Back in June David made a water wall from old bits of drain and tubes

I have been wanting a water wall in our garden since we moved into the house in 2012

It is to form a part of a larger sensory play area

This water wall is very much a work in progress

It needs adjusting, amending, extending

And it needs to be made pretty

Right now though it serves a purpose

In that it provides another creative way for us to play

With water

With spiders

And with balls!

I bought Esther and William each a set of small balls to use with the water wall

William has blue rubber bouncy balls

And Esther has pink and purple cat air flow balls with bells inside

I gave them their balls and let them experiment with them

Using the water wall as a ball run

First they played without water

Testing how the balls moved through the tunnels and tubes

They tried dropping the balls into the run

At different heights and speeds

They soon learned which places the balls got stuck

It was not long before the wanted to add water to their play

To try to get the balls out of their sticky positions

Jugs of water were poured into the tubes

To try and help the balls to move along the run

It was great watching Esther and William work together

To get the balls moving through the run

The water wall is still being used all the time

It is in fact very dirty

So this week we are going to play with warm soapy water to give the water wall a clean

We are then going to use the water wall to race some ducks

And to explore mixing colours

We will also be playing with sparkly water filled with glitter and confetti

So many ways to play

So many things to learn

We love our water wall!