Ugh I just spent a frustrating hour of my life cleaning moldy gunk out of bath toys. I want to pitch them all and get some toys that do not trap water inside, but not sure what to get. What are your LOs favorite bath toys that don't get moldy?
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I have heard you can put a dot of hot glue gun over the holes in those toys, but then you can squeeze them, which my LO likes to do. I just consider them semi disposable and plan to throw them out like once a year... Except I never do and the new ones get mixed with the old ones...
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Skip Hop bird cups, rubber ducky and plastic net set, and glow sticks. I also want to get her the Boon Pipes bath toy.
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Boon makes a couple that we like - one is little plastic bugs with a net to catch them and another is sea creatures made from foam.
The biggest hit right now for bath time is bath paints in cups with paint brushes. She paints the wall, practices her letters, paints my hands.
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@Foodnerd81: I do this! It's not foolproof but definitely extends their lifespan, though I also consider them disposable.
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I didn't do this but wondering if washing and drying in the dishwasher would be preventative in the future.
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My kids like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Green-Toys-First-Boat-Blue/dp/B0036WSVOQ/
It can go into the dishwasher, which helps!
They also just like the regular squirt bath toys that get moldy. We just replace them every year. Santa knows to put bath toys in their stockings!
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We have bath markers that he's really getting into (2yo).
He is obsessed with foam letters and numbers. I think they still have potential to get moldy, but not as easily and definitely easier to clean.
We also have a boat made by GreenToys that is pretty open and airs out nicely. -
Foam letters, cups, a bucket, and these dinosaurs:
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Schleich whales, cups, and foam letters.
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She loves to make soup with a cup and a baby spoon. She doesn't play with half her bath toys.
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I loathe bath toys. My favorite things to give them are (reusable) plastic cups and old tupperware containers.
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We have a BUNCH of those squeezy bath toys, but we rotate them out. We keep about 3-5 in the tub at a time. At the end of the bath we squeeze out all the water and put them in the corner storage (wire) basket. Every few months I switch out the toys to a new batch. Over 2 years of this so far and we have not had any mold issues.
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I threw away any bath toys that can grow mold. They now have foam alphabet letters and a little cup set that sticks on the wall and has holes for water to flow through (Target).
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We have the munchkin letters. And they mostly like to play with containers. So a variety of cups and small containers.
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DD (21 mo) currently plays with the foam stick on stuff, and stacking cups, and that's really it. I had those squeeze ones but she was never really into them.
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The kids love empty squeeze bottles, yogurt containers and tea cups.
We have this in our tub:
https://www.amazon.com/Bath-Toy-Submarine-Station-Operated/dp/B00SVE65EM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1474470587&sr=8-2&keywords=yookidoo+bath+toyWhen DS was younger, he loved the boon ducks (no holes so no mold):
https://www.amazon.com/Boon-Odd-Ducks-4-Pack/dp/B005QHGQQO/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1474471287&sr=8-1&keywords=boon+ducks -
We try to find ducks without holes, like the Boon Odd Ducks (https://www.amazon.com/Boon-Odd-Ducks-4-Pack/dp/B005QHGQQO/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1474473239&sr=8-1&keywords=boon+odd+ducks), plastic bath cups, and a Plan Toys wooden bath sailboat.
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Thanks everyone! Great ideas!
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