A Musical Playground in DC
My Great Outdoors

Family: Naomi, Steve & Hope (2)
Location: Washington, DC

We wanted to create a fun space on the deck where our daughter Hope could play music so we decided to make a musical playground from several different items (wind chimes, xylophone parts, drums, boom whackers).

What we didn't expect, is that her aunt, uncles and even we spend lots of time banging around and making music.

We have terrible grass out in our backyard so we have created some play areas using mulch (around her play house) to also help ward away the bugs and expanded our gardens.

Sounds like you've got the makings for a little family orchestra! Thanks Naomi!

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Categories: Family, 2011, My Great Outdoors

Posted by Carrie McBride

As Apartment Therapy's Family Editor, Carrie covers design and modern homelife with children. A lapsed librarian, she lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two kids and is in contention to break the record for most hours spent at the playground.
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Comments (5)

This is awesome! I would be playing on it too—makes me want to build one for myself.

Thanks for the cool post!
~Lucy
blog: the surpriseaholic

i love this! (though i think my neighbors may not)

I'm an elementary teacher, and have to say I loooooove this! We're in an apartment, and no balcony, but my almost 2 year old has still played all of those. We love the Boomwhackers! (So do my students)

Thanks everyone, we had a lot of fun making the musical playground. The Boomwhackers are a big hit with kids of all ages (they are tuned pipes that play different notes when you bang them).

Love it. But yes, our neighbors (apartment building) would kill us.

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