Projects
Cre8Play can help take your project to new heights with our themed play environments, realistic surfaces, unique designs and long-lasting durability. From design to installation, Cre8Play can manage the entire process, including compliance with current standards and ADA guidelines. Every unique play environment provides an opportunity for children to explore, discover and interact with their surroundings.
Henry Villas Zoo As if the zoo isn’t exciting enough, now kids can be part of the wild by exploring this amazing playground. Kids will feel like they’re in a natural habitat as they discover all the neat places to climb, crawl, swing, and jump. Consider it the ultimate primate exhibit.
Dulles 28 Centre Just minutes from Dulles International Airport, this unique themed structure is a great way to spend some time. Made of concrete and steel, this mini-airport just wouldn’t be complete without a runway, an air traffic control tower, and realistic luggage to climb on. So, fasten your seat belts, we’re taking adventure to a whole new altitude!
Teddy Bear Park Stillwater, a quaint river town, wanted a playground that captured its history and charm. This design includes a small amphitheater, a gazebo, custom play structures featuring oversized antique toys, a sandbox, train station, and climbing walls. The park includes separate play areas for children of different ages. Lifelike and loaded with activities, Teddy Bear Park is truly remarkable. Hurry! The next train leaves in 2 minutes!
YMCA Bringing the outdoors inside is no picnic. This whimsical camp-themed play area is the perfect place to spend a weekend. Complete with a waterfall slide and campfire, kids of all ages are transported into the deep woods of Minnesota. Climb over soft boulders, crawl through a hollow log or just hang out in the log cabin. Marshmallows not included!
Mill Mountain Park Mill Mountain Park, the most visited park in of Roanoke, VA is a natural extension of the National Park Service’s Blue Ridge Parkway. Always crowded with people the City wanted to incorporate a naturalized play environment that would fit seamlessly into the nature of the site. A traditional post and platform structure wasn’t going to do the trick. Cre8Play worked with Roanoke to create what the community now calls, 'Mill Mountain Children’s Adventure Area’.
Indoor Play There are those places that are maybe too cold…too hot for the kids to play outside (we know too cold here in Minnesota) So, we take it indoors. Check out these examples of some indoor projects we have worked on. We take the same approach to durability and play-value as we do in our outdoor equipment. Yah, it really is that cool!
Kinderberry Hill The folks at Kinderberry Hill believe that children learn best through discovery and creative exploration. What better environment for a kid to explore than a custom play experience. This award winning nature-themed play environment helps children experience the joy and excitement of learning while developing an appreciation for their individuality in a healthy and challenging child care atmosphere.
Lookout Ridge This award winning themed, life-like design and sound effects accompany slides, forests, a tree house, and even a cave. Kids are able to climb inside cliffs imitating the St. Croix River Valley, then zoom down a mountain spiral slide emerging from a cave. Children also can venture to the top of the tree house, cross over to the gigantic fallen tree, and race down a 30-foot superslide! For a more challenging adventure, kids can explore the tree foam forest and cross through the tube jam.
Oakwood Forest Climb up the hollow trunk of the magical tree house to reach the look-out tower. Enjoy the slides, monkey bars, bridges, and rope climb. Hide in the crawl-through log or get caught in the spider web. This adventurous play environment offers a wide range of exciting activities that feed the imagination. Just be careful not to upset the crocodiles and hippos!
Alice's Playland Alice's Playland is themed with bright colors and limitless play opportunities for all ages. The Tree Themed structure known as “monkey mansion” will thrill children with creativity and wonder. Synthetic turf areas are provided to accommodate seating with craft tables, future themed climbing structures and gentle berms for open play.
Rutledge Wilson Farm This one-of-a-kind farm-themed play environment is part of a 207-acre farm park which provides education and recreation for the community. Kids of all ages can enjoy climbing up a giant hay bale, exploring the inside of a lifelike barn, and scaling realistic rock formations.
Snowmass Village Experience the beautiful mountain spirit of Snowmass Village at this unique playground! Climb up the log steps, slide down a hollow tree trunk, explore the inside of a tree house, or hang from the monkey bars, all the while enjoying the majestic view year-round! Custom made to compliment Mother Nature’s beauty.
Cottonwood Creek Park The city of Irving Texas started with a goal of providing a fun play atmosphere, inviting to both special needs and able body children. Cre8play took their goals, embodied their mission of promoting high quality and ran with it! Cottonwood Creek Park is home to 4 of Cre8play's first ever hybrid play structures. We took several traditional play elements, put them in the hands of our "design guy" and what was cre8ted are truly the coolest looking clubhouses you will ever see.
Sunken Ship 'Hurricane Ali' Hurricane Ali is the latest in our fleet of awesome structures. This ship won Best of Show at the 2009 ASLA conference. Designed to look like a ship smashed on the rocks, it includes a first-of-a-kind Climber/Slide. Yep, a Slide that goes through a Climber. Complete with a Cave, Cargo Climb, Internal Climber, a working Telescope and interactive sounds. The level of detail and textures in the sculpted concrete illustrates careful craftsmanship and design excellence. Download more...
Bowen Park All play equipment and site amenities were custom-designed for Bowen Park based on the Hitchcock Design Group's conceptual drawings. Thought was given to each area and play element to maximize interpretation opportunities and explored as a place to reinforce the “Forest Findings” theme. This was the recipient of Illinois Landscape Architects Honor Award 2008.
United Auburn Indian Community
The United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria has deep rooted historical and community values. Cre8Play was given the opportunity to provide a unique park environment that would incorporate their values and continue to strengthen the community involvement. The results are breathtaking.
Tug Boat - Accessible In colaboration with Shane's Inspiration, we created this innovate universally accessible play environment located near Richmond's spectacular Olympic Oval. The city of Richmond is one of the official Venue Cities of the 2010 Winter Olympics. The structure designed to look like a life-size tugboat, includes 2 slides, an observation deck, a control room, a log ADA Transfer Platform, interactive sounds and a real bell to ring, all accessible by a ramp.
Guam Treefort Since Super Typhoon Pamela, Guam, a U.S. territory and home to a number of military bases, has stepped up it's construction codes. Almost all new construction requires... you guessed it, Concrete! Since Guam is located in what's known as "Typhoon Alley", they called upon us to create structures that provide not only unique design, but also long lasting durability! Pamela is no match for Cre8Play!