Outdoor toys

A big dump truck, preferably large enough that she can push it in front of her without having to lean over too far. It goes well with a sandbox, and the truck bed is always handy as a doll bed if she's not into dump trucks. I'd get plastic, since it's an outside toy and the big metal ones would be A) a pain to drag in and out and B) rust.

This is our beach-going truck (a decent size, and you can't beat four bucks) and we have a larger, older Tonka model truck at our house. I'm going to see if I can find the one we have on eBay and post a link, because it's perfect.

eta links to dump truck:
first one.
second one.

We have four kids ranging from 1- 9

I am guilty of collecting little tikes garage sale finds :

we have a big pirate ship, it has a platform up top with a steering wheel, and a hideout (could be a sandbox) in the bottom of the boat. You can hook a hose up to the cannon and have a sprinkler. This is one of the most popular items in our yard. all the kids play on it climb on it. Yesterday my 9 year old and his friend were sitting up on it hiding from the little ones.

we have two plastic climbing gyms with slides the baby likes the little one with the slide because she can do it herself.

I am sure they would get more use but my two year old is terrified of spiders and saw one on the big slide once, so he won't go down

we have ride ons and rockers and those are a hit probably from about 1- 4years the cozy coup car has had ALOT of use.

if you are going to go with a sandbox (which are fun for all ages) go big! the little ones aren't deep enough to make tunnels and if you have a few friends over it gets crowded. My three older kids (2-9) play in our home made sand box which is 3 feet deep (with about 2 feet of sand) and 6x8 feet lots of room for dump trucks

have fun

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That's too cute!There's actually a pile of bricks in the yard that I don't think the current ownwers will be getting rid of - and i'm just the type of person who would make a patio for a play house.I'm a nut.

I'm really starting to thnk about the home made sandbox.What did you make it out of?Does it get nasty in there?What kind of maintenence is required.

I really do appreciate all the help.I've never had a yard of my own.And i don't want to waste money.

i vote for sandbox, house & pool (in the summer). that's pretty much all you need i think. cars & trucks are good too but it all comes down to sandbox.

I ordered this today...a sandbox kit with COVER!! I think the cover is really the key to having a nice sandbox Keep any neighborhood kitties out and keep the sand fairly dry:

http://www.littletikes.com/Toys/Toys...A2+Sandbox+Kit

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well our sandbox is

we dug down about 18 inches and lined the 6 by 8 foot area with pea gravel and then covered it with landscape cloth (you want the water to drain out) then build a wood frame from 2x12's built into a box shape. Then filled it with a lot of sand (there is I guess about 2 feet deep worth of sand ) until it is about 6 inches below the top of the frame. The sun sterilizes the sand. so our cover is fine plastic netting secured with upside down cuphooks under the "seat" which is a 2x 6 around the top of the sand box. The netting keeps cats and sticks out, but allows the sun to clean the sand.

My son loves to play in his playhouse . I think my mom got it at Target or Wal-Mart...

He also loves his Little Tykes basketball hoop. (Really loves this... )

For his 2nd birthday in June, we're planning on getting him this sandbox...can't beat the price! (In store it's cheaper...last I looked $25 I think...)

Hth! Yay on the new house!

My dd is about the same age (she was born Nov.14, 2004) and her favorite things are the picnic table (anything she can sit on, really) and the play house. She just loves that playhouse! She peeks out the window and yells "mama!" and it's just the cutest thing ever
Congrats on moving to a new place!