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Bath 'toys' for older kids/ tweens?

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unapprentice · 07/04/2024 11:16

My DD has her 9th birthday coming up. She's always loved long baths, and used to do lots of elaborate roleplay with her lol dolls & Barbies whilst she was in there. She got rid of them all last year as she thought they were too babyish, but she's regretting this a bit now as she's getting bored in the bath! She listens to her audiobook via a shower speaker but needs plenty of stimulation (waiting for ASC/ ADHD assessment).

Does anybody have any ideas of what might suit? Struggling to find much at all - maybe one of those floating light things (though she had one when she was little that broke within weeks) but that's no good for playing really. She loves roleplay/ art etc., most stuff really, but won't entertain anything that she thinks is too childish for her, unfortunately!

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Lifeisgood1 · 07/04/2024 11:25

Face mask, hair mask, bath bombs - can get one's with little toys/gems in them. Battery operated candles and dim lights. My daughter has adhd and is 11 now but loves the whole sensory experience

UpsideLeft · 07/04/2024 18:31

Bath crayons to draw on the side of the Bath

museumum · 07/04/2024 18:35

Floating disco lights? Can’t remember where we got ours but ds loves it.

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EnglandRivieraOrchard · 07/04/2024 18:55

How about those pipes with suction that stick to the wall, and you can set them up in different ways. I don't know what they are called but the look like a colourful mini drainage system

BendingSpoons · 07/04/2024 18:57

We had a game where you stacked penguins on a floating iceberg. There was a challenge to it, but you could role play too.

carryavan · 07/04/2024 18:57

DD was recently given a bath bomb with modelling soap in the middle.
She has some hard plastic animals which sometimes take a bath.
Lego boat

Bethebest · 07/04/2024 19:06

https://www.onbuy.com/gb/p/gelli-factory-mix-and-make-goo~p14362776/?stat=eyJpcCI6IjE2Ljk5IiwiZHAiOiIwLjAwIiwibGlkIjoxMDUwNTgxMjQsInMiOjUsInQiOjE3MTIyOTgxMjYsImJtYyI6MH0%3D&exta=cjunct&source=cj&AID=15292021&CJEVENT=60f7c5edf50911ee83bf01820a18b8fc&extac=4023395

this has been played with for hours here. All kinds of imaginative play…shops, cafes, slime parties, ice cream shops. Dd is 8 and loves it.

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