Outdoor Play Generator

Stuck for outdoor play ideas? I’ve got you!
Use our randomised play idea generator with over 30 outdoor play ideas and have some fun with your little one!

From the recycling bin

Tube Binoculars

Tape two cardboard tubes together and voila, a pair of binoculars, then off you go to see what you can spot.

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Homemade water wall made from recycled bottles and a funnel taped to an outdoor chair
18 ideas Boxes & bottles

From the recycling bin

Bottle skittles, a water wall, box slides and a cereal box letterbox. Your next afternoon of play is already sitting in the bin.

Child scooping rice with wooden spoons in a tub on a picnic rug outside
15 ideas Pour, scoop, stir

From the kitchen

A muffin tray colour hunt, a foam cafe, frozen toy rescues and wooden spoon golf, all from the drawers you already own.

Children building a small stick house on the grass with leaves and bark
14 ideas Sticks & stones

Nature & loose parts

Stick houses, leaf kebabs, a snail hotel and cloud watching. Everything you need is lying on the ground outside.