Outdoor play equipment for small garden - any suggestions?

[Goodliz]

Hiya

I am wandering if anyone can recommend any outdoor play/ climbing equipment for a small garden - approx 30 foot.

It is for my 2 sons who are 3 and nearly 6. I am looking at slides but think it would also be nice to have some kind of climbing thing. Anything to stop them swinging off the washing line and climbing the fence! Plus get them out of the house and not fighting!

Thanks, Liz x

[Alec John Moore]

Hi, we were very, very lucky in getting a climbing frame/swings/slide thing from Freecycle a few years ago which our three

really like. However, if you can only get one thing, get a trampoline. They use up so much energy on that thing and it is a delight to hear the squeals of laughter from our lot on theirs competing with the neighbour's kids on theirs. We got ours from Argos for about ?100. Alec

[ThePrincessBride]

Depending on whether they (you!) like mucky play, but the best thing my parents ever did was create a mud puddle with a hose pipe one day at the end of the garden and we spent a whole summer digging and playing around in the mud. We eventually decided to plant veg & flowers in the patch and also spent many happy hours digging, planting, watering and watching things grow... plus digging up worms and stalking snails. Best memory of playing in the garden! We totally ignored the swing and slide after the first week...