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10 Summer Backyard Ideas for Kids

Couponing 101

So I’ve started putting together some ideas of backyard activities the kids will enjoy all summer long. If you’ve already gone through gallons of water playing in the sprinklers and filling up the pool, this is a great way of spending time outdoors and using your inflatable pool. Backyard Tightrope. Outdoor Lounge. Water Pillow.

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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

I’ve been an architect, day-care teacher to toddlers, and library clerk, but am currently a SAHM to a 14yo son and 9yo daughter. After I had kids, I swapped that time to growing all sorts of interesting heirloom foods in my backyard. I wait to find things that I love and then pretty much use them until they die.

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Step2 Naturally Playful Sand & Water Center – $59

Saving With Shellie

We got a sand and water table for our daughter for Christmas this year and I can’t wait for it to warm up enough to use it! The kids used it all the time and it was so nice that it had a cover for when school was out to keep little critters away. This would be a great addition to your backyard!

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Step2 Cascading Cove Sand and Water Table – $46

Saving With Shellie

We got a sand and water table for our daughter for Christmas this year and I can’t wait for it to warm up enough to use it! The kids used it all the time and it was so nice that it had a cover for when school was out to keep little critters away. This would be a great addition to your backyard!

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Book Nook: Become the Fire

Motherhood Moments

It means not allowing yourself to be in the fire of life’s challenges, getting burned, but instead using the fire to ignite your motivation and drive, passion and grit. It means using your differences to your advantage and seeing life’s chaos as fuel to propel your success. How can we leverage failure into part of our success?

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Step2 Naturally Playful Sand & Water Center – $62.19

Saving With Shellie

We got a sand and water table for our daughter for Christmas this year and I can’t wait for it to warm up enough to use it! The kids used it all the time and it was so nice that it had a cover for when school was out to keep little critters away. This would be a great addition to your backyard!

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A Quick Change of Perspective

Nicoles Nickels

As you might remember, my daughter, son-in-law and grandson and I all live together. And while my dogs tend to stay down here with me, my daughters cats have no boundaries and basically roam all over. I’ve been tired and miserable and barely able to keep awake, much less do what I needed to do. Until it moved!