Blogger / 14 May, 2025 / Nanny Anita

Coloured Water Play

The weather has been so fine this week that it was time to take some activities out into the garden.  What better one to take out on a hot day than this coloured water play.

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To make your own coloured water play you will need:

• Washable/taste safe paint
• Water tray
• Containers
• Pipettes
• Bowls
• Spoons
• Anything else that you fancy throwing into the tray

*My water tray comes from inspire my play.

I used 4 of the segments in my water tray for this.  First add water to each bowl.  Then squirt in the paint.  I used washable and taste safe paint as NC loves to put everything in her mouth.  I also made sure that when we were playing with it, I put her in clothes that didn’t matter if they got slightly stained, they didn’t though.

Stir the paint into the water.  I was left with lots of little clumps of paint at the bottom and knowing that NC would be likely to end up sitting in the tray I didn’t want those.  This next part is me just being a little bit extra, you definitely don’t need to.  I poured each segment (one at a time) through a sieve into a measuring cup to catch all those bits and then poured it back into the segment.

Finally, I added all the segments to the tray with some bowls, spoon, pipettes, and coloured cubes.

Not only did NC love using it, and yes, she did end up in the tray, but we also ended up with some of the children from other families who share the same communal garden play with it.

If you enjoyed doing this coloured water play, be sure to check out my sponge water bombs, rainbow ice chalk, and cardboard box oven for older children.

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