Best Bath Toys of 2023

Foam bath letters are a classic bath toy for a reason. They provide a great opportunity to introduce colors, sounds, and other early reading skills. These letters are safety tested, float, and stick easily to the tub or bathroom walls.

This letter set includes numbers 0–9 as well. The large foam letters are perfect for little fingers to trace and identify. This is a bath toy that’s more than just fun. It’s a great educational tool that you can sneak in under the radar.

Babies, toddlers, and even older children can’t get enough of the Yookidoo baby bath mobile. This sensory toy provides gentle mental stimulation and distraction during bathtime. And I love that the water feature helps desensitize my baby to water spray in a fun way.

When switched on, the flowers spin, splashing water drops, and the bird spits a steady stream of water.

The mobile fits a wide variety of tub shapes and styles. Clamp it to the side of an infant tub, or use the three strong suction cups to adhere it to a full-sized bathtub. It grows with your baby into toddlerhood, and you can store it out of the way.

It’s easy to keep clean — wipe it down and dry it after using. It’s entertaining for your baby during bathtime. A bonus is that you don’t need to collect lots of small parts to put away afterward.

These foam toys are our top choice for toddlers. They help toddlers develop a variety of skills. Toddlers can work on their fine motor skills as they catch the floating toys and practice sticking them to the walls and side of the tub.

You can use bathtime to help your child learn animal names while practicing their numbers and colors. It’s a great spin on a classic bath toy. They won’t even realize they’re learning.

Kids love books, and you can never provide them with too many. Bathtime is as good a time as any to encourage reading.

Our favorite bath book set is this collection of books from BabyBibi. We like the learning opportunities they provide for children.

This set of four books includes a book that teaches numbers and shapes, one about fruit, one about ocean life, and a book about letters and colors.

If your child has already mastered those skills, the eye-catching colors and designs and the squishy, waterproof pages will still entertain them.

The set includes three favorite bathtime toys: a rubber ducky, a scuba swimming bath toy, and a little boat train. It makes a great baby shower gift for new parents.

We especially love that the rubber duck doubles as a safety precaution — it’s a thermometer in disguise. If the water is too hot for your baby, the word “HOT” appears in white on a blue panel under the duck.

You have enough worries to contend with during bathtime. Thanks to this little toy, the water temperature doesn’t have to be one of them.

The little scooba diver is always a favorite for little ones as they make him dive and try to sink the boats.

Kids love music. They also love playing in water. A toy that can bring both of those together at bathtime is sure to be a winner.

This music maker set from Munchkin is rust-resistant and has passed rigorous safety testing. It’s sure to bring out your child’s inner Mozart.

The set includes a “dingray” xylophone, “octodrum” rhythm toy, and two starfish shakers. It not only encourages a love for music, but it also helps your little one build fine motor skills and understand cause and effect as they figure out how to play these instruments.

If you are looking for an interactive bath toy that encourages motor skills development, this is a great choice.

The Spin n Sort Spout provides loads of fun at bathtime. It has 10 water activities to keep your little one occupied and challenged as you wash them. Your child can use the bathwater that pours from the spout to create different water effects such as spraying, straining, and floating with the three funny-faced stackable cups.

The bright colors, textured pieces, and big eyes make this set entertaining for everyone. It’s recommended for babies from 9 months to 36 months.

This set is affordable and makes a great gift for any active toddler.

Nothing will help develop those fine motor skills faster than writing. If you’re looking to encourage little ones to work on skills necessary for writing and drawing, bath crayons are a low-pressure way to do it.

These crayons are toxin-free and wipe clean from the walls after bathtime murals are complete. They come in a variety of colors and won’t irritate sensitive skin. Even parents find them fun to use as they draw with their little one on the sides of the tub.

This set also includes 60 bath drops that change the color of your little one’s bathwater, making bathtime an even more colorful event.

Have you ever watched your little one hit their head on the faucet or end up with a face full of water? If you have, I don’t need to tell you why we love this little whale so much.

It only takes seconds to slip this rubber whale cover over the faucet to cover its hard edges. And its very easy for adults to remove it — but not so easy for little fingers to interfere with.

Babies love looking at the cute BPA-free whale and seeing water pour out from under it as you fill the tub.

We love that this fishing set comes with two fishing rods. Instead of fighting over who gets to use the fishing rod next, your kids can go fishing together.

This is a great activity to improve hand-eye coordination and practice patience. Your little ones will use the hooks to snag the six happy fish over and over.

The colors in this set are attractive and fun, and its made with soft, durable silicone. This set has passed safety testing, is toxin-free, and is easy to clean.

We recommend this set for toddlers, as it may be too challenging for little hands to work the fishing rod, but younger babies love playing with the fish toys