Children. Have Special Play Areas in the House - Continued

If there are windows that are very high from the ground, you should make sure that you have measures in place that the children can’t open the window and crawl out. If you have windows on the ground floor, you want to make sure someone can’t crawl in and take your children if you live in town.  Along this same line in worrying about windows, place a tot finder sticker or sign on the window, in case of fire, so that firemen could find children if they were trapped in the playroom. Doors should have a lock towards the very top of the door that the children can’t reach to let strangers in, but at the same time, you need to be able to open this door from the outside, if you must with a key, in case you would have to get in for an emergency.

What else do you need to do to make this a real playroom? You will need to add pictures on the wall that are meant for children, fun things, like stuff that they color, pictures of their various ages, and family photos. You can hang a special bulletin board for the children to hang their own things with tape if you like, and you can make a special area where they can play with crayons or chalk if you like.

In most all home centers you can find runners, rugs or area rugs that are meant for children as well with building blocks, trucks, flowers, babies, and Barbie’s or even balloons – making this room feel like a children’s room and so much more. You can move all the toys to this room, putting large toy boxes or shelving up so that all of their toys have space for things to be put away when they are finished playing but at the same time, not all these toys will be in your family living room! Have fun creating and decorating your new playroom and enjoy your clean house for years to come!