How Can I Help My Kids Stay Safe While Playing?

At KidKraft, the safety of your children is our top priority. Guidelines for staying safe while having fun can be found in the assembly instructions included with your product on the page titled "Warnings and Safe Play Instructions." They will be listed below, but we recommend referencing your assembly instructions for further details.

Dos

• Observe capacity limitations of your playset. See front cover.
• Dress children with well fitting and full foot enclosing footwear.
• Teach children to sit with their full weight in the center of the swing to prevent erratic swing motion or falling off.
• Check for splintered, broken or cracked wood; missing, loose, or sharp edged hardware. Replace, tighten and/or sand smooth as required prior to playing.
• Verify that suspended climbing ropes, rope ladders, chain or cable are secured at both ends and cannot be looped back on itself as to create an entanglement hazard.
• On sunny and/or hot days, check the slide and other plastic rides to assure that they are not very hot as to cause burns. Cool hot slide and rides with water and wipe dry prior to using.
• Orientate slide such that it gets the least amount of exposure to the sun.

Don'ts

• Do not allow children to wear open toe or heel footwear like sandals, flip–flops or clogs.
• Do not allow children to walk in front, between, behind or close to moving rides.
• Do not let children twist swing chains or ropes or loop them over the top support bar. This may reduce the strength of the chain or rope and cause premature failure.
• Do not let children get off rides while they are in motion.
• Do not permit climbing on equipment when it is wet.
• Do not permit rough play or use of equipment in a manner for which it was not intended. Standing on or jumping from the roof, elevated platforms, swings, climbers, ladders or slide can be dangerous.
• Do not allow children to swing empty rides or seats.
• Do not allow children to go down slide head first or run up slide.

CONTINUOUS ADULT SUPERVISION REQUIRED. Most serious injuries and deaths on playground equipment have occurred while children were unsupervised. Our products are designed to meet mandatory and voluntary safety standards. Complying with all warnings and recommendations in these instructions will reduce the risk of serious or fatal injury to children using this play system. Review the warnings and safe play instructions regularly with your children, making certain that they understand and follow them. Remember- on-site adult supervision is required for children of all ages.