What to do with this activity?

Sponges are not just for bathtime, although they are great fun there. Let your child enjoy soaking up water with a sponge and transferring it into a little basin or bucket. See how much water a sponge can hold.

There's other fun stuff you can do with sponges. You can cut out simple shapes from sponge, like a heart shape, or a house, or an apple shape. Then dip one side of it in paint and use it to stamp a repeated pattern on paper. 

Or attach a clothes peg to a small piece of sponge, dip the sponge in paint, and use it like a paint brush. It means your hands won't get quite as mucky.