Showing posts with label sandpits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sandpits. Show all posts
there's no denying it...these are some pretty cheerful buckets. collapsible, with sieve attachment or just plain brilliant, the choice is yours...

melissa and doug smiley face bucket sieve sand collapsible green yellow blue plastic happy giddy pail cinco starfish flex octopus sifter bebe moda

1/ happy giddy pail, £6.99, bebe moda *for 10% off enter JUNE11 at the checkout*
2/ cinco starfish collapsible bucket, £7.99, bebe moda
*for 10% off enter JUNE11 at the checkout*
3/ flex octopus pail and sifter, £9.99, bebe moda *for 10% off enter JUNE11 at the checkout*

water tables will provide much amusement...pouring, splashing and getting wet...it's all good clean fun!
water play table sand pit childrens toy
1/ creation station pouring tray, £4.95, sbs educational
2/ childrens snad and water playbath table, £59.99, amazon
3/ blue sand and water play table, £59.99, amazon
4/ red rockface tray and folding stand, £79.99, cost cutters
5/ grasmere water basin, £145.95, eduzone
6/ the sanak-ji water table, $279, cheme designs

it's hard to beat a bit of pottering in the garden...digging in dirt, sprinkling with water, sweeping and transporting makes for a very happy playtime...and lots of fresh air and physical play means that the kids are sure to sleep well (bonus!)


children's gardening toys kid's toddler trowel spade bucket watering can rake wheelbarrow duck metal plastic gift set

1/ pink childrens wheelbarrow, £29.99, spotty green frog
2/ toddlers hand trowel, £1.50, garden gear
3/ child's garden watering can, £9, great little trading company
4/ child's blue garden brush, £4.95, dotcomgiftshop
5/ ring o roses kids gardening tools, £12, jamie oliver
6/ coloured bucket, £7.50, bird kids
7/ duck watering can, £5.99, kidsen
8/ garden set, £14.50, funky moose *for 10% off enter FMBSF at the checkout*
9/ darlac kids hand toools and kneeler, £5.95, garden gear

the sun has got his hat on, hip-hip-hip-hooray, the sun has got his hat on so it's time for some sand play. be it in a sand pit or on an exotic beach choose the right tools for the job and get building, digging, raking or sifting. (no sand? no worries. you can also put these to good use in a muddy patch of garden)

sand toy bucket and spade sieve mould scrunch bucket recycled plastic eco friendly

1/ red metal beach spade, £2.50, little baby company
2/ boys vintage tin seaside bucket, £5.95, dotcomgiftshop
3/ green toys sand play set, £17.99, vup baby *for 15% off enter STYLE15 at the checkout*
4/ short rake, £3, bird kids
5/ scrunch bucket, £7.99, blue daisy
6/ sandig 5 piece baking set, £3.05, ikea
7/ coloured sieve, £3.25, bird kids
8/ sandig 3-piece bricklaying set, £3.05, ikea
9/ baby bucket set, £3, early learning centre


stacking cups are a bit of a must-have toy. a happy time can be spent making tall towers or fitting one inside the other. great in the bath and in the sandpit (and they prove quite useful as an emergency bowl when out and about at mealtimes too)
square stacking cups toy
stack and nest cups bath toy, £11.95, hoptoyshop.co.uk
be it a sandpit or the seaside - you'll be needing a bucket and spade...

children's bucket and spade

boys vintage tin seaside bucket, £5.95; red metal beach spade, £2.95, dotcomgiftshop.com