Playhouses For Kids

Kids love to crawl into and hide in dark places. Use playhouses for kids ideas to create a special place for your child.

Make an elaborate cardboard or styrofoam house or castle, or just throw a sheet over a card table to make a cave. Whatever you make, a young child will enjoy playing in it.

Look below for some creative playhouses for kids ideas for building a special place for your special child.

Fabric Play Houses

Shop Around Felt Playhouse

Kids will love this Shop Around Felt Playhouse, which has a different store on each side. There are cute activities kids can do on each side, in addition to playing store.

Click on Tutorials at the top of the page to find links to directions for all the sides.

Playtime Teepee

Stitch fabric for the covering and put it over PVC pipes to make a fun playtime teepee for kids.

Twin Sheet Teepee

All you need to make a twin sheet teepee tent is the sheet, some PVC pipes or dowels, and rope or twine. Your kids will love this.

Child's Tent

With fabric and bamboo garden posts (or PVC pipes) make this great child's tent.

Army Bunker Tent

For a great army bunker tent, make a PVC pipe frame to sit on top of your dining room table, then follow the tutorial to make a cover with a camoflage color twin sheet set. Folds up to fit in a pillow case size bag.

Classic Card Table Tent - with Variations

Detailed instructions on creating a classic card table tent, with variations for suiting it to your child's interests.

Card Table Playhouse Tips

There are simple guidelines here for making a card table playhouse.

Here is a picture of the English Cottage Playhouse described above.

Felt Playhouse

This fantastic felt playhouse fits over a dining room table. It has dozens of play features all around the outside, such as a mailbox and removable vegetables and flowers.

Card Table Play House

Sew fabric to fit over a card table to make a fun card table play house.

Here's another one.

Cardboard Buildings

Cardboard Playhouse

Make a cardboard playhouse from a large box with duct tape, glue and paint.

Watermelon Box House

Make a sturdy play house with a watermelon box.

Felt and Cardboard Castle

Stitch this felt and cardboard castle to use with clothespin figures.

Find princes, princesses and soldiers here.

Giant Cardboard Rocket Ship

Using a very large potato or watermelon box, craft this giant cardboard rocket ship for your kids to play in.

Kid's Ice Cream Shop

Use a refrigerator box to make this kid's ice cream shop. Or use it as a fast food restaurant. Fun for kids.

Homemade Toy Carwash

With a cardboard box and some foam sheets, you can make a clever homemade toy carwash.

Styrofoam

Knights Castle

Make this clever knights castle with foamboard and paint.

Your youngsters will spend many happy hours in their playhouses for kids.

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