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Home / Early Learning / Portable Kids’ Water Walls

Portable Kids’ Water Walls

Shared by Mary Catherine 8 Comments

Students will have a ton of sensory fun with our portable kids’ water wall. It’s quickly become one of my favorite summer activities for preschoolers! Not only do the kids get to cool down in the water, but they can also learn some early STEM concepts depending on how you set up the water wall!

Portable Kids' Water Wall

My preschool has special days throughout the school year, as well as themed summer camps for the kiddos.  Some of the children’s favorites have been Water Day and Splish Splash Camp.  I can’t really blame them, especially during the hot summer days!  We’ve created a variety of activities for these days, all of which the kids have enjoyed.  One such activity were portable kids’ water walls!

Portable Kids' Water Wall

The preschool is housed in a local church, meaning that the classrooms and playground are shared areas.  When making the water walls, we had to ensure they were easily assembled, easily taken down, and didn’t leave holes/damage on the church’s fences.  This is how the portable water walls came to be!

Portable Kids' Water Wall

The supplies that we used to create the water wall were really just an assortment of items that I found in storage from various renovation projects around our facility. And, of course, we attached them to the fence and gates outside of the preschool. Here are the items we used, in case you want to use something specific (I may get commissions for purchases made through links in this post}:

  • Zip ties
  • Plastic buckets
  • Hoses
  • Rain gutters
  • Pinwheels
  • Plastic ducts

Once all the supplies were collected, the different pieces (buckets, gutters, etc.) were attached to the garden fences with the zip ties or covered wires.  The wires and zip ties were also used to attach to garden gates to our playground fence.  This made it easy for the children to enjoy the water walls without having a permanent structure in place!

Portable Kids' Water Wall

As you can tell by the photos, the kiddos loved them!  They used buckets, shovels, and watering cans to pour water through the hoses.  They used water to move balls along the rain gutters.  The students also enjoyed moving the water wall pieces in different directions to change up the water flow.

Portable Kids' Water Wall

We have used these water walls for a variety of school activities, and the kids still enjoy them!  I think it would be fun for my age group (4 and 5 year olds) to design and build their own water wall in the near future!  I’m sure Engineer would enjoy doing so, as well.  Of course, he might design one as tall as a building, knowing him.  🙂

If you’re looking to have your own Water Day, check out my Water Day Pinterest board.  If you’d like more summer fun ideas, please visit my Summer Camp at Home board!

You can find other water wall ideas below:

  • DIY Water Wall {Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails}
  • Our Water Wall {Share and Remember}
  • Our Plastic Bottle Water Wall {The Chocolate Muffin Tree}
  • Planning a New Water Wall for Water Play {Let the Children Play}
  • DIY Water Wall {Tinkerlab}

Have you made a water wall for your students/children?  If so, I’d love to hear what you included on it!

Shared at Mom’s Library, Weekly Kids Co-Op

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  1. Miss Elliott says

    August 20, 2012 at 10:41 am

    Wow I love your water wall! Thanks for sharing

    Reply
    • grok78 says

      August 20, 2012 at 2:54 pm

      Thanks, the kiddos loved it as well! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Rachael :: Nothing if Not Intentional says

    July 1, 2013 at 9:20 pm

    I LOVE that this is portable! Brilliant! Great pictures too! 🙂

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    • MaryC says

      July 2, 2013 at 8:19 am

      Thanks Rachael! We made these last summer, and they have gotten a ton of use since then! We plan on bringing them back out for camp this month too.

      Reply
  3. Niccola says

    July 10, 2013 at 1:35 am

    We are in the process of getting a new nature based playground at my Kindy and I cannot wait to build a water wall. Thanks for sharing.
    Niccola

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    • Mary Catherine says

      July 29, 2013 at 3:12 pm

      How exciting about the nature-based playground!! I can’t wait to see how it turns out for you. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Stacy @ Share&Remember says

    July 29, 2013 at 8:53 am

    Great water wall, play, fun! Love your tubes & hoses, I need to find some of those. This is a great font too! LOL Thanks for sharing a link to my water wall. Stacy

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    • Mary Catherine says

      July 29, 2013 at 3:13 pm

      Hahahaha! I love the font too! 🙂 Thanks — the kiddos and I have had soooo much fun with this water wall since last summer!

      Reply
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