DIY Learning Tower | Ikea Hack | Bekvam & Oddvar Montessori Toddler Stool
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- čas přidán 16. 11. 2019
- In this tutorial I show you how to make a DIY learning tower from two pieces of Ikea furniture! The Bekvam stool (£20) and the Oddvar table (£8). The learning tower is a great way to get your little ones involved in the kitchen in a safe and secure way. If you made a learning tower what activities would you do with your children?
Please don’t leave your child unattended around the learning tower. Supervised use only!
I’d love to see your efforts, follow me on Instagram @ohhidiy and tag me in your creations! / ohhidiy
You can find a full written step by step guide over on the blog here:
www.ohhidiy.com/diy-learning-t...
To make the learning tower I used:
Bekvam stool
Oddvar Table
30mm Screws (3mm wide)
A drill
A screwdriver
Rustoleum spray primer
B&Q White kitchen paint
Rustoleum Furniture Lacquer - Matte Finish
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I started watching for the Ikea hack, but you are just wonderful - I had to subscribe. Thank you!
Aw thank you, that’s so sweet of you! 🖤 xx
I just made it! Great!
Thank you so much for sharing this video.
You explained all the points.
Complete!
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Nice. But how did you actually attach / connect that additional peace/ feet that should prevent from falling over to the rest?
Love it! We’ve made it too! Thank you! How did you attach the feet? Our are still wobbly!
This is incredible. Such a creative thinker! Thank you so much.
Thank you so much!
@@OhHiDIY I just completed this. 2 weeks later than I would have liked, but that's how it goes when you have a 9 month old - LOL.
The whole thing worked like a charm, but I needed to level the legs a bit. To do this I cut a cross section of a wine bottle cork and attached this using shoe glue to the leg that needed to be raised a bit. I did this to 2 legs and now it's totally stable. Another benefit is the cork can protect your floors.
Another thing I want to add is the pine is really soft, so it's tempting to just screw in without drilling. But do make sure you drill if possible, because the screw when it's in the wood also takes up space, and if you don't drill some space for that screw, then it will push the wood and can cause cracks and splits. So rather just drill like in the vid.
Otherwise the whole thing saved us a lot of money and couldn't be happier. And my 9 month old son took to it very quickly and loves being in the top, obviously though supervised.
Thanks again and subscribed.
Amazing. Will definitely give it ago! Thanks for sharing!
how did you cut that piece at the end?
Hello thanks much for the great idea!!!
Just made one for my son!!! xx
We’ve had so much use out of ours! Hope you love it ❤️ x
Hi! Thanks for the video. Easy to follow instructions. Unfortunately I don't have a drill and have never used one. What are my options? Can I glue them using Unibond etc or are there shops in the UK which can make some holes?
I hope you managed to make this. if not and you still need someone to make some holes for you, find yourself a local woodwork shop/carpenter/joiner/furniture maker and ask them to drill you some holes - as long as you've marked everything out, they may just do it for free or for a coffee and some cake :)
The feet are important how did you attach them? However the tower should be the same hight as your kitchen desk...
how can i order kea hack?
Just made this and my little girl loves it, she’s 21 months and can get in great but has trouble getting back out? It looks too tight for her (she’s 27lb)
Any tips on how your little one gets out?
From what age is ok to use it?
Love it! I'm going to try it! Thank you love!
Hi. Do you think we could use a tenhult step stool instead of the bekvam? It seems safer since it doesn't have the hole in the middle.
The hole is underneath the standing surface so it doesn't matter but I made it with the Tenhult because the Bekvam isn't available anywhere. It's just as good.
Nice video
Thank you I have two to build. Do I need any additional screws? Or the ones that come with the parts are enough? Xx
You’ll need some extra screws. If you click on the link to my blog post it lists out all the different bits and pieces that I used xx
How do you prevent it from tipping over on the side? Any suggestions?
We never had any problems with it going side ways but you could always put feet (like I have at the front) on the sides too x
Wow 😍, love it. Thanks for making this video . Just wanted to ask, I have a 5 years old , he is 112cm , will this work for him or I should use just a step stool ?
Thank you! it will probably land a little below his waist but it is still good for keeping them from stepping off by accident when not paying attention if you see what I mean? He’s probably steadier on his feet so won’t need it to lean on but it’s still good for security xx
Can I check why the Oddvar is not centred when being attached to the Bekvam?
Because a Child would have trouble climbing in.
Great job. I'm so sad they don't sell the oddvar stool anymore
they dont ? :(
Yes they do, I bought one yesterday.
@@JOYCE1990XOXO in the US? I thought it was discontinued here
I cant find those items on ikea
They stopped selling them recently
Awful