Indoor playrooms have gotten extremely popular since the start of Covid lockdown days, and not just because they’re a nice-to-have. If you don’t designate a specific play area or room for your kids, then the entire house will become their jungle gym, which can be dangerous both for your children and your furniture.
Whether you’re designating a part of the bedroom or living room for playtime or repurposing an entire room, it’s important to create a space that’s both fun and functional. To help you with your exciting renovation project, we’ve put together 9 inspiring tips and tricks to help you design the best indoor playspace for your little one.
Create Chalk and Marker-Friendly Spaces
Apart from stepping on a sharp piece of Lego, a parent’s worst household nightmare is finding their beautiful wallpapers destroyed by crayon art and permanent marker doodles. To avoid the pain while still giving your child a way to unleash their creativity, use washable wall paint in your playroom, install an adhesive black chalkboard wall decal ($9.99), or mount and display a Kraft paper roll ($99.99).
Make Your Walls Interactive
When your kid is in a “playroom”, they’re going to expect everything in that room to be playable, including the walls. A fun but educational way to do this is to install a wall-length magnetic whiteboard ($25.59) and stick up magnetic letters and numbers ($13.99) so that your little Einstein can practice their spelling and counting skills.
Get Playable Rugs
In line with our idea above on making your walls playable, your playroom floors should be equally interactive and fun. On some afternoons, your kiddos will love racing their toy cars along the car tracks on this children’s road traffic playmat ($19.99), while on other days they can practice their hopping and counting skills in the playroom using this classic skid-proof Melissa & Doug hopscotch rug ($26.99).
Keep All Toys Organized
The key to maintaining a beautiful playroom is to keep things organized and tidy. To make your nursery extra clean, roll up and store baby linens and blankets in this cotton rope woven storage basket ($22.95). For toddlers and pre-teens who have a wider selection of toys and books, go for this gorgeous multi-layered wooden toy storage organizer ($59.99), which comes with 12 removable bins for playtime and cleanup. Using this organizer will also encourage your little ones to keep up good habits of picking up their toys and cleaning up after playtime.
Create a Book Nook
A simple and genius way to encourage your little ones to read at least once a day is to incorporate a cozy little book nook in the playroom. This will signal to your junior bookworm that reading can actually be a fun and leisurely activity. Make it convenient for your bub to pick out their favorite books as well as try out new titles by displaying all the colorful book covers facing out on this children’s multi-tier book display rack ($23.68).
Store Stuffed Toys in Beanbags
After a whole day of playing and running around, your kids will need somewhere to rest, relax, and recharge. For an ultra-chic way to childproof your home, you’ll want to get seating that looks stylish but also has soft edges and good cushioning to avoid injuries. We recommend getting these bright and colorful storage beanbags ($29.95), which are not only comfy for snuggling in but doubles up as a clever storage bag for all your kids’ stuffed toys.
Display a Gallery Wall
Displaying your children’s artwork in your home is an important way for your kids to build self-confidence as it’s a sign of your acknowledgement and approval of their creative talent. Instead of just tacking up pieces of paper on the kitchen fridge, you can mount wooden picture frames ($14.98) on your playroom wall to create a modern and stylish gallery wall. Apart from showcasing your children’s latest artwork, you can mix it up by displaying your kid’s favorite Disney prints or movie and book posters in some of the frames.
Make the Room Theirs
Have you ever wondered why kids love keeping their favorite stuffed toys close to them when they sleep? This not only gives them a sense of comfort and security, but it also gives them a sense of responsibility and ownership. To show them that the playroom is their special space to enjoy but also to keep tidy, you can display their names on the wall with a large personalized wooden name sign ($14.99).
Create Active Spaces
Kids are like little balls of energy as they constantly need ways to release some of that adrenaline, even if they’re cooped up indoors during a nationwide lockdown. Let your little monkeys develop their strength and gross motor skills by letting them climb on these rock climbing wall holds ($49.95) and on this cargo net ladder ($52.11).
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