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When the weather gets cold, you pack up all your preschooler's outside toys and leave them to sit through the winter, right? Wrong!
You spent too much money on that Sand & Water Activity Table to have it sit outside through the entire winter!
Clean it up and bring it inside. Give the table and all your preschooler's sand tools a good scrubbing, and bring it into the house. Lay a splat mat or painter's canvas on the floor, and place the table on it. Finding an out-of-the-way corner is a good place for a Activity Table.
Now convert the Sand & Water Activity Table into a Rice Activity Table by filling it with rice. You can buy a 20 lb. bag of rice at the grocery store for about $4. Fill the table (water and sand sides) with the entire 20 lb. bag of rice. Toss in the sand toys you cleaned up and let your preschooler have fun!
To clean up, just vacuum!
I'm Stacey Lloyd, the Executive Editor and one of many writers for PreschoolRock.com. I enjoy writing about preschoolers, and reading your ideas and experiences with your preschooler. If you have any suggestions, ideas or questions about this site, please contact me.
When the weather gets cold, you pack up all your preschooler's outside toys and leave them to sit through the winter, right? Wrong!
You spent too much money on that Sand & Water Activity Table to have it sit outside through the entire winter!
Clean it up and bring it inside. Give the table and all your preschooler's sand tools a good scrubbing, and bring it into the house. Lay a splat mat or painter's canvas on the floor, and place the table on it. Finding an out-of-the-way corner is a good place for a Activity Table.
Now convert the Sand & Water Activity Table into a Rice Activity Table by filling it with rice. You can buy a 20 lb. bag of rice at the grocery store for about $4. Fill the table (water and sand sides) with the entire 20 lb. bag of rice. Toss in the sand toys you cleaned up and let your preschooler have fun!
To clean up, just vacuum!
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Go through your kitchen drawers and find utensils that your preschooler could use with their Rice Activity Table. Spoons, spatulas, ice cream scoopers, cups, funnels and any other utensils you have around that you don't use often will make great play for your preschooler's Rice Activity Table. I'm Stacey Lloyd, the Executive Editor and one of many writers for PreschoolRock.com. I enjoy writing about preschoolers, and reading your ideas and experiences with your preschooler. If you have any suggestions, ideas or questions about this site, please contact me.