Animation is one of the important elements to attract children's attention, many times in the design of children's space will also refer to some elements of animation, today's sharing of a children's park design is an animation-inspired project.
The "Cute Playground" in Sopot's Southern Park, Poland, is a children's playground design that tells the story of Keko, Kokosh and The Hugging Dragon. But what this playground does is more than just bring the image in the animation to reality, this playground is composed of areas suitable for various psychomotor skill levels, making the space both comprehensive and development-oriented. The entrance part of the cute playground is for younger children, while the area surrounding the dragon in the background is for older children.
As they explore the playground, the children become familiar with the characters in the animation. At the entrance, the children are greeted by Slavic warriors cut out of wooden planks. Keko and Kokosh hold a piece of wood painted green, and the hugging dragon is also made of this material.
The main body of the playground, a giant sculpture of a hugging dragon, lies across the grounds, and children can climb a hill made of tree stumps, from where a huge creature can be well seen!
Children can stay in the Mimivovo area and watch the hugs while jumping on the trampoline, swinging on the wooden platform, or resting in the mountains. However, if they want to get closer to the dragon, just slide down the slide quickly, walk a short distance, and you can see it under the nose of the friendly creature.
Hugging Dragon is a large play landscape where you can play and explore, offering a wide range of possibilities for kids to play.
The hugging dragon has a cave in its abdomen that can be accessed from the entrance at its tail or from a hole above the dragon's left claw, making it the best hiding place to hide from its parents. The second higher claw helps the children climb onto the back of the hugging dragon, where they can rest on the mesh platform, descend through a rope tunnel into the cave on the belly of the hugging dragon, or slide down the slippery bucket that snakes from the dragon's tail.
Its body also has some care, the textured plug-ins give children a tactile experience, and the green wooden sticks are also a good helper to exercise children's muscle strength. While the head is a deforming mirror that can be rotated, the movable eye uses the same material, which can help children learn the composition of color.
For the comfort and safety of the user, the claws, ears and nose of the hugging dragon are treated with rubber EPDM. The use of wood and natural materials supports children's environmental education, while the intuitive form of toys exercises their imagination and creative collaboration.