There are not a ton of things that you can do with a little one his age when everything goes in his mouth still (geez, I am so ready for this phase to be over with). We have done baby safe finger paints already so what was next? I came across some other blogs having kids play with ice cubes on a hot day so I figured it would be just as fun in the bath tub. My only mistake is that I poured the water in the cubes, then dyed them with food coloring. Next time I will color and then pour, because the colors were way too saturated and heavy.
I wanted to start slowly and only give him one at a time so he could concentrate on them. I only used half of them because 16 would have taken forever.
Getting excited!
"What is going on mommy?"
I handed him the green one and the first thing he did was eat it.
I got it out of his mouth threw it in the water. He chased it around for a while until it melted and then I threw in another one.
I did empty the tub halfway through so we could have clear water again but next time we do this with less saturated ice cubes, I hopefully will not have to do that.
He is always so happy when we wrap him in a towel. Since I had my camera sitting there, I had to snap a picture of it.
Oh my goodness I just love him!
Hopefully, no definitely, I will have a new activity next week. (Okay, I am cheating and already have it done).
Love this idea. I've been wanting to try it. You may have convinced me ;]
ReplyDeleteI made large sheets of ice using old Tupperware containers a few years ago for my boys to play with in the tub, but after adding food coloring, I decided to let them play on the driveway instead because I was afraid of it staining the tub or their skin. Was that not a problem? If not, I'll try it with my two-year-old daughter. It's also a fun way to cool off bath water that's too hot. My parents used to do this to us when we were little (but with plain ice cubes).
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Nope, it does not stain the tub at all. As for his skin, it shouldn't if you do it the way I suggested by coloring the water first. Since they were really saturated, a few that he picked up stained his skin for a moment but by the time he was done with his bath, it had washed off.
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