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    Design Dazzle » Kids

    Published: Jul 7, 2017 · Modified: May 16, 2022 by Whit Johnson · This post may contain affiliate links · 6 Comments

    14 Creative Play Areas For Kids

    I don’t know about you, but as my kids were growing up the most dreaded phrase that I never wanted to hear was “I’m bored.” I always tried to have fun activities and educational tasks for my kids all summer long. But it was inevitable that I would hear that phrase at least once during the summer months and I never grew to like it :). If you’re looking for some extra fun ways to get your kids out of the house and enjoying the beautiful summer sunshine, then this post is for you! Here are 14 extremely creative and fun play areas for your kids that are sure to zap all the boredom from their brains! Enjoy and happy summertime!

    Here are 14 extremely creative and fun play areas for your kids that will sure to zap all the boredom from their brains! Enjoy and happy summertime! | Design Dazzle

    Here are 14 extremely creative and fun play areas for your kids that will sure to zap all the boredom from their brains! Enjoy and happy summertime! | Design Dazzle

    Bike Tracks from Playscape Constructions- what a cool and creative idea! If you have a lot of grass that you’re not sure what to do with, this is the answer!

    Here are 14 extremely creative and fun play areas for your kids that will sure to zap all the boredom from their brains! Enjoy and happy summertime! | Design Dazzle

    Backyard Slingshot from Rogue Engineer

    Here are 14 extremely creative and fun play areas for your kids that will sure to zap all the boredom from their brains! Enjoy and happy summertime! | Design Dazzle

    The Happy Treehouse from Made With Happy

    Here are 14 extremely creative and fun play areas for your kids that will sure to zap all the boredom from their brains! Enjoy and happy summertime! | Design Dazzle

    DIY Splash Pad from Little White House Blog

    Here are 14 extremely creative and fun play areas for your kids that will sure to zap all the boredom from their brains! Enjoy and happy summertime! | Design Dazzle

    Music Wall from Pre K + K Sharing- this is actually much easier to make than it looks!

    Here are 14 extremely creative and fun play areas for your kids that will sure to zap all the boredom from their brains! Enjoy and happy summertime! | Design Dazzle

    Rope Ladder Treehouse from Treehouse Life

    Here are 14 extremely creative and fun play areas for your kids that will sure to zap all the boredom from their brains! Enjoy and happy summertime! | Design Dazzle

    Outdoor Chalkboard from Project Denneler

    Here are 14 extremely creative and fun play areas for your kids that will sure to zap all the boredom from their brains! Enjoy and happy summertime! | Design Dazzle

    Zip-line Treehouse from Homesteading

    Here are 14 extremely creative and fun play areas for your kids that will sure to zap all the boredom from their brains! Enjoy and happy summertime! | Design Dazzle

    Bulldozer Playground from DIY All In One

    Here are 14 extremely creative and fun play areas for your kids that will sure to zap all the boredom from their brains! Enjoy and happy summertime! | Design Dazzle

    How To Make a Tire Swing from eHow- these tire swings are so cool. I love that you can paint them in anyway you want! The kids would probably love designing their own tire swing.

    Here are 14 extremely creative and fun play areas for your kids that will sure to zap all the boredom from their brains! Enjoy and happy summertime! | Design Dazzle

    Sailboat Sandbox from Ana White

    Here are 14 extremely creative and fun play areas for your kids that will sure to zap all the boredom from their brains! Enjoy and happy summertime! | Design Dazzle

    Backyard Race Car Track from The WHOot

    Here are 14 extremely creative and fun play areas for your kids that will sure to zap all the boredom from their brains! Enjoy and happy summertime! | Design Dazzle

    Build a Children’s Arbor Bench from The Crafting Chicks- what an ADORABLE outdoor toy! This is one that I wouldn’t mind having in my backyard at all :).

    Here are 14 extremely creative and fun play areas for your kids that will sure to zap all the boredom from their brains! Enjoy and happy summertime! | Design Dazzle

    Build a Mound Slide from The Empowered Educator

    I wish that I would have had such fun and creative ideas for my kids when they were younger! Which one is your favorite?

    I know that my kids were always starving after playing most of the day. A favorite food for my kiddos was tater tots! Do you know that a super easy and delicious casserole is tater tot casserole?  Try it and see how much you love it!

     

     

     

     

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    1. Linda says

      July 30, 2017 at 6:35 pm

      Fun ideas! Do they last in rain and snow? If not how do u preserve them? Do u cover till winter is over?

      Reply
      • Toni - Design Dazzle says

        August 14, 2017 at 2:15 pm

        Linda – It depends on which play area. Anything with fabric – I would purchase sunbrella type fabric and I would remove it for the winter. We’ve had a wood playset in our backyard that was built approximately 18 years ago and we live in snow country. It still works and looks pretty decent. It does need some fresh paint. So I guess it depends on a few factors.

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    2. Vera says

      June 09, 2020 at 6:08 pm

      These Music Wall and Splash Wall are great. I also made an activity board in my son’s favorite outdoor nook, we made it like a control board / panel with a steering wheel 🙂 wrote about it here: https://oyboystuff.com/busy-boards/outdoor-busy-board-for-pokemon-lover/

      Seriously in love with the slingshot idea, thanks for sharing!

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      • Toni - Design Dazzle says

        June 18, 2020 at 9:47 pm

        Cute control board! So awesome being creative for your kiddos!

        Reply
    3. Boago says

      November 02, 2024 at 5:47 am

      Nice brilliant

      Reply
      • Toni Roberts says

        November 08, 2024 at 8:03 pm

        Fun ideas for sure!

        Reply

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