Outdoor Toys

[KSDC]

My current daycare kids are entertained by rocks and sticks but our biggest hit last summer was an adventures kit. It has little cups, magnifying glasses, tweezers, binoculars etc. It was a classroom kit so there’s like 6 of each item. They love going around the yard and filling their cups with dirt/sand/grass/moss/bugs/you name it.

Did you make these kits or purchase? If purchase, can you include a link?

[Jo123ABC]

I want to redo my outdoor toys I feel like the kids get "bored" with the typical toys I have. Here is what I have a playhouse that the kids love, different bikes/cars, sidewalk chalk, a variety of water play (different tables), rock climbing wall(little tikes) slide, bubbles, bubble mower. They just seem to get bored after awhile. I really want to get some new different stuff.
I was thinking of some sort of car track built out of something, like on wood, I think the kids would love that.
What else do you have? Oh my age group is mostly 2-5 but I also have a 8 yr old in summer.

My kiddos LOVE the water table. They use it to cook... mixing water with sand and leaves, etc. (Messy but I am a farm kid so I sort of encourage messy play outside). We also have one of those dome style climbers that looks like a bunch of triangles put together. They really use their imagination with it. Sometimes it's a house, sometimes a mountain, etc. This winter they broke chunks of compacted snow (with the help of my husband) and started using it as a foundation for an igloo. My playground has a huge sandbox so we have a bunch of digging tools, molding tools, trucks, and cookware. The play house has a kitchen so cooking is a big thing here!

So, to sum it up, favorite outside stuff is: play house, sandbox, dome climber, cookware, and water table

[Josiegirl]

It's been reaching 40's here for the past 10 days so our favorite toy is mud. Seriously. They want to hurry and get outside because of the mud. But you should see their boots and snow pants.

[Cat Herder]

Did you make these kits or purchase? If purchase, can you include a link?

I have given these adventure kits as birthday gifts and collected similar supplies for the playground for the group from learning resources:

Birthday (or individual child ) Kit $19.99: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079N8XB5B...&pd_rd_w=mciMM

My favorite outdoor exploration set $24.99: https://www.learningresources.com/pr...=6&ecCategory=

My favorite outdoor large/small muscle set $54.99: http://www.orientaltrading.com/super...-57_85700.fltr

The traditional ball hoppers and slip-n-slides are always a hit, too.

Easy, affordable to replace as needed, fun to use, kid approved.

[storybookending]

Did you make these kits or purchase? If purchase, can you include a link?

I purchased this with my young star grant. We must order through either DSS or Kaplan Co to utilize our grant. The ones CH found are cheaper.

http://www.discountschoolsupply.com/Mobile/ProductDetail.aspx?product=23521&Category=295

It's been reaching 40's here for the past 10 days so our favorite toy is mud. Seriously. They want to hurry and get outside because of the mud. But you should see their boots and snow pants.

Omg it was in the 50s last week and I had to wash snow pants and mittens every single night. Now we have a few more inches of snow, although not as much as was expected so my washing machine can have a slight break until it starts melting again.