What Is a Themed Playground?

Playgrounds give kids a space to play together and have fun, but they often lack a cohesive theme. A themed playground goes beyond a traditional playground setup of colorful equipment to include themed elements and a consistent style. Picture a playground resembling an aquarium or a forest full of animals.

While kids are imaginative on their own, a themed play area can spark their creativity and encourage make-believe play. Using the equipment as a starting point and stage, they’ll immerse themselves in a story or scenario. This type of play does wonders for their problem-solving and social skills.

Themed Elements for Outdoor and Indoor Play Areas

Themed playgrounds often include bright colors, themed sculptures and unique play areas. Each element aligns with the chosen theme and style. At Soft Play, we offer various themed elements you can include in your outdoor and indoor play space:

• Sculptures: A sculpture can bring your theme to life and make your playground more existing for kids. Choose from soft foam indoor play sculptures, hard-coated outdoor sculptures and themed hanging sculptures that create visual depth.
• Signage: Help signage blend into the playground by making it part of the design. We can help you create branded signs that embrace your playground theme.
• Entryway arches: Mark the playground’s entrance point and create a transition to imaginative play with a themed entryway arch. Statement entryway arches will highlight the theme and create a highly visible spot for branding.
• Wonderscapes: The Soft Play Wonderscapes line features predesigned play space layouts with varying themes, such as safari, nautical, garden and woodland.

Why Choose Themed Playgrounds?

Our clients turn to themed playgrounds because they provide the following benefits:

• Branding opportunity: Your business likely already has a distinct color palette and style. Incorporate it in the playground design to reflect and enhance your brand’s image. You can also add themed elements relevant to your business. For example, a nature museum could feature playground equipment inspired by wildlife and dinosaurs.
• Customizable: Soft Play can create a playground customized to your theme, space and budget. We can target the specific age range of your customers’ kids, helping you best serve your clientele and ensure the equipment is age-appropriate. Use your custom-themed play area to create a unique attraction for your business that sets you apart.
• Attracts families: Imagine how exciting it would be for kids to see a playground with an eye-catching theme and unique play areas. Creating a themed playground can help you brand your business as a family-friendly enterprise and encourage families to visit more. If your target audience is parents and families, a themed playground can be a part of your customer-building strategy.
• Free advertising: Themed playgrounds are enjoyable for parents and kids alike. The themed sculptures and structures make for fantastic family photo backgrounds, encouraging parents to snap pictures of their kids as they play. When they post these photos online, they’ll spread the word about your fun, family-friendly business!
• Memorable experience: Above all, Soft Play playgrounds are fun and unique. You’ll be able to offer families an enjoyable and memorable experience. Kids won’t forget your playground when you build one just for them, and parents will appreciate a place that makes their kids happy. By incorporating branded elements throughout the play space, you can form positive brand associations in your customer’s minds.

Theme Ideas for Playgrounds

Your themed playground can be whatever you like — the options are limitless! It can help to look to your business and brand to inspire your theme. For example, pizza restaurants could create a pizza-themed playground, while a car dealership could engage families with a car-themed play area.

Browse some of our past client projects for some inspiration, or try one of the ideas below!

• Airplanes, boats or trains
• Castles and dragons
• Space, rockets and planets
• Wildlife and nature
• Land or aquatic animals
• Pirates and ships
• Musical instruments
• Stories or fairytales
• Mascots and characters
• Jungles, forests or meadows

Partner With Soft Play for Your Themed Play Area

Soft Play can bring your playground vision to life. We’ve designed and built playgrounds inspired by wildlife, transportation and under-the-sea adventures, and that’s just the beginning. Our manufacturing capabilities and playground design experts can help you create the themed play area you imagine. Together, we can create a fun, engaging design to inspire kids’ imaginations.

Explore our various premade options that are ready to ship, or contact our design team to create something custom. Our team will guide you through the process each step of the way, turning your ideas into an immersive playground designed for kids of the age group you specify.

Request a Free Design Consultation Today

Start creating your themed play area with Soft Play products by requesting a quote today. If you want to discuss designing a custom-themed play space, send our expert team your ideas, plans and questions. Our initial design consultations are free!