Water Fun

We don't have a bathtub at our house - just a shower. So we have to be creative in finding bath toys for our daughter to entertain herself with. The blessing here is that we don't have to watch her as closely since she can't drown herself very easily in a shower (no plug so water doesn't collect). One of the disadvantages is that she recently discovered how to pull off the drain cover and drop things down. The first time she did this, she dropped a magnetic dart, and the dart recovery process took an hour and a half and included use of a rod from the kitchen blinds, duct tape (MacGyver taught me how essential this can be), a sponge, scissors, string, and a spoon (which also was dropped down the drain and later retrieved). My daughter kept saying, "we're doomed, we're doomed!", but that's a story for another day.

This post is supposed to be about ideas for entertaining your child in the shower, so here goes:

• bath crayons (crayola) and bath paints are great for drawing on the walls if you have glass doors in your shower like us (they don't come off grout very easily, though)
• old shampoo bottles are wonderful for pouring water back and forth, especially if there is leftover bath paint, which can be used to tint the water
  
• a bar of soap can be used for drawing on the walls and chasing around the shower (although it can make it slippery) and a squeegee can be used to clean the walls. This is endless fun.
• plastic window stickers can be placed on the walls and rearranged

Post your ideas in the comments!