Today I set up a dish washing station in our outdoor sensory table. I filled one bin with soapy water and one with fresh clean water and at the end of the table I gave them a drying rack. I filled the tub of soapy water with plastic dishes and sponges.
Birdy jumped right in and began scrubbing, placing each washed dish in the drying rack. Bug took a different approach. He stacked all the sponges up as high as they could go in the drying rack, then splashed away in the water. I found these two plastic containers with built in colanders. They use to hold pasta. (I keep finding myself buying products based on what container they come in.) Bug carefully filled each container with water and then watched it all sprinkle out.
This is a terrible shot of the water sprinkling out. So hard to get those action shots!
Both kids had a bunch of fun with this table. I think next I'll let them do the laundry!
We often wash the dolls clothes outside and hang them on the kids' little clothesline and the babies get outside baths too. Haven't done dishwashing outside yet though. What fun! Might try this tomorrow, would be the perfect end to a bit of mud pie making! :)
ReplyDeleteI will definitely be setting up a table like this for my kids. I bet even my 10 year old will enjoy this activity with her little sisters :D
ReplyDeleteMy son loves doing whatever Mommy or Daddy is doing too! This looks like a fun outdoor activity...we'll have to try this soon! :)
ReplyDeleteI love this idea!!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea to set up for the kids to wash-up their sandpit and cubby house toys. Thank you for the inspiration!
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ReplyDeleteWhat fun, my boys love it when we fill our sensory tubs with water to, last time my youngest decided to climb right in and lay in the tub lol. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
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