Natural playground ideas

Log stepping stones

Highland Montessori School | Austin's best preschool teachers all in one place | and an awesome playground!

Our good old fashioned Seesaw is a fabulous, low key, inexpensive natural play element that fascinates kids even today! We make them so if the child on the upside happens to fall off, the fall distance is short enough that you don’t need that ugly fall zone material! The neat thing is that these Seesaws are portable and can be moved and used anywhere! The kids can even move them (if they’re strong enough), so it becomes a portable play element over which the kids have total control! We shape…

I turned the woods behind our house into this fun backyard playground but using the trees and stumps to build swings and other play equipment. #backyarddiy #diyplayground #backyardplayground #diybackyard

Spring is almost here --- time to wake up from my hibernation and get these little cubs of mine outside! The warm sunshine never fails to make me want to spruce up our outdoor play spaces. We like to keep outdoor play, well, natural I suppose. So when I am planning outdoor play spaces for

As soon as the weather warms up, it’s time to say no to TV and phone, get the kids outside! If you’re lucky to own a sprawling property big enough for a kid’s

Looking for some ways to create a fun area that will keep your kids outdoors? Here's some ideas I'm loving for creating outdoor playscapes on the cheap!

The Outdoor Pikler from Pallets is an innovative and eco-friendly play structure designed to inspire imaginative and active play for children.

Create an amazing outdoor art studio your creative geniuses will love.