Being engaged in the design of a room for a child, parents tend to purchase furniture made from natural materials. But in addition to the high cost, sometimes the limited choice of options does not suit. The solution will be a do-it-yourself highchair, which can be supplemented with a table in the same design. A variety of models, simplicity and affordability of manufacturing will help to create a real masterpiece.

To create a children's chair with your own hands, you will need different materials that are easy to purchase in the construction department:

• boards and bars for the manufacture of the seat, frame and back;
• self-tapping screws that will fasten parts;
• sandpaper of medium hardness.

From the tools for the chair you will need:

• screwdriver;
• jigsaw;
• screwdriver;
• wood cutter.

In home production, it is better to use natural materials. Chairs made of plastic are significantly inferior to them in terms of performance and other important characteristics. First, they do not have high strength. Secondly, their safety for children has not been empirically proven. Natural wood is expensive, but such children's furniture is environmentally friendly and absolutely safe for health. Useful properties are preserved even after complete processing. Preferred types are:

1. Pine. This is a budget option. The antiseptic properties of the tree are valued. The finished product is easy to paint. The disadvantages include the fact that in the absence of proper care, the chair and table can swell and crack.
2. Beech. Its qualities are similar to oak. Easily restored if minor damage forms on the surface.
3. Oak. Furniture for children from this array will last the longest, while it is not subject to decay even with frequent contact with moisture. It retains an attractive appearance for a long time - even a very active child will not be able to scratch it.

MDF during operation does not emit hazardous resins. The material is strong enough, the average service life is 10 years (provided that nothing is dropped on the surface, it is not hit). Therefore, when deciding to make a highchair with your own hands, it is better to refuse MDF. Moreover, the cost of the finished product is only slightly lower than that of solid wood models.

Plywood is an environmentally friendly and safe material. Easily amenable to even very fine processing, it has a low cost in comparison with natural wood against the background of a long service life. The disadvantages include a limited range of applications.

Chipboard is low cost. The disadvantages include increased flexibility and the presence of formaldehyde resins in the composition. It is not recommended to make children's furniture from such raw materials - allergic reactions may occur to it.

Tools

Product dimensions

When starting to make a chair for a child with your own hands, it is important to take into account the following rules:

1. When sitting on furniture, the feet should be completely on the floor, the legs should be bent at the knees 90 degrees.
2. The back of the highchair is strictly vertical, fits snugly to the base.
3. The outer edge of the seat should not press hard on the inside of the knee.

Children's chairs are classified according to their purpose. The first group includes models for feeding. Such products traditionally come with a table. Most often they are of the following sizes:

• chair height - from 840 to 900 mm;
• back width - 450 mm;
• the height of the chair to the seat is 500 mm, to the backrest is 700 mm;
• armrest width - 400 mm.

The second group is a reduced copy of adult products. Tables for matching the height of the furniture to the height of the child will help determine the size.

Child's height, cm	Chair height, cm
Under 85	180
85-100	220
101-115	260
116-130	300
131-145	340
146-160	380
161-175	420
above 176	460

The parameters of the children's table must exactly match the dimensions of the high chair.

The seat must be able to easily support the load it is carrying. The optimal thickness is 60 mm. It is desirable to make the connecting strips of the seat frame up to 20 cm. The legs in cross section can have dimensions of 5 x 5 cm - such parameters will provide sufficient stability. The recommended length of the backrest straps is up to 20 cm. All dimensions, drawings, diagrams of a do-it-yourself highchair for feeding and other models must be drawn up as accurately as possible.

A mock-up of a future chair made of thick cardboard will help determine whether the measurements are taken correctly. Another convenience is that it is easy to make any changes to make the final product as convenient as possible.

Design selection and drawing creation

Chairs for children can be of the following models:

1. Classic options - differ from adults in size. Structurally they have the same elements.
2. Folding - characterized by a simple design, are actively used in small apartments, in summer cottages.
3. Growing chairs - suggest the presence of adjustment mechanisms, which allows you to use products longer.
4. Transformers - most often represented by models, complemented by shelves for feeding and footrests. There is a table at the base that can later be used for games.

The last two models have the highest leg height. This is especially true for growing chairs, which can be used from 2 to 14 years. When choosing them, it is important to carefully evaluate the quality of the design.

A wooden chair can have a solid square, rectangular or straight through (with horizontal, vertical connecting strips) back. These products support the spine well. You can also find the shape of a wide truncated cone.

To create a sketch and drawing, you will need to take measurements and decide on the purpose of the product. You can use pencil and paper, but it is much more convenient to automate the process using specialized programs. It is convenient to create “explosion diagrams” in them, which will tell you how to assemble the highchair.

An explosion diagram is a detailed design sketch of a product that allows you to disassemble the chair into individual elements, evaluate their number and size.

When drawing up a drawing, it is important to put down the dimensions of each part on it. For convenience, callouts can be made on the side indicating the exact parameters of the structural elements. If you decide to use a ready-made scheme, you can adapt it to your personal needs by changing the numbers. In this case, it is necessary to strictly observe the proportions.

Classic

Growing

Folding

Transformer

Design decoration

Natural wood products require protection from external factors. Lacquering helps to solve this problem. Experts recommend choosing an acrylic version of this material. It creates a coating that is not afraid of any childish pranks - spilled water, paints.

If you want to make the product more interesting, you can paint it. Preference should be given to bright, but not eye-catching colors. Muted light green, mint green, pomegranate, coral and others are suitable.

The materials used must not contain lead, other heavy metals, or hazardous or harmful compounds. Upon contact with a surface treated with these coatings, the child's health may deteriorate.

It is not recommended to decorate the table and chair with voluminous decor. First of all, due to the fact that it is one of the most common causes of injury to a child. The best decoration will be hand-painted or screen-painted. For young children, applications and drawings of heroes of fairy tales and cartoons are suitable. Curly legs will look interesting. If the chair has a back, various figures are cut out on its surface with a jigsaw.

Do-it-yourself manufacturing steps

There are two main models of chairs - high and regular. On their basis, numerous modifications are created. Any of them can be done independently, with a minimum of tools.

Plywood chair and table

To make such a model, the following materials will be useful:

• plywood 9 mm;
• glue for wood;
• sandpaper, grinder;
• milling cutter;
• jigsaw;
• varnish or paint;
• mortise edge.

The scheme of a do-it-yourself table and chair made of plywood includes a certain set of details. Required items:

• support (2 pieces) - 370 x 340 mm;
• stiffening board - 490 x 270 mm;
• countertop - 600 x 400 mm.

You will also need blanks for a plywood children's chair:

• support (2 pieces) - 280 x 260 mm;
• seat - 280 x 210 mm;
• back - 490 × 280 mm.

The workflow includes the following steps:

1. Sheets are cut to size. With an electric jigsaw, roundings are made at the corners of the tabletop, backrest and furniture support. Due to this, the plywood chair will become safe even for a very small child.
2. All cuts are processed with a grinder.
3. The milling cutter selects the grooves into which the mortise edging is laid.
4. All parts of the table and chair are fastened together.

Detailed drawings and diagrams of the chair will greatly facilitate assembly. Corners can not be cut, but then you will need to purchase special plugs. In conclusion, the piece of furniture is varnished or painted.

Materials and tools

Make a drawing, transfer to plywood

Cut out pieces with a jigsaw

Remove unevenness with a cutter

Blanks

Make holes for the tie

Perform pre-assembly

Lacquer

final assemble

Transformer for feeding

The design will be stable if guided by the drawings. To make them accurate, it is better to use special programs that will help you figure out how to assemble a highchair for feeding. Stages of work:

1. The bars are cut to size, all cut points are sanded with sandpaper.
2. Curves are cut out of the board using a carpentry machine.
3. In places of fixation, holes are drilled, which, in their size, coincide with the dimensions of the dowels. The optimal depth is 30-40 mm.
4. The sidewalls of the highchair are assembled. The legs are fastened to the lower crossbar; roundings are fixed to the upper crossbar; the resulting elements are glued.
5. To make the seat and back, cut 6 rectangles 300 x 250 mm. The corners adjacent on the long side are rounded off. Glue the plates in 3 pieces. Finished parts are additionally fastened with a metal strip, screws.
6. The sidewalls and cross bars are connected with the help of dowels, having previously lubricated the joints with glue. In the same way, planks are attached to the structure that will support the table top and back.

You can make a baby highchair with a soft seat. It will be much more comfortable for the baby. To do this, foam rubber 2 cm thick is glued onto the blank of the seat and back, then covered with a cloth. It is better to choose a material that is easy to wash.

The feeding table is assembled using the same technology as the chair. All surfaces after sawing must be cleaned with sandpaper. At the end of the assembly, the product is allowed to dry completely, after which it is varnished or painted.

Prepare details. Fasten 2 sides

Fix the back

Attach legs

Screw on cross bars

Attach the seat on the movable couplings

Add tabletop and armrests

Stool in the children's room

Such products are very similar to adult models. The main difference is the size. For children, the optimal height parameter is 20 cm, in rare cases - 25 cm. The seat should be 250 x 250 mm in size. The classic stool does not have a back, but if used by kids, an exception can be made. She is shaped, for example, ears or a heart.

To make a stool with your own hands, you will need a board up to 5 cm thick. The procedure includes several stages:

1. The selected sheet of wood is treated with sandpaper No. 60 or 120 to remove serifs and chips.
2. Cut material to size. Mark the attachment points.
3. Places of cuts and surfaces are treated with a sandpaper or a shlef-machine.
4. The blanks are first coated with stain, and then with varnish. If desired, before this procedure, the jumpers and the support are given a curly shape.
5. Based on the drawing, fasten all the details with wood screws.

If you put a stool on a low table, the resulting area is convenient to use for feeding a child or playing with him. The product must be placed on a level surface to prevent it from falling. For children under 3 years old, you can make a stool up to 15 cm high.

Prepare materials and tools

Mark up details

Jigsaw cut pieces

Sand the edges

Cut holes for legs

Glue the legs to the seat

Paint the product

In the form of a machine

This model is based on the Adirondack garden chair. The image, for example, of Lightning Makvin, is easy to give if you draw the face of the hero. Many do not know how to make highchairs look like a car as much as possible. To do this, add plywood wheels and cover them with stain. To work, you need a pine board 20 mm thick. The manufacturing procedure includes the steps:

1. According to the drawing, all the details of the future chair are cut out. Carefully treated with an antiseptic.
2. Drilling points are outlined, side supports are connected in turn to the front legs. Backrest crossbars, seat trims are added.
3. Supports are fixed on the front legs, on which the armrests of the chair are then attached.
4. Back straps are attached.
5. The final stage is the tinting of all surfaces of the chair.

The back of the chair can be slightly extended. This will provide an additional playing surface. It is also convenient to store books and toys in it.

General drawing of an adirondack chair

Cut details

Cover with antiseptic before assembly

Fasten the parts with bolts and screws, paint all surfaces

Armchair in the form of Lightning McQueen

folding chair

The request, how to make a children's table with your own hands so that it can be folded, is common. Models of a similar design are also popular. They are perfect for small children's rooms.

To get a folding chair made of wood with your own hands, follow these steps:

1. All details are cut out of wood, carefully processed.
2. Rails are attached to the support bars. This is how the chair seat is formed.
3. From the front legs, the backs form a frame. The slats for the back are attached to the supporting legs, and a crossbar is installed in the lower region.
4. Both crossbars are attached to the rear legs of the chair.
5. Bolted connection fix 2 frames.
6. Connect the seat of the chair to the front frame. Through holes are drilled and secured with bolts, which provide folding.

A children's chair is a furniture option that is a must. It is easy to assemble at home, even with minimal knowledge. The quality of work is ensured by the accuracy of the drawing.

Prepare the bars and connect with bolts and screws

Purchased furniture for a child's room, especially from natural materials, can be quite expensive. In the store or online, there is not always exactly the option that you like. You can create a children's high chair and a wooden table yourself. The work will not be difficult if you prepare all the necessary parts and tools, use ingenuity and imagination. The reward for labor is a unique product, the most convenient for the baby and practical at home.

You can create a children's high chair and a wooden table yourself.

A chair with your own hands will cost much less, and one made according to your own sketch will meet the intended parameters and the desired degree of comfort for the baby.

The reward for labor is a unique product, the most convenient for the baby and practical at home.

All parts made of natural wood can be purchased in specialized departments of hardware stores. You will pick up boards and bars of the right size.

A chair with your own hands will cost much less.

A highchair created by oneself is a solid piece of furniture for a child. In the process of work, you take into account the dimensions of the seat and back, which are as comfortable as possible for a growing baby, check the strength of the structure directly at home.

All parts made of natural wood can be purchased in specialized departments of hardware stores.

A wooden chair created by your own hands can be decorated to your liking, and not be content with a ready-made solution for purchased furniture.

You will pick up boards and bars of the right size.

Necessary materials and tools

To create a chair, you will need various materials. Individual parts will be made from them. First of all, these are wooden bars and boards from which the frame, seat and back are assembled. Instead of natural solid wood, chipboard or plywood can be used, but these materials are short-lived. For fastenings, take self-tapping screws in sufficient quantities. You will need sandpaper of medium hardness.

A highchair created by oneself is a solid piece of furniture for a child.

Bar dimensions (length):

• supporting legs - up to 20 cm;
• connecting strips of the seat frame - up to 20 cm;
• back straps - up to 20 cm.

A handmade wooden chair can be decorated to your liking.

In the manufacturing process for the legs, the thickest bars with a section of 5x5 cm are used. For the slats, parts with a diameter half that of the support ones are taken.

For slats, parts are taken with a diameter half that of the reference ones.

The parameters of the seat board (height and width) should also not exceed 20 cm. The back part may be slightly higher, but preferably no more than 30 cm.

• they are less durable;
• the environmental friendliness of such products is not 100% proven.

The parameters of the seat board (height and width) should also not exceed 20 cm.

To make a chair with your own hands, you need the right tools:

• screwdriver;
• screwdriver;
• jigsaw;
• wood cutter.

The dorsal part may be slightly higher, but preferably no more than 30 cm.

The assembled chair "requires" the original decor. In addition to the carving option, you can use paint or other materials to apply a pattern or application. You will need a stencil to accurately apply the image.

The assembled chair "requires" the original decor.

Deciding on design and construction

For wood products, you can come up with any option. The highchair is usually made with straight supports and the following forms of the spinal structure:

• solid square or rectangular;
• wide truncated cone;
• straight through (with a jumper bar).

You will need a stencil to accurately apply the image.

Creating a product with your own hands requires careful preparation. First of all, you need to make a sketch of the project. Draw a visual diagram of the connections of all parts separately with calculations of sections and lengths. Following the sketches, you will recreate the model in reality with accurate parameters. A chair, where all the thoughtful dimensions are observed, will “fit” the baby, will not create inconvenience.

For wood products, you can come up with any option.

Certain models are created with the expectation that the child sits at a common table with other family members. In this case, high legs are chosen for the product, which are not attached exactly vertically with respect to the seat and floor, but more widely. The lower part of such a chair will look like a truncated cone, connected for stability with wooden bars around the perimeter. The upper part will be about 30-35 cm below the level of the table.

The highchair is usually made with straight supports and the following forms of the spinal structure

If you have certain skills, then you can assemble a folding product. Such items are easily removed if necessary in storage places.

For the selected design solution, the details are processed in accordance with it.

Manufacturing process: step by step instructions

After preparing the drawing with the exact parameters, we begin to assemble a simple highchair.

1. Calculate exactly according to the scheme the length of the legs, saw off the excess with a hacksaw.
2. Saw to size jumper bars that will secure the frame in the seat area.
3. Connect them to the supporting structure. For reinforcement, add furniture glue.
4. Attach the pre-fitted back and seat with self-tapping screws.
5. All parts of wood must be cleaned with sandpaper so that there are no roughness and burrs.

A chair, where all the thoughtful dimensions are observed, will “fit” the baby, will not create inconvenience.

If the parts are disproportionate, "adjust" them according to the design scheme using a hacksaw. To make the highchair created by yourself comfortable, ask the baby to sit on it, ask how comfortable he is.

If all dimensions have been determined correctly, the child will like the new furniture. To make the details smooth, go over the surface with sandpaper again.

Certain models are created with the expectation that the child sits at a common table with other family members.

For varnishing the product, use only safe compositions - a special coating for children's furniture, environmentally friendly and having the appropriate certificate.

The upper part will be about 30-35 cm below the level of the table.

After finishing the exterior varnish, let the chair dry well, a day or two. Then you can proceed to the decorative finish, if any. If it consists in carving, then varnishing is done after the completion of the artistic processing and sanding of the parts.

Chair decoration

Use a jigsaw for carving. You can make a decoration in the form of a flower by cutting it in the center of the back, or any geometric shape. First, at the place of the future decor, make a markup with a pencil so that the thread is even. Parts such as legs and back can be carved. The corners of the seat can be rounded off with a jigsaw and sandpaper.

In the manufacturing process for the legs, the thickest bars with a section of 5x5 cm are used.

The top can also be made not strictly rectangular, but a truncated cone, rounded, composite. In the latter option, you will need additional bars and cross bars - one or two. They are fixed due to special holes in the junctions with the dorsal frame. This is a rather time-consuming process, but if you wish, you can choose this option.

For fastenings, take self-tapping screws in sufficient quantities.

All actions for processing parts must be performed before the highchair is assembled - so the work process will be faster, more convenient and more accurate.

If you have certain skills, then you can assemble a folding product.

To make a piece of children's furniture made with your own hands look more interesting, you can put a pattern on the back and seat. To do this, you need to use safe paints. The color scheme should be bright, cheerful. Simple ornaments, floral patterns, imitation of children's toys, such as cars, look great on wooden furniture.

Instead of natural solid wood, chipboard or plywood can be used, but these materials are short-lived.

Due to the fact that the size of the product is small, a large pattern will become a kind of accent that attracts the attention of the child - he will like to sit on such a beautiful chair, play or have breakfast.

In decoration, you can use applications - there are plenty of adhesive bright films on sale.

The image will turn out even if you use a stencil previously cut out of paper or thick plastic.

In decoration, you can use applications - there are plenty of adhesive bright films on sale. The image will be monophonic or multi-color - it depends on your imagination.

First of all, these are wooden bars and boards from which the frame, seat and back are assembled.

It is not recommended to use volumetric (protruding) parts, both small and large, in the decoration of the seat or back of the children's chair. Firstly, it is inconvenient for the child, and secondly, they quickly fall off with frequent use of the product.

To create a chair, you will need various materials.

VIDEO: DIY highchair

The feeding procedure should be as comfortable as possible for both the child and the one who feeds him. It was for this purpose that a table was made, at which you can not only feed the baby, but also play and work with him. The stable design of the chairs is as safe as possible for a small member of the family, which means that mommy does not have to worry about whether her child is in order. You will learn how to assemble a high chair from this article.

The need for a high chair

A huge number of both young and already wise parents will tell you with confidence that such a chair is simply necessary for practicing with the baby. It is not surprising, because such a design has a huge number of positive properties:

• Small dimensions - this will save space in the room.
• Ease of use and versatility - at such a table the baby can both eat and play.
• Saving money.
• Physical and psychological safety - the mother does not worry that something might happen to her baby, because as long as he sits on the chair, he is safe.
• The ability to contact with the child while doing household chores is a great time saver.
• The child feels “their own” sitting at the table with their parents.
• The kid unconsciously masters the initial basics of etiquette - this will help him in the future, for example, when he goes to kindergarten.

What should be the chair?

Before you assemble a table for feeding, you need to decide what material it will be made of. Now very often there are both plastic and wooden models on the windows of children's stores. Of course, each row has its pros and cons.

wooden chair

Children's products, which are made of natural wood, have always been valued more than their counterparts. You can’t argue with this, because even a highchair has a huge number of positive features:

• Such a product will serve you for more than one year.
• It is made from environmentally friendly material.
• Has an aesthetic look.
• The back of the table can be adjusted.
• The height of the structure can also be changed.

There are also disadvantages to this product:

• Impressive dimensions both folded and unfolded.
• Protective covers are not always included in the package.
• There are sharp edges and corners - it is not safe for a child.
• Surface maintenance is difficult.

Plastic chairs

Most often, young parents do not know how to assemble a plastic feeding chair. This is not surprising, because there are several times more details and functions in it than in the previous version.

The advantages of a plastic table include:

• You can choose a color to match the interior.
• Has many designs.
• This design can easily turn into a deck chair.
• It has rounded edges - this reduces the risk of childhood injuries several times.
• The case for the product is waterproof.

Important! The only drawback of a plastic table is that it is artificial. Do not fall for the low price of the product and its bright design - ask the seller for a quality certificate before making a purchase.

There are three main models:

• Transformer. The height of the tabletop and chair can be adjusted, the angle of inclination of the structure can also be changed. Such an assistant can become a workplace for the baby when he grows up a little.
• Booster. Such a model is autonomous and can be attached to the floor or an adult chair.
• Suspension. This design weighs an average of 2 kilograms. With the help of a lever and long handles, this design is easily attached to the table.

We proceed to the assembly of the table

Many parents, having made a purchase for their child, cannot figure out how to assemble a feeding chair. It is understandable, because all models, as a rule, are sold unassembled.

Before the assembly procedure, you will need the listed materials:

• Crossbars made of wood.
• Soft sitting for the kid.
• Small and large tables.
• Euroscrews and a key for them.

"Agu"

In order to assemble such a mini-installation, you must first remove all the parts from the package. As a rule, the chair itself is assembled first - the rest of the work will no longer be so difficult.

This model of chairs has two armrests, which in turn have triple vertical wooden rods. The edge closest to these bars is called the front.

• Connect the armrests with a wooden cross bar. You need to scroll it with two bolts from the front side of the armrests from below.
• Attach the wooden bar to the bottom of the seat.
• Install the padded base in such a way that the seat belt is both at the front and at the bottom.
• Fix the seat with four bolts, the back and armrests with two.
• Now it remains to assemble a table for feeding. For this purpose, the tabletop must be placed on top and snapped into grooves in its bottom right on the armrests.

Important! On the left armrest there is a plastic regulator, which determines the range of the baby's desktop.

• Now you need to make a stand for the table. For this purpose, you need to connect together two identical parts in the kit (you will notice them immediately) perpendicular to each other.

Important! The connection points are marked with strokes that you will immediately notice.

• Put the almost finished structure on its legs, screw the very last detail with the wall - the structure must remain stable.
• Connect the legs of the structure using the remaining jumpers and secure everything with bolts.

Assembly completed.

"Baby"

Before assembling the “Baby” highchair, you need, as in the first example, to lay out all the details in front of you. There will be many more of them here than was described above, but the plus in these details is that they are all already numbered (2-9 - parts of the table top; 11 and more - parts of the chair).

The collection process is as follows:

• Lay out all the details by numbering separately from each other.
• Align and twist parts with holes that have the same serial numbers, starting with the number 12.
• Connect the parts at number 13.
• Fasten the holes of parts 11 and 14, respectively. The end result will be a 4 part piece.

Important! In the same way, the second part is assembled - the configuration of the same numbers is connected in turn, then these parts are connected together using a crossbar.

• Now it is possible to assemble a high chair by attaching a soft seat for your child to the wooden base - the crossbar should be between his legs, and the safety strap should hang down. The seat must be fixed with six bolts.
• The last stage of the primary assembly of the structure is the attachment of the table with two bolts to the armrests.
• Next comes the table stand. To do this, select 4 elements with cell numbers 3, twist them with bolts. As a result, you get a detail that resembles the letter H in its appearance.
• The second part is twisted in the same way according to the numbering of the same cells.
• In the end, it remains only to assemble the feeding table by connecting the main assembly parts.

Important! Do not tighten the bolts too much - this can cause rapid wear of the entire structure.

One of the founders of the Encyclopedia Denis Diderot was once asked by a familiar lady: at what age should one start raising a child? "How old are you?" he asked in response. "Oh, he's only one day old!" The philosopher shrugged his shoulders: "In that case, you are already a day late."

A child will need a high chair not on the first day of his life, but when the baby begins to sit down on his own, at about 6 months. But his role in the formation of the personality of a new person is by no means small. Firstly, the formation of the musculoskeletal system and correct posture begins on the chair. Secondly, a child learns to handle things from a high chair. This is the first property of his that is not a toy. Children who grew up on the lap of their mother or grandmother, on average, get along worse with others and realize their abilities less well.

The interests of parents, too, of course, cannot be discounted. Feeding a small child often causes a storm of emotions in him, which parents at the moment, perhaps, are simply tiresome. Feeding something that spins like a spinning top on its knees, calmly and kindly, is worth a lot of effort; the child feels it and only gets more excited, which does not benefit him in any way. In addition, you need to protect clothes, carpets, furniture from volleys of porridge, soup or mashed potatoes.

Therefore, from a fairly large number of varieties of children's chairs, the first in importance and the time of the start of use is a high chair. A little later, after about another 4-6 months, he will need a play/work chair. In that order, we will deal with them.

General requirements

To make a useful and comfortable highchair for your baby with your own hands, you must first take into account ergonomics.

First, the stool for younger children should not be too soft: in order for the skeleton of the child to grow correctly and the muscles to develop, his body must feel a reliable support. It is desirable to make a high chair generally hard, but relatively thin soft pads on the seat and back are needed on the high chair and work chair. The gaming and work chairs are often the same, how can it be?

You can combine these conditions by sewing the size of the seat and back cushions of the following structure (from bottom to top): canvas or burlap - synthetic winterizer 5-7 mm - flannel, calico or bike - decorative fabric. To fix them, you will have to sew on straps that tie / fasten under the seat or behind the back, but it simplifies the manufacture of the chair itself and its care.

Second, avoid plastics. Today, for children's items, the safety of high-pressure polyethylene (produced without the use of catalysts) and PET has been unconditionally confirmed, but there are no suitable blanks from them for home craftsmanship. PVC seat upholstery is a relic of the past: when there were no diapers, diaper rash in babies was more common without it.

The next point is the size of the chair. A table of recommended sizes of highchairs for games and activities is shown in fig. The main selection parameter for it is the growth group. The height of the back is obtained by subtracting the height of the seat from the total height of the chair; in the highchair, it must be determined separately, because. his seat is raised for the comfort of the mother. The table was compiled for children's institutions, the dimensions of a chair for a child in a family can be found more accurately and simply: we look carefully at whom he went with height and complexion; about eyes, eyebrows, etc. disputes later. Then the parent-prototype shows which chair she/he is most comfortable in, take measurements from it and multiply by 0.55. A child on such a seat will be fine from about a year old to 4-5.

Note: Based on the foregoing, all dimensions of the following product samples are subject to adjustment if necessary.

materials

What to make a chair for a small question is also important. Metal is better either not to use at all, or in a small amount (for example, fasteners) and so that the child does not have access to it. The children's body is generally more resilient than an adult, but the skin of babies is very sensitive. This is determined by the instinct of self-preservation: what is simply slippery and a little cold for an adult, for a small one is a danger signal. Since he himself cannot yet avoid her, he has to appeal to his parents. How - whoever has children, they know. But they don’t always understand why, and from that, at least scream yourself.

For example, in fig. on the right - the erroneous use of steel fasteners.“Intensive exploitation of the corners” not only does not strengthen the structure, contrary to the assertions of its author, but is also traumatic for the baby. An adult's finger in the corner with a self-tapping screw will go unnoticed, and the baby may get scratched. In general, children do not care about scratches, but if he is regularly put for feeding in something biting, then how will this chair affect the child's psyche? The question is rhetorical.

Processing and finishing

So, we are practically left with only wood, MDF and laminated chipboard of class E0 in terms of the degree of phenol emission. In a high chair for a very young child, it is still better to get by with hardwood or MDF, they are completely without “chemistry”. Hypersensitivity to pine resin or trace phenolic compounds occurs in about 1 in 400,000 babies, but what is the guarantee that this is not yours? It is impossible to detect in advance.

The highchair for babies is exposed to external chemical influences of about the same nature and to the same extent as a kitchen stool, but the sanitary and hygienic requirements for it are much stricter. Therefore, the parts of a children's high chair made of wood must be treated with a water-repellent and bactericidal composition before assembly, and the finished product should be covered with a protective layer.

There is also almost no alternative here: impregnation is a water-polymer emulsion or, instead, PVA diluted three or four times with water. Coating - water-based acrylic lacquer. There is no completely reliable evidence of complete safety for children of other compositions for processing / finishing furniture. Especially beware of stains; varnished children's furniture is best left as is. Design and decor in this case are by no means decisive factors.

About plywood

When making a highchair for the firstborn from wood, an amateur craftsman (who, perhaps, takes up furniture for the first time in his life) will have to face a number of technological difficulties, see below resp. section, not surmountable without a workshop and special tools. Plywood can help out; almost everything can be done from it at home. But - not everyone. Definitely suitable is a simple birch (not waterproof and not baked) and also a simple construction or packaging. The last one is the veneer of the so-called. dry pines, felled in winter. Dry wood pine already contains almost no resins, and during the manufacture of plywood, their residues are completely removed. These types of plywood are made on casein glue, which is absolutely safe for children. Moisture resistance and additional strength are given to them by the impregnation described above, but twice: again after complete drying (about a day) of the initial one.

About glue

PVA is most suitable for gluing and gluing in the manufacture of children's furniture in terms of the combination of qualities. Modern furniture pur-adhesives are much stronger, but also more expensive; for a product whose service life does not exceed 5-7 years, the first is insignificant, but the second can “bite”. But PVA has the following advantages:

• It is absolutely harmless and safe, which has been verified by more than half a century of experience. As they say, at least eat it; even if liquid gets into the eyes, it is washed off without residue with water, if only rinsed immediately.
• PVA streaks are easily cut off with a mounting knife, and their remains are also easily sanded clean.
• The joint on the PVA can be separated by warming up properly with an ordinary household hair dryer. This is important if the high chair needs to be dismantled and put into storage until the next replenishment in the family. Also - if you need to replace its individual parts as the child grows, see below.

The very first chair

The most commonly used schemes for chairs for feeding children are as follows, in order of increasing manufacturing complexity:

1. Stands / holders - boosters - for feeding the baby on an adult chair, hard and soft;
2. Typical (classic) home folding high chairs;
3. Children's sets-transformers and "growing" (for growth) chairs;
4. Stationary chairs for feeding babies.

The latter are used either in children's institutions for the smallest, or in wealthy households with an excess of living space. In both cases, a high strength is required for a chair: many generations will use it in baby houses, and prestige is important for wealthy owners, and also design. As a result, a stationary chair for feeding children turns into a rather complex product, the manufacture of which requires special tools and production conditions; for an example, see the drawings in fig.

Boosters

These are attachments or devices for feeding a child on a chair and at a table for adults. Hard booster chairs (first 3 from left to right, pos. in the figure) save space in a small apartment, so they are quite popular.

However, it is impossible to make them fully comply with the requirements of children's ergonomics, this time. The second is for children from 6 to 9-12 months. they are of little use. Thirdly, soft attachments to an adult chair (leading manufacturers invest a lot of money in their development) do not give a full guarantee that the squishy fidget, delighted with his favorite juice, will not fall sideways with himself, a booster and dad's chair.

Much more practical are soft boosters for feeding babies, which are no longer chairs, but something like a kangaroo bag, on the right in the upper figure. You can’t use them constantly, there is a risk of spoiling the child’s posture. But at the dacha, picnic or on a trip, a feeding pocket - a booster is very useful, especially since it will hardly take up space in my mother's bag.

Making a soft booster for feeding a baby is already a more feminine thing, because. it is sewn; patterns are shown in fig; they are given without processing allowances.

Note: the slings are wound from the sides of the cape on the back of the chair from under the bottom, through the openings they are brought out and tied or fastened.

home classic

How the familiar folding highchair for feeding babies at home is arranged, and its dimensions are given in fig. Materials - timber 40x20, 75x20 (footboard and leg ties), 16x25 (back slats, seat apron, tabletop frame), board 100x20 (inserts into the frame of the front legs) and plywood 6-8 mm (seat, tabletop). Assembly, except for hinges - on confirmations (furniture screws) 60x6.

The connections marked in red are articulated: the table leans up, and the frame of the rear legs is pressed against the front ones. Bolt heads (M6-M8) from the inside and covered with plugs, red mark with an exclamation mark. The seat is hung on the front support bar on card loops.

To fold the chair, the table is first raised and the frame of the rear legs is pulled back a little. Then the seat itself lowers, and the frame of the rear legs is fed forward to the stop - the chair is complicated. And when unfolded, all the kinematics of this chair is stopped without additional clamps according to the principle of a dead center, and let the little eater wriggle there as he wants - the chair under him will stand.

The only technological difficulty in the manufacture of this chair is the rallying of blanks for the sidewalls of the frame of the front legs on dowels (lamellas) in the mustache or dowels. But it can be bypassed by making the front frame plywood, see below. Its operational disadvantage is the thickness of more than 10 cm folded into a bag. For a pantry in a small apartment or a closet in the hallway, this can be too much. And here plywood comes to the rescue, see below.

Transformers and for growth

Children's chairs-transformers for all ages are on sale, 3 pos. on the left in Fig. They are really convenient and functional, but technologically complex: some of the necessary parts can only be made in the workshop at the factory. Accordingly, the cost of such chairs is quite high.

To repeat with your own hands, a kit is more accessible - a chair with a table, on the right in fig. What many do, but it immediately turns out that a set with a shift table takes up more space in the apartment than a high chair and a table separately.

But the main thing is that this building is unhygienic. When the child sits down at the table, the edge of the large tabletop closest to the floor in the feeding position will be under his arms in the literal sense. And also - the undersides of the legs in the position of 6-12 months, which have now become legs, and even uncomfortable protruding upwards.

There are no materials that do not scratch and do not give microcracks. It is impossible to remove stubborn dust from the floor from them, which is what microbes need. Changeling kits for young children have been on sale relatively recently, but cases have already been noted when they became foci of infection. From self-made from wood, the danger is only exacerbated.

The epidemic of fashion for transformable furniture (in this case, you can’t say otherwise) has given rise to real monsters in general, see fig. on right. When the child reaches the “table” age, the chair is simply ... sawn off, and the former supporting pyramid turns over and becomes a table. With the hygiene of a large countertop, everything is clear, see above. As with a too narrow table for feeding: there will be no food on the mother and on the floor, only if a specially programmed robot sits on the chair.

And yet, firstly, put yourself in the place of a child: there is a rigid fence on all sides. It remains, as they say, only to put on a chain. Secondly, a large table will be unusually rolled. Well, have you ever seen tables for adults, neat people, whose legs converge downwards? It’s funny, of course, but whoever starts this at home will probably not be laughing.

"Growing" chairs

In general, if we are talking about a small child, it is better not to experiment with transformable furniture, excluding proven folding designs. For example, let's take "growing" chairs, see fig. left. It’s really possible to sit on this from a fool to his dad, but it won’t be quite comfortable at any age. And in order to adapt the chair to outgrowth for feeding, it will have to be turned into a product comparable in complexity to a stationary chair for babies.

How to take everything from plywood

Highchairs for babies are very often made of plywood. Many homemade designs turn out to be quite practical and good looking, on the left in fig. However, after the need has passed, it is hardly possible to adapt them for something else, the first. The second - see on the right in fig. scattered details. Waste of material - by eye at least 60% Although good plywood can be bought for 300 rubles / sheet 1550x1550, anyway, it would be desirable to do without now useless crooked scraps.

Here is the time to realize that an adult folding plywood chair-board is easily adapted for feeding a baby, see next. rice. Dad's for fishing or mom's garden, depending on who is in charge in the family. In terms of sanitation and hygiene, it is better, of course, to make this chair immediately for a small one, and let it go for adult use when it grows up.

From the remainder of cutting opening A, you will get 2 struts of a table for a child with L-shaped paws; grooves will need to be cut out under them in the sidewalls of the chair. For feeding a child, it is advisable to supplement such a chair with a fabric back: it will not reduce the comfort for adults, and it will not interfere with the chair hanging on the wall when folded. A small tabletop is attached to the struts on piano or card hinges, then the feeding table will also fold into a compact package.

Note: it is better to measure the dimensions of the struts according to a ready-made unfolded chair. This will be easier and more accurate than fiddling with trigonometry.

Another folding chair of the same type is shown in fig. on right. It is smaller, 500x750 when folded. Not bad because exactly 6 of these come out of a sheet of plywood 1550x1550, and they fit in the trunk of almost any car along the length. The letter w indicates the width of the cut. In general, look at your child, yourself and your needs.

Older chairs

At the age of about a year old, the child will already need a high chair, on which he can sit down, move it, rearrange it. Chairs for young children in the age category following babies are play (on the left in the figure below) and work / for classes, in the center. Working chairs for babies differ from play chairs primarily in armrests; they are necessary for the child to have the correct posture. Then, the seat height of the work chair can be immediately taken based on the oldest of the preschool ages, i.e. up to 400 mm. In this case, a footboard is needed; preferably changeable. The approximate dimensions of the highchair for babies of the "second stage" are given on the right, but, as mentioned above, they need to be specified according to the child.

Drawings of chairs for grown children are given on the next. rice. On the left - the game's simplest design. Legs of optimal length for a child of 12-36 months who often plays on the floor. Fasteners - wood screws 40x4.2.

Highchair for a child “like adults”

The chair on the right is already more complicated, its parts need to be marked on a grid and grooves should be cut to connect them. But it is universal, playful and working. Small protrusions of the sidewalls above the seat are enough so that a normally active child does not sit down, hanging half of the fifth point in the air. The seat height of 400 mm is the maximum for very young children. It can be made at first minimal, approx. 220 mm, and then change the sidewalls as they grow; it will take a little work and plywood, but mom will have something to say to dad on occasion. So, if dad is prudent, it’s better to immediately cut the sidewalls into outgrowth.

Such a chair, in principle, is simply assembled, like a puzzle. In the mobile version, say, for trips to the country, you can leave it like that. But with constant use, the chair will soon loosen, no matter how tight the joints are initially. Therefore, it is better for a child of this kind to glue PVA home chair. Dismantling if necessary put in storage - see above, about glue.

Finally, there is a category of children who, having barely realized themselves in this world, want everything to be like an adult. This is generally a useful quality, but dad will have to work harder on the chair and other furniture for the child. The device and dimensions of the highchair "as in adults" are shown in fig. on right. A wooden chair of this design will require rather complex technological methods, but even in this case plywood will come to the rescue, see next. chapter.

Video: an example of a simple do-it-yourself mini-chair

Technology and plywood

To make a high chair, kids need to know or have to learn how to make some carpentry joints: on dowels, with the help of dowels (lamellas) and a tenon-groove. How they are made, for examples of carpentry, see the videos, arranged in order of increasing complexity:

Video #1: dowel connections

Video #2: Doweled gusset for frame structures (corner mitering)

Video #3: tongue and groove joint

Video #4: Keyed Straight Joint for Plank Board Ratcheting

As you can see, at home with a simple hand tool, only pos. #one. Pos. # 2 and # 3 for a novice carpenter will turn out manually with sin in half, and for pos. #4 and a good professional cannot do without a workshop and special equipment. And now - ts-s! - all this can be done at home by a “full kettle”, using only a jigsaw and a little chisel. If the blanks of parts are assembled on glue from 3 layers of plywood with a thickness, respectively, in 1/3 of the required one. Among other things, this technology makes it possible to assemble complex-shaped parts from small-sized fragments, which makes it possible to denser, i.e. economically, cut the material.

How direct and angular tongue-and-groove joints are performed in this way is shown in pos. 1 and 2 fig. resp. If the spike is made trapezoidal with rounded corners, then the strength of the joint will increase several times, i.e. will be sufficient for adult furniture. In production, this technology is not used - it is tedious and therefore unprofitable, but at home it’s better than buying or renting a machine for 60-100 thousand rubles.

To glue a package of blanks into a PVA part, you also do not need any special devices:

• Lay plastic wrap on a flat floor or table.
• Both glued surfaces are lubricated with a thin layer of glue; better to use a brush.
• Withstand adhesive layers until semi-dry tack, when the adhesive film begins to become translucent at the edges.
• Fold the blanks into a bag and press.
• The package is covered with another layer of film and oppression is placed on it from dispersed cargo (books, for example) at the rate of at least 20 kg per 1 sq. m of glued area.

Note: because the workpieces in the bag during gluing may “float away” a little, they need to be cut with an allowance of 1-2 mm for finishing.

Angled tongue-and-groove joint must be reinforced with self-tapping screws with a diameter of not more than 0.5 of the thickness of the stud, a pair per stud. For example, if a part is 15 mm thick from 3 layers of 5 mm each, then the diameter of the hardware is 2-2.5 mm. Glue is applied to the spike and into the groove; the first is introduced into the latter, as soon as the glue begins to peel off (after 2-3 minutes), and then the connection is pulled together with hardware.

How to screw screws

In the above and all other cases of fastening parts with self-tapping screws, it is necessary to pre-drill blind holes with a diameter into the body (rod) of a self-tapping screw without thread and a depth of 2/3 of the length of its threaded part. Also, a hole is pre-selected for the head of the self-tapping screw. After screwing, the head is covered with putty from sawdust of the same plywood on the same PVA; in 1 volume of glue, you can enter up to 2.5-3 volumes of sawdust.

Finally

Well, now on a new thing - new experiences and bon appetit. Just don’t throw porridge for joy, your parents tried hard.

With the advent of a child in the house, parents account for buy a lot of new things, including children's furniture, but the prices for it are considerable, and the quality leaves much to be desired.

For a person who knows how to work with wood, it will not be difficult to make a comfortable, durable, and most importantly safe chair for feeding.

Homemade highchairs are different. This article talks about the technology of making a chair combined designs.

Material selection

Wood is suitable for the manufacture of children's furniture conifers- spruce or pine, it is soft, durable, easy to process, pleasant to look at and inexpensive.

To protect the child from injury and splinters, all parts must be process sandpaper.

You will also need carpentry tools, nails, hinges, varnish or paint for finishing the finished product.

In this case, it is better to take paints on acrylic basis, and varnishes are exceptionally non-toxic, because the baby will breathe them, and maybe- even try on the tooth.

Types of chairs

The child begins to eat at the common table from about 6 months but, of course, he cannot sit with the others.

For comfort various designs were invented in which you can put the baby, without fear that it will fall:

• for feeding, which put near with an adult table, but it is inconvenient due to the height difference - the child's head is at the level of the adults' knees. The design of such a chair can be beaten with the help of small wheels for easy transportation of the chair;
• soft case, which is attached to the back of an adult chair, is similar in design to sling;
• Chair feeding with small table on long legs;
• Combination chair- a small one is installed on a special stand-table; the design can be used as a high chair for feeding or a desk for games.

We make a chair for feeding with our own hands

Procurement of parts

To perform the combined design of the baby chair, we come in handy:

• bar with section 200x400 mm on legs and crossbars;
• Board small size thick 200-250 mm for rounded armrests. For sawing parts on a chair, you can use a wooden board -. This durable material perfectly imitates timber and can be used not only for facade cladding, but also for construction. For example, to create, covers for, in the country;
• Fiberboard sheet 2x2.1 m(fibreboard) for the manufacture of the seat;
• Plywood on the tabletop.

Chair details

• Legs, length 390 mm, 4 things;
• Cross bar, length 300 mm, 3 details;
• rounded elements, 4 things;
• table top 200x340, if desired, the size can be changed;
• Top bar 220 mm, 2 details;
• The bottom bar in 340 mm, 2 pcs.

Note! In order for the baby feeding chair to turn out beautiful and even, the dimensions of the parts must correspond to the drawing of its design.

Table details

To make a stand-table, you will need to prepare the following parts:

• legs long 500mm, 4 things;
• transverse slats long 340mm, 4 things;
• Planks length 410 mm, 4 things;
• Plywood for worktop size 380x450 mm.

It is not necessary to buy all the material, you can partially use the wooden boards and trimmings available on the farm, adjusting them to the desired size.

Making a chair: stages of work

Stage one: wood preparation

bar sawn according to given sizes. Its individual pieces are processed (polished) with sandpaper, thanks to which all irregularities and scratches are removed from the surface of the tree so that in the future the baby does not drive a splinter.

It is better to connect the bars with wooden dowels(connecting elements), you can make them yourself by cutting out sticks of size 10x20x50 or buy ready spikes in a store with furniture fittings.

Advice! If there is no time and desire to mess with dowels, it is permissible to simply connect the parts using self-tapping screws.

In the bars themselves and the board at the attachment points, you need to cut or drill holes, suitable in size for dowels (approximately deep 30-40 mm), being careful not to pierce the wood through.

Second step: assembly of the sidewalls

The future chair will have two sides, for each one will need 2 roundings, on 2 top and bottom slats and two legs. Each side is assembled apart, first the legs and the lower crossbar are connected, roundings are attached to the upper crossbar separately, after which these two elements stick together together.

Before connecting two bars, the junction and dowels are well are smeared glue, you can even use ordinary PVA. The second sidewall is assembled in the same way, then these details must be left for the day let it dry, and then sand it again.

Attention! During the assembly process, you need to ensure that the angles between the bars are straight, and the sidewalls are completely the same.

Third step: joining the seat

Chipboard cut into 6 rectangles 300x250 mm, each has two adjacent corners rounded along the long side. To secure baby, all the edges need to be carefully sand, and then glue the plates along three pieces and put them under the press for a day. The result is a solid, durable back and seat.

Finished parts fastened together with a corner or a strip of metal bent along, screwed with screws.

Fourth stage: assembling the chair

sidewalls connected by transverse strips using dowels, fixed with glue. In the same way, planks are attached to the structure to support the back and plywood countertops.

Advice! It is more convenient to first fold the structure, mark places for dowels, drill holes and bait the bars without glue - this way you can replace the flaws in time and fix them.

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Fifth stage: creating a table

Technology Assembling a table is similar to assembling a chair. First, the upper and lower planks are attached to the legs, then the resulting sidewalls are interconnected by transverse bars with a length of 340 mm.

sidewalls desirable sand with a fine emery cloth, make their surface even, smooth, safe for use.

The next step is fastening countertops. We fasten it from the end of the structure - and that's it, reliable children's table-chair ready.

Sixth stage: making a soft seat

In principle, this is not necessary, but for the comfort of the child, it is better to make the seats, and if desired, the back soft.

To do this, on a chipboard sheet you need to glue foam rubber thick in 1-2 cm and cover it with non-marking fabric or bright oilcloth children's colors.

Fabric on the back of the seat easy fastened with a construction stapler.

Advice! To save foam rubber can be replaced with several layers of synthetic winterizer

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Manufacturing baby chair for feeding at home will take only a couple of days, and then on the basis that the work will be carried out only in free time in the evenings. So if you want, you can quickly, high-quality and inexpensive to build a cute chair for your baby.

From this video You will learn how to make a baby chair for feeding yourself: