Kids' Treasure Island Beach & Forts

I have had the most fun with this particular area....the kids' area...imagine that!  The desire for this area was to be a rough, unfinished area that the kids can go play and create on their own.  This is a great idea for older kids, but since we are going to have some very young kids running around this area too, we needed to balance how rough and unfinished this place should be.  To keep with the theme of a Kids' Hideaway Area as it was discribed, we have designed an area that will look like the kids built it, but will have the proper structure & safety that will be needed. 

Some of the ideas that we are currently developing for this area are;
Utilizing the cut trees/tree trunks for the walls and steps around a raised beach area.
Boulders placed all around for climbing and hidding.
Multiple tree forts connected together for access within the tree canopies.
Dug out areas with sand fill for digging and burying...(maybe a brother or sister?)
Large Mounded areas with creek beds that run into the lake.
A small wooden boat dock for the famous raft that the kids always play on.

Treasure Island

Initial Concept Sketch of Beach

Since we haven't finished the sketches of our paticular tree house, below are some inspiration photos that we are working off of.

These all represent the basic idea of a rough cut/finished tree house.  We will span multiple sections with a look out and a main fort with a swinging bridge.  Another two trees will be linked via a zip line.

-B-