Forget bouncy castles or giant jenga! You don’t need lots of ‘stuff’ to run a successful play street. If you do decide to provide something, consider low cost, open ended, junk materials that get kids’ creative, imaginative and cooperative juices flowing.

Unlike many manufactured games, there is no single way to play with loose parts such as cardboard tubes, boxes, pieces of fabric, plastic crates, old tyres or plastic bottles. They can be used to build things, create costumes, invent games and then destroy and recreate all over again. Download our info sheets on Loose Parts Play and Low Cost High Value Play below for inspiration.