Tree House World Adventure Park
Tree House World was a whim. We woke up one weekend day and had nothing to do, so we decided to jump in the car and go somewhere.
Now that the day is over, I would highly recommend this place. It provides kids with risky play experiences with safety built in. If you aren’t familiar with the benefits of risky play, please check out this article. Tree House World pushed all of our children in different ways, and they felt amazing while doing it. That’s good old-fashioned heart-stopping fun for you!
The tree houses themselves were interesting, but didn’t hold the children’s attention. They ran through them and then were done.
The zip lines and climbing, however, were AWESOME. We started in a little section that had obstacle course-like activities, including a small zip line. Jack and Maria loved the zip line, but Danny was too afraid to try it. It’s tough to be four and have bigger siblings.
Then Jack and Maria debated and debated… and finally decided to get harnessed up to do the BIG zip line. After that first triumphant ride, they did it over and over again with huge smiles and whoops of excitement.
While they did that, Danny worked up the courage to do the small zip line with Dad to send him off and me to catch him at the end. He did it! He was so very proud of himself, and discovered that he liked zip lines a lot! I wish I had a picture, but I had to catch him! It was so important that he made this decision without any pushing from us, and also felt safe to do it with me and Dave on each end.
Lastly, we headed over to the tree climbing area. Danny happily played in the dirt while Jack and Maria challenged themselves to climb as high as possible. Unbelievably, Jack made it to the top of one of the trees- he was one of only two kids there who made it! He said his arms and hands were shaking afterwards, but the thumbs up and huge sense of accomplishment were worth it.
This is RISKY PLAY in a safe way- the best of both worlds!
Treehouse World was a great way to spend a few hours!
TIPS if you go:
Wear comfortable climbing shoes and bring lots of water.
Get there right when it opens- we had the place almost to ourselves for the first hour or two.
If you have advanced climbers, this isn’t the place for you. The trees were set up for different climbing skill levels, but our children could do almost all of them, so I don’t think the skill levels were too different.
This is not an all-day destination. A few hours, tops :)
