This turtle themed water table is a great way to learn about turtles and have some fun water play!
When we were at a friend’s house recently we saw some turtles swimming in their nearby river, and then a few days later we saw some more turtles at our local nature museum. With the end of summer in sight I thought it was about time for a turtle themed water table!
The components of this turtle themed water table were as follows:
- Rocks and pebbles (from the Dollar Store)
- Water beads
- Large plastic toy turtle
- 12 small plastic toy turtles
- Plastic leaves
- Mega Grow turtle
- Pull-string swimming turtle toy (similar to this one)
- Plastic tree (from our Tropical Island Water Table)
I assembled the table while F was napping. I added everything other than the swimming turtle (as it needed deeper water).
The turtles looked very happy in their new habitat! When F got up from his nap I showed him the new themed water table. He immediately went over to investigate – he particularly liked the pebbles and rocks which he’d not seen before. It was a hot day and the water beads felt lovely and cool!
I had expected the Mega Grow turtle to be the star attraction, but if I’d bothered to read the packet I would have seen that it takes at least 72 hours for it to grow – although it can grow up to 600% it’s original size!
After a while I added more water and brought out the pull-string swimming turtle. It wasn’t as realistic as the rest of the turtles, but it was very cute!
