If you’re looking for the perfect beautiful, aesthetic outdoor summer play collection, the new season from Liewood really is it. It has that effortless Scandinavian feel - a soft, considered colour palette, and designs that are simple yet incredibly practical for everyday family life.
The play is open-ended, nothing feels overcomplicated, and children are immediately drawn to them. It’s the kind of collection that just works - in the garden, on sunny days, and for those long stretches of summer play outside with family and friends.
The Liewood outdoor play collection captures this feeling beautifully, with thoughtfully designed pieces that encourage open-ended, sensory-rich play. At the heart of it is the versatile Liewood SEPP Water Activity Table, supported by the modular Cassian Waterway and the Acacia Gardening Play Set.
Together, they create a flexible outdoor play setup that grows with children and adapts to different seasons, spaces, and stages of development whilst still locking beautiful in your home or garden.
The Liewood SEPP Water Activity Table: A Multi-Use Outdoor Play Station
The SEPP Water Activity Table is designed to be more than a traditional water table. It’s a multi-functional play station that adapts effortlessly to different types of play throughout the year.
In warmer months, it becomes a water-filled sensory space for pouring, splashing, and floating small toys.
On other days, it transforms into a sand table for digging and building. When the lid is placed on top, it becomes a smooth surface for drawing or creative activities. It can even double as a simple storage space for toys when not in use.
What makes it especially engaging is how naturally children interact with it. There’s no set direction or outcome - just open-ended exploration.
The table includes interactive elements such as:
Funnels, mills, and a small bridge for water movement
Sea creatures, boats, and play accessories
Shovels, buckets, and dividers for sand or water separation
A protective lid that also works as a drawing surface
This combination encourages sensory development, storytelling, and problem-solving through play. Children instinctively experiment with pouring, scooping, and moving water or sand through the different sections.
Later on this month we are also getting the brand NEW Blue Sepp colourway that we first spotted in Maison & Objet, Paris earlier this year on our annual buying trip.
Cassian Waterway: Modular Water Play for Endless Layouts
The Liewood Cassian Waterway brings a different dimension to outdoor play. Instead of a fixed structure, it offers a modular system that children can build and rebuild in endless configurations.
Straight and curved channels connect to form flowing water routes, while accessories like wheels and flow controllers add movement and interaction.
It can also be joined together in different configurations to create bigger, more engaging play opportunities. It’s one of those pieces that really grows with the way children play, you can keep it simple or build it out into longer routes and more complex water systems, depending on their imagination on the day.
Key features include:
Modular straight and corner pieces for flexible layouts
Water wheel and accessories to control movement
Wide channels for boats and floating toys
Easy assembly for quick changes during play
This type of play naturally introduces early STEM-style thinking. Children begin to explore cause and effect, movement, and flow - all through hands-on experimentation rather than instruction.
Liewood Acacia Gardening Play Set: Outdoor Role Play Inspired by Nature
The Acacia Gardening Play Set encourages a different kind of outdoor engagement - one rooted in nature, nurturing, and imaginative role play.
Designed for sand, soil, and garden environments, it allows children to take part in their own version of gardening and harvesting.
The set includes:
A child-sized watering can and shovel
Soft silicone vegetables designed for sensory play
A durable Liewood storage caddy for easy carrying
Children can plant, water and harvest their vegetables, building fine motor skills while also developing storytelling and role-play scenarios. One moment they might be gardeners, the next they’re running a pretend market or cooking outdoors.
The soft, durable materials also make the set suitable for sand and water play, extending its use beyond traditional gardening activities.
How the Liewood Outdoor Collection Works Together
While each product stands on its own, the Liewood outdoor play range works particularly well as a combined setup.
The SEPP Water Activity Table offers a central space for sensory play. The Cassian Waterway expands this into flowing, directional water movement. The Acacia Gardening Set adds a grounding connection to nature and role play.
Together, they support:
Sensory development through water and sand exploration
Imaginative storytelling and role play
Early problem-solving and creative thinking
Outdoor engagement across different seasons
Rather than structured play with fixed outcomes, these toys encourage children to lead the experience themselves.
Encouraging a Slower, More Creative Kind of Play
One of the most appealing aspects of the Liewood outdoor collection is its ability to slow down play.
There’s no urgency or instruction. Instead, there is space - for repetition, experimentation, and imagination. Water is poured, redirected, and poured again. Sand is moved, shaped, and rebuilt. Vegetables are planted, picked, and carried around in small baskets.
It’s this simplicity that makes the play feel so lasting and effortless.
Final Thoughts
The Liewood SEPP Water Activity Table, Cassian Waterway, and Acacia Gardening Play Set each offer a different doorway into outdoor play - sensory, structural, and imaginative.
Together, they create a flexible outdoor environment that supports curiosity, creativity, and calm exploration. Whether in a garden, on a patio, or brought outside on sunny days, they turn everyday spaces into places of discovery.
By Belinda Dibrowa