I would love to share with you our patio outside set up for play on a budget. Free open-ended play is one of the most essential aspects of the child’s growth and development. They take control over their discoveries, they learn to transform into reality their thoughts and their dreams through their environment. Everything I do for my child at home is driven by the principles of the Montessori philosophy. I also get an incredible amount of inspiration from Reggio’s pedagogy. I created this outside open-ended play set up with a few goals in mind:
– encourage my child to spend more time outside
– create space that reflects her interests
– nature-driven and centered
– allows messy play
– encourages open-ended play
– easy to set up
– easel for painting and drawing






This is beautiful! I love your setup so much, especially that reading area! It makes me so excited to move to our new home, to set up an area like this 🙂 We have a water/sand table that we got towards the end of summer, but didn't have a chance to use that much yet. I really like how you put yours in a sand pit, too. I'll have to convince my hubby to build us one! We have our easel indoors at the moment, but I'll certainly be bringing that out next summer. Never thought to do that before.
Thank you so much, Yuliya, for your kind words!!! I love using simple tools to create fun spaces for play. I am so glad you were inspired!
so many fun and easy ideas! thanks!
What a great set up! My son would love the dinosaur set up 🙂
Thank you so much for stopping by!
Thank you 🙂 Dinos are out favourite too!
This is so beautiful! How do you protect these things from being damaged? Bring the books and easel inside every night? Thanks!