FAMILY PLAY AREAS Remember, families come to our agritourism businesses to spend time together. Give the kids plenty to do. A children’s activity area should have a variety of activities for kids two years and older. Make sure the play area represents the country experience and not just something they could find at their neighborhood playground. Examples
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piles of loose straw + Large for throwing boxes or sand boxes + Corn Straw bale maze + (See Page 35 – Mazes) Barrel train + small tractor)rides (pulled by painted tractor for kids to + Old, climb on pyramid for climbing + Straw and sliding down & tell vegetable garden + Show Slides an old combine, + strippedfrom and painted brightly tricycles & + Tractor-shaped tricycle maze teepees + Corn-stalk (apple bobbing, gunny + Games sack races, etc.) hunt + Scavenger pond with cane poles + Fishing Corrugated pvc “log” swings +
There are several schools of thought on pricing of the family play area. If you charge a general admission fee, the play area can be included. If not, charge by the activity or charge an admission to the play area. The more activities, the more you can charge.
Offer an area for nursing mothers with a diaper changing station close to the play areas and a child “potty seat” hung in each stall or porta potty for the little ones in training. The families visiting your agritourism business will remember this courtesy and tell their friends!
Naming Your Play Area Be sure the name is part of the country experience within your overall agritourism business theme: Farmer Brown’s Corral, Little Farmer’s Play Yard, Family Fun Corral, etc.
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