Dirt pile for kids outdoor play

Questions About Digging in the Dirt

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 playhouse and outdoor game activities, you make some DIY ideas for your kids, such as an outdoor music station, a tent, a DIY mud kitchen, a miniature racetrack with a full course.

Planning a playdate for your kids? Check out these low-cost games and activities inspired by creative parents. They'll keep kids entertained for hours!

I just spent 45 minutes sitting on an electric meter watching my boys play on a big dirt pile. I had plenty of time to think about all the toys that my boys received for birthdays and holidays and special occasions and how none of them have come close to absorbing, engaging and entertaining them …

Make some outdoor sensory play areas for toddlers and preschoolers with these two simple ideas; a DIY sand box and a gravel pit construction site! We are huge fans of outdoor play and learning and spend a lot of time in our garden or the woods and parks near our home. Because we live in...Read More »

When building our garden area, we also decided on a dirt pit area because it's so good for kids development to let kids play in the dirt.

He doesn't know I'm watching. Tomorrow we'll get more sand to fill it a bit deeper. It seemed like enough when he just had a sand bucket to play with.

“You want to make a mud pit…on purpose…in our yard?!?” I can imagine your spouse yelling as you try to present the idea of creating a mud pit in your backyard, but hear me out… We kind of made our mud pit on accident when we were trying to cover a dirt hill with sod […]