Children's wooden high chair with table
Baby chair for feeding is useful in every family to achieve six months baby - a period when the baby starts to sit on their own. Wood - hypoallergenic and safe material. For a child, it is important to choose a functional model with a table so that the younger man learns to eat on his own and even play sitting.
Kinds
- Transformer is the most famous model of wooden chairs for children, which is disassembled into a separate small chair and table, and is easily assembled back into a high structure. Modern models have a removable table, which in previous models was filmed exclusively with the help of a tool. The chair for feeding in the "transformer" format is created from solid wood: pine or beech, by the way, the first material will cost much less than the second.
Each transforming chair with armrests has seat belts for the child, which is very important to consider when choosing a piece of children's furniture.It is important that the belts have the ability to be adjusted to the height and volume of the child. Such a chair can be used from the moment when the baby begins to sit on its own and up to 4-5 years, until he finally grows out of the chair.
The chair that grows with the baby - A new model of a highchair with a special footrest and seat, which are easily raised and lowered in accordance with the growth of the baby and his height. It is noteworthy that such models can even withstand the weight of an adult up to 100 kg and are intended not only for young children - preschoolers, but also teenagers. Growing chairs often do not have an additional table in front of a small child, so the kid has to eat at a common adult table.
Small wooden chairs with a compact table in front resemble classic plastic models of chairs for feeding, only an environmentally friendly tree is taken as a basis. Folding models are easy to clean and assemble when needed, the main thing is to choose a reliable addition mechanism so that the chair will last a long time. The only disadvantage of this chair will bethat it can be used from the onset of the period of independent sitting of the baby, since practically no model of a wooden high chair has the ability to lower the backrest to the “lying” position.
When choosing any of these models, it is important to choose the most stable, practical and functional. It is known that for each parent the set of necessary functions is different. By the way, if the child is fidget, a transforming chair with separable objects can become dangerous - with a strong wobble, not all designs are stable. The optimal solution for the baby will be the choice of a compact model of a wooden highchair with a removable table in front.
Advantages of the transformer
A transforming chair with a removable table remains the most popular and sought-after model among the rest due to such features:
- Wood is the most environmentally friendly and hypoallergenic material among others. For the base of the baby’s feeding chair, you should choose beech or oak - strong and durable breeds that will last as long as possible. The only possible disadvantage of such products will be a high price.
As an alternative, consider pine - excellent in quality and inexpensive material for the production of children's furniture.
- Each of the wooden high chairs for feeding children is equipped with seat belts: modern five-point straps will be able to hold even a restless baby, for the rest the design will serve as a guarantee of safety.
- A diverse design of models allows you to choose the highchair that your parents liked.
- You can start using this chair from six months or the period when the child knows how to sit on his own. High construction is used until about 2 years old, when the baby requires parental attention and assistance with feeding, after two you can accustom the child to an independent meal.
- Wooden folding table with a chair is useful not only for feeding, but also developing and exciting activities. The baby has its own workplace without compromising the size of the apartment.
- The upholstery of oilcloth or durable washable fabric makes the care of a transforming chair simple: after feeding it is enough to wipe the product with a damp sponge.
- Low price is another parameter that distinguishes most models of wooden furniture for children and allows parents to make a choice in its favor.
- You can create a wooden highchair with your own hands, armed with a set of tools, materials and a sketch of the future product.
Kit
There are functional sets of children's furniture: a table and a chair, which will be useful for practicing drawing, modeling, reading, games and other exciting activities. The variety of models is impressive and makes parents choose by price, quality, design and a set of additional options such as the possibility of adjusting the height or increasing the area of the table.
The advantages of these kits will be:
- The organization of a separate working area for a child from six months and older;
- Ability to choose a set in accordance with age or height;
- There are models with a straight table or with a sloping table top (used for grown-up children);
- Compactness;
- Low cost;
- Eco-friendly material is based on wood;
- Variety in design and material used: pine, beech, oak, chipboard, MDF are used to create tables and chairs.
Dimensions
Standard sizes for children's furniture: a table and a chair are considered to be the following: table height - 50-55 cm, seat width - 30-35 cm, chair height - 55-60 cm. Such parameters will be convenient for a child from 3 to 5-6 years depending on growth and build.
There are nursery sets of children's furniture, smaller in size: a table up to 35 cm high and a chair 37-38 cm high. Preschool sets differ depending on age: for a 2-year-old, the size of the furniture is as follows: table 45 * 36 * 35 cm and chair 31 * 31 * 38 cm (length, width, height). In general, one set of children's furniture will be useful for a long time, manufacturers designate age groups of 0-3 years, 3-6 years, 6-9 years, 9-12 years, and so on.
Do it yourself
To make a highchair from a tree, choose hard woods: birch, oak, ash, pine, it is important to correctly cut the elements of the future structure and firmly join them together.
Classic wooden chair with armrests for a child has a back of 55-60 cm, height varies from the age and height of the child. The correct sitting position: knees and lower leg form an angle of 90 degrees: calculate the height the chair should be suitable for your child.
As the main material for furniture, choose an array of beech wood: it is simple to process and has good quality properties (dense, moderately heavy, durable). As an alternative, oak can be considered, but this material behaves more capriciously than the first and costs much more. By the way, any natural wood will cost dearly. The most cost-effective material for the production of a children's chair will be the chipboard or plywood alone, but even among them it is worthwhile to find the best-quality sheet without knots.
First you need to make a drawing of the future product. It is important to choose the correct height of the chair and its table, to determine the locations of the holes and fixtures, depending on the model chosen, to start preparing materials.
To make a transforming high chair with your own hands from wood, you need to arm yourself with parts or its elements:
- 2 bars shorter for the front legs and 2 bars longer (53-55 cm) - for the rear;
- board 30 * 30 cm and a thickness of 8-10 mm - it will make a seat;
- bars under the seat;
- board for backrest with a thickness of 8-10 mm and a height of 23-25 cm;
Assembling the parts is done in this order: first, the chair frame, legs, seat are assembled, the back is installed.Try first to connect the elements together with your hands and note where it is necessary to make the corresponding holes and where to fasten the elements.
Prepare additional elements like:
- Rulers, level, angle to determine the dimensions;
- Hacksaws for the manufacture of parts;
- Drills or screwdrivers;
- Grinding machine or sandpaper for processing elements of the future highchair;
- Plane;
- The electric router is useful if the fasteners are “spikes”.
It is important to follow the assembly sequence and lubricate the fasteners with glue for strength. After assembly, allow the product to dry.
Decor
Any wooden highchair can be decorated: create product drawings with the condition of the original finish, if it is a drawing or carving. If the decor of the highchair implies carving, then make it before assembling the chair at the stage of processing its elements. Traditionally decorate the back of a highchair or sidewall.
Children's chair with artistic painting "Khokhloma" will become a real work of art, if you paint the product with high-quality paint thanks to your own hand or a prepared stencil.
Ready-made sets of children's furniture are often already decorated and very interesting. Laconic design has a set of children's furniture of classic light wood color and bright elements - seats and table top. High chairs and tables in a strict format and dark wood look stylishly, as in the figures below.
Chairs with the painting “Khokhloma” and Gzhel have a real Russian design. Original look heroes of famous cartoons on the table top and the seats of children's furniture, princesses, animals, landscapes.