Tuff trays- are they any good?

[jpdaddy]

Hi everyone, I have a 3-year-old darling daughter who is tottally mesmerised by my phone and I'm hiding it from her now. I want to have some more physical indoor activities for her to play with and a friend of mine mentioned tuff tray are really good for sensory development. Has anyone else used them and any recommendations would be much appreciated. 60 quid for what seems like a plastic tray seems a bit steep....

we've got one in the garden for when the grandchildren visit
they love it. - sand or water, sawdust, small bark chip, dinosaurs, pirate figures - there’s lots you can do with them

B & Q....£18.50.

Identical to tough trays schools and nurseries have but without the extortionate price tag.

https://www.diy.com/departments/proplas-multipurpose-black-mixing-tray/5060192725001BQ.prd?storeId=&&&&&dss_rl=1272379&dsrl=1272409&gbraid=0AAAAADt-XHkqtxkkN707tsqrhiho6oPZV&dssrl=1272379&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIruTui-3wIV5gsGAB21eAbmEAQYASABEgJW-vDD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

We used them at school in nursery and reception. I used to put water in mine and leave it put on a cold night so it froze then put polar bears, penguins, playmobil people etc on it. The same with snow. The snow and ice melt obviously but it's all part of the learning.

Cornflour and water is a brilliant mixture. It's liquid one minute dry the next. You can write and draw it or just feel.the gloopiness.

Save ends of soap and soak in hot water then play with a scrubbing brush or sponges and make loads of bubbles.

A small amount of sand and make tracks with toy vehicles.

Awesome, thanks! that's more like it!! Haha, I just read they actually were originally mixing trays for builders but repurposed for kids'. 3x the price for the same product. ill buy the mixing tray thank you very much :)

We had a large shallow plant tray from the garden centre that did the same job when DD was little. Fun but not worth £60!

We got one from B&Q instead of a proper one.

Whether they're worth it or not depends on you and your child.

As a disclaimer I was never going to be one of those mums who creates Pinterest worthy tuff trays as invitations to play. There was not beautiful set up scenes here, but kudos to anyone who does that reliably.

I enjoyed having it for messy play, water, or playing diggers in the sand, that sort of thing.

You'd be mad to spend £60 on one, they're available for £15- 20 online and you can get different sizes.

They're ideal for messy / water play, especially if you add a stand. Our tuff tray is used more than the playhouse.

They are great, but as other have said you can get a much cheaper tray and it's just as good! Got mine on Amazon for £14 4 years ago. Still going strong. Way safer/easier than a paddling pool for some water play, andyes there are many many other things you can do with them. The only issue is putting it away as it'sbig....

Yeah as above Wickes have plenty in stock much cheaper. It's probably the stand that's the expensive bit for the one you linked

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Book-Tuff-Activities-Books/dp/1472907337/ref=asc_df_1472907337/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=311040647414&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13689625052993714948&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046523&hvtargid=pla-565340694175&psc=1&th=1&psc=1