Bath toys for school-age kids

[nellgirl]

My daughter is 5 (K in the fall!) and loves bathtime and playing in the bath. All of her current bath toys are either too babyish or are destroyed, so we’re in the market for new ones. The ones that we have seen seem too young for her. While she’s happy with an old shampoo bottle, I’d love to find her some cute bath toys, so I’m wondering if you have any suggestions.

[fayeelle]

Barbies. DD has migrated several to the bathtub. All mermaid Barbies go straight in.

[IndiaInk]

Yep. Barbie mermaids. And swim googles. Endless “mom look how long I can hold my breath and do xyz!!”

[maudefindlay]

My kids still love cups, straws to blow bubbles, boats etc. Plus bath bombs, slime that is soap, colored disxs that change the water color.

[expectantsteelerfan]

Mr. Bubbles makes a fun foam spray soap that my kids LOVE...also fun in kiddie pools in the summer.

[ssmjlm]

Barbies and these my little ponies because the tails show color in the water: smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MJH4PM5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Also, sometimes she loves just playing with an empty gatorade bottle.

[nicolewi]

Also Barbies, swim or mermaid or any!

We also have some solid, hard plastic sea creatures and a diver guy (Safari brand...or Schleich or similar). Those have been used for YEARS by all of my kids.

Bath crayons

[preppy]

Our current favorites for my 4 and 5 year olds include Squigz and the skye paw patrol mer-pup.

Squigz - www.amazon.com/Fat-Brain-Toys-Squigz-Starter/dp/B00DEBB3N0/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=squigs&qid=1615987546&s=baby-products&sr=1-1

Mer-pups - www.amazon.com/SwimWays-Patrol-Paddlin-Pups-Skye/dp/B075VLY1GF/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=paw+patrol+merpup&qid=1615987578&s=baby-products&sr=1-2

[kdubs923]

My 5 and 7 year old love these:

smile.amazon.com/Bath-Toys-Toddlers-Baby-Light/dp/B08P19SLFT/ref=sr_1_10?dchild=1&keywords=light+up+bath+toys&qid=1615988895&sr=8-10

This was an early pandemic purchase. Baths with the lights off killed a lot of time!

[raangoli]

Yep I came in to say Mermaid Barbie. Ours also used to light up, but she is running out of batteries. Womp womp.

[mainelyfoolish]

Crayola finger paint soap.

[ohgillian]

Wind up pool toys are fun in the bath still at that age. I had never thought about barbies. We don't have any; DD is 8 but sometimes will take a bath; maybe I should get her one.

ETA does the light up mermaid barbie work or is that just asking for the lights to break immediately? 

[Blue Moon]

We threw out all our bath toys and bought two sets of these foam bath toys:

www.target.com/p/magic-creations-splash-of-fashion-foam-bath-toy-39pc/-/A-52462155#lnk=sametab

The above doll set, and another dinosaur one that I can't seem to find right now.

Both my 3 and 6 year old love them.

[arehopsveggies]

I’m cheap. My kids use foam puzzles from dollar tree, and old breast pump parts. I found a random bag of brand new pump parts in a closet and they were so excited.

[namasteak]

Have you tried the BOON pipes and cogs?

[namasteak]

Mar 17, 2021 17:02:43 GMT -5 @hiphopanonymous said:

Glow sticks.

Along these lines - One of the favorite bath nights in our house is "disco night". We turn on dance music, put all the Crayola color drops in the bath so the water is black and then put glow sticks in . 

[ellipses84]

I don’t know if you can find this in stores right now, but I bought some Crayola bath lab sets for Christmas gifts and they were a huge hit. It’s like a beakers and goggles so they can make potions like a mad scientists. The safety goggles are small and fake, like for a toddler, but 4, 8 and 9 year olds loved it. It also came with color tablets to mix in but they still use the set after those were gone.

Another fun bath idea. Crayola has bath bombs and other companies make bath bombs with toys in them. Sometimes you can find them for cheap after a holiday.

We have boon pipes and cogs. I like that they don’t take up room in the tub since they stick to the wall.

Our neighbor dudes gave my kids this 12” pink and yellow rubber shark when they moved out and the kids have fun with that.

[arehopsveggies]

Mar 17, 2021 20:40:05 GMT -5 namasteak said:

Mar 17, 2021 17:02:43 GMT -5 @hiphopanonymous said:

Glow sticks.

Along these lines - One of the favorite bath nights in our house is "disco night". We turn on dance music, put all the Crayola color drops in the bath so the water is black and then put glow sticks in . 

The color drops used to be a favorite at our house until the formula changed last year. Then they were gritty and didn’t make nice colors? I complained and JUST got my refund from crayola - it’s been so long I couldn’t remember what I could be getting a random $7 check for