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!
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!
Backyard Slingshot from Rogue Engineer
The Happy Treehouse from Made With Happy
DIY Splash Pad from Little White House Blog
Music Wall from Pre K + K Sharing- this is actually much easier to make than it looks!
Rope Ladder Treehouse from Treehouse Life
Outdoor Chalkboard from Project Denneler
Zip-line Treehouse from Homesteading
Bulldozer Playground from DIY All In One
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.
Sailboat Sandbox from Ana White
Backyard Race Car Track from The WHOot
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 :).
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!
Linda says
Fun ideas! Do they last in rain and snow? If not how do u preserve them? Do u cover till winter is over?
Toni - Design Dazzle says
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.
Vera says
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!
Toni - Design Dazzle says
Cute control board! So awesome being creative for your kiddos!
Boago says
Nice brilliant
Toni Roberts says
Fun ideas for sure!