Well here it is! Our new water wall!
This year, we have a group of children who have just loved working with PVC pipes and water in the sandpit. We have called them our ‘sandpit engineers’. So when we saw this water wall in a suppliers catalogue, we knew we just had to have it!
There was much excitement when the children arrived to find the new addition to their sandpit and EVERYBODY wanted to try it out! The result was, a mostly random maze of pipes that from a practical point of view, were fairly ineffectual.
But as the dust settle, and the crowd dispersed, the ideas began to flow!
AND, the beauty of this water wall is, that the pipes can be moved around quite easily to create a variety of combinations as they adhere to the metal wall with strong magnetic strips. After some experimenting, we are hoping that the children seize on the opportunity to link this wall in with their use of the PVC pipes. Wow! We can’t wait to see what they come up with!
You can check out the wonderful work of our sandpit engineers right here!
Karen, I love this wall and it looks like it will develop as the year progresses. I take it you bought it as it is? Loving the blog – almost as much as ‘The Secret Garden’ – almost!
Thanks Kierna. Yes, bought it as is. Just got grandpa Brian to fix it to the side of our sandpit adjacent to our water tank. Just perfect!
Wow, I want one, is there any chance you could email the details of the supplier?
Hi Suzy, I am not sure where you are in this great big world, but I am in Australia. The supplier is MTA (Modern Teaching Aids) and they are located in Melbourne, Victoria. This may only be of help to you if you are also in Australia of course! Good Luck! 🙂
Oh, how fun! Would love to have a water wall in our garden!
Thanks for linking up to the Outdoor Play Party linky! Hope to see you again this week – new post up now!
I love it- beautiful work Karen,
The children looked so very excited and you can see their inquisitive minds working overtime 🙂 My fiancé is a roof plumber and often drops off pipes to services, it looks like we may have some super sustainable and water efficient homes in 15 years with all your sandpit engineers .
Keep shining,
Belinda 🙂