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While IKEA may not have made children’s products especially to fit the Montessori method, many parents have cleverly use IKEA products and hacks to create a home environment that encourages hands-on learning, imaginative play and independence. Here are some favorite IKEA hacks that are either Montessori inspired or useful ideas…

I can see why climbing triangles or better known as Pikler Triangles are so popular. They are a whole lot of fun. And with multiple climbers, you can set up mini obstacle courses right at home. While they play on the set, kids learn to move, build balance and confidence.…

The IKEA crib that was used when my son was an infant (1999) was stored away after he’d outgrown it. Some of those crib parts were unfortunately misplaced during a move. Anyway, the mother of my second child has a back problem, and she asked me to make a crib which…

Kids outgrown the IKEA crib? Reinvent it into another useful piece of furniture. The SNIGLAR or GULLIVER is awesome in the laundry room, even in the kitchen and study. IKEA SNIGLAR and GULLIVER crib | IKEA.com 3 ways to use IKEA SNIGLAR crib for laundry Michal shares 3 wonderful ideas…

After I adopted my two little doggies, I was looking for a place for them to sleep in my room where they were secure.  Conventional crates were ugly and bulky.  And then Covid hit, and I needed a desk where I could zoom with my students, so the limited floor space in…

I dismantled the changing table and used it as a LEGO tray to house our ever growing LEGO brick collection. It also fits amazingly well under our IKEA Ektorp sofa. IKEA items used: Sniglar changing table Photo: IKEA.com How we made our upcycled LEGO tray All…

Materials: Singlar changing table, TROFAST storage boxes We got a Singlar changing table very cheap at the bargain section in our IKEA shop. It has a shelf but that was not enough for the multiplying clothes of our baby. My husband loves DIY, so after short planning, he took two…

Want a changing table that sits on your bathtub yet leave you enough space to take a comfortable bath? Here you are! This is my over bath changing table. I hacked a cheap SNIGLAR using just a little saw, a drill and lot of patience. First, I cut the rear…

Materials: SNIGLAR bed, STOLMEN pole & climbing ladder I always dreamed of having a castle bed as a kid and now since I have a little 4 year old that loves castles I decided to just make it! What we used from Ikea was; a SNIGLAR bed, STOLMEN pole &…

Materials: SNIGLAR crib, bed base and VIKARE guard rail Description: My two daughters are just 18 month apart and houses in Spain are not very big. Since they had to share room, and I didn’t want to invest in a big, bulky trundle crib, I decide to build one from…

Materials: Hinges, screws, saw, sandpaper, Sniglar changing tableDescription: Saw it in half. Put the hinges and screws to set the wooden top. ~ Roula, Greece, Thessaloniki

Materials: 1 Sniglar Changing Table, 1 Kusiner Wall Pockets, 2 hooks and eyes, 5 metal hinges, 1 bead chain, 1 pack of small cork or rubber pads, handheld drill with various bitsDescription: Living in a small apartment or condo, with no room whatsoever for the baby’s changing table, you can…

Photo: IKEA.comMaterials: Baby bed SniglarDescription: For drying our printed candy we needed a drying rack. Of course it is much cheaper and easier to have Ikea make it. Unfortunately they don’t have such an item in their collection, but if you ignore the Ikea instruction manual and simply try to…

Materials: Sniglar change table, Trofast containerDescription: Since our little one has outgrown his change table we thought we “hack it” into two tables. But before we did this, we fixed the legs with an additional screw to the frame on each corner, so the legs won’t swing. Once we had…

Materials: Velcro Tape, Peel and Stick Wallpaper, Sniglar Changing Table, Brimnes Chest of 3 Drawers, Driller & Screws Description: After a futile search for a reasonably priced nappy changer/chest of drawers I decided to make my own first IKEA hack. Here it goes. First I assembled the chest of drawers…

Materials: Rast Table & Commodes, Sniglar Change Table, Latt Kids Table, Eivor Leva Fabric, Bygel Rails & Containers, Satta, Oskar, Panna, etc…Description: With 4 (yes four!) Ikeas in Berlin we can’t help but poke through the As-is section(s) on a regular basis and pick-up a bargain or three. *even if…

Materials: Hemnes daybed and Singlar changing tableDescription: Convert a day bed to a comfortable toddler bed with changing table. 1. Cut the legs of the Sniglar changing table and paint the frame white. 2. Cut the excess length of the Hemnes daybed mattress and use this piece as a separator…

Materials: crib SNIGLAR (39 €), 4 wheels (0.85 € c / u) and a hinge (2.60 €)Description: After 2 years of living with our son Ivan who is a candidate to win the prize for the child on the planet with least sleep, it was clear that with the new…

Materials: Sniglar changing tableDescription: First I cut a little bit the legs of the changing table to make it kid’s size. Then I painted it with spray paint. I put and glued a piece of plywood bought at Home Depot on one side of the changing table. On that I…

Materials: Sniglar changing tableDescription: Transforming a Changing Table Into a Display Case. The former table consisted of two frames, each one with an MDF board, held by a groove into the frame. So it was mostly a matter of replacing one board by a glass plate, and putting the frames…