each for the 'handles'

*a rope - ours was approx 10 metres long- cut this in half for each side of the swing

 (it all depends on the height of your branch so you may need less or more rope than ours)

Pic one

1. Drill a hole at each end of the pieces of dowel the same width if not a bit bigger than your piece of rope

2. Drill 2 holes at one end of the skateboard deck- you can see in the photo above where the holes are (where the rope has been threaded through and knotted.) Do the same at the other end of the deck. (The other holes on the deck are from the wheels)

Pic two

Pic three

3. Use a lighter to burn the ends of each piece of rope to stop the rope fraying and for threading through the holes. Thread one of your 5 metres approx pieces of rope through the holes underneath the deck so it looks like the pic above with equal length of rope coming out of each hole. Tie a knot as in Pic one to keep the deck stable. 

4. Do the same on the other end of your deck

Pic four

5. Thread each end of your pieces of rope through the holes you drilled into your dowel. We put our dowel about a metre up from the deck. You could make it lower or higher depending on the height of your children.  (Ours are 3, 5 and 7- the handles are probably a little too high for our 3 year old). 

Tie a knot above and below each piece of dowel where you have threaded your rope through to keep the handles stable.

6.  Loop each piece of rope over a branch and tie securely. Our deck is about 30 cm approx above the ground.

7. Done- swing time!

Thanks for reading, feels good to be getting back into some blogging again :)

Megan