I had such fun planning this tropical island water table for my son!
![Tropical Island Water Table - with water beads for extra sensory fun! Tropical Island Water Table - with water beads for extra sensory fun!](https://media.craftulate.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Tropical-island-water-table.jpg)
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These were the components of the tropical island water table:
- Water table – we love this one
- Plastic boats
- Plastic sea animals (turtle, ray, crab, starfish)
- Blue and clear water beads
- Craft foam floating island
- Plastic palm trees
- Glitter*
- Squishy plastic frogs (I had lots left over after making Frog Ice Cubes a few weeks ago!)
- Foam shapes (flowers, butterflies and bugs)
![Tropical Island Water Table - with water beads for extra sensory fun! Tropical Island Water Table - with water beads for extra sensory fun!](https://media.craftulate.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/P1030625e-1024x921.jpg)
![Tropical Island Water Table - with water beads for extra sensory fun! Tropical Island Water Table - with water beads for extra sensory fun!](https://media.craftulate.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/P1030626e-1024x752.jpg)
![Tropical Island Water Table - with water beads for extra sensory fun! Tropical Island Water Table - with water beads for extra sensory fun!](https://media.craftulate.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Trop1-1024x512.jpg)
He even brought out a couple of his Duplo men so that they could paddle in the water beads!
We worked on a few new animal names that have only come up occasionally (mostly we seem to focus on zoo and farm animals, so this made a nice change)
As suspected, the glitter DID get everywhere. I don’t think I’d ever add glitter to a water table again, however pretty it looked! It wasn’t simple to wash or brush off so we both looked slightly sparkly for the rest of the day!
After playing I cleaned out the water table and refilled it with non-glittery water. The rest of the components are now in regular play!
Need a cover for your water table? Here’s a no-sew cover that I made.