This collection of  games are not only fun to play, but also fun to build. Making and playing the games will keep you and your family captivated for hours.

1.Pool Noodle DIY Toss Game by While He was Napping

Who knew that a pool noodles could be used for more than just swimming.

Materials you will need:

• Pool noodles
• Duct tape
• String
• Dowels
• Ball

2. Recycled Bottle Bowling by MoonFrye

With this beautiful weather skip the bowling ally and make your own outside bowling game to keep your family entertained while getting some fresh air.

Materials you will need:

• Tennis balls
• Paint
• Paintbrushes
• Soda bottles

3. Giant Pick-up Sticks by Nelliebellie

Take pick-up sticks to the next level by making it with bamboo sticks. Challenge accepted!

Materials you will need:

• Bamboo sticks
• Spray paint

4. Pool Noodle Race Track by Rambling from Utopia

Cross the finish line of summer by making this awesome track. (Look another use for pool noodles.)

Materials you will need:

• Pool noodles
• Toothpicks
• Paper
• Cars

5. DIY Backyard Ker-Plunk Game by Amy Vowles

By playing this game, you will ensure that your family’s summer won’t “ker plunk.”

Materials you will need:

• Boards
• Spray paint
• Wire netting
• Staple gun and staples
• Ball pit balls
• Bamboo garden stakes
• Drill
• Wire cutters
• 18-gauge wire

6. DIY Water Blasters by Mom Endeavors

Cool down this summer by making your own water blasters.

Materials you will need:

• Clear vinyl tubing
• PVC ball valves
• Nylon hose barb
• Nylon hose bard
• Screw coupling
• PVC adapter
• PVC pipe
• T-joint
• Elbow joint
• Clear vinyl tubing
• Hose adapter
• Pool noodles

7. DIY Yard Yahtzee by The Pinning Mama

Make your regular old board games more entertaining by making them bigger and taking them outside.

Materials you will need:

• Wooden Cube
• Round sponge brush
• Paint
• Sealant

8. Cup Races by Everything I Do is All for the Boys

You will “race” through summer by holding your own cup contests.

Materials you will need:

• Cups
• Squirt guns
• String

9. Giant Yard Twister Board by Steve Moseley

This is a great way to add a “twist” to your family’s summer

Materials you will need:

• Spray paint
• String
• Bucket

1o. Corn Hole Boards by Alayna’s  Creations

Corn hole isn’t just a great activity for the fall, but also for summer BBQs.

Materials you will need:

• Wood
• Corn hole sacks

11. Squirt Fun Painting by Fireflies + Mud Pies

Give your paint brushes a break by using water guns instead.

Materials you will need:

• Squirt guns
• Easel
• Watercolor paper
• Paint

12. Easy DIY Homemade Bubbles and Refill Station by Crafty Mama in Me

Everyone loves bubble, kids, adults, dogs. By making these bubbles everyone will be happy.

Materials you will need:

• Paint
• Soup, water and other ingredients to make homemade bubbles
• Empty detergent container

13. Quinn’s Country Fair by Catch My Party

If you have a few balls, buckets and a wood pallet laying around, you have a fun activity waiting to be made.

Materials you will need:

• Wood
• Little buckets
• Waffle balls

14. Sponge Balls by One Charming Party

Skip cleaning the dishes and instead put the sponges to a better use.

Materials you will need:

• Sponges
• String

15. Marshmallow Shooters by Happiness is Homemade

Marshmallows aren’t just good for roasting; they make the perfect ammunition for a blow gun.

Materials you will need:

• PVC pipes
• Spray paint
• Marshmallows
• Elbow joints
• T joints

16. Giant Jenga by Emma Chapman

The saying, “the bigger is better” isn’t always true, unless you are playing giant jenga.

Materials you will need:

• Boards
• Paint

17. Spring Time Tic-Tac-Toe by Alecia

Tic-tac-toe three bugs in a row.

Materials you will need:

• Paint
• Paintbrushes
• Rocks
• Round wood

18. DIY Giant Lawn Matching Game by Studio DIY

Keep your family’s brain in action by playing a matching game.

Materials you will need:

• Cork tiles
• Spray paint
• Stencils
• X-acto knife

19. Ladder Golf by Whatever Dee Dee Wants

Ladder Golf is one of my family’s favorite summer games. A word of caution: make sure to pay attention when people are throwing the rope, if you get hit it hurts.

Materials you will need:

• PVC pipe
• Elbow joints
• Caps
• T joints
• Golf balls

20. Balloon Dart by This is Do-Able

You could also put paint in the balloons so your family can create a beautiful master piece.

Materials you will need:

• Balloons
• Staple gun and staples
• Quark board

Don’t let this summer pass you by. With these 20 DIY Backyard Games, you will be able to have a summer that your family will always remember.

Bounce Game

I know that Bocce Ball is not a DIY game, but it is also one of my family’s favorite summer games. Not only is it fun for kids, but also the “big kids” (this is what my mom refers to me, my siblings and our spouses). We play this game for hours.