As I look at the wooden kids picnic tables we have in the back yard, a number of great childhood memories establish to come up. Memories about a kids picnic table? Believe me, I’m serious!
While we were real little, the wood kids picnic table was a wonderful place to eat our PB&J sandwiches, watermelon, corn-on-the-cob and all sorts of messy summer foods that we all loved. The wooden children’s picnic table was for much more than eating on!
The table was also a leaping off point as we loved to put on capes and pretend we were super heroes. Back then Batman and Superman had been all the rage so we defended the area from the likes of the Joker, the Riddler, Lex Luthor, Braniac and the other super villians who would dare enter the area we so loyally defended.
When we were not being super heroes, we’d get the largest umbrella we could find and see if we could leap off the table and think like we were airborne. Of course, imagination had a lot to do with the notion that we were slowing down our three foot jump from the table.
Of course, the picnic table was the storage place for the huge bucket full of water balloons and extra water toys where we stored the supply of wet supplies to throw at the girls when they came into the backyard.
At night, the wooden kids picnic table served as the roof of the citadel where we could cross the threshold of with our flashlights and make believe the terrors of the night that were just outdoors. Dad had an old canvas tarpaulin that he threw over the top to make it a wonderful tent for our sleep-outs. We could shine our flashlights on the outside to see who’s flashlight beam was the brightest and would generate the longest beam. Our puppy completely loved it as well and it appeared she always had a way of creating commotion and laughter every time she worked her way in.
When Mom came out with a tray full of lemonade and cookies and set them on table we, of course, were swiftly seated and all set to enjoy the cool food and drink. That was from time to time a prepayment for our pre-dinner time chores, which often included husking the corn-on-the-cob.
Most times, we ate supper indoors but often ended up the meal in the backyard consuming watermelon or some other messy summer time dessert.
Come winter, we would stand the table up on it’s side and use it as a barrier to hide behind during snowball fights or a place to put the hot chocolate.
Now, it’s time for you to step into your mind machine and go way back to your childhood. Close your eyes and see the little boy or girl running or giggling and experiencing so much fun with something as simple as a simple wooden kids picnic table! I don’t know about you but for me, it really is a lot of enjoyment to look back and relive the fun times and laughter.
With all the everyday stresses, cell phones and being linked with the world every second of the day or night, it’s comforting and de-stressing to go back to the extraordinary years of your childhood.
The Author:
Patrick Archr created a exceptional kids picnic table that’s perfect for the kids of modern times.