garden toys 4 year olds

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Finally moved into a house with a garden and been looking for some garden toys. What do your 4/5 year olds play with in the garden? and especially if their friends come around?

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Sand and water table. Mud kitchen with old pans if you can find them. Slime, chalks, make paint out of yogurt and paint concrete if you have a terraced bit.

We have a TP explorer with slide which my 5 year old loves. Also have a trampoline and sand table. Chalk is always popular too.

Sand and/or water tray.
Chalk.
Slide.
Old plants pots with some mud.
One of those double ended rocking toys.

Some smaller items:

Monster feet
Anything that squirts water (I buy cheap plant misters that do jet and mist)
Space hopper
Chalks
Balls obviously
Ribbons on sticks (but watch out for the sticks)
Stomp rocket if you have space

Swing
Slide
Swingball
Trampoline
Play kitchen
Play house
Football nets
Cones
Play tent
Chalk
Small table and chairs
Painting
Balance bikes

Slide
Trampoline
Balance bikes
Skipping rope
Bubbles
Water guns
Chalks if you have path/a wall you don't mind getting messy
Sand and water table

I got this swing and slide set and also got the sand box with it perfect for summer and to be honest even in the cold UK weather right now they still out on it. They do have a plastic range aswell

thetoystoreuk.com/products/playhouse-with-slide-swing-and-ladder

thetoystoreuk.com/products/children-sand-box-with-seat-and-cover