Around Water & Garden

Having a pond or paddling in your garden in the summer is great - as long as you use it responsibly. Just being out in the sun in summer can be dangerous for small children and the garden itself could be full of hazards so read on to find out how to make sure fun in the garden stays just that.

Below are our 17 articles in the 'around water & garden' category:

Barbecue Safety
When the temperatures soar, barbecues grow in popularity. There's something appealing about cooking your meal out on the open coals, lapping up the sunshine and enjoying a social gathering with ...
Choosing a Safe Party Venue
If you want to take the hassle and stress out of organising a children's party yourself - not to forget, avoiding having to clear up afterwards - then having it at a specialised party venue is a ...
Choosing Safe Outdoor Play Equipment
Having play equipment in your garden, such as swings, slides, mini roundabouts and even a bouncy castle, can be great fun for children. Play is an important part of development and aids imagination ...
Climbing Frame Safety
Most kids enjoy outdoor exercise. Climbing frames provide children with lots of opportunity for fun, healthy activity. If you are planning to purchase a climbing frame for your family, there are ...
Falls in the Home and Garden
You have to put yourself back into a child's mind to understand what hazards there might be in your home for falling. A small step out onto a patio for you might cause a little one to fall flat on ...
Firework Safety
Colourful fireworks exploding in the sky are great to watch and certainly add an extra sparkle to special events, or Bonfire Night. But as fireworks are essentially explosive materials, there are ...
Garden Dot to Dot for Your Kids
We no longer provide individual posters. Instead we have combined them into a Safety Pack which includes the Safekids ChildSafety Handbook and the following 9 posters and 3 certificates to help ...
Garden Safety for Kids
Summertime means barbeques, paddling pools, lots of flowers and plenty of insects and if we're lucky, not much rain. It also brings out the gardener in us - that typically English pastime to which so ...
Garden Safety Poster for Your Kids
We no longer provide individual posters. Instead we have combined them into a Safety Pack which includes the Safekids ChildSafety Handbook and the following 9 posters and 3 certificates to help ...
Garden Word Search for Your Kids
We no longer provide individual posters. Instead we have combined them into a Safety Pack which includes the Safekids ChildSafety Handbook and the following 9 posters and 3 certificates to help ...
Is There Such a Thing as a Safe Tan?
For many of us, the ideal summer look includes beautifully bronzed skin. We tend to view it as highly attractive and healthy. Although society may favor the sun-kissed look, physicians would ...
Play Equipment: Safety, Standards and Supervision
Playbarns and indoor play areas are springing up (literally) everywhere and rainy weekends are countered by visits to large, purpose built indoor play centres, such as those at the Wacky Warehouse ...
Sun Safety for Babies and Children
When I was a kid, I loved running about on the beach all day wearing a swimsuit and rarely, if ever, worrying about sunscreen. If we had known in the 70s what we know now, my mum would have made sure ...
Trampoline Safety
Trampolines are great fun for children, and a good form of exercise, but accidents involving trampolines are common. If you want your children to enjoy the fun of trampolining, take note of these ...
Vitamin D And Sun Exposure
We've been warned about the dangers of sun exposure, in our effort to avoid overexposure to the sun, we have left ourselves vulnerable to arthritis, osteoporosis, diabetes, hypertension, and certain ...
Water Safety for Children
In the summer there is nothing more appealing than a dip in the sea, a paddle in a river or an afternoon at the pool or lido. And because we're so relaxed and having fun, we may be more likely to ...
Which Garden Plants are Safe for Children?
It's lovely to explore the garden and park with your children, but they do have a tendency to use all their senses to explore - touch, smell, sight, sound and unfortunately taste is a big one for ...

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