Water/Sensory tables are popular these days with the little ones, but they can be pretty pricey. There are some ways you can make a water table with pvc pipes or wood and storage bins, or you can make a water table almost free with a few cardboard boxes, tape, and a shower liner. This water table may not be the most durable, and will probably only last one summer, but it is almost free and a lot easier to make than some of the other ways to make a water table.
Materials: Cardboard boxes, tape (Gorilla tape works best because it is stronger than the other kinds of tape), and a shower liner (you can buy a basic, cheap shower liner at the Dollar Store).
I stacked three boxes to make the size of table I wanted. If I had a taller box, that would have worked, but because I didn’t I used the boxes I had.
I taped the boxes together to make a good base. The top box and bottom box both had the flaps taped to the side for extra support and so when I taped the shower liner on the bottom I could tape into the box. You don’t want your bottom box to be flat on the bottom, or the water that runs to the ground might make it’s way to the cardboard. Then your whole water table will be ruined!
I taped the flaps down on the outside of the box on top, so they would not get in the way of the water. I taped the flaps inside the box on the bottom.
I put the liner over the boxes. Before taping the shower liner to the inside of the bottom box, I taped it to the inside of the top box by rolling the gorilla tape, as I did with when I taped the boxes together.
Then I made the liner nice and tight over the boxes, and taped it to the inside of the bottom box
That’s it! Easy and cheap!!
My toddler hasn’t stopped playing with it, since we put water in it!!
