A project of The Stay Network

Stay Playful Project™

Helping children and families make room for healthy play, imagination, and the simple joys of childhood, without rushing kids to grow up too quickly.

A Stay Network project
West Bend, Wisconsin
Healthy play
Imagination
Creativity
Family connection
Simple childhood joys

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What it is about

Making room for play, imagination, creativity, and childhood joy.

Stay Playful Project encourages children, families, and community groups to make room for play, imagination, creativity, and the simple joys of childhood. For children, staying playful means having opportunities to enjoy age-appropriate play, curiosity, silliness, creativity, and meaningful time with others without being rushed to grow up too quickly.

Why play matters

Play is more than entertainment.

Play is not only entertainment. It can support learning, creativity, family connection, social connection, and emotional well-being. Stay Playful Project uses giveaways, playful resources, digital play tools, and community partnerships to advance The Stay Network’s charitable and educational mission.

Current project

Puzzle Giveaway: playful products prepared for local donation.

Stay Playful Project™ is already putting its mission into action through product giveaways that help kids and families enjoy hands-on fun, imagination, and shared time together.

No-charge puzzle donations

Stay Playful Project™ is preparing puzzle donations for local organizations, programs, and giveaway opportunities where puzzles can support simple, screen-light fun for kids and families.

No charge for the products.
Local delivery may be available at no cost for qualifying nearby organizations or giveaway opportunities.
Good fits may include libraries, schools, churches, youth groups, family programs, shelters, community events, and other local groups serving children and families.

Planned directions

Growing through giveaways, fundraisers, events, and kid-friendly digital play.

As the project grows, the focus remains the same: helping children and families make room for healthy, age-appropriate play, imagination, creativity, and connection.

Ongoing & ready

Product giveaways and fundraisers

Stay Playful Project™ is already working on product giveaways and is ready to offer fundraiser options built around playful, family-friendly products. These may include puzzles, kids’ activity items, notebooks, wall art, seasonal gifts, and other products featuring playful artwork such as dinosaurs, unicorns, animals, space themes, fantasy designs, colorful characters, and other kid-favorite ideas.

Giveaways can place playful resources with organizations that serve kids and families. Fundraisers can help schools, churches, youth groups, libraries, and other organizations raise support while offering products that fit the Stay Playful Project™ mission. Give-back amounts should be clearly listed before each campaign begins.

Learn about Stay Playful Fundraisers

Planned

Family-Friendly Play Events

As Stay Playful Project™ grows, we hope to create and support family-friendly play events that give children and families more room for healthy play, imagination, creativity, connection, and the simple joys of childhood.

These events may include puzzle tables, game days, creative activity stations, family play nights, seasonal activities, parent-child play opportunities, and simple community gatherings designed to be welcoming, affordable, family-friendly, and age-appropriate.

Whether hosted directly by Stay Playful Project™ or offered in partnership with schools, libraries, churches, youth groups, nonprofits, shelters, and other community partners, these events would further our mission of helping children and families enjoy positive play without rushing kids to grow up too quickly.

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Little Differences: A Closer Look

Explore ten cozy storybook scenes with Clover, Rowan, and Hazel. Find six little differences in each picture pair, from a peaceful lakeside to a lantern-lit garden.

Take your time with three gentle hints, larger pictures, and optional sound and music. Free to play, with no ads, purchases, or sign-up.

Play Little Differences

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Cloud Hop: A Little Sky Adventure

Join our rabbit on a colorful cloud-bouncing adventure. Collect stars, dodge purple balloons, and try for a new best score.

A free touch-and-mouse game with no ads, purchases, or sign-up.

Play Cloud Hop

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Memory Match: Kid-Friendly Digital Play

Stay Playful Project™ offers a free online animal matching game for children and families. Choose from four difficulty levels, with 3, 6, 10, or 15 pairs of friendly animals to discover.

Play at your own pace with optional board previews, adjustable reveal speed, and keyboard controls. Memory Match has no ads, purchases, or account requirement.

Enjoy a round together, then take a break for hands-on play. Suggested ages are a guide; everyone can choose the level that feels comfortable.

Play Memory Match

Fundraiser products

Product examples now live on the fundraiser page.

Stay Playful Project™ may use puzzles, mugs, wall art, activity items, seasonal gifts, and other playful products as part of giveaways and fundraisers. The detailed product examples are kept on the fundraiser page so this project page can stay focused on the heart of the mission: helping children and families make room for healthy play, imagination, creativity, and simple childhood joy.

View Stay Playful Fundraiser Examples

Get connected

Interested in Stay Playful Project™?

Reach out if you are interested in puzzle donations, playful product fundraisers, family-friendly play events, partnership possibilities, volunteer interest, or future kid-friendly digital play ideas connected to Stay Playful Project™.

Contact The Stay Network View Stay Playful Fundraisers