Can Anyone Share What Their Outdoor Play Area Has? Thanks!

[Soccermom]

Hi

I have a lot of broken swings and other outdoor equipment so I need to purchase some new things this fall. Just wondering what type of set up some other in home providers have and what works the best. Thanks!

[Sugar Magnolia]

Two climber/slides (one for Bigs, one for Littles), two sizes of see saws, 4 riding toys, a play house, an outside "kitchen", a picnic table,, a big barn, chairs and benches.

[Brooksie]

Large sandbox, playhouse, riding cars and bikes, various outside toys, a slide, seesaw and picnic table. We like to keep it simple and I don't like the liability of a swing set.

[littleblossoms]

slides, rocking horse, kitchen, ride on, sensory box, shovels and pales, sand box, balls.

The only thing used most outside is the buckets te kids love pickin things up and fulling tbeir buckent and empty it.

[Laurel]

Hi

I have a lot of broken swings and other outdoor equipment so I need to purchase some new things this fall. Just wondering what type of set up some other in home providers have and what works the best. Thanks!

A climber/slide, a playhouse, some riding toys, play gas pump, a rocking horse or two type of thing made of molded plastic, a picnic table. Then I have a storage container with wheels that I pull out that has little things in it like balls, big trucks, corn poppers (had to get those noisy things out of the house!), lawn mower and misc. things like that. Oh I also have a sand and water table but no longer do sand. I use it and a kiddie sprinkler for water play.

Things that did NOT work were a full sized metal swing set that a neighbor gave me. Rusted too fast in our climate and also I was always worried about little ones getting hit if bigger ones were on teeter totter or swing. It was nice when I had some baby swings and replaced the bigger swings with them. But got rid of it after awhile.

I also have a very large dome climber but I wish I wouldn't have bought it. I ordered it online and didn't realize how big it was. I have it in another part of the yard and my older grandkids use it on a rare occasion. The 2 and 3 year old here have shown some interest in it though. They can't get up on it but they can go in and out the bottom part of it.

I used to have a turtle sandbox but like the sand/water table better because they could stand around it rather than sit in it.

I also tried a small kiddie pool but no longer will do pools for daycare. Too much work and don't want the possible liability.

We also have 2 parks in our neighborhood and go there as well sometimes.

The best thing I ever had was a little molded plastic wagon. It got old and held water in places it wasn't supposed to so I got rid of it. Would like to find another one.

I also had a climber inside and moved it outside. Once outside, it also has water on the inside. I have no idea how it gets in there but I can never move it inside again. Luckily I don't want to though. Now I keep all of the molded plastic stuff in the garage or under covered patio when we aren't using it.

Laurel

[Familycare71]

I don't have any climbing toys because I am required to have ground cover for anything and don't want a yard full of mulch...
I have a large sandbox(and toys), water table, lots of balls, tether ball (highly suggest! Great for all ages), pop up house and tube climber, push toys, ride on bikes, stilt walker buckets, scooters (like in gym class), jump ropes, side walk chalk... I think that's it! Writing it down it sure feels like a lot!! Lol

[Maria2013]

Hi

I have a lot of broken swings and other outdoor equipment so I need to purchase some new things this fall. Just wondering what type of set up some other in home providers have and what works the best. Thanks!

I have different size slides, 2 infant swings and 2 double swings (got rid of the swings that go too high) a play house, rings, ride-able toys, a large car and a large truck, climbable, wall rockers, water&sand table, kids pick nick table, basketball net and a bunch of smaller toys....I think that's it

[snbauser]

No climbers or swings here either. I got tired of the jumping off, hiding behind, etc of the climbers and our yard isn't big enough for swings being out of the main play area. We have bikes, cozy coupe cars, playhouse, kitchen, sand table, balls, jump ropes, picnic table, musical instruments, catch a balls, building blocks, waffle blocks, play cars, binoculars, magnifying glasses, bean bags for catch, balance beans, stepping stones, an easel, and probably more that I'm not thinking of off the top of my head.

[Unregistered]

We're in the woods so that's pretty much our play area. We used to have climbers and such but I got rid of all the plastic save for a big one set up in the basement for emergency energy burning during the winter!
I had my DH cut some logs into kid size seats, and a few logs laid lengthwise and shored up with dirt for balancing. There's a couple bales of hay they love to climb and jump from, lots of balls, sidewalk chalk, bikes and trikes ( which are not always out) a slide, lots of dirt and small cars/trucks, and a small stream which they like to dam up and splash in.
We also have a covered deck area though, for non messy play, there's tents and tunnels and a frog sandbox filled with waffle blocks. (which is so much cleaner than sand!!!)

[LK5kids]

2 play houses

One of the small little tyke slides

2 kid's picnic tables

Little tyke basketball hoop

2 cozy coupes

1 ride on little tyke fire engine

2 water tables

1 sand table

Misc. riding toys

1 ball and one of those large exercise balls

One of those FP push popper toy

Gas tank

Tiny little tyke wagon

[Neekie]

Three climbers with slides and tunnels...different sized slides and steps for littles and bigs (playground climber, ship, and spaceship)
Huge sand box with canopy and large bin full of sand toys...trucks, diggers, pails, shovels
Non-tip, low to the ground, plastic tricycles and riding toys. Helmets, too.
Picnic table
Different sizes and types of balls, basket ball hoop
Lawn mowers
Pop-up tunnels and tents
Bubbles
Sidewalk chalk
Balance beam
Hula hoops... their favorite!
Bean bags, ring toss, jump ropes, some games that can be played outside...Twister, golf game, Limbo, huge bowling set
Swings on home-made frame (no swing set). Swings separated from the rest of the play area with timbers around them, mulch underneath, and are located at the very end of the play area. Nobody is allowed to swing without permission so that we can keep an eye on the swings when they are in use. Baby swing, double swing, and two single swings with backs on them.
Dirt area for digging

My wish list consists of a water table and a raised garden. And I am so excited. They are putting in a new park kitty corner from my house. I can see it from my house. It will be all fenced in with play equipment and plenty of grass for the the kids to run on.

[Jack Sprat]

We have a wooden fort/house on bottom with a slide, wooden lemonade stand, metal swing set with three swings, one baby, two bigger kid. A plastic slide thing that no one uses so is being replaced with a huge wooden spool that is used for electrical cable, logs that the kids do all kinds of things with, outdoor wooden blocks, three bikes, two trikes, sand/dirt toys. kitchen toys metal chairs and table that gets toted all over the sandbox, metal tractors, a dirt box, of course balls.

[TwinKristi]

A little basketball hoop
Lots of different types of balls
Plastic bowling pin set
3 Cozy Coupes
Sit on push rider thingy
Plastic rocking chair
Plastic golf set
Hoola hoops
2 easels

I have a little climber with a slide and rock wall but have to have something under it and haven't figured that out yet. Our outside area is gated in with a covered patio for 1/2 and cement slabs for the other 1/2. It's a great area for the kids. I would like to get a few more things eventually.