Yesterday, the hubby and I were looking at a plastic storage container I found under our bed. As we tried to think of what we were going to do with it, we both came up with very opposite ideas.
Me: “we could put this under the bed and use it for storage.”
Hubby: “we could use this for indoor sledding!”
Funny how men and women look at things so differently!
I’m all for finding activities that are fun to do while we’re trying to keep cabin fever at bay. So I agreed to try it on one condition: make sure it’s safe.
The hubby got pillows and a big comforter and put them at the bottom of the stairs. Then he got my daughter’s bike helmet for added safety.
The end result? We all had a blast! My daughter got worn out from climbing up the stairs a billion times. Wearing out a little one before nap time is a win-win situation for me!
If you’re going to do this, I have a couple tips:
The plastic containers are REALLY fast! They’re way to fast for children to slide by themselves.
Rule #1: Do not let young kids do this by themselves! To solve that problem Hubby stayed planted in the middle of the stairs and guided the plastic container down to keep it from going too fast.
Use a helmet if you have one.
Make a soft landing spot using blankets, pillows and any other soft items.
Rule #2: Have fun!
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Ha – Love this idea! This is for sure something my husband would think of as well. Must be something to do with having a cycling enthusiast husband!
Glad you like the idea. That’s funny! There’s something about cycling that makes people more adventurous!
I have friends kids that would do this with their mattress. Too funny!
Glad you enjoyed it! We may have to try a mattress next time!
Oh how fun! Best. Parents. EVER. 🙂
You’re too kind! We try our best!
Love this! what a fun idea! wish we had some stairs to try that out on. : )
Yes I for sure wouldn’t try it on the stairs in the towers 😉
This has to be one of the most fun posts I have read in a long time! Maybe I can bring Lili and Ryan over and we can do some indoor sledding sometime 😉
Glad you enjoyed it! Yes you can bring the kids over anytime for indoor sledding!
FYI–this totally works well with sleeping bags too–not the good quality cloth kind, but the cheap shiny ones. My brother & I did it all the time, never occured to us to get a helmet and zero chance of parental approval, so we had some bumps & bruises 🙂
I’m going to try it with a sleeping bag–my daughter has one of the shiny Princess ones so it will probably work! Thanks for the tip!