Backyard fun: 10 Creative Ideas to Make an Outdoor Oasis for Kids this Summer Apartment Therapy

Leave plastic animals in a bin outside (near the garden, next to the sandbox, next to a patch of trees, etc) -- when children go outside to play, they them and let their imagination.forward to playing outside

A lovely poem to promote outside play… Dirt on my shirt! Think I might have this book… To many to keep track of jeff foxworthy poem book I think

Outdoor Planter Projects Tons of ideas Tutorials! Including these simple pallet planters from creative homemaking. - Fescue 2 The Rescue!

Outdoor play area - Homemade water board for the water area of my Childcare setting! Really easy to make, looks great and a big hit with the children!

(with food colored water) Strengthen grip and control while painting. Could make it extra educational by adding letters, numbers, or sight words for students to spray as they are called out.

Colour mixing with paint & different tools at Childminding Watford Playful Minds (",)Tuff spots

32 Of The Best DIY Backyard Games You Will Ever Play - not interested in all these. But there's definitely a couple I'll try with the boys this summer! Summer fun for the kids!

Try using a variety of different resources in old tyres, sand, mud, pebbles, grass.

let the children play: imaginative play in a tyre. Great idea for natural small world play, will go great next to my new fairy garden!

outdoor 20 mud kitchen ideas in mini decoration 2 with outdoor kitchen mud kitchen inspiration best of. Maybe we could trellis mini pumpkins over the kitchen area, would add shade and fun.

Kids need a "cool" kitchen to play in too! DIY Outdoor Mud Pie Kitchen Set -- hours of pretend play fun!

Today in the Mud Kitchen - a simple tuff spot set-up

pallet garden for herbs

A great use for old crates - children can build giant block structures that they can fit inside. In this case, the children can have a part in building their own playground.