Backyard Play Area Ideas

[MummyNaomi]

Tis OK PRMG, its only a little section, will still have heaps of lovely soft grass, I promise!!

[Maruschke]

Will blackboard paint work in the weather? We did it inside and it is AWESOME! I don't regret it at all.

[Lily Dust]

We are in the process of making toadstools for the garden for DD. They look pretty cool and DD is smitten with them. Ive also seen a really cool little racetrack made with old tyres and a small amount of cement (hope to do that soon too). Sounds like its going to be an awesome area!

[MummyNaomi]

I think so, as its washable, but might check the tin first

[Cassius2]

One of the bestest things that i ever saw for a play area was in this house that we were inspecting to buy a few years ago where they had put up some wood board thingo at kid height on the fence and had drilled an old wall telephone on it, an old computer keyboard and a whole bunch of locks with the chain thingos etc. This is probably more suited to pre primary school ages, but a cool and largely inexpensive idea!

[Phteven]

Matting can get uncomfortable hot in summer and fine bark gets into shoes and clothes and then ends up all over everywhere. I'd stick to grass.

A cover for the sandpit is a must have or it will end up being a toilet for every cat on the block.

In summer some kind of water play is lots of fun and cools everyone down. There are water play tables you can buy or you could just make your own with a bit of imagination and a few tubs, buckets and bottles. My boys are happy to spend hours moving a few buckets of water about the place and in the evening you can pour it out on what ever part of the garden needs it most.

[Amity]

I'm having a chess board paved into my yard. About 2.4m square. And buying 16inch tall chess pieces for them to play with.

Lots of other things can be played on a paved area that size, too.

[Maruschke]

Matting can get uncomfortable hot in summer and fine bark gets into shoes and clothes and then ends up all over everywhere. I'd stick to grass.

A cover for the sandpit is a must have or it will end up being a toilet for every cat on the block.

In summer some kind of water play is lots of fun and cools everyone down. There are water play tables you can buy or you could just make your own with a bit of imagination and a few tubs, buckets and bottles. My boys are happy to spend hours moving a few buckets of water about the place and in the evening you can pour it out on what ever part of the garden needs it most.

Rethink the sandpit!

Everyone loves them, but sand doesn't stay in the sandpit! It is so frustrating!

[Phteven]

Rethink the sandpit!

Everyone loves them, but sand doesn't stay in the sandpit! It is so frustrating!

That. I will never have a sandpit again. I got so sick of having sand in my house.