Indoor Play Board - Part Two - Lay Out / Roads / Ponds

Once you have your board in place and rough sanded, decide what you will have on the board. Our board has one main road, which goes the length of the board, a castle, a log cabin, a farm animal pen, a pond with a footbridge, and a gazebo. You can see the photos I have attached.

You don't have to be an engineer here, just remember, it is supposed to be fun! I started out by just drawing, with a pencil, an outline where I wanted to place each area on the board. Once I had decided where everything was going to go, I drew in the road. The road is the first thing you will "build" on the board.

Road

1 pail of sand

1 bag of tiny brown gravel (aquarium)

Unlimited supply of Elmer's glue

To build our road, we went out to the sand box and dug out a pail of sand. You can also buy clean sand at Home depot or Lowe's if you don't have any clean sand available. Any kind of dirt will work, but I wanted something I knew was clean since it would be inside. Working in 12-18" long sections of your road outline, liberally spread the Elmer's glue. Kids love to do this part, because it works better if you use your hands. Once the glue is spread, scatter the gravel sparsely. You want it to end up looking like rocks on the road, so don't do it too heavily. Once you have the gravel down, fill in the road with the clean, dry sand you brought inside. Using clean, dry hands, press down evenly on the sand and gravel just to make sure that it is in the glue. Move on the next section. Do this until you have filled in all of the roads.

Pond

1 bag broken glass-tumbled, blue

1 piece foil wrapping paper, blue

Bridge- aquarium decoration

Plastic ducks or swans-if desired

Unlimited supply of Elmer's glue