This is a collaborative post with Wicked Uncle
If you are looking for the best outdoor toys to keep kids entertained Wicked Uncle have a fab selection
So, here’s the deal. Wicked Uncle gave me fifty quid to buy some toys and write about them. I had a hard time choosing as there is a ridiculous amount of exciting, cool and gross stuff but I thought
You know what? The weather is bound to improve, let’s get some outdoor toys
Sadly, I am still waiting for the weather to improve but, when it does we have these super toys to play with! I chose things that you could either use in your garden or take to the park or even the beach, here they are:
The Best Outdoor Toys for under £20
Rollin Wave Premium Bubble Machine £16.95
This is the first thing I chose. We recently cleared out our shed and our previous bubble machine had, well, not survived having deckchairs put on top of it. Sad times. We love bubbles in our house and bubble machines are such good, clean (literally) fun! This one is a Gazillions brand and I really rate their bubble mixture. Seriously, it does make a difference even if my mum insists that Fairy liquid does the same job. It doesn’t.
Check out The Rollin Wave Premium Bubble Machine on the Wicked Uncle website
Jumbo Octopus Kite £14.95
This was the second outdoor toy I chose. I personally love a kite. The only problem is, they are a bit dependent on the weather. No wind, no kite flying. But, there is always the seaside, that pretty much always has wind.
This kite looks like an octopus and it has 4 meter long tentacles! Cool huh?! This obviously means it is not the sort of kite you can fly in your back garden, unless you are lucky enough to have a massive back garden. But it is great to pack for days out to the park or beach.
Check out the Jumbo Octopus kite on the Wicked Uncle website
The best outdoor toys for under £10
I wanted to include a couple of toys that won’t break the bank. If you are on a budget, or even if you want to send an extra little something, these make great gifts.
Waboba Wingman – Flying disc £6.95
I LOVE these! They are made of silicone so you can fold them and pop them in your pocket for those flying disc emergencies, or maybe it’s so they are easier to pack. As they are silicone they are also softer and don’t hurt little hands catching them or when they hit you right between the eyes. They fly straight and can go a fair way, allegedly 40 meters in the right conditions – we’ll have to trust them on that one!
Check out the Waboba Wingman on the Wicked Uncle website
Booma Plane – Always Flies Back £6.95
Sold as a set of two (which is handy in this house as we have two boys) these are foam planes that always fly back to your hand…after a bit of practice. I used to love these sort of planes when I was a kid. They were sold in the local toyshop and you would have to make them by slotting the pieces together – these are just like them, only better as all you have to do is unfold the wings. They even come with stickers so you can customise them!
Once you have mastered getting them to fly back to you you can try all sorts of different tricks with them. These are great to play with outdoors but also in – maybe move any expensive vases beforehand though, just in case.
Check out the Booma Plane on the Wicked Uncle website
About Wicked Uncle…
If you haven’t heard of Wicked Uncle before then let me tell you all about it… You may have, in the past, had to buy a present for a child that needed to be sent. I think most of us have been there. You want to choose something cool, something that makes the kid think “Wow! They are really down with the kids” and that is exactly what Wicked Uncle does. It is a website packed full of cool gift ideas for kids (and adults) of all ages. You can search by age, price, category and so on, making it really easy to choose the right gift. They include a card so the lucky recipient knows who it is from and even offer a wrapping service for a fee!
Check out the Wicked Uncle website here
