Dress up and Play Area for your Playroom

Just add a mirror a few hat hooks, a mini coat rack and your dress up area is a go!  I love watching the kids perform in front of the mirror.  You'll be surprise how it brings out the actress in you too ;-)

Fun Weather Station for your Playroom

This is a fun and cheap way to inspire the topic of weather and how we dress for it.  Found the boy and his clothes at Learning Palace.  I covered all in clear plastic shelf lining and added rings to hold the string.

I made the clouds out of cardboard and painted them white.  The weather signs are from printouts off the internet and placed them in these cute little frames.  We use this everyday!

Large Picture frames Repurposed as Activity Station for Kids Playroom

Here's a fun way to organize your play area.  Picked up these frames and removed the glass.  For the magnet, I cut metal to the size of the frame.  You can pick up a sheet from Home depot for close to nothing.  I created the chalk board by using chalk paint on the back part of the frame.  The last one is a felt activity.  Just cut out some felt to the size of the frame and hot glue around the sides.

The buckets below catch all the objects suited for each station.  I change the felt out weekly to cover new topics of interest.  We use the chalk board everyday!

This is a fun, cheap and easy way to organize and inspire !

Created the book shelf above the frames by using L brackets to suspend a strip of baseboard from the wall.  Total cost was $5!

Interactive Tree for your Play Room

I found this great tree decal at the Learning Palace.  

By placing velcro on every leaf, apple animal and flower it became a fun interactive tree. The kids love building the scene and telling stories.  I put a bucket nearby to collect and store all the props for the scene.

I change out the props to fit each season so the tree is in use all year long.  It offers a great opportunity to teach seasons, colors, animals etc.

Activity Cubes Repurposed!

We bought this activity cube at a yard sale for $1.  One of the sides were missing an important piece so the owner let it go for close to nothing.

I unscrewed all the sides, cut down a 2x2 beam into four pegs for each side and suspended them on the wall.  I used L brackets to support the pegs.  They are out of the way and the kids still play with them all the time.  Best part is, you can switch them out with other activities cubes of like size!

Water and Ball tunnels for your playarea

Our kids just love experimenting with gravity and water.  I made them these wall and deck activities with a quick stop at our local hardware store.

Here's a magnet ball and tunnel system.  I picked up a sheet of metal and used based board frames to create the border.  The tubes are made of clear ketchup dispensers and fastened together with electric tape.  I fastened the magnets to the back and lined the tubes up in various ways to create a fun and interactive play.

I call this tunnel system tulips and tunnels.  We combined the clear ketchup bottles with PVC pipes and connectors.  The tunnels are attached with grey plastic electrical fasteners. The tulips are attached with velcro so the kids can pick flowers. 

Here's another version where the ball catch more air before entering another tunnel

Clearly I'm addicted to PVC piping!  Here's another system I built off our deck.  This is a water one!  I attached a hose to the end and various on/off valves so the kids can have fun manipulating the water flow.  This has been a true life savor for many summer afternoons.

Another angle to see the layout.

Improved on system by converting to White PVC pipes.  It offers more pressure and I wanted to include a water gun show down feature.  The kids also have more experiments with how to manipulate the plumbing and water flow.