Best Toys

Most kids prefer outdoor play to being stuck indoors any day. Luckily, kids have lots of options in outdoor toys to play with. Outdoor toys give kids alternatives when they get bored, and while making mud pies and digging for rocks and other treasures is still as much fun as it ever was, there are lots of other things kids can do with a wide variety of outdoor toys.

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Best Water Toys

Inflatable Water Slides

Inflatable Swimming Pools

Water Tables

Swing Sets

Sandboxes

Top 5 Trampolines

Top 5 Inflatable Water Trampolines

Top 12 Ride on Toys

Best Radio Flyer Wagons

A favorite outdoor toy is the traditional sand box. There are several versions of this toy, some are rectangular and some are made in fun shapes, like a turtle. When buying a sand box, make sure that it comes with a lid or cover of some sort to keep debris and more importantly animals out of the sand. Sand boxes are a very common place for stray cats to relieve themselves, and so a sand box without a cover to keep the cats out at night is a very dangerous place for kids to play.

Playhouses are outdoor toys that kids love, and they can use playhouses for more than just playing house. Boys like to use playhouses for forts, and as headquarters for rescue play. Kids of both genders like to use a good playhouse as a club house, and it may be a good idea to get two playhouses if you have kids of both genders who play at your house. Kids can have hours of fun at a time in a good quality outdoor playhouse.

Swimming pools are always a hit with kids, especially if you live in an area where it gets very hot outside during the summer. Sprinkler toys are also good water outdoor toys for those times when kids just want to have a quick run through the sprinkler, or if you’d like to water the lawn while the kids play.

For a little more outside action, ride on toys are always a good bet. There are ride on toys in several varieties, some are push versions, some are pedal propelled versions, and some are electric powered versions that use rechargeable batteries. These toys should always be used under close adult supervision and kids should wear helmets, elbow pads, knee pads and gloves in addition to a good pair of shoes- not sandals- when riding on a ride on toy.

Best Outdoor Toy Companies

The best outdoor toy companies are completely dependent on the type of outdoor product. For inflatable outdoor pools and trampolines, Intex is a reliable company that produces quality products, and Little Tikes is also a good company for these types of products. For full sized non- inflatable trampolines, Jump Sport and Airzone are two very good companies that produce trampolines for back yard use.

Quality, reliable ride on toys are made by many good companies, only a few of which are Razor, Little Tikes, Fisher Price and Power Wheels, and Peg Perego. These toy companies have ride on toys in the push versions, pedal versions, and electric or battery powered versions. Outdoor playhouses are made by Step 2, Little Tikes, and KidKraft as well as several other companies. Step 2 and Sierra are only two companies that produce quality swing sets and play sets.

It is pretty easy to find out if the toy you’re thinking of buying is a good quality brand by doing a simple internet search for that specific toy and the word ‘reviews’. People who have bought the toy before you have probably posted their opinion of that product on one of the shopping websites, and you can make a decision on the product based partly on how many positive and negative reviews you can find about the toy.