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Role play

Stimulate imagination, collaboration and creative outdoor play with role-play play equipment from W&H Sports. This subcategory includes various play items that children can use to play, discover, pretend and come up with their own stories.

Role-play play equipment is suitable for school playgrounds, daycare centers, playgrounds, recreation parks and public play areas. Think of playhouses, play ships, vehicles, themed play objects and other equipment that invite children to play together. W&H Sports supplies role-play play equipment in different configurations, tailored to different ages, locations and play concepts.

  • Specialist in play areas with high play value

  • Expert advice on target group, theme and layout

  • Role play integrated into a complete play environment

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Role play

Play vehicle "Sales van"

Play vehicle "Fire brigade"

Play vehicle "Off-road vehicle"

Play ship "James Cook 2"

Play ship "Amundsen"

Play ship "Ship's Wheel"

Railways "Railway track set"

Play ship "Juno - E01"

Play ship "Chimney"

Play Ship Westolino "Jolle - C01 with springs"

Play ship "Ship's Bow"

Play ship "Noah's Ark"

Railways "Locomotive"

Railways "Passenger Wagon"

Railways "Tank Wagon"

Railways "Coal Wagon"

Railways "Long timber wagon"

Play ship "Jolle"

Playhouse "Alina" green

Playhouse "Bienolino"

Playhouse "Cara"

Playhouse "Alina"

Playhouse "Holly - E01"

Playhouse "Hänsel und Gretel"

Playhouse "Jola"

Playhouse "Kletterbutze"

Playhouse "Kletterbutze - H01"

Playhouse "Kletterbützchen - B01"

Playhouse "Schmiede"

Playhouse "Laura"

Playhouse "Lenia"

Playhouse "Marta"

Playhouse "Marta - H01"

Playhouse "Ruby"

Playhouse "Villa Sonnenschein"

Play area "Runa - E01"

Play ship "Fram – E01"

Play ship "Humboldt with ground anchor"

Play ship "Humboldt with springs"

Play ship "Jolle" green

Playhouse "Waschanlage"

Traffic light

Gas station

Gas station "Slim"

Slim filling station built-in

Tipi tent "Cloud Feather"

Playhouse Witer Adler
Spielkombination Classic

Why choose W&H

  • Wide range of role-play play equipment for school playgrounds, childcare, playgrounds and public play areas.

  • Suitable for stimulating imagination, language development, social play and creative outdoor play.

  • Possibility to combine role-play play equipment with climbing, slides, balance and sand play equipment.

  • Advice available on age group, play value, safety, surfacing and a complete layout.

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More about role-play

Role play is an important part of children’s development. By pretending, coming up with stories and playing out situations together, children develop their imagination, language, social skills and problem-solving ability.

W&H Sports supplies role-play play equipment for schools, childcare locations, municipalities, playgrounds, recreation parks and public play areas. The equipment can be placed on its own or be part of a complete play environment.

In role play, everything is about imagination. Children can use a playhouse as a shop, boat, house, school, station or secret hideout. A play ship can turn into a pirate ship, rescue boat or discovery trip. That sense of freedom is what makes role play so valuable.

Role-play play equipment gives children a recognizable reason to make stories and share roles. This creates play that is always different, in which children take the lead themselves.

Playhouses are recognizable and accessible role-play play items. They offer children their own place where they can play, talk things over, hide and come up with imaginative stories.

A playhouse is suitable for young children, school playgrounds, childcare and public play areas. The equipment can be combined with other play elements, such as slides, sand play, climbing components or seating elements.

Play ships and themed play equipment provide lots of experience at the play area. They stimulate imagination and invite children to come up with adventures together.

This type of equipment is suitable for locations where appearance and play value are important, such as recreation parks, public playgrounds, school playgrounds and day-care centers.

Role-play play equipment can also take the form of vehicles or recognizable objects. Think of trains, cars, petrol stations, traffic objects or other play prompts with which children can recreate everyday situations.

These items stimulate social play and help children understand the world around them through play.

For young children, role play is particularly valuable. They use play to understand situations, practice words and discover social interaction.

That’s why low, clear and recognizable role-play play items are very suitable for childcare, junior playgrounds and play areas for young children.

On school playgrounds, role-play play equipment can help create calmer, more creative and more social play. Not every child is looking for physical challenges like climbing or running. Role play offers space for children who like to talk, think up ideas, build and play together.

By combining role play with active movement, you get a varied school playground with play value for different children.

In public play areas, role-play play equipment contributes to recognizability and experience. A themed play item can make a play area immediately more attractive and invite children to keep playing longer.

For municipalities and recreation areas, role-play play equipment is interesting because it is widely accessible and is often used by multiple age groups at the same time.

Role play encourages children to make agreements together, divide roles, communicate and take each other into account. This contributes to social development and cooperation.

A role-play play item is therefore not only a play element, but also a place where children learn to get along with others.

Role-play play equipment can be well combined with climbing equipment, slides, balance equipment, sand play, rotating play equipment and natural play elements. This creates a play environment with space for imagination, movement and discovery.

By combining different play functions, the play area becomes more attractive to a wider target group.

For role-play play equipment, the required surface depends on the design, height and way of playing. Some units are mainly aimed at fantasy and low play, while others may also include climbing or sliding functions.

W&H Sports can advise on the right placement, free space, surfacing and safe layout of the play area.

When choosing role-play play equipment, it is important to look at age group, play value, theme, available space, safety, surfacing and the combination with other play elements.

W&H Sports will be happy to think along with you about a play area where fantasy, movement and cooperation come together.

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Frequently asked questions

Role-play play equipment is play equipment that allows children to reenact situations, come up with stories and take on different roles together.

Role-play play equipment is suitable for school playgrounds, day care centers, playgrounds, recreation parks, residential neighborhoods and public play areas.

Role-play stimulates imagination, language development, social skills, cooperation and problem-solving thinking.

Think of playhouses, play ships, vehicles, thematic play objects, traffic play equipment and other recognizable play elements.

Yes, role-play play equipment is very suitable for young children because it fits imaginative and social play.

Yes, role-play play equipment is suitable for school playgrounds because it encourages creative and social play in addition to active movement.

Yes, role-play play equipment can be well combined with climbing equipment, slides, balancing equipment, sand play and natural play elements.

The required surface depends on the design, height and way of playing of the unit. Depending on the situation, a impact-attenuating surface may be needed.

Yes, role-play play equipment is suitable for public play areas, provided that the selected design is appropriate for intensive use and the correct safety space is maintained.

Yes, W&H Sports can think along with you about the right role-play play equipment, the combination with other play elements, surfacing, safety and play value.