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By Amanda Boyarshinov 11 Comments

Wood floors and coffee cake – the Natural Playscape Way

What I love about natural playscapes is that they are always changing.  Bamboo rods can be turned into almost anything with the help of an amazing husband and dad.

Inspiring Creativity with Natural Playscapes

This is what their “house” looked like in the morning. But, by the late afternoon, things really got cooking!

My daughter called me to help make her a broom from palm fronds. She said, “I must keep our hard wood floors nice and tidy!” I couldn’t agree more and got to work right away. 

We cut 8 palm fronds and tried tying the them together with string, but it didn’t last long with all the sweeping going on, so we ended up using electrical tape to hold them together.

With the addition of some coffee grounds, the coffee cake making began! My garden pots became the kitchen and a log became the stove.

My afteroon snack of coffee cake – YUM.  May I have a second helping please?

Isn’t it amazing what kids can create with their imaginations? I can’t wait to see what they will come up with next!

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Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: Amanda, Kids in the Garden, Natural Playscape

About Amanda Boyarshinov

K - 12 masters reading teacher, author and mom to 3. Amanda is a National Board Certified teacher with oodles of experience in early childhood education.

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Comments

  1. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    November 2, 2011 at 5:09 pm

    What a fun afternoon! I love the wood floors!

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  2. Kalista says

    November 2, 2011 at 9:46 pm

    Love it!!!!

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  3. kari says

    November 3, 2011 at 1:46 pm

    I love this, I also let my kids play with mud. What a great way playscape. I love it.

    I hope you will join us for for "Every Day is a Play Day" Link Up.

    We know that we have many outdoor play champions as passionate as we are in the blogsphere and think it is great that you as a blogger are sharing your passion about getting kids outside. To make it a little more exciting than a normal link up, you will get the opportunity to win a prize for the best outdoor play post. $200 gift certificate from Polarn O. Pyret.
    http://www.activekidsclub.com/fresh-air-living/feature/every-day-is-play-day-week-challenge.html
    Cheers Kari

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  4. Amanda says

    November 3, 2011 at 1:57 pm

    Will do! Thanks for such a kind comment. I should clarify though… this coffee cake was better than a mud cake! As my 5 year old said, "It smells just like that gross stuff you drink!" We let them play with the coffee grounds!!! It adds to the sensory exploration!

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  5. jenny @ let the children play says

    November 3, 2011 at 6:37 pm

    This is what the 'houses' at preschool look like too! Wonderful.

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  6. Rebekah says

    November 3, 2011 at 10:07 pm

    LOL – at the "gross stuff you drink" comment from your child.
    Your backyard looks like such fun for a child!

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  7. Cathy @ NurtureStore says

    November 4, 2011 at 12:38 pm

    What a wonderful play space – my girls would love it.

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  8. Becky @ Rub Some Dirt On It says

    November 5, 2011 at 12:55 pm

    This is my favorite kind of play 🙂 Your kids are so creative; I hope to foster this kind of imagination in my kids, too!

    Thanks for sharing this with us at Rub Some Dirt On It!

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  9. Abbie says

    November 6, 2011 at 9:19 pm

    This is great! LOVE natural playscapes. The ideas and opportunities for creative play are just endless. My girls play much longer in their mud kitchen than they do with any of the plastic equipment or toys that we have.
    Thanks so much for linking up to the outdoor play link up. Be sure to share with your readers that you are linked up with us!

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  10. Mama Pea Pod says

    November 9, 2011 at 3:53 pm

    Brilliant! I especially love your hardwood floors 🙂

    Thanks for sharing at the Outdoor Play Linky!

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  11. CacheyMama says

    December 14, 2011 at 10:07 pm

    Thanks for linking up to Thinky Linky Thursday! I love your activity. Especially making the broom, that was really innovative 🙂 BTW, I am also following back. Have a great holiday!
    Lori

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