s/o Gardening

freezorburn

What are some good toys for outside, for a toddler? We have a small enclosed yard and garden. The patio is about 8' x 16', but is mostly occupied by furniture. The lawn is about the same size.

So far we have a 10" diameter bouncy ball, and a kiddy pool that I can put ball-pit balls in until it gets warmer. Other than that I'm not sure what else is good for outside. Would love to hear some ideas!

TJ1979

How old is LO? E loves her little ride on cars and tricycles.

nanabanana06

We have a small area for kids/dog. Right now we have a folding slide, kiddie pool, wagon, and a bubble lawn mower. Plus the usual balls and side walk chalk. If we had more pavement they'd have a cozy coupe and trikes. However, we don't. So they have that at MIL's. We're thinking of getting and inflatable bounce house though.

freezorburn

DS is 22 months.

freezorburn

Here's a crappy photo of our backyard, through an upstairs window, to give you an idea of how small our space is.

nanabanana06

When in doubt, side walk chalk and bubbles.

TJ1979

What about like a sand table or water table?

freezorburn

Great ideas!  Thanks!

Into+the+Kitty

I'm getting A a small trampoline this summer.

CLLDLL

Into+the+Kitty said:

I'm getting A a small trampoline this summer.

In our case, a small trampoline was like the gateway to a bigger trampoline and then a huge trampoline.  Watch out! 

I second side walk chalk, bubbles, and a water or sand table.  Also G has a mini broom and a shovel that supposed to be for sand that he loves to pretend he's scooping snow with.  What about one of those kiddie basketball hoops or kiddie soccer goals? 

tjkdlhb

TJ1979 said:

What about like a sand table or water table?

Or giant tupperware type containers!  They're much cheaperl.

Rrrrrachel

We have Tupperware containers for sand and water. I bought some plastic "gems" on amazon and buried those in the sand and she digs them up. Bubbles. We have a mister that goes on the hose, last summer she also loved the hose with the shut off thing on the end turned on just a tiny bit so it sprayed everywhere. She likes to water with her watering can. Cats. Cat food. Chasing the cats with the cat food.

unaveragejane

DS still hasn't figured out how to ride his cozy coupe. I curse the thing every time we get it out. Thankfully he's doing better with the 2nd hand ride-on toy we bought last week.

freezorburn

I wonder if our lawn is even big enough for a cozy coupe to do a 3-point turn ...