Get your child an outdoor playhouse kit and watch them disappear for hour in a land of make-believe. Their imaginations will explode with all the fun ideas they have in these versatile and clever playhouses. And the kits are easy for a parent to assemble I just a short time. Maybe you can build it together. Look into this collection and pick yours out as a child/parent team.
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Lookout Post Wooden Playhouse with 2 Levels
Funphix
Perfect For: Encouraging outdoor play and imaginative adventures
What We Like: Multiple built-in features for endless fun
The Lookout Post Wooden Playhouse is a captivating outdoor playset that features 2 levels, a climbing ramp, ladder, bench, telescope, sandbox, door, doggie door, and window shades. Designed for children to climb, hide, scramble, and roleplay, this sturdy and stylish playhouse promises hours of outdoor fun in a safe and attractive structure. Its robust wooden parts and real nuts and bolts ensure durability while the grey and amber design beautifully complements any backyard.
Designer Advice:
To keep the playhouse looking great and lasting longer, periodically check for loose parts and tighten when necessary. Place it on a leveled surface to ensure stability and safety for your kids while they play.
Solid Wood Adventure Playhouse with Loft
Rowlinson
Perfect For: Encouraging imaginative play and outdoor fun for children
What We Like: Weather-resistant pre-cut and pre-drilled solid wood construction
The Solid Wood Adventure Playhouse with Loft offers kids a private space to embark on exciting imaginative journeys. This charming cottage-style playhouse features a cozy front door, three windows, and a loft area accessible by ladder. As a bonus, kids can store their favorite toys in their personal nooks. Made from weather-resistant pre-cut and pre-drilled solid wood, this playhouse ensures lasting outdoor enjoyment and hassle-free assembly.
Designer Advice:
Place the playhouse on a soft surface like grass, rubber mulch, or cushioned pads to increase the safety and charm of your child's play area. Add some colorful outdoor cushions and decorations for a personalized touch.
Cozy Cabin Playhouse 7x9 with Porch
Outdoor Living Today
Perfect For: Kids of all ages seeking endless adventure and fun
What We Like: Spacious interior and charming front porch
The 7x9 Cozy Cabin Playhouse is a favorite among children of all ages, featuring a large interior space and an inviting front porch for endless hours of entertainment. Crafted from Western red cedar, this durable, beautiful, and safe playhouse is designed to last while providing a cozy environment for playtime. The natural appeal of cedar adds a touch of elegance to any backyard, and our staff is readily available to answer any questions you may have about cedar's benefits.
Designer Advice:
Enhance the exterior with extra touches like colorful flower pots or window boxes, and place a colorful picnic table nearby for outdoor dining during playtime hours.
White DIY-Ready Outdoor Playhouse
KidKraft
Perfect For: Sparking creativity and outdoor play for kids
What We Like: Customizable design with imaginative features
The White DIY-Ready Outdoor Playhouse offers unlimited possibilities for personalization with its blank slate, ideal for adding any color or theme. This playhouse comes with a built-in kitchen, an attached picnic table, working mailbox, chalkboard, and fabric curtains, ensuring endless fun for your little ones. The water-resistant roof panels, reinforced wooden structure, and preassembled components ensure durability and ease of assembly for this versatile playhouse.
$436.97
$438.61
Designer Advice:
Consider adding weather-resistant outdoor decorations or fairy lights to further enhance the playhouse's appearance while providing extra magical ambiance during evening playtime.
Gingerbread DIY Kit Playhouse with Curved Roof
Little Cottage Company
Perfect For: Encouraging creativity and imaginative play
What We Like: Amish craftsmanship and easy-to-construct panelized design
Step into a whimsical world with this charming Gingerbread DIY Kit Playhouse, featuring intricate gingerbread trim, a curved roof, and a lovely heart-shaped window. Its panelized construction makes it easy to assemble and begin creating a magical play space. The floor kit is included, but customers need to provide shingles, drip-edge, and paint to complete the look. Proudly made in the USA, this playhouse showcases exceptional Amish craftsmanship that ensures lasting quality and enjoyment.
$3699.24
$3557.53
Designer Advice:
Consider painting the playhouse with pastel colors to enhance its enchanting look, and pair it with outdoor fairy lights or small lanterns to create a cozy atmosphere during evening playtime.
Scenic Heights Cedar Playhouse
Backyard Discovery
Perfect For: Little ones eager to enjoy their own cozy dream house
What We Like: Multifunctional features for endless hours of fun
The Scenic Heights Cedar Playhouse offers a myriad of features designed to keep little tikes entertained and make them feel grown-up. With a swinging front door accessible by a flat step entry ladder, a side porch entrance, a play sink, toy boxes, a cushioned cot for naps, and a built-in growth chart, this wooden playhouse truly becomes their home away from home. The stylish cedar structure and sunburst windows add a touch of charm.
$899
Designer Advice:
Position the playhouse in a shaded area of your backyard to keep it cool during hot days, and create a dedicated play zone with an outdoor rug and weatherproof toys for added fun.
Cedar Cove Wooden Swing Set
Backyard Discovery
Perfect For: Action-packed outdoor play for kids of all ages
What We Like: Versatile play features and easy access for children of all abilities
The Cedar Cove Wooden Swing Set offers a multitude of play features, including a side-by-side 5 ft rock wall and step ladder, high-quality web swing, spiral tube slide, and a 10 ft wave slide. The flat-step ladder provides easy access for children of varying age ranges and abilities while the safety handles ensure a secure experience. The upper clubhouse includes a chalkboard, pretend telescope, and lookout balcony, while the 3-position swing beam offers plenty of swinging space.
$2099.57
$2008.33
Designer Advice:
Choose a flat, level surface in your backyard to install this swing set, ensuring there's enough clearance for safe play. Add rubber mulch or protective surface material beneath the playset for additional safety.
Victorian Mansion DIY Kit Playhouse
Little Cottage Company
Perfect For: Creating a magical and spacious play area for children
What We Like: Elegant design with ample room for multiple activities
This Victorian Mansion playhouse features beautiful gingerbread trim and 17 functioning windows, making it a perfect choice for any princess. Its spacious interior allows for tea parties, baby doll play, or even hosting holiday get-togethers. The playhouse comes as a panelized kit, meaning it's fully prepped for easy construction. A floor kit is included, while the customer supplies shingles, paint, and drip-edge. Enjoy the high-quality LP Smartside siding and exceptional Amish craftsmanship, all made in the USA.
$9243
$14034
Designer Advice:
To transform the playhouse into a cozy and enchanting space, add comfy seating, string lights, and a small table for tea parties. Don't forget to incorporate the 8 flower boxes for a vibrant touch.
Adventure Wooden Swing Set with Dual Slides
Backyard Discovery
Perfect For: Exciting and challenging outdoor playtime
What We Like: Multiple play options and a crow's nest telescope
Transform your backyard into a thrilling playground with this adventure wooden swing set featuring dual slides, an elevated crow's nest, and over 12 engaging activities. The set includes a 3-position swing beam with two 26-inch belt swings and a large web swing, providing plenty of fun for children of all ages. The 5-foot rock wall and flat-step ladder offer varied climbing challenges, while the covered upper clubhouse and lower fort with a picnic table create cozy areas to relax, snack, or socialize with friends.
Designer Advice:
Position the swing set on a flat, stable surface and ensure there's ample space around for safe play. For an extra touch, add soft, impact-absorbing rubber mulch to the play area, further enhancing child safety in your outdoor playground.
Cozy Cottage Homestyle Playhouse for Toddlers
Step2
Perfect For: Stimulating outdoor pretend play and social interaction
What We Like: Realistic features and open design for easy supervision
This charming cottage playhouse offers a spacious and interactive environment for your toddler's imaginative playtime. The open layout allows for easy visibility and interaction, while the molded-in kitchen table, faucet, seat, and grill promote creative outdoor activities. The electronic doorbell, pass-through mailbox, and working shutters add to the realistic appeal, making this playhouse perfect for multiple kids to enjoy. Made from durable EverTough materials, it's designed to withstand hours of endless fun.
$259.49
$279.99
Designer Advice:
Place the playhouse in a shaded area of your backyard to protect your little ones from the sun, and add soft outdoor-safe cushions or rugs for extra comfort while playing.
Provide your child his or her own space in patio, backyard, or garden area. Charming one-room stilt house makes a place for imaginative play or for an older child to read or retreat. A neat banister surrounds the small porch.
Use this DIY playhouse kit to develop a backyard hideaway that is perfect for the youngsters. Accessed by a ladder on one side, and exited with a slide on the other, the underneath side provides weather-protected storage for toys.
It looks like a tree house, but the faux tree is actually a part of the house too. It features a pretty entrance and the stairs inside, which lead to a charming house. There is also a simple swing attached.
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This lovely wooden shed constitutes a great outdoor playhouse for children, providing entertainment and physical activity. Made from solid, cedar wood, it has the size of 8 x 6 (Floor Included).
The whimsical cottage cape cod playhouse kit
An outdoor playhouse that every kid dreams of. It's actually a small cottage in a rustic design. It features a welcoming porch, old fashioned doors, and windows with shutters. The construction is made of solid wood that will serve for years.
Firehouse Kit Playhouse
This firehouse kit playhouse is a fantastic addition to your outdoor area. It is great for your kids. It has got a solid pinewood construction, brass fire bell and beautiful colors. You need to have it.
Our 12' × 20' "Gibraltar". This tiny house was recently featured in Better Homes and Gardens ! Available as cabin kits (estimated assembly time - 2 people, 32 hours), DIY plans, or fully assembled. #tinyhouses
A cool traditional outdoor playhouse entirely built of solid wood with a natural stained finish. It has a gambrel, windows with shutters and short striped curtains, an open porch. Walls feature a horizontally slatted pattern.
Gingerbread Playhouse Kit with Floor
Fairy-tale large cottage style playhouse for kids. It is made of wood with a weatherproof painted white and grey finish. It has a door, plexi-glass windows, a double-sloped roof with a chimney. It features gingerbread trims around each element.
This beauty is a playhouse for the kids. It’s slightly elevated from the ground leaving space for a toy store of the kind. The mainframe is painted with a homely brown while the roof, windows, stairs, doors are painted white to match. We can also see an open slide which serves multiple purposes and also potted plants to further beautify this lovely house.
6 x 7 Childrens Kids Child Kit Wooden CottageTower Playhouse Play Outdoor Garden
11x8 this is cute too Gables Kit, Playhouse
Look what I found on #zulily! Modern Outdoor Playhouse by KidKraft #zulilyfinds
Small Victorian Wooden Outdoor Playhouse Kit - 4 x 6 - 4x6 SMVP-WPNK
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This small, 4' L x 6' W x 6' H, wooden outdoor playhouse is a lovely example of the Victorian style in a contemporary edition. Includes wood flooring and duratemp siding, prefastened onto wall panels to insure that panels are square.
Gingerbread Wooden Outdoor Playhouse Kit - 8 x 12 - with Floor - 8x12w GBP-WPNK
Wooden houses for children is a dream not a single child. Outdoor playhouse kits allow the youngest to create their place of escape. Made of pine wood cottage, it has a small space, a sloping roof but also beautiful white windows.
Amish Riverside Garden Shed Kit. Might double as a cute little playhouse for the kids too!
Look what I found on #zulily! Craftsman Floored Playhouse Kit #zulilyfinds
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