Family Room Ideas: Kid’s Play Area Rugs

When you’re setting up your family room and gaming area, it can be hard to find the right rug or playmat to help your littlest gamers feel at home. Adding the right playmat can make your game space the most popular room in the house. We’ve scoured the seemingly endless supply of family room play mats and living room rugs to help find the perfect accessory to keep little ones busy.

Extra Large Kids Rug City Life

What kid doesn’t want the perfect carpet for driving cars and trucks on? If you’re looking for a playmat with a city layout for your toddler or elementary aged kids, this play area rug may be just what you need. With clearly defined buildings, roads and crosswalks, the City Life carpet lends itself to playing with cars, dolls, action figures and toy boats. At 79” x 40”, it delivers on size, leaving plenty of room for kids to play with friends and siblings without arguing about space. Find the Extra Large Kids Rug City Life on Amazon Here.

KC CUBS Playtime Collection

Educational family room accessories are so important to us, but it can be hard to find a playmat that is suitable beyond learning to crawl on. It’s especially difficult to find rugs with more than just one or two learning prints on them. We were so excited when we found this area rug with vibrant prints of the alphabet, seasons, months and days of the week. The carpet can be ordered in a variety of different sizes to make sure that it fits your play space, and the illustrations are clear and hold up to foot traffic. Find the KC CUBS Playtime Collection Playmat on Amazon Here.

Melissa & Doug Dinosaur Activity Play Rug

We’ve purchased may Melissa & Doug products over the years, and I was so excited to find one of their family room accessories to add to this list.

For those of you looking for a smaller area rug to use as a playmat, Melissa & Doug has created a beautiful activity rug with a prehistoric theme. Small enough to be machine washable, this durable volcanic carpet will keep little paleontologists busy. The playmat also comes with a T-Rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, and Apatosaurus, which will inspire your toddler to start playing as soon as you open the box. Find the Melissa & Doug Dinosaur Activity Play Rug on Amazon Here.

World Map Rugs for Boys Girls Room

If you didn’t catch what we said earlier, we really love adding learning accessories to our game room. We and fell in love with this World Map learning carpet. Not only is it a fun play mat for a classroom, but the map of the world looks smart as little gamers navigate their way around the game room. Find the World Map Learning Carpet on Amazon Here.

Baby Playpen with Mat

If you have infants at toddlers underfoot, then this playmat may help to keep them in their own space. A sophisticated and stylish playmat inside a play pen, this setup keeps your kiddo contained while you get some work done. Find the Baby Playpen With Mat on Amazon Here.