Create a Simple Outdoor Music Play Area
I’ve seen lots of great ideas on Pinterest on ways to create music areas for outside … and I wanted to give it a shot. Here’s our SUPER SIMPLE Outdoor Music Play Area …
Like I said, SUPER SIMPLE. I hung a long piece of red plastic cording between two trees at a good height for my kids in an area the don’t run through. I chose the plastic cording because I didn’t want to worry about it getting wet, molding, or breaking. (However, the cording does stretch over time and I am finding that I am continually having to tighten it.) From there we added different items to hang from the cording … experimenting along the way with what works and sounds cool when it’s hit with sticks or wooden and plastic spoons. I love the fact that we can continue to add and replace different items as we choose. So far we have …
- a small bottle filled with rice
- a plastic container filled with hickory nuts
- different combinations of jingle bells and metal washers strung on the plastic cording
- metal mason lid rings
Making the strings of bells and washers was also a great fine-motor skill activity for my daughter who’s 3. She loved helping make them!
Check out some more great outdoor music ideas …
- Making Bells from Happy Whimsical Hearts
- A Music Wall from Pre-K and K Sharing
- A Banging Post from Let the Children Play
- Backyard Melody Maker & Wind Chimes from Share & Remember
- Tree Cans from Dilly Dali Art
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What a simple idea! I love it!
I love the simplicity of your music play area, it just goes to show that setting up an area like this doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive 🙂 And thanks for sharing our bells x
Love this, and it is so simply & achievable for anyone, thanks so much for adding this the outdoor play link up & now I’m off to explore your blog! Kierna
such a fun idea to spruce up the outdoor play area! pinning it to my board. thanks for linking up to tip-toe thru tuesday!
What a fun idea! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!
What a great idea! So neat! I’ve featured you today on my blog. Thanks for sharing.
Great post! I love how simple it is and that it allows for items to be replaced as needed or desired. Thanks for the inspiration!
What a lovely simple idea! I think I will have to start collecting things we could hang outside to bash… er… I mean … make music with!