Top Nursery Outdoor Play Equipment EYFS Children Adore
Updated on: October 23, 2024
The relationship with the outdoor environment in early years is like no other so choosing nursery outdoor play equipment needs plenty of thought. From motor skills to language, science, maths and more, the right early years apparatus will help to create rich learning experiences for children.
Fun & Active Playgrounds are a leading playground equipment supplier for nurseries and early years settings across the UK. Like you, we prize the power of creative play for children. Our goal is to help you set up positive outdoor learning spaces by providing the fun, educational nursery apparatus you need.
All of our nursery outdoor play equipment builds on timeless children’s interests. From trains to dinosaurs, music and animals, you’ll find our early years equipment is fun, bright and appealing.
With a passion to foster imaginative play, our expert design team create innovative equipment toddlers and children adore. To help you as you browse the various options, here’s some of our top picks from the collection.
Top Nursery Outdoor Play Equipment EYFS Children Adore
All of our apparatus are easy to install and available to order online. Our children’s playground equipment also includes outdoor seating, tabletops and other outdoor furniture.
Hardwearing and Safe
Serving nurseries, schools and early years settings across the UK for over 10 years, our solutions are long-lasting and safe. We construct each piece of equipment from HDPE because it offers extremely high-resistance and a wonderfully smooth finish.
From any type of weather to scratches, kicks and scuffs, HDPE will withstand heavy use by young children. Safe to use in all weathers, toddlers can enjoy our nursery equipment year-round.
As far as possible we use recycled materials across all of our playground solutions. Each piece comes with a 10-year guarantee and won’t warp, fade or crack. For sunlight, uv-resistance means you don’t have to worry about any of our vibrant shades losing their colour. Browse nursery play equipment
Here’s our top picks for your early years setting.
1. Outdoor Play Tunnels
Keith the Caterpillar Play Tunnel
Our range of outdoor play tunnels is superb. From a dinosaur-themed play tunnel to a secret woods play tube, there’s something for everyone.
We’ve picked Keith the Caterpillar play tunnel because it has a longer tube which enables multiple children to use it at the same time with ease. The ribbed-section exterior promotes use of the outdoor play tunnel by numerous children which is ideal for the many ways pupils like to play or rest in the tube.
Skylight Crawl-Through Nursery Playground Tunnel
The Skylight play tunnel has a shorter tube with skylights. The innovative design builds on children’s natural interest in light and shadows.
From inside and outside the tube, children can investigate the many ways light interacts with objects throughout the day. From reflection to shadows and light rays, the Skylight’s imaginative design sparks rich conversations about science and the world around us. …Browse outdoor play tunnels for nurseries
2. Play Trains, Pirate Ships and Climbing Equipment
Early Years Express Play Train Set
The excitement on children’s faces will be incredible when they see The Early Years Express Play Train installed. From colourful carriages with plenty of seating to the cab at the front where numerous children can drive the train together, pupils will be bowled over to have such a magical backdrop to imaginary play. …view the Early Years Express Train Set
Nessie Nursery Climbing and Activity Set
From fine and gross motor skills to the confidence to try something new, the varied play the Nessie climbing activity set offers is endless.
Children can travel up and down, climb through the hole, listen to music, relax, explore the interactive activities and more. With so much to do, the Nessie nursery climbing equipment is guaranteed to keep children’s minds and bodies active all day. …view the Nessie Play Elements Set
Play Pirate Ship
Ahoy there! Simulate creative play which puts a smile on everyone’s faces with our exciting play pirate ship.
Featuring a mast with its own flag, 3 seating areas, waves along the edge and plenty of space for children to move around, the outdoor playground ship is guaranteed to spark lots of communication, interaction and imaginative thinking as children decide where to sail today.
For more play vehicles, take a look at our play tractor, complete with animals and trailers with seats. …Browse outdoor play trains, ships and climbing equipment for early years
3. Sand and Water Play Tables
Mud Kitchen Unit Play Panel
Whether you have a dedicated forest school, mud kitchen or not, the mud kitchen unit play panel makes it easy to signal where messy play should take place.
A mud kitchen cooker with knobs, plus a sink, mud kitchen washer dryer and more, will stimulate all kinds of imaginative scenarios for toddlers.
Gifting children such creative, high-quality nursery play equipment is a great way to show them how valued they are. At the same time, you also demonstrate the importance of messy play to both children and their parents/carers.
River Run Station
You haven’t seen sand and water trays until you’ve seen the River Run Station! Waterways, bridges, blockades and obstacles will spark so much conversation and discovery as children explore how to use water to get their boat to the end first.
The practical design ensures there’s plenty of room for multiple pupils to get involved in the fun. View outdoor sand and water play tables
4. Musical Play Panels For EYFS
Ally Tube Glockenspiel Play Panel
Children will relish the opportunity to play the glockenspiel in any way they choose. The Ally Tube includes its own beaters and is part of a collection of jumbo outdoor musical instruments for toddlers and children.
The Musical Play Panels Collection includes: a large outdoor guitar, drums, steel pans, chime bells, other glockenspiels, an outdoor piano and more. Providing a much-needed outlet for emotions and thoughts, our outdoor musical instrument play panels make it easy for young children to enjoy music outside.
Custom Nursery Outdoor Play Equipment
Why not personalise the surround with your own choice of colour or design? Our customisation service means you can adapt any of our children’s playground equipment to suit your school community.
From school or house colours to year group topics and school emblem animals, there are lots of ways to put your stamp on any nursery apparatus your order from us.
5. Activity Play Panels For Nurseries and Early Years
Animal Origins Maze Play Panel
For hands-on learning, our activity panels offer play to stimulate every sense. From elements you can move and turn to music and more, our sensory nursery equipment makes it easy to create a play space that’s exciting and stimulating.
Drawing on a variety of curriculum topics, the Animal Origins Maze Panel ignites children’s knowledge about various aspects of science and the world around us as they solve the puzzle.
For role play, we have play panels for everything from a flower shop to a bakery, ambulance, fire engine and farm shop. …view activity panels
Within the Activity Play Panels Collection we also have a range of road signs. Why not match some signs from the collection with a selection of our creative playground markings? Together, road signs and playground markings can create an elevated play space for young children on wheels.
Take a look at what we did at Falconers Hill Infant School!
6. Rotogen Play Panels
Sunnyside Farm Play Panel
Our rotogen play panels are hand-powered meaning they require no electrical source to work. Energy-saving and economical, when children turn the wheel, they’ll power up the animals! As each animal is tapped, it makes its own animal sound to the tune of Old Macdonald Had a Farm.
Shapes Reaction Play Panel
The Shape Play Panel offers more sensory fun. Building co-ordination and recall, children are challenged to use their knowledge of shapes and colours at an increasing speed, aiding quick recall. See more sensory play panels
7. Sports Play Panels
Football Goal Play Panel
Sports play panels are a fantastic way to make the most of outdoor space. Free from cumbersome goal posts and equipment, the panel is easily erected in any location, transforming unused areas into a dedicated space for ball play.
The Sports Panel Collection also includes activity panels to help children get active, as well as timers, target boards and score boards. …discover our Sports Panel range.
And that’s just a small selection of our nursery outdoor playground equipment!
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Jess Sparks
Jess is deeply committed to supporting our mission of positively impacting UK outdoor play environments to promote healthy lifestyles in children.
With a CIM Level 6 Diploma in Sustainable Marketing, Jess channels her passion for sustainability into her marketing role, using her skills to promote eco-conscious practices and raise awareness for our initiatives.
Jess’ experience within the industry is instrumental in driving engagement and supporting connections with those who require ultra-durable, high-grade playground markings both locally and internationally.
