24 Fun Outdoor DIY Projects That Will Keep Your Kids Entertained This Summer

Woohooo! Summer is fast approaching and I’m pretty excited! So excited in fact I think I may be getting a little carried away… Here’s why! In the last couple of weeks I’ve bought my son a huge trampoline, attempted a BBQ, mowed the garden (joke, I just watched the hubby do it from the side lines), featured some amazing outdoor projects on the blog , thought about cleaning the house windows  and basically a whole lot of other summery ‘to dos’ even though Summer isn’t officially here yet . Too much?

 

Maybe so …. but I refuse to feel guilty about it. More often than not, Summer in the UK  can  be fleeting, short lived and disappointing? Thats why it’s absolutely necessary to start the season early and just get out there! My son is turning four this year and I really want to make this a summer he wont forget.

 

So, I’ve been looking for and collecting different ideas and projects that I can make to keep him entertained in our back garden. I have found some pretty amazing ideas from fellow bloggers that have got me all childlike excited inside (Hopefully these sort of excitement levels are catching?! I’ve used the word ‘excited’ more than enough times!) As always, please  click on the highlighted text to take you straight to each direct source for the tutorial. 

 

Here goes

 

Fun Outdoor DIY Projects That Will Keep Your Kids Entertained This Summer

 

1. Build a pallet mud kitchen via prodigal Pieces

 

2. And dont forget the DIY mud kitchen food via Munchkins and Moms that you just need to have with it!

 

3. Build a  lemonade stand via Simple Kierste

 

4. Make a giant outdoor Kerplunk game via Design Dazzle

 

5. Create a construction site gravel via The Imagination Tree

 

 

6. Make a giant outdoor chalkboard via Hey There Home

 

7. Make DIY yard dice via Blue Is Style

 

8. Make a race car track via The Whoot

 

9. Create a tic tac toe game from an old tree stump via Chicken Scratch NY

 

10. Design a tree swing via Scattered Thoughts Of A Crafty Mom

 

 

11. Put together a rainbow hopskotch via Happiness Is Homemade

 

12. Build a bowling lane via Handmade With Ashley

 

13. Make an outdoor car garage via Mom Endeavors

 

14. Build a tree house via Made With Happy

 

15. Or a mini outdoor tent via Adventure in a Box might be a little easier

 

 

 

16. Make water mini blobs via Hello Wonderful

 

17. Make a DIY water wall via Mama OT

 

18. Create a DIY climbing wall via Impatiently Crafty

 

19. Make a Pallet reading nook sling via Zelfmaak

 

20. Build a giant connect four game Via Andreas NoteBook

 

 

21. Make a Fairy garden via Farmhouse Made

 

22. Build an in the ground trampoline via All Things Thrifty

 

23. Build a DIY outdoor Movie screen via Running With Scissors

 

24. Turn a book shelf into a sandbox via The Home I Have Made

 

Have any of these projects given you any ideas this summer. I’ll be making the car race track ..how about you? 

 

 

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