"We give a huge thank you to everyone involved, without it the school holidays would have been very hard. It's much appreciated."
Rotorua Hospital chaplain Allen Foote says the project started when Cath Mott, a care transition nurse, came to him just over a year ago and said there was a local autistic boy who needed a playhouse because he leaves the property.
He says he went to Bunnings who helped with providing timber, there were three financial donors and they got Menz Shed on board for the building.
"Menz Shed really came to the party and the things they do in the community are great."
Allen says autistic children need a lot of activity as well as the opportunity to calm themselves down, and the playhouse helped with both.
He says this is the sixth playhouse organised for a local child over 10 years.
"It's great to see the enjoyment on the faces of the kids when they get to use it."
Rotorua Community Menz Shed chairman Don Hawke says he got talking to Allen about Menz Shed when he spent a lot of time at the hospital last year.
Allen told him about how they were trying to help James and he said Menz Shed would build it.
Don says they decided they could improve on the original plan and about seven men took part in the building of it. He says most of them had never made one before.