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Two Peace Corps volunteers and some old tires sparked a word-of-mouth wave of DIY playgrounds in North Africa. By Elizabeth Moreno Bouarfa, Morocco was not what Josh Jentzsch had in mind when he signed up for the Peace Corps. “It’s cold,” he told me over a crackling Skype connection. Dry, barren, empty, and rural. “It […]

How one playground in rural Thailand sparked an open-source movement of play across 72 countries by Marcus Veerman (Founder & CEO of Playground Ideas) and staff Playground Ideas was born by sheer accident. When my wife Willow agreed to marry me in 2006, it was on the condition that we would spend a portion of […]

By Reilly Bergin Wilson Based on close observations of four young children, I have garnered some conclusions on the allure of dirt. Dirt is a living substance through which young children not only explore, but actively shape the world they inhabit. There are hidden treasures to be uncovered, such as a worms and the roots of […]

Tha Wah has been working flat out on his new job with Child's Dream, building a whole raft of new playgrounds in Northern Thailand. Huay Hang school is the latest to be finished and it looks just great. This was a compact little number to fit into the space we had. Instead of the Zig-Zag […]

Last June, Playground Ideas completed our most ambitious build to date: seven play areas dotted throughout the grounds of Ruben Centre, a primary school for 2,000 kids in the Mukuru slum of Nairobi, Kenya. With a population of over 600,000, the Mukuru community of Nairobi is one of Kenya’s largest informal settlements. Ruben Centre is resource […]

Is this the world's oldest slide? take a look and you decide… In respose to the article about the 'worlds oldest slide' on the incredible and inspiring 'Playscapes' blog, I believe a friend has found a slide that may be significantly older by far than any western slide. Thankyou to Elizabeth Moreno from Gulu, Uganda […]

Mark Booker has just recovered his precious photos of the playground he help the Pula community to build. Mark gathered funding, volunteers, and the community around this projects and stuck it out for a beautiful result. Nice work Mark! See HERE for his photostream.    

This could end up being nasty by instead the two begin to play.   In our constant attempt to inform and educate about the importance of play we have just added 2 new videos HERE. scroll to the bottom of the page to view them Play is challenging to define and I believe that these […]

The "Fireman's Pole" is a simple design and can be built in little time. The Fireman's Pole can be added to any cubby house for a fun time sliding down and shimmying up. It makes for an inexpensive "ladder" to a higher element. Follow the link to get the step-by-step instructions for building your own […]

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This 3 Pole Rocket Ship can serve as the second supporting element for bridges, monkey bars and other overhead elements. It also works well as an inexpensive individual climbing element or as a low cost replacement for a cubby house. Follow the link to get the step-by-step instructions for building your own "3 Pole Rocket […]