Outdoor Play space gives kids a chance to do some physical activities, encourages them to love nature, and gives them a chance to do something creative in the fresh air.
You can help them develop problem-solving skills in an outdoor garden. But the average big square of grass, while excellent for soccer matches, doesn’t provide much inspiration for little ones looking for adventure.
If you have the room, could you add connected nooks and crannies designed to pique curiosity and support imagination?
Please look at the 15 best ideas to get you started, from burbling brooks and play meadows to fairy homes.
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Outdoor Chalkboard
A big chalkboard held tight to a fence or an outside divider can keep kids busy. Need to try something somewhat different? Hang Plexiglas instead, and let kids paint it with washable gum-based paint and shaving cream. You can wash everything directly off with a hose, so you can reuse the Plexiglas as often as you need.
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Sensory Table with Shade
If you have preschoolers, you’ve presumably spotted a sensory table at their school. These kid-stature tables are intended to be loaded with water, sand, or different materials (like dry beans) that kids will appreciate sticking their little hands in.
Spot the table in a shady region or use an umbrella to shield little ones from the sun as they play. On hot days, try putting vast chunks of ice shaded with food shade in the water table and letting kids play with it as it melts.
You can add a picnic shelter for kids to have fun with the family.
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Burbling Brook
A touch of running water can make your lawn feel miles from progress. The sound of a running stream, the vibe of cold water on hot feet, and curious hands please adults and children alike.
Remember that with little youngsters at home, any water play, even shallow water, must be supervised, as shown here.
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Tree-stump Stepping Stones
Common tree stumps are a fabulous lawn accessory for kids.
Line them up to make a roundabout stepping stone way, or hover them around for a seating zone. Smaller wood slices make extraordinary stepping stones for minimal youngsters.
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Butterfly Garden
You can encourage your kids to love nature by attracting caterpillars and butterflies to your yard by planting purple coneflower, milkweed, and other butterfly-friendly plants.
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Play Meadow
Sometimes ordinary grass is beautiful, yet if you are burnt out on cutting, why not take a stab at something else? Some ground covers can give a soft, springy surface that kids love running on, and they require almost no cutting.
If you want to keep the grass, consider how much of the garden your kids use. A minor fix might be elegant, leaving more room for innovative elements like water, sand, and edibles.
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Outdoor Chalkboard with Rock Climbing Holds
Add an ordinary chalkboard wall with a few small holes for rock climbing. Just make sure kids don’t draw below while other children climb!
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Truck Play Zone
Any free space in the garden can be quite easily turned into a “Play Zone” for toy trucks, slides, swings, etc. Leave a patch of dirt bare and plunk down some vehicles and digging tools.
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Edible Beds with Inviting Paths
Kids get excited about eating vegetables when they’ve grown them on their terrace.
Growing a blend of fun edibles (like sugar snap peas and mint), soft and touchable plants (like sheep’s ear), and fresh flowers implied for cutting means there is always something interesting to do in the garden.
Stock a territory close by with kid-size watering cans and make stamped paths, so kids realize where to walk (and where not to).
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Garden Art
Vivid sculptures and statues tucked into shrouded nooks and crannies throughout the garden please children. Kids can also design the garden by painting rocks and making plant markers.
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Natural Play Area
A small uncovered area filled with sand and circumscribed by ordinary stones makes an intriguing play area for little youngsters.
To finish the scene, include other discovered characteristic elements, such as logs, wood slices, and plastic animals.
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Sandpit Now, veggie bed later
If you would prefer not to submit to a sandbox in the lawn for all time, build a raised veggie bed and fill it with sand instead. When your children are more established, you can pull the sand out and fill the bed with soil.
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Fairy House
Small children are charmed by other little things, and the possibility of a garden fairy house can be uniquely engaging.
You can get them.
However, it serves to be progressively enjoyable (and is more cost-effective) to make one yourself using discovered appropriate materials.
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Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse
Inspire imaginative play with a rustic tree house or with a musical playset made for outdoor adventures and fun.
This one was made using scrap wood and includes a pail on a pulley, ideal for passing secret messages and other items to those in the tree house.
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Camp-Style Entertainment Zone
A classic fire pit and outdoor table are gathering areas that the whole family can enjoy together. Having a casual, welcoming open-air space like this makes it all the more appealing to have lunch outdoors in a decent climate or to head back outside after supper for s’mores and songs around a blazing pit fire.
Just know that the ashes stay hot in fire pits for a long time, so ward off kids, regardless of whether it’s been some time since the last fire.
