Buying a Trampoline for Christmas: Tips, and How to Keep It a Surprise
✍️ Gary and the Trampolines Ireland Team — Ireland's leading trampoline experts!
A trampoline is one of the few Christmas presents that gets used every week for years. Getting it right comes down to four things: the right size for your garden, ordering early enough, keeping it hidden, and leaving enough time to put it up.
1. Measure the garden first
The most common Christmas mistake is buying the biggest trampoline the budget allows rather than the one the garden takes. You need the frame plus 2 metres of clear space on every side. Measure your flattest clear area, then check our size guide by number of kids.
| Size | Space needed | Suits |
|---|---|---|
| 9ft | 7m × 7m | 1 child, ages 4-10 |
| 11ft | 7.5m × 7.5m | 2 children, ages 5-14 |
| 12.5ft | 8m × 8m | 3 children, ages 6-16 |
| 14ft | 8.5m × 8.5m | 4+ children, teens and adults |
2. Buy for the next five years
Size for the oldest child and where they'll be in five years. A good trampoline lasts ten years or more, so a size that's generous now is right later. A cheap trampoline that rusts by year three isn't a saving: see how long trampolines last.
3. Order early, or reserve it
Popular sizes and colours sell through in December. If you'd rather not have the boxes in the house for weeks, the Christmas Club holds your trampoline with a €100 refundable deposit. Your returns window opens on Christmas Day, so buying early doesn't cost you return time.
4. How to hide a trampoline until Christmas morning
A trampoline arrives flat-packed in several long boxes, which is the easy part to hide. What works best:
- Time the delivery. Order so it arrives on a school day, and ask a neighbour to take it in if you're out.
- Store it out of sight. A garage, shed, attic or a relative's house. The boxes are long, so measure the space first.
- Collect it yourself. In-stock models can be collected from our warehouse in Co. Monaghan by appointment, up to 12 noon on Christmas Eve.
- Put something under the tree. A wrapped accessory, like a ladder or basketball set, or a printed photo of the trampoline, with a note to look outside.
5. Leave enough time to put it up
Allow three to five hours with two adults for most sizes, and longer for a 14ft. On a dark December evening that's a long job, so most parents put it up the day before Christmas Eve, or on Christmas Eve while it's light, rather than at midnight. Have a spring puller tool to hand, and fit the ground anchors the same day. Irish wind doesn't take Christmas off.
Prefer not to? We can recommend an independent installer.
6. Pick the right range
BERG Favorit is the value choice. Champion adds TwinSpring springs, thicker padding and the Deluxe net, and is what most Irish families choose. Elite is the top of the range. As Ireland's only Springfree stockist, we also carry the Springfree range.
Not sure at all? A gift voucher lets them choose in the new year.
Frequently asked questions
How do you hide a trampoline for Christmas?
Keep it in its boxes in a garage, shed or at a relative's house, time the delivery for a school day, and put a wrapped accessory or a photo under the tree as the reveal.
How long does it take to put up a trampoline?
Three to five hours with two adults for most sizes, and longer for a 14ft. Most parents put it up before Christmas Eve night rather than in the dark.
When should I order a trampoline for Christmas?
By Wednesday 16 December 2026 for in-stock models, for guaranteed delivery before Christmas. Earlier gives you more choice of sizes and colours.
Shop Christmas trampolines in stock now
Order by 16 December for delivery before Christmas · Free delivery over €300
Want help choosing? Send us your garden measurements or call 01 960 1641 (ROI) or 028 3756 8930 (NI), Mon-Sat 9am-6pm.
