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!
Hi there! Stopping by from Nibble by Nic. What creative ideas! We can definitely use a few now that warmer weather is upon us.
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!
wonderful ideas!! thanks!
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!
Great ideas, but I can’t find any building plans/instructioins.
Love your site but there are too many ads and make it so I don’t want to visit it.
Wow, those are some fun ideas! I love the idea of twister in the yard.
Some wonderful ideas. Great post Jenn.
Nice and interesting article, thank you for sharing. Please keep on blogging.
Thanks