The grant will come as a relief to play co-ordinators in Wales, following the Big Lottery Fund's admittance last month that it was going to terminate its funding for Play England at the end of the financial year.
The money will be spent on the Child's Play project, part of the Big Lottery Fund's £20m Healthy Families Programme, which hopes to tackle obesity by creating play facilities for children throughout Wales.
Healthy Families Committee vice chair Barbara Wilding said: "The latest projects benefiting from funding will meet Child Play's aims by promoting healthy and active lifestyles among children and families.
"Through Child's Play we are taking positive action to preserve the health of future generations."
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