Garden Games:  Make relaxing and entertaining in your garden or on holiday so much more enjoyable with these great garden games, big outdoor toys and giant games. With a wonderful mix of new and traditional, there's something for everyone, not just the children. You'll find games for adult barbecues and garden parties as well as those for children's play and something for the whole family to enjoy together as well. These are just the first of a planned wide range of outdoor play & entertainment items so do come back again to see how we're developing!

Immensely popular lots of these games are very lightweight and readily portable so are ideal to take along to parties or on holiday too. So whether you relax in your own garden, visit friends and relatives, take a holiday cottage, go camping and caravanning or just like days out in the country park these could be for you!  Many are light and compact enough for motorhomes and even suitcases.

This is quite a long page - but we thought you'd enjoy browsing down through the games!  PgDn to Browse 

Hi Tower  -  very popular indeed also known as Jenga.

Garden Quoits  -  traditional and still very popular.

Garden Darts  -  maybe the camper's favourite.

Very portable and light weight and fast becoming a mobile 'must have'. Play target darts, killer darts and bowls darts with 6 darts in 3 colours plus a throwing ring and and four target rings. Aficionados have two sets and assemble teams! Set contains quality darts with weighted tips and grip ends.

OnTarget - add variety to your throwing!

On Target uses three 'Frisbee' style throwing discs and adds skill because you have to aim for a 3m diameter 'bulls eye' target. Score points by landing on one of the coloured rings and extra points for landing completely within one colour. Suitable even for toddlers of 3+ (with some easing of the rules!), so fun for everyone!

Giant Pick Up Sticks  -  very old but very popular.

You'll need nerves of steel and steady hands to win at this game!  remove each stick in turn without disturbing the others. Points are scored for each successful removal and different colours are worth different amounts. 30 x 3ft sticks in a handy and compact storage tube. Fun for all ages.

Giant Snakes & Ladders  -  with players as counters!

Well OK grandma can play a substitute but great fun with the players themselves moving up ladders and down snakes according to the throw of the giant blow-up dice. The 3m square mat comes complete with eyelets and pegs to keep the mat fixed to the lawn. An all round family game!

Giant Ludo  -  a team or individual player game.

Giant 3m mat with pegs, inflatable dice, and foam counters. Great fun as a team game where the rules allow you to block others or send them back to base by landing on the same space as them. Bigger fun still with the players acting as their own counters - especially after a glass of sangria!

Get Knotted  -  a fun twister!

There's massive fun to be had with this giant party game for anything up to 30 players. Throw two giant inflatable dice to discover which part of you body you have to place on which coloured flower. What a way to get to know your guests better - a great ice breaker! 

Silly Game  -  yep, you need to be silly to play this one!

Silly by name and by nature, a great budget game for the agile. Players throw the giant inflatable dice to find out how many spaces and in what silly style to move. Leapfrog, wheelbarrow, cartwheel, hop, forward roll and more around the course to win. Can be played as individuals or in relay teams. Set contains two dice and course markers.

Limbo  -  a new vertical challenge!

Take on family and friends with the party game of Limbo. Loosen up and limbo down as low as you can go. Keep lowering the beam until only one very bendy person can get under it with feet firmly planted! Two 5' 6" poles plus feet with 5' 6" cross beam and coloured pegs. Packed in a tube for easy storage.

Sack Race  -   who's a potato?

Re-live your schooldays racing in these adult sized potato sacks. Each of the five sacks is individually coloured and named. Each is 45" high and 30" wide and tough!

Hopping Mad  -  another 70s revival!

The classic space-hopper turned competitive! Players compete against friends on these three adult sized space-hoppers for garden racing. Three 24" dia hoppers complete with footpump and whistle ... go!

Giant Dominoes  -  Granddad's favourite?

Wooden big dominos in a handy wooden box. Can be played in or outdoors but watch out - granddad might beat you at this one!  Each domino is over 5" long.

Boules  -  from la belle France!

This French favourite is becoming increasingly popular over here. A set of 8 polished alloy boules in a metal case with wooden jack and measure. Place the jack and compete to get your boules as close as possible. Unlike bowls these are often sent flying through the air with reverse spin given by a flick of the wrist!  Ideal on harder sun-baked ground. 

Croqkick  -  if you can say it you can probably play it!

A fantastic new variant of croquet - Croqkick takes the skill and tactics of croquet and adds the the popularity of football to take the game into the 21st century. 6 giant hoops provide a training slalom or a highly competitive game trying to reach the winning post first. Great for developing ball control! 

Skittles  -  altogether quieter but no less competitive.

These hardwood skittles are beautifully polished to give a quality finish. Test your accuracy to the limit and try to knock all the pins down in one. The set contains nine 9" skittles and three 3¼" regulation balls plus instructions and rules and is packed in a smart draw-string carry bag.

Big 4  -  how's your strategy?

The smart wooden Big 4 stands nearly 4ft x 4ft. Players use the red and yellow plastic counters to try to get four in a row while stopping their opponent from doing the same. A giant and great value version of the well known table top game requiring skill and strategy.

Giant Connect 4  -  official Hasbro giant.

This game requires skill strategy and of course a lot of luck too. Players take turns to drop counters into the frame to try to form a line of four of their colour and at the same time to stop their opponent doing the same. Standing over 3' 6" tall and strikingly colourful this hard wearing plastic game will have a long gaming life. Licensed by Hasbro.

Standard Outdoor Chess  -  smaller but not easier!

Our smaller chess pieces are easier to put out and easier for smaller hands to play too. Perfect for the smaller garden or conservatory or even caravan being highly portable - why not take it to parties and relatives & friends houses? One section pieces between 20 & 25cm tall complete with a 1.2m mat.

Giant Chess Pieces  -  a real garden feature.

Giant Chess makes a stunning garden feature and a really absorbing pastime. A great way for the 'experts' to introduce beginners to this traditional game of skill, strategy and cunning. The all weather pieces are in two sections so they can be weighted with sand or water. Bases are 24cm diameter and the pieces stand 43 and 64 cm tall. (No mat)

Giant Chess/Draughts Mats  -  a choice to suit you best.

Some will make their own permanent chess board but these mats make life easy for you. The economical mat is quick to lay and rolls up for storage but the lawn friendly board (inset) is the best for longer periods of use on grass.

Much simpler but endlessly entertaining these 25cm diameter draughts pieces are ideal on the same mats.

Lawn Croquet  -  great children's version

A fun introductory croquet set ideal for children with four small brightly coloured wooden mallets and balls. Sized perfectly for children the set complete with six metal hoops, winning post, rules and zipped bag.

Cottage Croquet  -  ideal for the smaller garden.

Especially suitable for adult beginners and older children the 4 hardwood mallets are 32½" long with smaller sized heads. The balls are full size but lighter weight to match the mallet heads. Set comes complete with steel hoops, winning post, rules and bag or box to choice.

Townsend Croquet Set  -  best value full size boxed set.

This full sized 4 player croquet set contains 4 hardwood mallets with solid ash shafts and leather bound handles, full size 16oz plastic balls, steel hoops, hoop mallet, corner flags and pegs, plastic clips, hardwood winning post and rules all packed in a solid pine storage box with latches and rope handles. An excellent family gift set at an excellent price!

Hurlingham Croquet Set  -  a cracking good set!

A superbly made traditional style croquet set with regulation balls and hoops. Hurlingham mallets with brass bound heads and an inlaid sighting line, 36" 2lb 10oz. Composite 35/8" 1lb balls, 6½" iron hoops, hoop mallet, centre peg, corner pegs. Coloured metal clips, colour book of rules and tactics. Solid pine storage case with brass plated latches & rope handles.

The Croquet Association Set  -  the business!

The most popular of the wood mallet sets made for the croquet connoisseur who appreciates fine equipment and is looking for the highest quality. Competition mallets made to Joe Hogan specifications complete with coloured suede grips. Composite regulation 1lb balls. Powder coated iron hoops and clips, mallet. pegs, colour rule book. etc.

See also our goals & balls page!

Games are normally despatched the working day after the order is accepted with the included delivery on a 3-5 day service.  Express overnight carriage to mainland UK excluding Highlands carries an extra £8.00. Northern Scotland carries an £8.00 surcharge for the 3 day service and another £8.00 for overnight. IoM, Scillies, Shetland & Orkney and NI carry a supplement of £20 for up to 30Kg on a 3 day service.

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