Why create a play corner in the living room

Setting up a play corner in the living room can be as simple as placing a desk and a toy box in a corner of the living room. However, it's more enjoyable to put a little more effort into it. This contributes to your interior décor and your child's playtime enjoyment.

There are factors important for your child while playing. The most important is ensuring safe play, allowing you to do your own thing at home without constantly looking over your shoulder to see if everything is okay with your little one. Therefore, putting a bit more effort into creating a play corner not only maintains your child's safety but also complements your stylish home decor.

Living room play corner: What do I need?

You need various products to set up an imaginative and stylish play corner. I'll list them below:

• A play mat is a must-have, providing a safe surface for your child to play on.
• A suitable spot in the living room without sharp objects nearby or accessories that could fall from a cabinet after being bumped.
• A spot that is easy to keep an eye on.
• A few poufs to make it more comfortable for you to sit nearby.

These are the four main essentials for a safe and comfortable play corner. Now that we know these, we can move on to the fun part, styling the play corner!

Stylish living room play corner with colors and prints

Making a play corner stylish and adding flair to it is the most enjoyable part. With our products, you can coordinate the play corner well with your interior. For example, you can create a charming accent wall with our beautiful kids' room wallpaper, an accent wall could also serve as a decorative backdrop in other areas of your home. Take a look at our kids' room decorations; you might find something perfect to add to your interior décor, such as these fabric bunting flags.

By using prints like those on our wallpaper, you can let your child's imagination run wild. We also have play mattress with fun prints. For instance, we can take the jungle-print play mattrass as an example, this makes your child feel like they're in the biggest jungle imaginable. Or a play mattress with a cool race track on it. By adding a fun print to their play corner in small ways, you can provide endless ways for your child to play. If you prefer neutral tones, a pink play mattress or a gray play mattress might be better for your interior.

Kids' exercise ball for the play corner

Every child is different, and each has different interests. If your little one enjoys bouncing around, then a kids' sitting ball is the perfect addition to their play corner! With this ball, they have endless ways to play, they can have a bouncing competition or, if your child is more into gymnastics, they can roll around endlessly. Such a ball not only brings more joy to your child but also promotes better posture. The exercise ball can also be used as a chair behind a desk. Most kids tend to sit with a slouched posture behind their desk doing their homework or fall backward due to rocking back and forth on a chair. By using an exercise ball, your child can move in all directions in an active sitting position behind their desk. This active sitting position also promotes a healthier lifestyle for your child.

Not only is an exercise ball comfortable for your child to sit on, but consider the wobble board, which offers so much play creativity to your child. With our special mats made for the wobble board, your child can lie comfortably and read a book while rocking back and forth. Or they can let their imagination run wild and use it as a bridge for their toy cars or see it as a gymnastics obstacle. The possibilities with the wobble board are endless too.

Living room play corner: Why there

Playing together is important for your child, it helps build a stronger bond. By placing the play corner in a central location in the house, your child is never alone while playing.

For example, if you place the play corner in the bedroom, your child is isolated while playing alone, which nobody enjoys. It's much more fun and cozy to place the play corner in the living room. There's always someone around in the living room, so your child is never playing alone. By placing the play corner in the living room, you can also play together more often and more easily with your child in a relaxed manner. While you're watching your favorite series on the couch, your child can bring their drawings to you, or set up a nice pouf for yourself in the play corner so you can sit together and chat while playing, etc. This makes playing in their own play corner a bit more enjoyable. Hence, the living room is the perfect place.

You can also do various exercises together with your child in the living room to stay active and healthy; try some of our kids' yoga exercises together. These are super comfortable and easy to do on a play mat.

Keeping the living room play corner tidy

A play corner in the living room can create clutter, but we've already thought of that. Here are a few tips on how to keep your living room tidy with a play corner:

• Use storage baskets/cabinets: you don't need many, just one storage basket where all the larger toys can go is enough, this makes it look much tidier when you put everything in a basket.
• A small bookshelf for all your child's books, so they treat them with care and don't leave them lying around.
• Encourage your child to keep their own play corner clean; involve them in tidying up small spaces from an early age, let them help put things away, so they learn to tidy up from a young age.
• Don't tidy up for them; let them do it themselves. If we do everything for our children, they might think, "No, I don't need to tidy up after myself, Mom will do it," which we certainly don't want.
If you want to learn more about how to keep the play corner tidy, read more about printables, what they are, and how they can help you.