If you’re looking to get your kids outside more often, you might want to think about installing a tree swing in your yard. It may look complicated, but it’s easy to learn how to build one yourself.

Find your spot on the limb, at least three feet from the trunk, but not so far that it sags under your weight. Prepare your rope with an eye splice* to make a loop in one end. Toss the eye splice over ...

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I’m not sure what was less appealing: shelling out a grand for one of those awful-looking cedar swing sets my kids insisted they must have, or the thought of wading through its Bible-thick manual.

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