Welcome to Playground Ideas. Play is so important and we want to help you and your community to build a play space that's specific to your needs. Join our community and get access to all the resources you need to build a cheap and safe play space using recycled and local materials.
- Marcus Veerman, Founder & CEO of Playground Ideas
The Idea
Playground Ideas equips anyone, anywhere to build a stimulating space for play using only local materials, tools and labour or through the purchase of our flat packed Nudel Kart which can be shipped anywhere in the world and assembled on site. Through our open source website and DIY plans, we have supported the building of over 4711 play spaces in 143 countri...
Playground Ideas equips anyone, anywhere to build a stimulating space for play using only local materials, tools and labour or through the purchase of our flat packed Nudel Kart which can be shipped anywhere in the world and assembled on site. Through our open source website and DIY plans, we have supported the building of over 4711 play spaces in 143 countries from Azerbaijan to Zambia, impacting over 2.3 million children. If you have a play space you would like to create, you can start a project on our website which will then give you free access to all our resources, including over 150 different designs with full building instructions, and handbooks on designing, building, safety, loose parts, fundraising and we also have a 3D Designer where, in minutes you can create full 3D professional looking playground site plans. All of our playground elements are designed to use low-cost or recycled materials and simple tools and building expertise. You can visit the "Community Built Projects" page to look through hundreds of examples of playgrounds built using our designs and you can join our Global Builders Facebook page to connect with others and get ideas and support.
“After getting so excited about wanting to build a playground for the children in Egypt, I was lost, because I have NO idea how to build a playground at all. But the online resources that the Playground Ideas has provided has successfully equipped me with all the information that I need. I just can’t believe I got all those information for free and now I am able to build the playground for the children in need.”
- Mengchen Wang
How to get involved
Time:
The planning and build time will depend on how big your playground is but it may take 1 day a week for 2-3 months to get everything in place i.e. your team, funding, design, plan and build.
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