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Create a Backyard Playground Your Children Will Love

Choosing an outdoor play centre is ultimately about creating a backyard where children want to spend time.

Whether you have a compact garden that suits a smaller Lifespan Kids play centre, a larger backyard ready for a feature-packed wooden playground, or children who would rather climb than slide, there is no single solution that works for every family.

The Lifespan Kids, Plum® and gobaplay® ranges at Happy Active Kids provide different approaches to backyard play — from cubbies and slides to climbing walls, monkey bars, swings and imaginative play areas.

The key is to choose based on your children, your backyard and the way your family plays.

A well-chosen backyard play centre can become much more than a piece of outdoor equipment. It can become the place where children burn off energy after school, invent imaginary worlds, challenge themselves to climb a little higher and create the kind of everyday backyard memories that last for years.

So, What Is the Best Age for a Cubby House?

For many children, around 3 years old is a great time to introduce a cubby house, particularly a simple ground-level model.

By this age, children are becoming increasingly interested in imaginative and role-playing games. A cubby gives them a dedicated space where they can pretend, create stories and play independently while still being close to parents and carers.

There is something magical about an elevated cubby house. Add a slide, climbing wall, swings or a sandpit underneath, and suddenly the backyard becomes a world of adventure.

Our elevated cubbies are designed to give children more opportunities to climb, explore, imagine and play outdoors.

We've rounded up five of the most popular elevated cubbies.  From feature-packed backyard play centres to spacious timber cubbies perfect for imaginative play.