Best Bath Toys for Toddlers
What are the best bath toys for toddlers?The best bath toys for toddlers are ones that are so fun they make the little ones look forward to their time in the bath.
Bath toys for toddlers don't have to be very expensive. Get creative with your ideas and have a good assortment to keep toddlers occupied and entertained while soaking in the bath. The article also has some simple suggestions of homemade bath toys too.
Read on for specific ideas of the best bath toys for toddlers.
Rub a Dub Stickers for the Tub - Colors May VaryAmazon Price: $11.99
List Price: $12.99
Rub a Dub Stickers for the Tub: Beep Beep!Toddlers love stickers so what could be a better bath toy than foam cut outs that you can stick on the bath and the surrounding walls. My 2 1/2 year old son who normally hates the bath couldn't wait to get in once we showed him that he could play with these. There are 27 foam cut outs including cars, motorcylces and planes which you can stick around the walls of the bathtub for great bathtime fun.
Bath toys for toddlers don't have to be very expensive. Get creative with your ideas and have a good assortment to keep toddlers occupied and entertained while soaking in the bath. The article also has some simple suggestions of homemade bath toys too.
Read on for specific ideas of the best bath toys for toddlers.
Rub a Dub Stickers for the Tub - Colors May VaryAmazon Price: $11.99
List Price: $12.99
Rub a Dub Stickers for the Tub: Beep Beep!Toddlers love stickers so what could be a better bath toy than foam cut outs that you can stick on the bath and the surrounding walls. My 2 1/2 year old son who normally hates the bath couldn't wait to get in once we showed him that he could play with these. There are 27 foam cut outs including cars, motorcylces and planes which you can stick around the walls of the bathtub for great bathtime fun.
Make Music In the Bath
Alex Tub Tunes Water Flutes look like such a fun bath toy which is educational too. Fill up the different flutes with varying amounts of water to make different sounds. They are probably more suited to older toddlers or those that are heading towards 3. It can also be played with outside the bath too.
ALEX® Toys - Bathtime Fun Water Drums 4010Amazon Price: $13.61
List Price: $20.00
Bathtime Water DrumsYounger toddlers will probably prefer Alex Tub Tunes drums.
These two drums float in the bath.
Fill them with different amounts of water to hear different sounds.
They can also be played with in the paddling pool, sink or even a bucket of wate
Homemade Bath Toys
As well as buying bath toys there are lots of simple homemade bath toys. Here are some ideas:
Simple cups and jugs - Just some simple cups make interesting bath toys. Toddlers will just enjoy filling them up with water and pouring water out of them. Look for containers of different sizes to make it more interesting.
Used plastic milk jug - Cut the bottom off a washed out used milk container for pouring water fun.
Used soap dispenser - fill up a used plastic soap dispenser with water and press down the button at the top to squirt out water instead of soap.
Sassy Bathtime Fun Appliques - 84 Piece SetAmazon Price: $14.95
List Price: $12.99
More Letter Foam ShapesIf you like the idea of the foam cut out shapes that stick to the side of the bath here are some educational ones. These are numbers and letters that you can stick to the side of the bath. Makes bathtime educational too.
You can also make your own homemade foam shapes. Check out this article on homemade bath toys to find out how.
Fisher-Price Amazing Animals Tubtime TugboatAmazon Price: $38.95
List Price: $19.99
Tubtime Tugboat This is a very well designed bath toy. The boat floats at all times and it comes with five extra creatures to play with including a sea horse with a clicking head, a sprinkling octopus cup and the cute squirty fish. All five animals can ride along in the boat too. The boat has a take along handle which can hang on the bath spout to allow easy draining of the boat at the end of play.
Floating BlocksAmazon Price: $24.98
List Price: $17.99
Floating BlocksThese floating blocks are a really cool, unusual bath toy for toddlers. There's a floating mat which you use in the bath and then stack the blocks on top of one another. Great for budding builders. From 18 months and up.
Also check out this article on filling the bath with pool noodles which are a very similar idea to the bath blocks.
ALEX® Toys - Bathtime Fun Tub Island - Racing Around 809RAmazon Price: $15.47
List Price: $27.95
Alex Tub Island Racing Around Bath PlaysetThis bath toy for toddlers won the Parent's Choice Approved Award. There's a floating island with 5 vehicles which are also squirters. It's great for encouraging imaginative play at bath time. The vehicles include a ship which you can float in the harbor and a plane which you can land on the runway. Toddlers like my son will enjoy pushing the vehicles around the sides of the bath as well as playing with them on the mat.
ALEX® Toys - Bathtime Fun Water Drums 4010Amazon Price: $13.61
List Price: $20.00
Bathtime Water DrumsYounger toddlers will probably prefer Alex Tub Tunes drums.
These two drums float in the bath.
Fill them with different amounts of water to hear different sounds.
They can also be played with in the paddling pool, sink or even a bucket of wate
Homemade Bath Toys
As well as buying bath toys there are lots of simple homemade bath toys. Here are some ideas:
Simple cups and jugs - Just some simple cups make interesting bath toys. Toddlers will just enjoy filling them up with water and pouring water out of them. Look for containers of different sizes to make it more interesting.
Used plastic milk jug - Cut the bottom off a washed out used milk container for pouring water fun.
Used soap dispenser - fill up a used plastic soap dispenser with water and press down the button at the top to squirt out water instead of soap.
Sassy Bathtime Fun Appliques - 84 Piece SetAmazon Price: $14.95
List Price: $12.99
More Letter Foam ShapesIf you like the idea of the foam cut out shapes that stick to the side of the bath here are some educational ones. These are numbers and letters that you can stick to the side of the bath. Makes bathtime educational too.
You can also make your own homemade foam shapes. Check out this article on homemade bath toys to find out how.
Fisher-Price Amazing Animals Tubtime TugboatAmazon Price: $38.95
List Price: $19.99
Tubtime Tugboat This is a very well designed bath toy. The boat floats at all times and it comes with five extra creatures to play with including a sea horse with a clicking head, a sprinkling octopus cup and the cute squirty fish. All five animals can ride along in the boat too. The boat has a take along handle which can hang on the bath spout to allow easy draining of the boat at the end of play.
Floating BlocksAmazon Price: $24.98
List Price: $17.99
Floating BlocksThese floating blocks are a really cool, unusual bath toy for toddlers. There's a floating mat which you use in the bath and then stack the blocks on top of one another. Great for budding builders. From 18 months and up.
Also check out this article on filling the bath with pool noodles which are a very similar idea to the bath blocks.
ALEX® Toys - Bathtime Fun Tub Island - Racing Around 809RAmazon Price: $15.47
List Price: $27.95
Alex Tub Island Racing Around Bath PlaysetThis bath toy for toddlers won the Parent's Choice Approved Award. There's a floating island with 5 vehicles which are also squirters. It's great for encouraging imaginative play at bath time. The vehicles include a ship which you can float in the harbor and a plane which you can land on the runway. Toddlers like my son will enjoy pushing the vehicles around the sides of the bath as well as playing with them on the mat.