Garden toys your 6 year old would play with?

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Really for guests when they come over. Happy to consider any budget for something amazing but ideally at the cheaper end.

We have a small enclosed trampoline

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Stomp rockets and water pistols.

Molkey? A six year old would probably need to be playing with older children or adults to help keep the scores but it’s a game that even adults enjoy.
Kids can use them as ordinary skittles when keeping score properly is too much. Or just buy skittles.

Stomp rocket, bubbles. you can even get a bubble stomp rocket!
Chalks if you've some paving stones. Ditto pogo stick/stilts.
Couple of balls - foot and to play catch with.
frisbee tennis (its like a frisbee with fabric with one of those spidery balls to play tennis with)

Den kit is a massive hit if you have a couple of trees.

The Den Kit Company The Original Den Kit https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003MDD54A/ref=cmswwrcppapiii_9Y0F5C0YRBN9G4Z4TZND

Also these have been made into all sorts and still massively played with

Deal: 91PCS Den Building Kit Fort Building Sets Den Making Kit DIY Kits Kids Building Kit Outdoor Den Indoor Den Construction Kit Birthday Gift for Kids 5+ https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B099RDGM93/ref=cmswwrawdoodl_5W5GYXXEJVCMXVCTYEFR

Skittles, giant Jenga, Space hoppers, frisbees, those sets that make huge bubbles, bats and balls. Paddling pool or sprinkler.

Mine have loads of toys but they love making obstacle courses out of any stuff that's lying around.

Mine are 9 and 7 and popular smaller garden toys at ours and others have been:

Monster feet
Teeter popper (probably more for younger ones)
Pavement chalks
Plant mister bottles - better than water pistols as they do jet or mist and hold more!
Junior swingball
Basketball hoop - we have a mini one that doesn’t need to be attached permanently, it hangs over a fence and can be removed
Skipping rope
Hula hoop
Balls
Bubble wands

This was the best thing we bought! Still going strong 4 summers later

water way system

Oh gosh, a ginormous link.

Balls of all sizes, bubble machine, chalks and a frisbee have had the longest lifespan in this house and are cheap and can be played with in different ways at different levels. Oh, a bit more money but badminton is popular from around that age as well.

Swing ball, cricket set, water pistols, bubbles.

Space hopper
French skipping ropes
Water sprinkler

My 6 year old loves the hammock and that definitely gets more use than anything else. Also space hoppers, skipping ropes, a slide that is much too small and monster feet.