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Future Playground Studio

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Grades K-245-60 minSource: Creative Dad Company

Kids design a playground structure that every kind of kid could enjoy and access. It's a thoughtful engineering project that builds empathy alongside design and testing skills.

Budget levels

Materials list coming soon to members

Materials links go to Amazon. Prices are estimates and may change. As an Amazon Associate, Creative Dad Company earns from qualifying purchases.

Quick Start

Digital downloads only. $0 to buy. Printing is noted separately.

Materials list coming soon.

Student time: one class period, one day.

Teacher prep / build-ahead: separate from student time.

Scale it

The default plan is one class period on a single day.

Scale back: Fit it into a shorter period, use fewer effects, or run a demo instead of a build.

Scale up: Add one extra effect, or spread the share-out across another day.

Ambiance video

Ambiance video coming soon from Creative Dad Studio

Full Experience

Up to $25 per class (class of about 30, 6 groups).

Materials list coming soon.

Student time: one day.

Teacher prep / build-ahead: separate from student time.

Scale it

The default plan is one school day.

Scale back: Fit the build into one period with fewer effects.

Scale up: Spread the work across days, or add more effects.

Total Transformation

The bigger kit, priced per class (class of about 30, 6 groups).

Materials list coming soon.

Student time: one day (one session, one-day event).

Teacher prep / build-ahead: separate from student time.

Scale it

The default plan is one session, a one-day event.

Scale back: Shorten the event, or run a demo for a smaller audience.

Scale up: Spread the build and the event across days, or invite a bigger audience.

Choose your version

Every level teaches the same core idea — pick the one that fits your time, budget, and energy today.

Student time: 30 min, one class periodTeacher prep / build-ahead: 11 min$0 to buy. Printing noted separately.One table or a small area of floor spaceBeginner-friendly

Setup

Gather cardboard, foam, craft sticks and clear a small work surface. Read the Future Playground Studio mission aloud, then place the supplies where children can choose and compare them safely.

Activity

  1. Predict what kind of equipment would let every kind of kid play together, including different abilities.
  2. Design and build an inclusive play structure using cardboard, foam, and craft sticks.
  3. Test the structure with different figures and discover one can't access a piece of equipment, then redesign that part.
  4. Present the inclusive playground model to the city planning board, explaining how it welcomes every user.

Ambiance video

Ambiance video coming soon from Creative Dad Studio

Done when: Children complete the core mission and the inclusive playground model to the city planning board, explaining how it welcomes every user.

Materials

Cardboard, craft sticks, foam scraps, small figures representing varied users, tape

Shown for the Quick Start version — switch tabs above to see what changes.

Materials links go to Amazon. Prices are estimates and may change.

As an Amazon Associate, Creative Dad Company earns from qualifying purchases.

Steps

  1. Predict what kind of equipment would let every kind of kid play together, including different abilities.
  2. Design and build an inclusive play structure using cardboard, foam, and craft sticks.
  3. Test the structure with different figures and discover one can't access a piece of equipment, then redesign that part.
  4. Present the inclusive playground model to the city planning board, explaining how it welcomes every user.

Standards mapped

  • NGSS · K-2-ETS1-1

    Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through development of a new or improved object or tool.