There’s some brand new fun to be had at the Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center (6535 Ravenna Ave NE), and it’s called Imagination Playground.
New-to-the-RECC coordinator Tim Ewings puts together a sample structure while a Ravenna Blog staffer looks on.
Perhaps, as a younger person, you enjoyed playing with Tinkertoys. Now imagine how much fun it would be if those Tinkertoys were HUGE and made of lightweight foam.
That’s what this stuff is like.
Pieces come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, some pock-marked with holes for adding foam tubes and connecting with other pieces.
The community center debuted the new play set, a purchase by previous coordinator Terri Burns (who is now at the Yesler Community Center), on Thursday, with cupcakes, juice, and coffee (for the grown-ups).
The pieces all fit *just so* inside one of two wheeled carts (both with diagrams like that above taped to their sides).
The playtime was free for the inaugural construction session, but will cost the usual drop-in fee of $3 per child in the future.
A separate “pint-sized” engineer area was set up with more basic pieces on a foam mat.
If you and your tiny engineers would like a turn at some constructive playtime, Imagination Playground will be waiting for you in the gym on the following days:
- Thursdays, April 4 through June 13, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM for kids ages 1-5
- Saturdays, April 6 through June 8, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM for ALL AGES
This was a “gas station” that a boy had put together…
…and here it is, back to its component parts, ready for its next pint-sized engineer.
Rebecca — LOVE this. Just saw your posting. Your youngest blog staffer is getting so big! — Joelle
Yes! And he’s saying lots of words, but has yet to type any. So he’s manning the phones here at HQ.
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