This kids’ water table will create a mini water park right in your backyard. Use the large bucket to scoop up water from the pond and pour into the top waterfall tray. Watch as the rainfall effect is activated as the water splashes into the pond.
As the waterfall drains back into the water table pond, maze-like spinners, ramps and buckets are activated. Rearrange the put-and-place maze pieces to create new waterfalls for fun cause and effect STEM play
Kids can make a spinning splash in the “rain” with the hand-held spinning wheel and use the side flipper to flip figures back into the pond.
Easy to clean. Use disinfectant wipes or household cleaners whenever you want.
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Toddlers are notorious for their short attention spans. But even for kids with different interests, water tables have a universal appeal, making them a quintessential outdoor toy. Splashing and pouring water gets them outside and keeps them entertained while also benefiting their brain and motor skills, says Taylor Lauder, an occupational therapist at Springtide.
And water tables with multiple “zones” let kids play solo or with siblings and friends, which helps them develop problem-solving and sharing skills — and patience. So we talked to Lauder and five other play experts, toy insiders, and parents to find the best water tables for kids.
All of the designs, below, are made of plastic and can be hosed off or wiped down with disinfectant in between splash sessions, and many have drainage holes to make them easy to empty.
Lauder also suggests “changing out the water daily to ensure it is fresh and clean.” Finally, as is always the case when you have young children near a body of water (no matter how small), kids should never be left unattended while playing with a water table.
This unicorn-themed water table, also from Step2’s Rain Showers series, has 12 accessories, including three unicorn dolls, and comes recommended by Kathryn Beaty, Vox Media senior engineer.
Beaty says her 3-year-old daughter has been using the double-decker table since she was around a year old and has never lost interest. “She can engineer the gears to direct the water down the side, pour water in the top to give the unicorns baths, and scoop and pour with the different included cups,” Beatty says. If your child isn’t into unicorns, the table is also available in a blue “pond” design that comes with a frog, a duck, and a fish.
If you’re short on space, this circular water table is a bit more compact but still spacious enough for multiple kids to play at once. They can use one of the five squirt toys to shoot water at each other, scoop up the toys and spin them with the Ferris wheel, or drop them into the center column to watch them spiral into the basin. Former Strategist writer and dad-of-two Steven John says it kept his kids entertained for an hour at a time (which is like five hours in toddler time) and was a main source of summer entertainment.
Less of a traditional water table and more of a water wall, this two-sided tower stands nearly three feet tall and comes with 11 movable accessories — including buckets, chutes, and spinners — that let kids create their own configurations and change the way the water flows when they pour it into the top. There are spaces for accessories on both sides so two kids can play at once, with a basin at the bottom that lets even the smallest kids refill their own buckets. It also has more than 1,000 five-star ratings on Amazon, where one reviewer wrote that their 3.5-year-old “loves changing out the pegs and moving them around,” while their 1-year-old splashes in the bottom.


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