My kids love this story, I Don’t Want to Have a Bath by Julie Sykes. We read it this week for storytime. Little tiger doesn’t want to take a bath. How can he be convinced he needs one?
To help my kids get in the tub, we made some Foam Bath Toys cut into all kinds of shapes. These are made with crafting foam sheets, available at Walmart or most crafting stores. You can trace the shape first or simply cut them out. If your child is okay to use scissors, let them make the shapes they want, even if they’re crazy.
They stick great onto the walls of the tub once wet, but DON’T leave them on the walls after their bath. Mine made a small stain on the wall and I had to scrub it out. It may have been because I used really cheap foam sheets from the Dollar store. The kids still loved these, so I think I’ll be doing the alphabet next.
Here’s more fun Bath Toys and Activities we’ve done in the past:
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Love these! My son, Elijah, needs to learn this stuff bad.. what a fun way.
I had no idea you can make these on your own! what a great idea
Thank you for the idea, now my sizzix has another use!! I personally love to die cut.
That is very cool. I would never have thought of it!
I had foam alphabet shapes when I was little too. I used to like chewing them though lol!
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i made some cool water toys and posted it on my teaching blog:
http://teachingtinytots.blogspot.com/2008/08/whale-scoop-and-fun-foam-fish-bath.html
Mommy2girls2boys – love the idea of die cutting craft foam. Nice clean shapes.
Teaching Tinytots – Really fun bath toys with your milk jug. I’ve been saving milk jugs for a while and I think we’ll have to make this.
Me and Devin used to put our small boogie board across the tub as a kitchen table and use plastic forks and plates to pretend to eat the bubbles.
-Ruby
what a great idea!
We did the same thing earlier this summer.
http://myplumpudding.blogspot.com/2008/06/3-easy-projects.html
Found they were better than the commercial variety, really, because they stick to curves. Also, similar to your washcloth puppets, we made soap buddies (funny face washcloth pouches for soap).
What a neat idea!
Just came across your fabulous blog. :)