Bath fun for children - tips & suitable toys
When the bath duck finally gets some fresh air and terrifying crocodiles are spotted next to peaceful dolphins in the swimming pool, it's that time again: The summer bathing fun for children at the outdoor pool begins! Children can hardly wait each year until the temperatures finally rise and they can splash for the first time in the paddling pool, pool or outdoor pool.
But also indoors in their own bathroom there is nothing better for many children than sitting in the bathtub: splashing, squirting and splashing around are a lot of fun – and playing is simply part of bath-time fun for children! So they grab empty bottles and cups, bath animals, squirting figures and other water toys and get going. Most of the time it's so much fun that it's not easy at all to get the little bath mermaids and tub pirates out of the water again.
Getting kids excited about bathing
But alongside that there's also little water-shy ones: Entering puddles in wellies is still fine, but submerging in the bathtub and especially getting their hair washed is a horror for them. Here, fun toys help, to reduce fear and provide relaxation and fun in the tub.
Water toys for adventurers
Splashing, dripping, pouring and watering – water is a wonderful element and with exciting water toys makes bath-time fun for kids even greater.
For little adventurers, the cool red firefighting plane exactly the right thing. What's especially funny is that you can stop the water flow from the holes on the belly of the firefighting plane by pressing your finger over the top hole. The plastic beads inside bob around amusingly and the propeller can be turned. So: Quickly dive under, take on water and off you go to the firefighting mission! That works just as well indoors in the bathroom as outdoors in the paddling pool, pool or outdoor swimming pool.
Also the toddler buckets, bath boat, squirting figures and the fishing set sea creatures belong in every bath-fun bag and are easy and quick to pack and take along – just like the cute bath boats Frog ahoy!, Duck ahoy! and Mouse ahoy!, which float on the water surface. Each comes with a cute finger puppet that provides awesome animal bath fun provides. And with the bath boat "Animal Sailors Ahoy!" there is even a whole crew on board: Sailor Frog looks into the distance with a pair of binoculars, Sailor Duck always carries a swim ring in case of heavy seas and Sailor Mouse always carries snorkeling gear.
The Bath Fun marble run is perfect for all children who like to play in the tub.The tracks and play elements of the marble run have suction cups and stick to all smooth surfaces. They can be combined flexibly and rearranged again and again. Once they are attached, it gets going: the ball zips from one track to another, gets the paddle wheel turning and finally falls into the water. And of course the marble run is also great fun when you use the included ladle to send water through the marble-run construction.
And anyone who wants can, at the end of an exciting day, open a café in the bathtub open. Pour bath water from a toddler watering can into a cup and serve it as "tea", whisk it into the foam with the foam whisk and then heap it onto a plastic plate as a "cream cake" and serve – small role-plays like this are a lot of fun for all children.
Books to make bath time even more fun
Also ideal for little bookworms and water-lovers are the HABA bath books Animal Sailors Ahoy! and Fridolin the Water Dragon, because they bring lots of fun and variety to bathrooms and paddling pools. The fold-out books contain no letters, but many cute animal motifs to discover. And the special feature: thanks to their sand filling, the bath books float upright in the water.
Besides, there are also books about the bathroom in the HABA range: Brush Your Teeth is the name of a rather different toothbrushing book by illustrator Valeska Scholz. With animal mishearings, tooth-filled illustrations and a very special surprise effect, toothbrushing grumps turn into brushing fans.
With so many toys and books for the bathtub, paddling pool and more, bath-time fun for kids can begin, can't it?
