Little Tikes For Every Little Tyke (Little Tikes Slide)

Member Name: sue26

Product:	Little Tikes Slide
Date:	28/10/01 (408 review reads)
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Advantages: Very durable

Disadvantages: None

My youngest monster has reached the dreaded climbing stage. If it`s any higher than a foot then it has to be climbed on. To save my sanity and my furniture I took her to the local park during the summer and she fell in love with the slide. The only problem now is, that being winter my garden is like a muddy swamp and I don`t really want her playing in it.

This is where the Little Tikes slide comes in handy. Made of light weight durable plastic, it is the perfect size for my little girl and is small enough to use either indoor or outdoor. When it`s not in use or during the decent weather then it`s kept in the garden. When she wants to play with it I can give it a quick hose down to get rid of the accumulated dirt, dry it off and put it in the living room.

It`s very colourful, in bright yellow, blue and pink so most little people will love it. It also has wide steps that are ridged to give them a better balance and stop them from slipping off, and there are only three of them that are spaced close together so it`s not too much of an uphill treck.

The main slide itself curves upwards at the edges, so there`s no danger of them toppling off halfway down. For extra safety, the top of the steps are shaped into large handles so they can get to grips with the top properly before taking a dive.

I love the way this slide is designed especially for the toddler age, there are no sharp edges or corners, everything is rounded and smooth and all nuts are covered by rounded plastic covers, even these are bright pink as well.

It comes flat packed in a box but doesn`t take any longer than 15 minutes to put together, and because the bottom of the steps are a fair bit wider than the bottom of the slide then it`s more stable than the bigger slides. Underneath the main slide there is also a plug, so if you want to make it extra sturdy then you can fill it with sand. I have omitted from doing this though as I know that the sand would not remain
inside the slide once my brats found the plug.

For ages 1½ to 4yrs, this makes the perfect first slide for any child, and at the price of only £19 from shops like Argos and Index it`s pretty cheap as well.

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