Spring has FINALLY arrived here in Michigan (knock on wood, we will probably have a snow day in June). Snow or no snow, my head is already moving ahead to summer and backyard fun!
I shared some ideas this winter for some fun indoor activities (you may want to keep these on hand in case of a yucky rainy day)… now on to the good one’s ….. FUN BACKYARD IDEAS.

These fun DIY backyard ideas will make summertime a blast!
Granted, give a kid a bicycle or a ball and they don’t need much more than that to have fun outside, but these ideas are as much fun for us as they are for our kids!! Why not give some of them a try!!! YAY – can’t wait for summer!!!
Make Your Own Bubble Recipe and Giant Wand from Red Tent Art

DIY Lawn Twister from You Plus Me For Always

Backyard Race Track from Better Homes and Gardens

DIY Backyard Scrabble from Sunset.com

PVC Backyard Bike Carwash from Apartment Therapy

DIY Outdoor Chalkboard from Project Denneler

DIY Slip & Slide from Little Hands Big Work

Water Balloon Pinata from Scrap Happy Heather
DIY PVC Backyard Movie Theater from PVC Plans

Deck Slide from New Millennium Builders

Build Your Own Zipline from How Does She

DIY Spray Chalk from Thirty Hand Made Days

Raining out??? Check out these Fun Indoor Activities!!

Looking for some other great outdoor activities? Check out some of these great ideas!
Make your own chalk – only three ingredients and you can pick any shape you choose!

Backyard Lighting Ideas – add some ambiance to your backyard with these affordable outdoor lighting ideas!
Nice and interesting article, thank you for sharing. Please keep on blogging.
Thanks
Some wonderful ideas. Great post Jenn.
Wow, those are some fun ideas! I love the idea of twister in the yard.
Love your site but there are too many ads and make it so I don’t want to visit it.
Great ideas, but I can’t find any building plans/instructioins.
Our kids are grown up, but we used to let them:
Mow “mazes” in the grass (sometimes to run around in, and sometimes to make interesting croquet set ups;
Build obstacle courses using things from around the yard and house;
We gave them a bunch of PVC pipes and joints so that they had this oversized “tinker toy” set. They would build all sorts of structures with it – sometimes they could attach a hose to their final creation to make fountains and sprinklers.
Give your kids a box of stuff and let them get creative.
LOVE these ideas, Linda!!! Thanks for sharing!
wonderful ideas!! thanks!
Hi Jenn – what fun ideas, these totally make me want it to be summer right now! Thanks so much for sharing at Best of the Weekend and pinned. Hope you’re having a great Monday and have a happy week!
Hi there! Stopping by from Nibble by Nic. What creative ideas! We can definitely use a few now that warmer weather is upon us.