Comments on: DIY Stilts https://zentastic.me/blog/2008/09/14/diy-stilts/ I can scarcely move or draw my breath // Let me, let me freeze again to death Wed, 06 Jan 2016 03:58:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Shannon Larratt is Zentastic › Things I do when I’m not here https://zentastic.me/blog/2008/09/14/diy-stilts/comment-page-1/#comment-10394 Shannon Larratt is Zentastic › Things I do when I’m not here Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:46:29 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=4684#comment-10394 [...] and I have done some fun projects this week. After our last fiasco with stilts, which were a bit of a failure, we decided to make some more traditional stilts using coffee cans [...]

]]> By: suzanne https://zentastic.me/blog/2008/09/14/diy-stilts/comment-page-1/#comment-1940 suzanne Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:55:29 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=4684#comment-1940 I loved the Ramona books. We’ve see alot of stilt walkers here in the city. My son loves them. I was going to do coffee can ones a few weeks ago but forgot. Thanks for the reminder. I love your parenting style.

]]> By: Elizabeth https://zentastic.me/blog/2008/09/14/diy-stilts/comment-page-1/#comment-1912 Elizabeth Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:53:29 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=4684#comment-1912 Such a wealth of creative play you have always given your child. A rare and beautiful thing, to truly parent. May she benefit mightily and in all ways continue to be extraordinary. Kudos!

]]> By: Marc https://zentastic.me/blog/2008/09/14/diy-stilts/comment-page-1/#comment-1908 Marc Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:35:02 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=4684#comment-1908 All fun. What kids like to do !

Pity that you are being accused of not keeping Ari or her clothes clean (or correctly sized) now…

Feel free to email me directly…

]]> By: Will https://zentastic.me/blog/2008/09/14/diy-stilts/comment-page-1/#comment-1894 Will Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:38:18 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=4684#comment-1894 More memories! I also remember that they didn’t last very long. It only took a short time before we fell off and stepped on the side of the can ruining them. I seem to remember putting round blocks in them to provide better strength.

I think there was either an uncle or neighbor that smoked who had some tobacco cans which were much stronger.

]]> By: estrojenn https://zentastic.me/blog/2008/09/14/diy-stilts/comment-page-1/#comment-1893 estrojenn Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:30:41 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=4684#comment-1893 i did the can shoes too!

]]> By: Caitlin https://zentastic.me/blog/2008/09/14/diy-stilts/comment-page-1/#comment-1885 Caitlin Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:04:13 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=4684#comment-1885 Gracie, I did the same thing! It’s in one of the Ramona books too, how the kids used big cans and the littlest kid, probably a toddler, used tuna cans, so she wouldn’t have far to fall!

]]> By: Gracie https://zentastic.me/blog/2008/09/14/diy-stilts/comment-page-1/#comment-1882 Gracie Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:05:23 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=4684#comment-1882 When I was a kid we used to drill holes in the sides of coffee cans (those big ones the beans come in) and put strings through, a la Stomp, and those were our stilts. These look much cooler.

]]> By: BusyBee https://zentastic.me/blog/2008/09/14/diy-stilts/comment-page-1/#comment-1881 BusyBee Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:36:42 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=4684#comment-1881 I have seen them on Sesame Street (thanks to my 22 month old son)and the clips of kids from other countries that are put on stilts from the age of 3 have padding and straps.
At some point she would have to be strapped in if she wanted to dance or do any kinds of fancy stepping.
I want stilts so bad, I’m going to make myself some, you have inspired me to get my ass movin!

]]> By: Honore https://zentastic.me/blog/2008/09/14/diy-stilts/comment-page-1/#comment-1872 Honore Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:10:54 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=4684#comment-1872 You do the most wondeful things with your daughter.

]]> By: Scienkoptic https://zentastic.me/blog/2008/09/14/diy-stilts/comment-page-1/#comment-1867 Scienkoptic Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:06:39 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=4684#comment-1867 Also would help if verticals were taller. A beginner benefits by having the verticals lean against the shoulders. I don’t have good balance so it took tons of practice to get good at them. The idea of straps scares me. I don’t know how many times I fell off but I shure wouldn’t have liked to be stuck to them for the ride to the ground.

]]> By: Spy95 https://zentastic.me/blog/2008/09/14/diy-stilts/comment-page-1/#comment-1866 Spy95 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:09:17 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=4684#comment-1866 As a child, I remember walking on these types of stilts and playing a game where the object was to try and knock (or trip if you were really talented!) your opponent off their stilts. They weren’t that high off the ground (maybe a foot or so) and loads of fun.

Definitely do not add straps. You could run into problems getting your foot out fast enough to break your fall.

]]> By: waiting4arson https://zentastic.me/blog/2008/09/14/diy-stilts/comment-page-1/#comment-1865 waiting4arson Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:39:36 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=4684#comment-1865 My “california” is coming out, but that’s a righteous wipe-out there at the end.

Looks like fun.

]]> By: Sonja https://zentastic.me/blog/2008/09/14/diy-stilts/comment-page-1/#comment-1864 Sonja Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:26:48 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=4684#comment-1864 oh wow, that looks like so much fun! i wish i’d had some as a kid..

]]> By: Will https://zentastic.me/blog/2008/09/14/diy-stilts/comment-page-1/#comment-1863 Will Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:25:02 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=4684#comment-1863 Fond memories. I suggest that you switch from stilts to leg extenders?. I would try six (6) inch high to begin with. Quick way to grow and I remember the thrills I had being able to reach things I couldn’t before. The highest I ever went was 18″ but I know performers go to several feet.

]]> By: Scienkoptic https://zentastic.me/blog/2008/09/14/diy-stilts/comment-page-1/#comment-1862 Scienkoptic Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:15:40 +0000 https://zentastic.me/blog/?p=4684#comment-1862 Don’t add straps.
Dangerous.
Stilts are fun. Once you learn how to walk on them, like a bicycle, you never forget how. I once watched a 90 year old man with an eyepatch take my stilts and hobble around my parents backyard. quite a spectacle for everyone.

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