Making the outdoors of your home more lively for children

Bringing the outdoors of home to use is one task you might enjoy doing with your children. Making this space more lively and useful can be fun. As a mother you try to keep your children safe and secure inside your home but at some point and time you need them to get healthy and fit so you have to take them outdoors. If you have an outdoor space make it interesting so they play with you there. Do the basics of the outdoor setup yourself and try to make the space more spacious and green start with the following steps:

• Add greenery

Add greenery to the outdoor setting to make it look more cozy and lively while you enjoy your evenings there. Add more colorful pots to bring a pop of color. You can also take help from your young ones so they plant and enjoy the activity with you.

• Light it up

Put beautiful lighting to make it cozier and to enjoy the vibe of your self-created outdoor. For this you can use outdoor lamps or even fairy lights. 

• Add a pergola

Add a pergola it may bring a between space feeling while connecting to you to the indoor of your house. Pergolas are cost effective as well since they give you an indoor touch and you can create a room like effect to it. Pergola cost can be reduced if you insert it while building you house initially. You can use this space by putting a barbeque setup here at a corner and fully utilize the space.  

• Outdoor sitting 

Insert an outdoor sitting so children do not only use the outdoor space to play physically but also read, write and play with colors utilizing the sitting space. 

Set up wooden chairs and table to give an aesthetic look.

• Play area 

To make this outdoors space more interesting adds playful elements to it. Like play area tiles near a trampoline so they exert and enjoy at the same time.  Put a slide or swing so they can have all the play area fun at home. 

• Set up a fence

The fence around your outdoor garden should not look like a barrier to your children. It should be colorful all over with a black board induced in between where you can write simple and beautiful sayings to teach them good things or you can even teach them lessons their to make it more interesting.  

• Build a tree house

To give your children a feeling of ownership and joy at the same time, build them a tree house. A tree house where they can keep all their toys and decorate it anyway they like.  You can add colors to the exterior of this tree house to make it go with your outdoor set up. 

• Reuse

Reuse the household items being ignored and do your own kids size furniture. Make lamps and cute small handcrafted items along with your children and place it in the outdoor setup.