Outdoor Music and Play Wall

Finally sharing this.. after my girls outgrew it!  Both our daughters have Autism and sensory issues and I wanted to make something interactive in our back yard for them.
Besides the fencing everything was re-purposed.  If you are in the Portland Oregon area Scrap PDX is a great resource, I found some of the items there.  Also, second hand stores for old xylophones, and Habitat for Humanity ReStore for some of the tubing.
We actually have a chain link fence so we can enjoy the wetlands behind our home.  So we made a section of cedar fencing and attached it to a couple of boards on the other side.
A driftwood chime.  All you need is driftwood and fishing line. If you don’t want them to move, drill a hole for each piece and thread the fishing line through the hole.  I just tied each “chime” to the main piece.

For drums a couple of metal planting buckets from IKEA work well.  Added some old drumsticks too.

A giant spring makes fun noise when you rub the drumsticks back and forth.

The chimes from an old wind chime get new use hung from a hook.

A few beat up old xylophones were found at second hand stores.  I removed the keys and hung with fishing line from an IKEA bar.

The tubing was found at a Habitat for Humanity Restore and makes a fun chute.
The chalkboards are pieces of Plexiglas that I added chalk paint to.

The gutters were from an old project.  I had used them above a craft desk to store ribbon.  They are much more fun to pour water and balls down!

This added a lot of fun to our back yard for many years!

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