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Best for families with an outdoor place where digging or scooping is welcome, and a spot to keep a 40cm-high red shovel between turns. It is strongest when you are choosing for a child whose stage and play space you already know.
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Outdoor & Garden Play
Mighty Shovel, Red
by Hape
A simple pretend play toy for digging, scooping and moving outside.
The shovel that keeps getting called back to work
Some days, the job is moving sand from one place to another. Other days, it is clearing a tiny path in loose soil or making a careful mound that only your child understands. Without anyone needing to set the game up, the red shovel gives them a reason to stay with the play: there is always one more scoop, one more load, one more bit of outside work to finish before coming in.
$7.15
$7.95
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Two-year structural warranty
Structural faults are covered under our warranty terms.
Dispatched from Melbourne
Sent from our Melbourne warehouse with tracking.
Thirty-day change-of-mind returns
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Age Guide
18 months+
Dimensions
40 × 9 × 3 cm
Product overview
When outside play turns into a proper job
Outdoor play often changes when your little one decides there is work to do. At first, it might be a few scoops near the sand or soil. Soon, there is a pile that needs moving, a trench that needs checking, or a spot that has become their project. Before long, the Mighty Shovel is not just brought out once; it becomes the red shovel they look for when they are ready to get stuck into their own outdoor task.
Product details
Thoughtful details that make a difference
Gives outdoor play a clear job
As a pretend play toy made for outdoor play, the Mighty Shovel helps turn sand or earth into something your child can work on in their own way.
Why this matters
Your little one is not waiting to be shown the whole game. They can decide what needs digging, scooping or moving next.
Room for a different task each time
There is no single finished scene with shovel play. One day it is a pile, another day it is a path, and another day it is moving things
Why this matters
That open-endedness is what keeps many children coming back to this kind of outdoor play.
Simple value through repeat outdoor use
The value sits in a clear play idea your child can return to: a red shovel, outside, with something to dig, scoop or move.
Why this matters
It does not need a big set-up to become part of ordinary home play.
Before you order
Practical information
Everything you need to know before bringing this product home.
Age and suitability
- Recommended age
- 18 months+
Dimensions
- Overall dimensions
- 40 × 9 × 3 cm
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