My friend, Kasey, had a little girl that had to have hip surgery. She was in a spica cast for 12 weeks! If you don't know what a spica cast is, google it. You'll get the idea. Because of how this cast is, she couldn't sit in a regular chair. You can buy spica tables or chairs, but they aren't cheap. Kasey asked if I would build her a spica chair/table. I couldn't find a single one that showed any type of information on how to build one. So I created my own plan and made this one for her. Her daughter loved it! She healed up, cast off and they have since passed the table on to several other families.

This table/chair makes it easy for children in spica casts to comfortably do normal things that are often difficult to do while in a cast.

And now you can make your own! These are very easy to follow step-by-step instructions with pictures in a downloadable pdf file.

This plan with it's measurements would be great for kids up to 3 years old. Have fun building! And good luck to all of the families out there dealing with this issue!

You can download the plans HERE

Austynn's Spica Table/Chair

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I have been receiving the nicest emails with the kindest words from folks about this tutorial. It makes my day hearing from everyone! Even as I'm typing this I have a big stupid smile on my face. lol! I am so glad this is helping people! These photos are from Chris in Tennessee. Love this! Thank you so much for sharing!
For all the parents dealing with this right now, hang in there! And keep writing! Love hearing from folks!
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What folks are saying:
I just wanted to send you a quick message to say THANK YOU for the post on how to make a spica table!! I have saved it on my desktop as my little boy is going to have hip surgery and will be going into a spica in the summer. I have researched companies that make these but I just can’t afford to buy one so we are going to make one however there or NO instructions online, then I stumbled across your post. You have literally saved my life (or should I say my poor husbands who has to make it lol)
We are going to now follow your instructions so thank you so so so much!!!!
-Charlotte, England

I wanted to send you a thank you.. We are on day 5 of the Spica cast with our 2 year old. Struggling, I went looking for ideas to help her the best I could to be her self , play, be comfortable, and be safe. The plans , descriptions and photos you provided allowed me to provide that.. I was able to make this table in half of a day and let the paint dry that night and she was playing in it the next day. Up until that point we were all miserable. I wanted to Thank You for putting this information out there for people like me. I'll be happy to send photos of you would like them just let me know where to send them to.

Thank you for helping my baby and my family.
-Chris, Tennessee

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By Kelly Boothroyd

This table/chair makes it easy for children in spica casts to comfortably do normal things that are often difficult to do while in a cast.

And now you can make your own! These are very easy to follow step-by-step instructions with pictures in a downloadable pdf file.

This plan with it's measurements would be great for kids up to 3 years old. Have fun building! And good luck to all of the families out there dealing with this issue!

You can download the plans HERE

Austynn's Spica Table/Chair

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Yellow House in the Sticks