Throughout the 2023-24 school year several Humble ISD elementary schools opened upgraded play areas with unique themes such as space, bugs, dinosaurs and more.
During the summer, while school is not in session, the playgrounds are open to the public.
Here’s what to know about exploring Humble ISD’s creatively themed playgrounds:
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Bug’s World
Location: Fall Creek Elementary
Address: 14435 Mesa Drive in Humble
The playground features insects of all sizes, plus the fields, burrows and other places they call home.
The “Honey-Bee” Swing set features ADA-accessible seating and is topped with custom panels of four bee varieties and their honeycomb.
The playground also features a rope-climbing clover tower with a 16-foot slide; a caterpillar rope tunnel with a 10-foot slide; a grasshopper “monkey trails” climbing net; a “spider” web climber with spinners; an ant hill mound with ants and tunnels; a multi-seesaw with custom insect panels; a dandelion carousel; a variety of spinner equipment and an insect-themed communication board.
Dinosaurs
Location: Atascocita Springs Elementary
Address: 13515 Valley Lodge Parkway in Atascocita
The playground features prehistoric creatures, volcanoes, lookout watch towers and tropical jungles with dinosaurs.
As students approach the entrance to the playground, there is a custom entryway to give the experience of entering a Jurassic Park-like play space. Several life-like dinosaurs can be found throughout the playground including a T-Rex with the Oviraptor protecting her nest, a Triceratops that children can climb to reach a lookout deck and a freestanding Brachiosaurus as well as a swimming Stegosaurus in the river graphics of the poured-in-place safety surfacing.
The dinosaur themed play experience also includes a volcano tower with two slides. The outside panel looks like hot lava, and inside the volcano, the panels look like cracked volcanic rock. A Pterodactyl is flying out of the top of the volcano, and another one sits on top of the swings.
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Winter ski lodge
Location: North Bend Elementary
Address: 15630 Old Humble Road in Humble
North Bend Elementary School won’t have to depend on snowfall to send students out for fun on the slopes. This ski-lodge themed play space features custom-designed playground equipment and rubber pour-in-place surfacing intended for children ages 5-12.
Play at North Bend Elementary is made accessible to children of all abilities with the poured rubber surfacing and universal play opportunities, like a communication board and inclusive swing seat. Chairlifts, ski routes, snow angels, a figure skater and more wintry designs can be found throughout the accessible surfacing.
Various springing and spinning equipment are scattered throughout the playground, like a seesaw featuring factually accurate arctic animals, a “snow tube” supernova carousel and “snowboard” star surfer rocker. A “photo op” play panel gives students an interactive, memory-capturing keepsake of their time on the slopes.
Yeti’s ice castle
Location: Shadow Forest Elementary
Address: 2300 Mills Branch Drive in Humble
The playground is inspired by a fictitious Yeti, or abominable snowman, kingdom hidden on top of a frozen mountain. Very few brave villagers from the bottom of the mountain dare enter the frozen lands in search of the Yeti and its legendary ice castle.
The giant 31-foot-tall play tower with custom ice-castle themed panels features two slides, a cliff rider thrilling pendulum play structure, custom tactile play panels and a climbing net and wall. The playground equipment sits on a handicap-accessible pour-in-place rubber playground surfacing featuring snowflakes, wisps of ice magic and the trees and village.
Others worth a visit
These creatively themed elementary playgrounds are also work a visit. Woodland Hills has a fairytale theme. Elm Grove’s is a tree house. River Pine’s is all about the rainforest. Oaks Elementary’s focuses on national parks and Jack Fields Elementary playground is inspired by space.
These playground upgrades were funded through Humble ISD’s 2022 bond.
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