Sand Box or Sand Table?

[SandeeAR]

Which do you have? Which do you prefer? And why?


I have a sand table. Thinking about building a sand box. My own kids had a large sand box and loved it. Just want the pros and cons with daycare.

BTW, my kids right now are 22 mo, 18 mo, 13 mo, 5 mo.

[sharlan]

I would love a large sand box, but I have cats. They would love it too!

I have 2 cement mixing pans that I bought at Home Depot. They're set on a low table.

[learn-n-grow]

I have a sand table but I wanna find an alternative for sand since it gets everywhere and is hard to clean up. I haven't found anything yet though.

[erinalexmom]

I have a sandbox outside and I HATE it! My own kids have played in it for years with no real issues but these daycare kids get the sand everywhere! I would much prefer a table (outside) and then at least it wouldnt be in thier shoes where they track it into my house everyday.

[snbauser]

I love sandboxes for my own kids. Despise them for daycare kids. Too much sand in shoes, sand in diapers, sand in hair, etc. We have sand tables.

[JennyBear]

I have a sand table (now used for other sensory activities-pasta,cotton balls, rice,etc) and I have a big sand box (we basically just took out our grass from a 6x6 section and filled it with sand. The kids do love it-it's their one of the faves by far but it does bring sand into the house...mostly on their shoes which i bang off at the door when we come in. I dust each kid off before they enter as well which has helped, but you do find it in diapers and pockets.
It has it's pros and cons, that's for sure.

[MamaBear]

We have a sandbox but I hate the sand. I kick myself for ever getting that thing. Too messy!

[Luna]

We had both but we got rid of the sandbox this summer. It had a lid but we couldn't keep the earwigs and ants out of it. We've never had a problem with insects in the sand table.