Outdoor Water Table Car Wash
An imaginative role-playing activity that turns a water table or large basin into a vehicle washing station, encouraging water transfer skills and imaginative play.
- Takes
- 45 min–1 hr
- Your setup
- 5 min prep
- Ages
- Ages 2–3
- Mess
- Messy
- Cost
- $
- Where
- Outdoors
How to do it
- 1Fill the basin with water and a tiny bit of soap to make suds.
- 2Place the cars/toys into the water.
- 3Demonstrate scrubbing the cars with the sponges and brushes.
- 4Encourage the child to wash all the vehicles until they are 'spotless' and ready to drive away.
What they're practising
- Imaginative and role-playing skills
- Water transfer (pouring/scooping)
- Sensory input (splashing)
- Language development (narrating actions)