Seating

[Mom2TLE]

What do you have for seating? I've tried various different thing and have not loved any of them.
Bean bags get drug around, fought over, and jumped on.
Child sized couches, I spent a small fortune on these

http://www.wayfair.com/A-Child-Supply-Cassidy-Kids-Sofa-Set-HN-Y323-YAP1072.html

And the kids climb over them, lay on them, stand on the backs and they are ripping and so I took them out.
I had a Futon type click clack couch but they climbed in the back and ripped the fabric plus it was the most uncomfortable thing in the world like sitting on spring.
What works for you guys?

[Blackcat31]

None.

I have a table and chair set in my kitchen center the kids can use and I have a large stop sign shaped table with small chairs for eating/crafts but as far as the living room or area where the kids hang out....I have NO seating.

They just ruined it, treated it poorly, tipped things over or threw it around so I don't have anything now.

[Heidi]

How about a twin sized bed and box spring with no frame? Maybe you know a kiddo who's moved on to a bigger bed, and you can get a used one?

Cover with an old quilt (or make one that fits your style), throw some pillows on, and Tada! you have a cozy corner?

Or, maybe a Goodwill couch with a blanket cover?

[CraftyMom]

right now I just have some bolster pillows on the floor. They just sit and play on the floor.

I have a kids' table that I currently tip on it's side when we aren't eating or doing crafts because they climb and jump.

I have a large "butterfly" shaped chair folding chair that has gotten taken away more times than I can count for them flipping it over and tearing the padded cover off

In the living room we have a love seat, recliner and full couch that the dcks are currently not allowed on. They have all lost that privilege. Every time I give them the privilege back they lose it again within minutes by climbing, jumping, etc.

ETA: my dck's are all 3 and under and mostly boys. They're starting to get it, when they see me give them the look they quickly sit down and apologize.

[TaylorTots]

A couch that we were given when my DH's great aunt passed away and two hand me down recliners (I really want to get rid of these as they take up SO MUCH SPACE in our tiny area but....it feels SO GOOD to put your feet up after a long day......)

We would love nice furniture but since DC is in the main living area, it just isn't smart or realistic.


DCK don't jump or climb on the furniture here. That took months of work but it was worth it.

[kendallina]

Child sized table and six chairs and the floor.

[cheerfuldom]

I have tried a ton of things as well.....

The kids loved the beanbags but fought over and dragged them around.
I don't let the daycare kids on our family furniture.
I have two adult sized upholstered chairs in our playroom but the daycare kids aren't allowed on them.
I have a futon from Ikea that is in there that they are allowed on but they rarely get on.
I have a kid sized long folding table that we use occasionally
I have two of the Little Tikes table and chairs sets that do get pulled from the room sometimes from the kids rearranging them constantly
I have a terrible time with the kids trying to climb into the doll sized high chairs...might have to get rid of those chairs.
I also had a crib mattress (covered) in our reading area and that only worked well when attendance was low or if it was just my kids playing there otherwise the kids would fit over that space and the pillows on it.
I just bought a kid sized recliner that I am going to try out in our reading nook

[llpa]

I have a couple of small tables w two stools each and a larger table for art activities, otherwise it's the floor

[Sunshine74]

We have 6 of these chairs (which we got second-hand)


They are fantastic- lightweight, durable, multi-use.

[coolconfidentme]

DC playroom has a small little tikes table & chair set. Dinning room has 3 little tikes picnic tables & one rubbermaid picnic table. Living room has a futon with a sheet fitted over it I wash every other weekend. (I do not live at my DC.)

[childcaremom]

None.

I have a table and chair set in my kitchen center the kids can use and I have a large stop sign shaped table with small chairs for eating/crafts but as far as the living room or area where the kids hang out....I have NO seating.

They just ruined it, treated it poorly, tipped things over or threw it around so I don't have anything now.

This is my set up, as well. I have a long table and chairs for our activities and colouring, and a smaller table and chair for puzzles in the daycare area. We eat and do our crafts at our family table in the dining room. In the daycare area I have one large floor cushion plus a few smaller ones for kids to sit on. Upstairs, in our family area, the dcks are not allowed on our furniture. Have never been so it's never an issue.

The only time my group sits is to read or during circle, so the cushions are perfect for their needs.

[Play Care]

None.

I have a table and chair set in my kitchen center the kids can use and I have a large stop sign shaped table with small chairs for eating/crafts but as far as the living room or area where the kids hang out....I have NO seating.

They just ruined it, treated it poorly, tipped things over or threw it around so I don't have anything now.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one! It doesn't matter what group I have, child sized furniture has been a nightmare. I do have my family couches and I would LOVE to ban them from sitting on them but don't really know how to enforce it. I have had major issues with kids standing on and jumping on my furniture and I'm so sick of it. I wonder if they are allowed to do it at home?!

[Unregistered]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one! It doesn't matter what group I have, child sized furniture has been a nightmare. I do have my family couches and I would LOVE to ban them from sitting on them but don't really know how to enforce it. I have had major issues with kids standing on and jumping on my furniture and I'm so sick of it. I wonder if they are allowed to do it at home?!

I do think a lot of kids are allowed to do this at home.
I use small furniture for specific things, for limited times. Then it goes back on a shelf or in a closet. I have vinyl covered foam chairs - those work for the longest time and sometimes I have them out for weeks at a time without a problem. But if there's repeated misuse, I remove and store it. I have small chairs that I take out only for "craft table" at preschool.

We do have a small table and chairs in the kitchen and those don't get put away

For my adult furniture, I let kids on it until the first infraction of the day. Then I say: Get off the couch/chair. If they make a move to go up again, I say, Off the couch/chair. That's all I need to say anymore. I don't make explanations, because the explanations didn't work, and I got tired of saying the same long thing over and over for no effect. They seem to know they are banned and why, even the two year olds ::
Off the couch. Off the couch. Off the chair. Off the chair ::

[Unregistered]

Oh, meant to say that my vinyl chairs are velcroed to the floor
I have a tile floor in the play area and use heavy duty velcro. It works!
Because chairs that get tossed around the room by four year olds are not useful or safe, even when made of foam and vinyl.

[e.j.]

My dc kids sit on their bums on the floor to play. I've tried child-size table and chair sets but the younger kids tend to fall off the chairs and the older kids like to climb and stand on them. They sit at my dining room table to eat and do crafts.