Interesting Picnic Table

[blueclouds29]

I saw this at Target and thought it was a pretty neat idea!http://www.target.com/Step-2-Step2-P...i_detailbutton

[blueclouds29]

BTW, it says its been around for 2 years.. Ummm i've never seen this before.. Hmmmmmm.

[nannyde]

It looks pretty small. 34 inches wide means one kid sitting on each side only. 20 inches high means a pretty small window of age that can fit into the seats.

(Also the dimensions of the box don't make sense for the dimensions of it set up:•Estimated Ship Dimensions : 30 inches length x 26 inches width x 11 inches height 30 inch box length means it is most likely 29 inches or so across the table.)


What is in the middle on the tray... those four sided openings connected to the yellow middle? If that's open the kids will use it as the sand dumping area. If it's closed the kids will use it as the sand dumping area.

The toys that go with it are lame. They would have been better off to put two nice shovels with that.

I would have to see how deep the sand wells are too. That's going to tell you how easily it is to scoop bottom and flick the sand upwards.

[countrymom]

kinda neat, but looks small. I can see a fight breaking out. How come I have never seen this before.

[Childminder]

When you first put it up it will probably be fought over but after the newness wears off it will work fine. Even if the seat only holds one at at time a child will stand at each end so at least four will use it at once. The measurements are close to my step2 table and four children sit at it. It does not look like it holds much sand but maybe that is a good thing.

[nannyde]

When you first put it up it will probably be fought over but after the newness wears off it will work fine. Even if the seat only holds one at at time a child will stand at each end so at least four will use it at once. The measurements are close to my step2 table and four children sit at it. It does not look like it holds much sand but maybe that is a good thing.

It's only 26 inches wide... and that's probably closer to 22-23 for the actual top of it. That's not enough elbow room to carry one on each end and one on each side. Their faces will be very close to each other when they are digging sand.

[youretooloud]

I had the Little Tykes version of that... It was nice, but it had two lids attached, and all the kids ever wanted to do was close the lids. So, I was constantly running interference.

I kinda like this table. It's obviously only a two kid table, but that works in most homes. Most people are buying this for just one or two kids.

My group has problems with taking turns. And Dumping. And splashing. And walking off with the toys that belong in there..... so, basically, my kids wouldn't do very well with that. Really.. they are slightly obnoxious.

[Symphony]

I think this looks awesome! I have mostly littles, and I love to have a variety of sensory table type surfaces. I have a great sandbox already, so I probably wouldn't use it for that, but there are so many other options.

I have two of these and we have birdseed in them right now...

http://www.target.com/Step-2-Step2-Waterwheel-Table/dp/B000641DPQ/ref=sr_1_26?ie=UTF8&searchView=grid5&keywords=step%202&fromGsearch=true&sr=1-26&qid=1304957643&rh=subjectbin%3A1038620&searchRank=target104545&id=Step%202%20Step2%20Waterwheel%20Table&node=1038576%7C1287991011&searchSize=30&searchPage=2&searchNodeID=1038576%7C1287991011&searchBinNameList=subjectbin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&frombrowse=0

[jojosmommy]

Looks interesting but I think like everyone else posted it might be more trouble than it looks.

Does anyone have a folding picnic table? I need extra seats in my kitchen for the summer only and would like a foldable one that I can place out on the deck or in the closet when we aren't using it.