Does your child stare in amazement anytime you pass by a construction site? Do they talk non-stop about the giant equipment they saw?

Surprise your construction-smitten kid with a Bruder toy construction site where they can dig and dump giant piles of sand using larger-than-life toy equipment.

Bruder construction toys are the real deal for your kids. They’re cool-looking, fun to play with, and will help them develop fine motor and problem-solving skills.

And as they play with their friends, they'll also develop language and social skills, while also sparking a love for learning about construction, engineering, and other related fields.

Be prepared to enjoy building this construction site as much as your kids, because this fun project involves just a couple of easy steps. You only need to:

• Determine the kind of construction work you want to imitate
• Gather construction toys, materials, and additional items
• Clear the selected area to prepare the construction site
• Set up the toys and other elements in readiness for play

With these simple steps, the child-friendly construction site will be up and running in no time; and your kids can start engaging in play-based learning.

So, put on some construction boots and helmets, and let’s begin working on the Bruder toy construction site.

Step 1 - Plan Which Construction Work You’ll Emulate

Understanding what goes on at different construction sites will give you an idea of what toy vehicles, tools, materials, and figure workers to include.

Construction involves building storied houses, factories, roads, or bridges, as well as renovating and demolishing them.

Is your child into building bridges, tall towers, or warehouses? Or is their passion in demolition and excavating? Take note of the kind of construction work they enjoy to help you create a more engaging and immersive play experience.

After figuring out what kind of construction to imitate, determine the size of the construction site. Make sure it’s large enough to accommodate the Mack Granite Low Loader Truck with JCB 4CX Backhoe Loader, which measures 93.5 x 26.5 cm.

The size should be ample to accommodate any other Bruder construction toys and visual elements, such as tiny buildings, that your children may add in future.

It should also be able to accommodate two or three of your children’s friends and their toys during play dates.

Step 2 - Determine How Much Space You Need

Let’s assume you have three kids and two of their friends come over, and three out of the five kids each have a large Bruder construction toy measuring about 93.5 x 26.5 cm. Let’s also assume they have several smaller toys measuring half the size of the bigger toys.

To accommodate the five kids—assuming it’s the highest number of kids at any one time—and their toys, and leave room for play, we need to do some calculations.

Three large toys, each measuring 93.5 x 26.5 cm, take up 0.7419 m².

Several smaller toys measuring half the large toys’ size take up about 0.1237 m².

Each child requires about 4 m², totalling to 20 m² for the five kids.

Therefore, the total area needed to accommodate the big and small toys and leave enough play room for five kids will be about 20.87 m² (or 224.37 sq. ft.).

Step 3 - Gather the Materials Needed for the Site

The materials you gather for the construction site must be free from hazards. For example, avoid sharp objects or heavy items that can injure a child if they fall on their hands and feet.

You’ll need the following materials to kickstart the Bruder toy construction site:

• Sand or soil for creating a base to enable a stable foundation for the toys and other additional items
• Toy landscapes that depict rocks and gravel to add realism to the playset and make it more engaging for your kids
• Tires or wooden blocks to create hills and valleys that enable your kids to practise driving vehicles up and down slopes
• Toy trees, bushes, or other plants to mimic vegetation and make the construction site look and feel alive

Pro Tip: Use sand or playdough to recreate realistic construction site elements like roads, trenches and ramps. Your child will have fun moulding and shaping these materials to create their unique construction site.

Step 4 - Start Building the Construction Site

The first step to building the Bruder toy construction site is to create a level base where everything else will be placed upon.

1. Mark out the flat area of your backyard that you’ve selected for the construction site and clear it of any sharp tree stumps or rocks.
2. Use a rake to spread the layer of sand evenly across the area, which prevents the construction vehicles from getting stuck in the sand.
3. Create hills and valleys by burying wooden blocks in the sand so that they form a raised surface, then place strips of old tires on top.
4. Add artificial or plant real grass in several places to mimic vegetation. For the trees, you can tie several leaves on a stick and stick them in the ground.

The minute you immerse yourself in the construction site project, you’ll discover just how much fun you and your kids can have making artificial hills and trees.

How to Set up the Mack Granite Low Loader Truck With JCB 4CX Backhoe Loader

With a realistic construction site in place, bring in the showstopper: the Mack Granite Low Loader Truck with JCB 4CX Backhoe Loader.

“Very detailed and sturdy. Made my boy very happy at Christmas. He now has a Mack truck just like dad’s.” — Kayleen

It's essential to note that the Mack Granite Low Loader Truck with JCB 4CX Backhoe Loader is a heavy toy and may require the help of an adult to set up and operate safely.

Here are the steps for setting it up:

1. Place the Mack Granite Low Loader Truck in the desired location on the construction site, ensuring that it is on a level surface.
2. Take the JCB 4CX backhoe loader and carefully place it onto the truck bed, lining it up with the locking strips.
3. Secure it after ensuring that all the parts are aligned. Double-check the locking strips and adjust them if necessary.

Ensure that the backhoe loader is properly secured. To prevent it from toppling over as your kids transport it, use the locking strips on the Mack truck to fasten it.

Add Construction Worker Figures

Adding three or four construction worker figures to oversee the work on-site will take the imaginative play experience to the next level.

The best place to put the construction figures is right next to the Mack Granite Low Loader Truck and JCB 4CX Backhoe Loader; or somewhere near it so that your kids can imagine themselves as the ones manning the heavy machinery.

Dress the workers in safety helmets and boots, not forgetting high-visibility vests. You’ll be amazed at how realistic they’ll look in their tiny outfits.

It’s also much more fun if you attach different tools, such as jackhammers, to the figure workers’ hands to make them seem like they’re working, and as a way of teaching your children about different construction tools.

You can find the workers and tools together when you buy the Bruder—Bworld Male Figure—Construction Workers With Accessories.

You can now encourage your children to imagine they are the construction workers operating the truck and backhoe loader.

How to Enhance the Construction Site Using Other Elements

As the children immerse themselves in their play, new creative ideas will come up for what is required on the construction site, which you can add one step at a time.

If initially your kids started with just excavating and carrying sand and gravel, you can now include other features such as buildings, bridges, or even toy lamp posts for the children to imagine they’re building at nighttime.

Here are several elements you can add to spice up the construction site:

Fence the Site

As with a real construction site, you can add a secure perimeter to fence off the area. Since your kids are learning, teach them that the importance of putting up a perimeter is to prevent unauthorised access to the site.

The Bruder—Construction Site Play Set is just what you need to make your kids imagine they have a perimeter. It consists of:

• 6 railings
• 4 light warning signs
• 2 horizontal warning signs
• 2 round signs
• 2 triangular signs
• 4 pylons

They’ll have fun imagining that they’ve secured their construction site from unauthorised access.

Add Several Buildings

After a while, your kids may get bored of just excavating and transporting sand and gravel. This is the perfect opportunity to introduce buildings so that they can make-believe constructing them.

Provide lightweight blocks of wood that they can stack on top of each other to signify a building rising in height.

At this point, a Bruder—Scania R-Series Liebherr Crane Truck with Lights and Sound will excite them as they use it to lift the wooden blocks and pile them on top of each other to make a building.

To mix cement, they can use the Bruder Cement Mixer—MAN TGA, which allows them to combine cement (ash can be used) with water in the drum, then pour the mixture out into a bucket.

Include a Few Roads

Roads are another visually attractive element you can introduce later on. You can easily make them from black rubber baseboards.

All you need to do is paint the baseboards with white acrylic paint to create the lane markings, and voila! Your kids have roads.

They can then mimic road construction by using the Bruder—Caterpillar Asphalt Drum Compactor and drive it along the roads to level them.

Pro Tip: Use recycled materials such as cardboard boxes and plastic bottles to create additional structures and obstacles for the Bruder toy construction site. This will encourage creativity and resourcefulness in your child’s playtime.

Bring Extra Vehicles and Equipment

As the children’s construction site expands, so does the need for extra vehicles and equipment.

A Bruder—MB Arocs Half Pipe Dump Truck will be sufficient to transport their gravel, sand, timber and other building materials. They can literally tilt this dump truck backwards to make the unloading of materials easier.

Where they need to dig holes to create foundations for buildings, roads, or bridges, the Bruder Excavator—Caterpillar 02483 is excellent for such jobs.

Also, how about adding an ambulance in case one of the construction workers gets injured? They can park the Bruder—Mercedes Benz Sprinter Ambulance with Driver at their site and call for it whenever one of their workers is injured.

Other items that can be added are shown below.

Bonus: Add realistic sound effects to the Bruder toy construction site by using a small Bluetooth speaker to play construction-themed sound clips or music. This enhances the overall engagement and play experience for your child.

Include Extra Workers

Since the work and number of equipment has increased, the site needs extra workers to manage the various operations. Bring in more male and female construction figures and tell your kids that you’ve hired more workers to help them.

You can also include municipal workers to keep the environment clean.

The children can use these construction figures to open doors or grasp, push, and pull other objects using their movable limbs.

Let Online Toys Australia Engage Your Children’s Creativity With an Extensive Range of Toys 

The table below summarises some Bruder toy equipment and their roles on a Bruder toy construction site.

A Bruder toy construction site in your backyard is a good way of providing creative play and learning for your children if they are interested in construction.

By bringing in the Mack Granite Low Loader Truck with JCB 4CX Backhoe Loader, your child can spend hours learning new skills.

Online Toys Australia brings you toys for all age groups that your kids will love. Our hand-picked toys from leading brands such as Bruder and Melissa and Doug will make your children’s playtime memorable.

We are the trusted toy brand in Melbourne, Australia since 2005, and are known for our competitive prices, excellent customer service, customer gift-wrapping, and same-day package dispatch.

“I placed an order and was sceptical at first. To my delight, the package arrived in record time and condition.” — Daniele Frazer / Australia

Whether you’re looking for an educational toy or just want to put a smile on your child’s face, look no further than Online Toys Australia.

Note: Always supervise children during playtime to ensure their safety. Avoid using small toy parts that may pose a choking hazard to young children.

Do you know what makes playtime a gazillion times cooler? Garbage trucks.

Kids go wild for them and with good reason.

Garbage trucks are stinky, noisy, and they dump stuff out—the perfect combo for a messy and stimulating playtime.

But that’s not all. Creative play with garbage trucks helps children become superheroes in real life. 

Yup, that’s right! Think of it as top secret brain training to develop superhero skills, such as better hand-eye coordination, critical thinking, and problem solving.

Just imagine it: You and your little ones spending hours in the backyard, creating and playing in an exciting obstacle course with their fleet of garbage trucks. And even on rainy days, they can still have a blast indoors with their trash-hauling mega trucks. 

So, get ready to dump stuff out and have a blast with:

• Three fun role-playing games using your child’s Bruder garbage truck
• The developmental benefits creative play with garbage trucks offers for your child
• Discovering why Bruder garbage trucks are the truck of choice at Online Toys Australia

1. Recycling Run Game

Did you know that sorting is a maths skill? Here’s another shocker… little ones relish maths, at least the sorting and classifying part of it. That’s why this recycling game will be right up their alley.

How do you sort your trash for recycling? What items go together? Why recycle and where does all the recycling go? 

Your child will love learning the answers to these questions and more as they manage their own recycling run.

Why This Game Rocks

It’s not just collecting trash and dumping it out. This game helps them hone their problem-solving and critical-thinking skills as they figure out where all the recycling goes.

What You’ll Need

The idea is to use items commonly found in the home that are familiar to your child, such as: 

• A toy garbage truck that can load and dump refuse, such as the Bruder - MAN TGS Side Loading Garbage Truck and the Bruder - Mack Granite Rear Loading Garbage Truck 
• Toy garbage bins, such as the Bruder - Garbage Bin Set 
• Large containers or boxes collected from within the home
• Small items to recycle, such as pieces of aluminium foil, waste paper, old plastic packaging, toy foods
• Masking or painter’s tape, or a ball of string for labelling and marking
• Solid objects in the home, such as chairs, potted plants and bulky toys as props for the recycling route
• Pen or marker

How to Set It Up

1. First, find a spacious spot either indoors or out back to set up your recycling route.
   
   
2. If indoors, you can use painter’s or masking tape to mark out the truck’s route on the floor. For outdoors, string works well to mark the route. Hold the string in place using rocks or sticks driven into the ground.
   
   
3. Make the route longer or more difficult, depending on your child’s level of focus. Solid objects from around your home are the best obstacles to level up the challenge.
   
   For example, potted plants can be trees and your circular ottoman or side table will make the perfect roundabout. Recruit all your child’s action figures and cuddle toys to be the neighbourhood residents.
   
   
4. Place clearly labelled “recycling bins” containing recycling items at different points along the route.
   
   The Bruder - MAN TGS Side Loading Garbage Truck comes with two small bins with side loading capability. For a more interesting recycling run, consider adding the Bruder - Garbage Bin Set to your child’s collection.
   
   
5. Designate recycling drop-off points using large boxes or containers. Since your child will probably get a kick out of playing this game often, it's worth creating fun, artsy signage for your recycling centres. It can even be a side project that you do together.
   
   
6. Lastly, of course, clearly explain the goal of the game to your child: to navigate the garbage truck around the recycling route, picking up each recycling bin and dumping it in the correct recycling centre.
   
   Older kids will love the added challenge of a set timer and rewards for the most bins collected within the set time.

Fun Tip: The only way to top the excitement of your little one’s garbage truck is to add rotating lights and sounds to make it more realistic. The Bruder - Rotating Beacon or the Bruder - Light and Sound Module are the perfect add-ons and fit most Bruder garbage trucks.

2. Demolition Site Game

The sheer thrill of smashing and breaking apart objects coupled with awesome construction vehicles, carrying out the most extraordinary tasks, makes this game an absolute delight for kids. 

Kids will have a ​​rip-roaring good time working on their very own demolition site right in their backyard.

Why This Game Rocks

This game is both entertaining and fantastic for enhancing your child's development. Younger kids will refine their hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, and spatial awareness as they manoeuvre a variety of small objects.

It's a fun stress-relieving activity that also teaches children responsibility and the importance of cleaning up their messes.

What You’ll Need

Gather up any stackable materials found within your home and get ready for an exceptional adventure.

• Toy excavator to do the demolition work, such as the Bruder - CAT Mini Excavator With Worker
• Small toys to be used as debris, such as Legos, beads, play dough, or kinetic sand
• Garbage truck toy to collect the debris, with great options including, Bruder - MAN TGS Street Sweeper or the Bruder Garbage Truck - MAN TGS Rear Loading - Orange
• Small boxes or stackable building blocks for the buildings
• For outdoor play, rocks, sand and dead leaves make excellent debris

How to Set It Up

1. Bring out your inner architect and set up the ultimate demolition zone. Grab some building blocks or cardboard boxes and start building your tear-down buildings in your garage or play area.
   
   Get creative and fan out the buildings, placing obstacles in between for a more dynamic game. The more challenging it is, the more fun both you and your kids will have.
   
   
2. To make things even more exciting, mix it up a little. Scatter the debris around fully torn-down and half-demolished buildings. Don't forget to leave a few intact for your little ones to experience what it's like to be a part of the demolition squad.
   
   
3. Clearly mark out your solid waste landfill where they’ll dump the debris using their Bruder - MAN TGS Street Sweeper or the Bruder Garbage Truck - MAN TGS Rear Loading - Orange.
   
   
4. Finally, the fun part! The goal of the game is to demolish the buildings, collect all the debris in the garbage trucks, and dump them in the landfill.
   
   What better trucks are for this than the rear and side loading trucks in the Bruder garbage truck collection. 

Fun Tip: For the kiddos, here's a tip that's sure to get them pumped up. Grab safety goggles and safety vests to make them look like true construction workers.

If they don't have a costume, don’t worry. They can improvise with whatever's in their closet or mum and dad's. The zanier the better! 

3 - Street Sweepers Game

The fun and gritty street sweepers game is the perfect game to make kiddos feel all grown up, doing a job they often see done in their neighbourhood. 

After all, there's nothing little people love more than copying the big people in their lives. 

Why This Game Rocks

Think of it as an obstacle course and a collection game rolled into one. This fun-filled adventure is all about using the imagination and creativity to solve problems and learn self-regulation skills.

Plus, children get to discover just how important street sweepers are in keeping the environment clean and healthy.

What You’ll Need

The street sweepers game works better on a hard, finished surface such as the garage floor, concrete driveway or pavement.

You will also need:

• A cool street sweeper truck, such as the Bruder - MAN TGS Street Sweeper
• Masking tape or chalk to create street boundaries
• Boxes or other small objects around the home to act as obstacles
• Debris, such as dead leaves, small toys or crumpled up paper 

How to Set It Up

1. Mark out street boundaries using masking tape or chalk. You can go all-out and create fun, colourful signage and use toy figures to make the street more realistic. A length of butcher paper makes a great street if you have no hard surface to mark.
   
   
2. Create crazy obstacles for your child to navigate their truck around, using available objects, such as cardboard boxes, side tables, cushions.
   
   Don’t be afraid to throw in some wriggly exercises. What could be more fun than crawling under a broomstick to get the street sweeper truck under a bridge?
   
   And don't forget to scatter some debris, like leaves or tiny crumpled up paper, to make the challenge even more exciting.
   
   
3. Once you've set up the obstacle course, it's time for the kids to take turns driving the Bruder - MAN TGS Street Sweeper and picking up as much trash as they can along the way.
   
   Can they make it through the entire course without knocking over any obstacles? And who will be the ultimate trash collector? Feel free to reward their best efforts.

These games are just the tip of the iceberg. Kids can ramp up the fun factor by counting objects they collect, singing silly songs, and even dressing up in costumes. 

Let’s take a deeper look at the rich features that make Bruder garbage trucks a kid favourite at Online Toys Australia: 

Featured Bruder Garbage Trucks

1 - Bruder - MAN TGS Side Loading Garbage Truck Fully functioning loading arm - Controlled by the silver rotating knob, it easily picks up bins, simulating realistic garbage collection 2 screw-type compactors - Pushes all emptied trash towards the truck’s rear, making garbage collection seamless 2 wheelie bins - Are included with the truck  Tilting loading body and openable tailgate - Makes offloading the garbage truck fun and super realistic "My nephew is obsessed with garbage trucks and was beside himself with joy when he received this… An amazing quality brand that I wish existed when we were kids!" Nyreda Griffin

2 - Bruder - MAN TGS Street Sweeper Rotating and adjustable cleaning brushes - Give a lifelike street cleaning experience when playing Long brush under truck body - Cleans as the truck moves Rear flexible hose - Cleans up any large debris left on the street Tilting, openable refuse container - Is extremely satisfying to tip and dump out "… A lot bigger than I thought and so cool … I drive a street sweeper and bought this for my grandson … decided to get myself one as well … definitely worth the money!" Heidi, United States

Toys That Go Well With Bruder Garbage Trucks

Bruder garbage trucks are built like models to a scale of 1:16. 

It’s like having a real truck scaled down to fit tiny hands, with all the moving parts that draw kids deeper into the games.

Playtime becomes way more interesting when Bruder garbage trucks are coupled with the following toys, that make pretend play more believable.

Discover other complementary toys within the Bruder garbage truck collection page.

Fun Features to Expect in the Bruder Garbage Truck

The Bruder - MAN TGS Side Loading Garbage Truck moves smoothly through the town, doing the garbage route.

A municipal worker rounds up the garbage bins, which are emptied into the truck by the fully functioning loading arm. 

The compactor compresses all the garbage to the rear, then it’s off to the landfill. What fun!

Which Truck Is Best for Your Child?

The competition is neck-and-neck as these trucks are all top of the range and built to last. 

They have multiple load and dump features and great functionality. Here’s how they compare against each other:

The Benefits of Imaginative Play Scenarios Using Garbage Trucks

Play is how your child discovers the world and their place in it. 

There’s no surer way to help them with this than by enabling them, through play, to take part in an activity that’s a routine part of their life.

Encourage your child to let their imagination loose and become whoever they want to be, garbage truck in hand.

Role playing with their garbage truck will teach them how to:

• Figure out how things work and develop problem-solving skills 
• Predict the order of things, which is key in learning comprehension
• Use the small muscles in their hands and wrists, which will help them when learning to write and carry out daily life activities, such as buttoning up clothes
• Better coordinate hand-eye movements for increased precision as they learn to write and play sports
• Be more confident within themselves and socially by mastering new skills 

Create Fun Memories With Bruder Garbage Trucks

To sum up, Bruder garbage trucks aren’t just ordinary toys. They are the spark that ignites your child’s imagination and creativity, while imparting essential life skills and teaching them how to be of service to the community.

So, don’t wait any longer. Browse the Bruder garbage truck collection. Choose the truck that’ll help you nurture your child’s development and give them unforgettable, fun memories.

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