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It’s almost officially summer, and I needed to find a way to keep the kids outdoors and having fun. So why not build a play set with a clubhouse? I know I would have loved a clubhouse when I was a kid (that wasn’t made from a cardboard box 🙂 ).
This clubhouse has a super fun 5′ turbo tube slide, 3 swings, climbing wall and ladder, steering wheel, telescope and plenty of play area. (I purchased all of the parts at Home Depot.)
Of course I picked the worst possible time to build, right after I started it rained and rained and rained. Yep that was fun.
I was able to get it finished in between the daily rain storms. The kids have loved playing on it…until they saw a bug 🙁 (Hope that stage doesn’t last long.)
The clubhouse play set is part of the Ryobi Nation June Staycation. The tutorial and printable DIY Clubhouse Play Set blueprints are available over at Ryobi Nation.
I cut the letters for CLUB house out of plywood and painted them red, yellow, green blue. Here are the letter patterns if you’re interested. CLUB house letters
Good luck and happy building!
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Amy you have outdone yourself!!!! Amazing. Beautiful project your kids are sure to love.
Thanks Jaime!
Love this! Also obsessed with the lettering you have been using. Are you buying those or cutting them with the scroll saw? Great job Amy!
Thanks Michelle, I’ve been cutting them out of scrap wood. I use Elements to write them out in a fun font and size them, then print out the pattern.
Awesome job! I may just have to work on this during my summer break!
Yep Colt needs one right by his awesome sandbox!
WOW! This is amazing, Amy! You win #1 Mom by a long shot!!! LOVE.
Oh my goodness, this is awesome! And the fact that you did this during the freak rainy streak is even more amazing. (All that rain put me into hibernation and cried a lot.)
Great job Amy, I love this so much!
Oh and the bug?… Exactly.
Two out of my 3 just can’t deal.
With the Peaked roof how tall is it total?
The longest boards listed in the cut list is just short of 8′.
I ask as my city has a goofy high rule in the building codes and anything over 8′ requires a permit, play equipment included.
Hi Stephanie,
The total height is about 10 1/2′. The 4″x4″ boards that make up the main vertical portion are 8′, and I didn’t include them on the cut list because they are 8′. Good luck 🙂
Thanks!
Pestky codes are a thorn to this woodworker, the bigger the project the more fun it is.
Definitely!
This is awesome! What kid wouldn’t have wanted to play station, clubhouse like this growing up?
Thanks Wendi…BTW love how your bed turned out, so beautiful!
This is epic and I’m totally jealous of your kids 🙂
Thanks 🙂
It is amazing! I clicked the link and I signed up for Ryobi Nation. Is that all I have to do to be entered to win the combo set? That would be an awesome win!
Yep that’s it. Good luck
Love this!! I can’t wait to get started!!
This is amazing!! We are planning to build a playhouse for our girls this summer, and I was going to do one of those semi-build sets, but I think you just changed my mind! How many hours would you say it took you to complete?
It took me about a week, I think I could’ve done it faster if I wasn’t dodging rain storms.
Absolutely stunning!! You’ve created such a lovely clubhouse! You’ve definitely motivated me to get going on my daughters. I’m embarrassed to say it has been sitting at the half way point for months… oops! Getting on it now 🙂
Thanks LZ! I’m so much more productive when I have a due date 🙂
This is SO great!! I’ve been looking for a good play set that’s not TOO huge and I really love this – especially the possibilities for imaginative play in that club house! I think this is going to go on my hubby’s to-do list… 😉
What a fun club house! My husband has been talking about building something epic for our little guy. I will send this to him for inspiration!
I cannot let my daughter see this…..ever! She will want one! I want one!
What was your total cost after it was completed? Thanks
About $1300, but I splurged on some of the materials like the roofing and the siding. I also noticed that the slide is $75 cheaper on Homedepot.com now then when I bought it.
Oh wow! What kid wouldn’t love that? We don’t have a backyard to put this in, but I’m filing it away for when we do!
Ooh…I so want one of these for my grands. This looks awesome.
This is awesome, we’ve got grandkids and great grandkids that would LOVE this! Thanks for sharing.
Hi cute ladies! Just stopping by to let you know that your club house will be featured at our party tonight at 7 pm. Woo Hoo! Thanks for sharing it with us. Lou Lou Girls
Thanks!
Love the playhouse. Thanks so much for the giveaway. (Fingers crossed!)
What a beautiful playhouse!!! This is my first visit to your blog and I have no idea why I’ve never been here before. Love it!
Where did u get the letters for the “clubhouse?”
I cut them out of plywood.
Up to what age do you think this playhouse will be good for? My son will be 7 next month and I have 1 on the way so I don’t know if this will be too kiddy for him..
The upstairs portion under the roof might be a little short, he’ll have to kneel. I think it’s really a matter of what accessories you add and if that is an interest to him. Good luck.
So about how much did this cost? How much was the slide?
$1300. I bought the slide for $399, but it is $325 on Home Depot.com now.
Amazing…Super mom amy…. your the best mom… every mom love to have their kids to have fun.. will do anything to keep them happy…. I love the idea… I remember this when i was a kid… Thank you for the idea….
This is awesome! Out of all of the options on Pinterest my daughter picked this one! Can you tell me what kind of wood you used for framing? Is this cedar? I’m worried about using pressure treated with kids. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
For the playhouse framing I used Douglas Fir. I know it’s not the best option for outdoors, but I painted them with exterior paint so there is some protection. For the swing set pieces, I did opt for pressure treated lumber, but you can sub whatever you feel is best. Good luck!
Did you just use plain fir boards and not pressure treated pine? How has it held up. The price difference is substantial, but I also don’t want it to fall apart. Thank you!
I used pressure treated on the swing set part only. The rest of the boards are plain douglas fir. They have held up nicely because I coat the ‘deck’ boards with Thompson waterseal and the others are painted with outdoor paint.
Could you tell me a price estimate? I’m trying to decide whether to build or buy 😉 thank you!
I spent about $1300, although I’ve noticed that some of the material are cheaper now. The slide is $75 cheaper than when I bought it.
First instructions don’t make sense
You refer to two walls when there are four. Then say to bolt joints but only show one bolt point. Which only appears to be bolting a 2×4 to a 4×4. Not a “joint”. Can you clarify.
Yes sorry, the blue print instructions were written to support the sketchup diagrams and pictures as shown in the build process as seen https://www.ryobitools.com/nation/projects/4489 (See the step after the cut list)
Call it what you want, but I bolted upper and lower 2×6’s to the 4×4’s for both the front and back walls. I stood both walls up and bolted upper and lower 48″ long 2×6’s to the 4×4’s.
How much did this project cost roughly?
About $1300, but I splurged on some of the materials like the roofing and the siding. I also noticed that the slide is $75 cheaper on Homedepot.com now then when I bought it.
What color stain did you use on your cedar pieces?
In the pictures the cedar was natural, but eventually I applied a coat of Thompson’s water seal in pecan.
What brand of paint/stain did you use for the blue and white colors? We are planning on building our girls a play house/fort next month, I have found pink items such as the wheel, swings, etc but would like the structure to be blue and white similar to yours. We live in Texas the sun is brutal on outdoor things so I am wondering too how it has held up to the elements. Thank you!!
Hi Hope,
Good luck on your build, I bet your girls will LOVE it! My paint has held up really well for two summers being sprayed every other day with sprinklers. I used Zinsser for the primer. The blue is Glidden Exterior in winterscape, the white is Glidden Exterior white.
Did Ryobi nation pull your plans? I get a 404 error when I go there
They’ve been having trouble the last couple of days. Hopefully they’ll have it fixed soon.
Great job! I really liked this project so I decided to build it for my 3 year old daughter. I’m almost done with it and is coming out great. Thanks for showing us how to build it:)
If you don’t mind me asking, how much did it cost to build this?
Hello,
I am in mid-build on this playset. The detailed plans are very helpful. I really like the cedar shake roof, but having a hard time locating these materials. Did you purchase these at a hardware store like Home Depot, or did you get them online somewhere?
Mike
Hi Mike,
I bought them on homedepot.com and they had to be shipped to my house. This product looks similar to what I used. https://www.homedepot.com/p/SBC-16-in-Maximum-Natural-Tone-Eastern-White-Cedar-Shingle-Siding-25-sq-ft-Box-EHD0810298/204994650