Fun in the tub

Bath time is a great way for moms to get creative and have fun with your little ones. You can go all out and create themes or just keep it simple. But most moms’ say they don't have the time to get creative, so here are some simple ways to have fun in the tub. These ideas are so simple even busy moms can do them.

Learn colour's in bath

• Add food colouring to your bath, by adding food colouring to water you won't stain your child or your bath. Colourful water adds a simple element of fun and doesn't take long time to clean. 

Add to fun

• If you are feeling more creative you can add other elements to help learn colours. One could create a colour themed bath. By adding food items , blocks , balls- this is a great way to teach primary colours (Blue, red & yellow). Below is an example of what i used :

                          *    Red -  red food colouring added to bath 

                                       -  I cut out red circles out of foam 

                                       -  Red plastic apples 

                                       -  Red rose petals or flowers 

                                       -  Red blocks and balls 

                            Plus i sing the colour songs : )

You can find them :

utube song :  Red - click here    , Blue - click here  , Yellow - click here 

Mp3 song :   Red - click here   , Blue - click here  , Yellow - click here 

Polka dot bath 

      With the polka dot bath you can start learning your secondary colours - green , orange and purple.

      What i did was a cut out circles of the primary colour in the above mention activity and then i cut       out circles for secondary colours. 

      I then decide which secondary colour is the colour for night and resolve them around that. So for         example.

                     Green - Green food colouring 

                                -  Blue , yellow and green circles in bath

                     Orange - Orange food colouring

                                -  Orange , yellow and red circles in bath 

                     Purple - Purple food colouring

                                - Purple , blue and red circles in bath 

I sing the song that i found on teaching mama's blog - click here 

Bath painting 

There are a few ways to make easy quick and easy bath paints which the kids love. I always have a colour pallet of power paints ready to, to make your own powders paints or foam paint. You can also add to this and go one step further with making them scented, it only takes a few minutes extra. Make your own, by just adding essential oils or food flavouring.

Or you can Oder from - spotted giraffe - admin@spottedgriaffe.co.za

Top image is powder paints mixed with water along with a soap brush , bottom image is powder paint.

Water wonder - water wall 

Kids love playing with water , so why not encourage it in the bath. Just imagine the reaction of your little one when they see the water wall. With a little duct tape,pvc pipes,poolnoods,funnels,tubing or pool pipes,old juices bottles and some imagination,one can create an amazing water wall.

Spray painting 

Oh what fun this is , but just be warned this can be very messy. Not only is it fun but it also works the pincer grip for future writing development. I found it best to run a bubble bath and them to give my little one one or two spray bottles with the spray paint in, this way she's more focused on the bubbles changing colour than spraying it every wear. How to make your spray paint, click here   

Bath noodles 

No it's not what your thinking , i might not mind being messy with kids but real edible noodles is just way to over the top. Basically you'll create a  pool noodle pit. Its easy , all you will need is to buy four pool noodles and cut them into small circles and throw them in the bath. 

You can take it on step further and use the noodles to teach your kid colours or how to count.

Remember sometimes the simplest of actives is a bath time full of fun.