How to Level Up Bath Time for Kids

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A child in the bath tub taking a bath

I was thinking the other day about all the various things we’ve done over the years to level up bath time for kids… have you tried all of these? Readers, do share — what are your favorite bath toys, bubble baths, and other ways to level up bath time for kids?

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My Favorite Tricks to Level-Up Bathtime

Readers, I’d love to hear your favorites! What are your favorite bath toys, bubble baths, and other ways to level up bath time for kids?

This is a lousy picture (super grainy), but here’s a very young J in a glow stick bath… no, you shouldn’t probably let the kids chew on them…

Bubble bath and Glow Stick

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(Psst: if you’ve got a kiddo with sensitive skin, these are some of our favorites:

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Ice cubes. A large non breakable bowl full of ice is great on its own or when combined with any of the above (eg, ice + color tab experiments).

Mr Bubbles bath crackles

Another bath-related question. We are building a new house, custom. I have two toddler boys and both boys will have their own room and attached bathroom. Should I put tubs in their bathrooms, or just do large hotel-style showers? The main room (ours) will have a large tub for the next couple of years of bath time.

Sort of bath related. I’m thinking of redoing a kids/guest bath with a clawfoot tub. We would add one of those old fashioned shower converter things to it, so a long shower curtain could be hung when kid is ready for showers. Kid is 6, so we may not have much of the bath phase left, but kid also loves, loves baths. The only other bathroom in the house would be in the master suite, which has a shower/tub combo. Is the clawfoot tub a dumb idea? Would a teen girl or guests be annoyed at having to take a shower in this set up? I admit that part of the appeal is being able to see the plumbing. We dealt with a water leak issue in the past that seriously traumatized me and I like the idea of all the plumbing being visible and easy to access (the master suite has a plumbing access panel, but one would otherwise be impossible in the kid’s bath with the layout).

In addition to Green Toys, Duplos make it into our bath frequently. I also bought some bath bombs that had tiny dinosaur toys inside and those were a HUGE hit.

Does anyone have recommendations for bath tub inserts or other way to have kids take a bath when you only have showers? My daughter is almost 5 and just barely still fitting in the Primo Eurobath (https://www.amazon.com/Primo-340W-PRIMO-EuroBath-Pearl/dp/B000056OV0) that we’ve been using since she was a baby. She loves baths (especially with the color tabs!) and while she will shower, would be great to have her soak in a tub without running the water.

This is fabulous. Smells good and makes great bubbles and color. But since it’s $8 and lasts at most two baths we use for special baths only.

https://www.lushusa.com/bath/bubble-bars/unicorn-horn/9999907911.html

Our favorite bath toy is a Yokidoo. My kids loved to play in the running water, but I didn’t like leaving the tub running for as long as they wanted. The Yokidoo has a small pump that gives you a stream of water for filling cups, etc.

https://smile.amazon.com/Yookidoo-Baby-Bath-Toy-Stackable/dp/B001R5TJ8G/