Water Beads Continued ...

Last month we discovered water beads at Paddys Markets and had a heap of fun with them (post about them found here), so much so that I had ordered more for future playtimes. We filled a tub with some water last night and added three different colours this time, as well as the orange ones we originally had. By this morning we had a lovely squishy rainbow to be played and experimented with :-) Bubble had so much fun, it is a cheap, enjoyable and environmentally friendly way to have a great sensory experience!

WE USED:

* water beads (ordered from Ebay)
* tub
* water
* small toys (we used jumping frogs and plastic shapes from a shape sorter)
* spoons
* plastic bowls
* dropsheet (we used a picnic tablecloth from the supermarket)

The beads after being added to the tub.

And the beads the following day - whoa!

Bubble doing some 'cooking'.

This was beetroot soup apparently :-)

I buried some plastic shapes from a shape sorter amongst the beads and Bubble went on a hunt for them.

Found them all!

This progressed into a game with some jumping frogs, who were hiding in the water beads calling for help.

Luckily Bubble rescued them :-D

Then the frogs climbed up the side of the cubby and jumped back in like acrobats - they sure were clever frogs!

Bubble experimenting with squishing the beads.

There were many casualties.

And eventually feet were involved!