Anonymous
Post 05/30/2019 13:52     Subject: Backyard toys/activities for 5 year old
Tetherball
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2019 12:38     Subject: Backyard toys/activities for 5 year old
Practice the game we call coma. Mommy lays in the yard pretending to be unconscious, and needs lots of yellow flowers (dandy lions) pilled around her to wake her up.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2019 12:34     Subject: Backyard toys/activities for 5 year old
My 6yo loves our big trampoline and a sprinkler/slip-n-slide combo that we just put out for the summer.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2019 10:30     Subject: Re:Backyard toys/activities for 5 year old
Garden Hose with spray attachment. My kids could play with that for hours.
Anonymous
Post 05/28/2019 14:26     Subject: Re:Backyard toys/activities for 5 year old
Water squirters from the dollar store
Magnetic Sand or Play Doh
Anonymous
Post 05/28/2019 12:16     Subject: Backyard toys/activities for 5 year old
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sounds like you have enough out there. How about just sitting back and let him use his imagination? You don’t have to manage his fun. It’s even okay if he’s a little bored.


This. We do have a swingset, balls, soccer goal, ride ons but mostly what our 5 year old plays with is the grass, sticks she finds, flowers (my mother showed her how to make a clover necklace), stuff she brings from inside, she just....plays. Nothing formal or fancy needed.

Ok, clover necklaces are cool, but my kids are outside playing for at least 6 hours on the weekend. Toys can be really helpful keeping them active and wearing them out.
Anonymous
Post 05/28/2019 10:17     Subject: Backyard toys/activities for 5 year old
Anonymous wrote:Sounds like you have enough out there. How about just sitting back and let him use his imagination? You don’t have to manage his fun. It’s even okay if he’s a little bored.


This. We do have a swingset, balls, soccer goal, ride ons but mostly what our 5 year old plays with is the grass, sticks she finds, flowers (my mother showed her how to make a clover necklace), stuff she brings from inside, she just....plays. Nothing formal or fancy needed.
Anonymous
Post 05/28/2019 10:13     Subject: Backyard toys/activities for 5 year old
My 3 and 6 year old girls were outside digging for worms for about an hour and a half yesterday, so if you have a plant bed that's empty, I suggest buying some kids gardening tools.