Let me tell you one of my parenting secret weapons… kids’ bath activities. My children rarely pass up some bath fun. And a warm and soothing bubble bath is the easiest indoor kids’ activity around to distract a cranky toddler or entertain your bored preschooler.
Kids Bath Activities — My Parenting Secret Weapon!
Sure, we have a basket full of kids bath toys in the tub, but those same old bath toy boats and foam letters get boring after awhile. So, I’ve gathered up a list of clever bath activity ideas for even more kids bath fun. Let’s check ’em out…
22 Fun Bath Activities for Kids of All Ages
- Bathtub Pool Party – Use some fun pool toys to transform your preschooler’s bathtime into an indoor pool party.
- Alphabet Soup Bath Game – Help you child use foam bath letters and plastic bowls to make sensory alphabet soup in the bathtub.
- DIY Bathtub Water Wall – Use clear tubing to make a fun water wall game right on the bathtub wall.
- Hatching Dinosaurs Bath Activity – Make these cute kids bath bombs with little dino toys inside to surprise your preschooler with a bathtub full of hatching dinos.
- LEGO Bath Bombs – Instead of dinosaurs, these homemade bath bombs dissolve to reveal LEGO Minifigures!
- I-Spy Bath Game – This I-Spy bath game is so easy; you can use the kids bath toys you already have.
- Pool Noodle Play – Cut some small pool noodle pieces to add to your child’s bath for some sensory and simple science fun.
- Watercolor Bathtub Painting – It doesn’t get much easier than using washable watercolor paints to paint a masterpiece right on the bathtub wall!.
- DIY Shaving Cream Bath Paint – For a more sensory painting experience, use shaving cream to make some foamy bath paint.
- Spray Paint Bubble Bath – Use everyday spray bottles to mix up some bath “spray paint” for lots of colorful bubble bath fun.
- Cool Colored Ice – Freeze up some colored ice cubes to add to your child’s bath for colorful (and coooool) sensory fun.
- Glow Water Bath – Use a black light and one everyday ingredient to make a super fun GLOW bath!
- Homemade Glowing Bath Paint – Not into glowing water? Make some glowing bath paint instead!
- Bathtub Birthday Balloons – Surprise your child with a special balloon-filled bath on their Birthday.
- DIY Sponge Sailboats – Help your kiddo make some sponge and duct tape boats for some imaginative play in the bathtub.
- Ice Fishing Bath Activity – Freeze some of your child’s bath toys in a block of ice for this neat “ice fishing” bath activity.
- Kids Bubble Bath Science – Help your child to explore the science of bubbles with this easy bath science activity.
- Bathtub Sight Words Game – Help your kiddo practice their sight words with this simple DIY bath game.
- Frog Pond Bath Time – With some frog toys and a few simple props, your toddler can pretend they’re having their bath in a frog pond!
- Race Car Bath Activity – Make some roads and signs out of craft foam for a cool car-themed bath.
- Ocean Oasis Kids Bath – Try some ocean-themed additions to transform your child’s bath into an ocean-themed oasis.
- Abstract Art in the Tub – Cut random shapes out of craft foam for your little one to create abstract art on the bathtub wall!
Our Favorite Kids Bath Toys & Supplies for Bath Time Fun
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