This Toronto father spent three weeks designing and building a playset from scratch for his daughter.<br /><br />Chris Chimienti produced this playset after all the toy shops sold out due to the COVID-19 pandemic and all the local parks were out of use.<br /><br />Footage shows Chimienti construction process from start to finish where he is seen measuring and cutting pieces of timber and then constructing them over a three week period in June this year.<br /><br />Chimienti explained: "With the spread of COVID-19 and the subsequent closure of local parks and public spaces, I couldn't bring my daughter out to enjoy a summer day at the playground. <br /><br />"When searching for playsets online, it seemed that everyone else wanted to do the same thing as everything was out of stock. <br /><br />"Hoping to make her summer special, I set out to bring the playground home by designing and building her a playset in our own backyard instead of buying one. <br /><br />"Lumber was still readily available and so were individual swings and a few other small parts. <br /><br />"I also managed to pick up a slide from a co-worker whose kids were older and had outgrown it. <br /><br />"In a few afternoons, I had her new playground built and ready for her to enjoy! <br /><br />"I wanted to share my design with other parents to hopefully inspire them to build one too if they can't find them in stock during this pandemic. <br /><br />"Hopefully more kids still get to enjoy their summer despite the lockdowns and closures!"<br /> <br />16-month-old daughter, Alexandria, was thrilled with the result and can even communicate with her parents through sign language that she has been taught by her mother.<br /><br />Alexandria uses sign language to tell her parents that she wants to play on the swing, which is her favourite feature.<br /><br />"[The] first thing she does in the morning is: go to the back window and point out to the swing in the yard and tell us she wants to go play with it," Chimienti also said.
