The advances that have been made in children’s toys are astounding. And children’s play furniture has evolved along with them. When I was little, building a tower of blocks or Legos on the carpet was part of the challenge. There are now plenty of game tables that not only provide a sturdier foundation than 70’s style orange shag rugs, but also offer storage and come with a supply of building materials to boot!
Small children love a table their size
If a toy or game uses a horizontal surface, there is a custom table to provide that perfect surface for hours of play. Young children especially benefit from the enhanced playability that a game table provides. An 18-month-to-two-year-old may love blocks, train tracks, or Duplo blocks until they keep falling off when mom walks by. The dexterity required to build a stable tower or keep a train track from breaking is often beyond the ability of a young child. This leaves them frustrated. A game table takes the frustration out of a changing carpet foundation.
The game tables are low to the ground and keep all the toys within reach of the child. This can benefit the gaming regimen in several ways. Raising the play surface off the floor is great for the toddler, because he keeps his toys safely out of the reach of his sibling pacing the rug. This eliminates the calamity of reaching and curious baby fingers accidentally stealing the base of your toddler’s creations. Standing up or sitting down to play at your own table is great fun, calm and stable.
Moms and dads love confined clutter
The benefits of playing with a table are not limited to the young child. Parents also benefit. As noted above, there are likely to be fewer arguments due to accidental shootdowns or broken tracks. Keeping older siblings’ toys out of baby’s reach is also an added baby-proofing measure. Little pieces from train sets or tiny Legos are just the right size for baby to get into her curious little mouths. Instead of banning all toys with small parts until the baby is past the choking phase, a table can keep messy toys with small parts out of reach.
In the act of saving toys with small pieces from exile, game tables do not exhaust their benefits by virtue of their height.
A table has a natural confining effect on clutter. The playing area is clearly defined starting and ending at the edge of the table. This means no more throwing away bins or scattering their contents in the farthest corners of the room and under all the furniture. The area under the table is perfect for storing parts used on the top surface. Some game table models come equipped with built-in storage areas.
Children’s tables and chairs keep the whole family happy.
How many times has it happened that you and your toddler set out to create a Lego jungle to populate with toy animals, or a block castle for your little people, or the perfect railway complete with flyovers and drawbridges, then when you complete the build? Game time is up and you never played? This is often the case, as many of us have busy schedules. A game table is also useful here. Instead of having to put all the clutter away, the table top now doubles as a storage area for that perfect setting. Now you can build your train track and play with it too.
This is great because you can leave the towers unfinished for later play or keep the perfectly built railway intact for use over the course of many weeks.
