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Top garden toys

If you want to encourage the kids to get outside this summer, check out our pick of the top garden toys

? JUMBO BANANAGRAMS - £54.99, WWW.SHOP.WINNINGMOVES.CO.UK This award-winning game, right, gets supersized with 144 3x3 tiles, specially waterproofed for outdoor word fun. Play this superb game just about anywhere, then pack it back up in the supersized fruit-based bag.

? NERF N-STRIKE ELITE ROUGHCUT - £19.99 FROM WWW.SMYTHSTOYS.COM For those fans of foam dart action this is about the best bit of kit ever unleashed. Firing up to 40-feet, the Roughcut, left, can release two soft tipped armoury simultaneously, making you very hard to beat...

? AIR STORM Z-CURVE LAUNCHER - £19.99 FROM WWW.SMYTHSTOYS.COM - Some old school bow and arrow action is updated here with two darts and a sucker that'll get up to 40-feet with minimal effort, below. Quite simply, one of the best toys ever released.

? SPRINGFREE TRAMPOLINE - FROM £750.00 AT WWW.SPRINGFREETRAMPOLINES.CO.UK If you're feeling particularly flush, this innovative range of non-spring-based machines, above, is developed without any of the normal rust gathering bits. Assemble yours in just a few hours, then leave it up for endless days of fun.

? FARGO PLAYCENTRE - £279.99 FROM WWW.SMYTHSTOYS. COM - A long-term investment, there's no need for the kids to head down to the playground, when they can get their fun in the back garden with this superb set. When they've exhausted themselves on the two swings, fairground inspired skyride and wavy slide, there's a decent sized decking space for them to catch some breath and even have a spot of lunch.