Kids Basement Playroom Flooring Options and Ideas
By Created: June, 2017 - Modified: July, 2021
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- Colorful Puzzle Mats for Basement Playrooms
- Thick Foam Play Mats with Extra Fall Protection on Concrete
- Economical Foam Mats for Kid's Rooms
You can easily build a colorful, safe, and soft kids play area in your basement with waterproof eva foam floor puzzle tiles. Interlocking puzzle mats are are some of the most inexpensive basement flooring ideas which are also simple to install and add warmth and comfort to almost any room. These mats are easy to clean and available in a number of different color combinations. Great for wrestling around on as well as relaxing, these waterproof basement flooring options keep your kids off the hard concrete floor and provide a buffer for accidental falls.
Colorful Puzzle Mats for Basement Playrooms

Depending on the type of foam floor tiles you select, you can find a number of different colors. Our most popular foam play mat for kids is our Premium 5/8 inch thick foam tile. Available in 15 brilliant colors, these foam floor mats can be interlocked together in almost any color combination so you can create checkerboards or other fun patterns on your basement floor.
We also offer waterproof basement flooring options in the puzzle tile form in thicknesses of 1/2 inch to 1 1/2 inches.
Thick Foam Play Mats with Extra Fall Protection on Concrete

The jumbo kids puzzle mats will offer more fall protection and generally have a surface texture that is more gentle on skin for roughhousing type activities. Greatmats indoor play mats are among the thickest EVA foam mats available and offer up to 4 feet of fall protection against serious head injury, according to ASTM testing.
Economical Foam Mats for Kid's Rooms

Thinner kids puzzle mats often offer a scuff and stain resistant surface that will hold up better to use with shoes or boots. Plus they come and a lower price tag. These soft tiles come in both 3.28x3.28 foot squares and 2x2 foot squares. The smaller options will have more options for free and other low-cost shipping as they are able to ship with ground deliver to your door. Larger puzzle mats often require freight shipping.
Eva foam floor tiles are impervious to water due to their closed cell construction. If you have a flood or seepage, simply pull up these waterproof basement flooring options, dry them and the concrete below, and lay them right back down. No ruined carpet pads!
No adhesive is necessary for installation. Simply interlock these mats together and cut them to fit in a wall-to-wall application.
For more on this topic please review our Kids Flooring - Rubber, Foam & PVC product page.