Garden adventures: Allowing your children to lead the way is the key to fun outdoor play

Allowing your children to lead the way is the key to fun outdoor play, and there are many things you can build or buy to help them along, says Kya deLongchamps

Outdoor fun can be as simple as hanging an old blanket from a tree for an instant teepee. Picture: iStock

Adventure play for children is as much about accommodating the free flight of their imagination as it is sailing them up on a glider swing. Even a small garden can deliver natural roam and introduced elements to stage bold, healthy physical larks and wildly exciting improvised storytelling.