12 ideas to keep the kids and their friends in your backyard this summer. Summer is just around the corner and the kids will be out of school. Get them out in to the sunshine with their friends. But keep them in your back yard so you know where they are and that they are safe. Here are some great ideas for your back yard. To keep the kids and their friends occupied and some for us grown ups, so we can enjoy the back yard as well.  Here are 12 ideas to help you keep them home and playing outdoors.

Build them a seesaw for under 30 dollars.

Give them somewhere to lounge or read

Make a cabana around the patio area.

Add a swing for the grown ups

And one for the kids

Make them a pvc sprinkler or two

Or set them up a pool

Build them this skeeball game

Give them some where to eat lunch and snacks

Build them this climbing tower

Provide a water and sand table for little ones

If your dog hangs out with the kids, don’t forget to give him a shady spot

Using these ideas should help to keep you children in their own backyard and out in the sunshine for hours every day.

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