During the summer, it’s sometimes hard to find outdoor activities that won’t make you melt in the sun. We have access for a pool, but the kids only like to float on a raft. There’s not much activity in that! Therefore, we try to save our outdoor activities for early morning. Of course, lately we’ve been also trying to beat the rain as well.

The other morning, we decided to make our own playground. We had recently received a bundle of imaginative sidewalk chalk supplies from Chalk City. Chalk City sells stencils and drawing tools in order to create your own cities, roads, and obstacle courses. Our Chalk City pack included:

• Road Maker-designed to hold two pieces of chalk in order to make your own roads and streets.
• Road Sign Stencils-includes a stop sign, detour sign, and straight ahead sign.
• Obstacle Course Stencils-includes jumping jack, hop on both/left/right feet, and spin left/right.
• 20 pieces of chalk

The first thing we did with our toys was to start building new roads. And boy did we build them! I think they would have shown up better on blacktop.

  We couldn’t decide whether we wanted road signs or obstacle course signs, so we used both for a crazy mismatched obstacle course.The finished product was lots of fun! The kids enjoyed going through the course several times. It kept them entertained–and active–for quite a while!Unfortunately, it began raining about an hour after we were finished and our city was washed away… But there is always tomorrow! I really love this product and think it is great for sparking a child’s imagination, as well as promoting physical activity.

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Disclosure: I received product in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

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