Step 2 Water Wheel Activity Play Table

Do your kids like to play with water? Maybe these days the weather is just too hot and you would want to buy some toys which are most appropriate for kids to play with during the summer time? Of all the toys, I can give you my expert advice that toys that have got a water element do the best. Why? Because kids just love to play with water. Water has no fixed form and is able to take the shape of its container. Even better, there are objects that can float on water and move and glide on water. While playing with some pool toys is my number one recommendation for stuff to do during the summer, there are less well to do families out there who may not have a pool. That is when the Step2 Water Wheel Activity Play Table comes into play.

The Step2 WaterWheel Activity Play Table is yet another quality product from Step2. This great toy comes with the standard water wheel activity play table as well as accessories such as boats, cup and a water wheel tower, which can allow kids to pour water into to activate. If at any time you feel that there is still space for other boats or floating objects, go ahead and buy some for your kids! Within the activity table, there are also wide receptacles that can funnel water over the spinning wheel and the water is led into the inner and outer harbors demarcated in the containers. Then there are these molded-in sections which aims to create moats, lakes, canals, and harbors. 

Also of interest is how the play table sits on top of sturdy legs and thus stay elevated for kids to play together. The Step2 WaterWheel Activity Play Table can hold up to four gallons of water and if you want to drain the water you can just unplug two built-in drain plugs. The most important thing is that this Water Wheel Activity Play Table encourages creative exploration and perhaps let children learn more about water! I guess the main thing is that this toy gives kid plenty of hours of outdoor fun and laughter, and more than one child can have fun at the same time!

If you have realized, the above Step2 WaterWheel Activity Play Table only allows your children to play with water. Though you can also add sand into the play table, it is most recommended not to. If you really want to play with both sand and water, and do not have a problem with the budget, you can check out the Step2 Naturally Playful Sand & Water Center. The main difference about this play table is that it offers two sides of play, i.e. you get one side of the play table as a sand box and the other a container similar to the WaterWheel Play Table which allows you to play with water. You also get great accessories such as an umbrella, 2 bridges, 2 boats, 2 pots and a shovel! The umbrella is not for adding into the play table (as in a small umbrella for your toy figures) but is actually a big human sized umbrella which can help provide some shelter for your children if they are playing under the hot sun in the outdoors.

That is not all that Step2 has to offer. Do also check out the Step2 Naturally Playful Sandbox, which is a hugh sandbox that can be placed on the ground and filled with sand. You can even fill it up with water if you want but the main purpose is to have your own beach party at home! This Step2 Naturally Playful Sandbox comes with a sunshine lid which serves to protect the contents of the box such as sand from weather and pets. Also take note that the sandbox can hold up to 200 pounds of sand and comes fully assembled.

Last but not least, I would like to introduce to you the Step2 Sand & Water Transportation Station. Now this is the coolest, because it features a train track as well as cargo transporting trains that can take your sand or water from one station to the other. The train track runs around the perimeter of the table and as well as throughout the middle separating the sand and water areas. This play table set also comes with 3 train cars, 3 track pieces, 3 funnels, 2 boats, 1 spinner, paddle wheel, see-saw scoop, shovel rake and removable cover with elastic straps. The legs come elongated with funnels at the top to allow kids to add in sand or water. Also included is a removable nylon cover with elastic straps to cover up the play table when not in use. While the Step2 Naturally Playful Sandbox comes fully assembled, the Step2 Sand & Water Transportation Station would need some assembling by parents. 

If by all means your child or baby is not interested in playing with sand or water, do check out the LeapFrog Learn & Groove Musical Table. You might never know if they are more interested in learning languages or music instead! This toy comes with higher educational value, though I would say that the Step2 activity play tables come packed with more fun!