Any ideas to make bath time for a 5 year old boy fun?

Question

my 5 year old son say's he hates having a bath as it's boring, any ideas how to make it better like bath toys etc?

Answer 1

Simple. Get him some boats and ships that float, so he can play with them while bathing.

Also if you have any plastic bottles, just chuck them in the bath he will find something imaginative to do with them.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Get him some googles.....and find some things he can put on the bottom of the tub and look at them with his goggles.  And maybe one of those things that suba people use to breath under water so he can stay under longer. :)

My son hates baths too. Little dirty thing. LOL

Answer 3

Give him some bath crayons and let him draw all over the place.  That might work.  I also let my son take water guns into the tub with him..(and he knows only to shoot the water in the tub not out) .he loves that.  

Answer 4

I use color tablet things.  They change the water into blue, red or yellow.  then of course, you can mix and match and make more colors.

Answer 5

hold a gun up to his head tell him he better like it or you will show him the movie JAWS.

Answer 6

My son is 5 and takes a shower instead of a bath. I leave the door open and he lets me know when he is done. I think he likes the showers better than baths because the water is coming down on him.

Answer 7

My son is 5 1/2 and he just started taking a shower, by himself. I leave the door part open and we have a slip-resistent shower floor. He usually sits anyways but he likes it better then the bath. He even takes some toys in there. He likes to sit under the "waterfall", he washes himself and his hair and calls me when he is done. Try letting him take a shower and see how he likes it.

Answer 8

take a shower with him - I sometimes get in with my kids just keep a swim suit on and show him how and what to do in the shower so he isn't in there long and he wont mind it so much.  show him you enjoy it and make sure to be positive about washing and all the bubbles :)

Answer 9

At 5 years old, he's old enough to ask.  Just ask him what would make bathtime more fun for him.  Take him to the store and let him pick out a new bath toy, swimming goggles, bath crayons.... things like that.

Answer 10

My 4 year old son has matchbox cars that stay in the bathroom, he spends ages in the bath playing with them.Any kind of bath toy, like crayons, should help make bath time more fun or just give him a shower.

Answer 11

buy some bath toys or let him bring in his toys like cars etc or even let him have some bath crayons

buy some buble bath, my 4 year old son loves it!

buy bath bombs or the ones that change the colour of the water or even gelli baff, it turns the water to jelly gooey stuff and changes the colour and doesn't stain!

Answer 12

Hi, I have a 5 year old boy and he loves bath time he also loves a shower. The thing that I can suggest is letting him take his fave toys in with him as long as they are waterproof. My son loves taking his hot wheels cars and little army men etc in with him.

Good luck with bath time. xx  

Answer 13

maybe the soap crayons so that he can draw on the walls. also they have fun colored soap foam where he can give himself soap mohawks.

Answer 14

Let him take a shower. At 5, that's pretty much the time things start switching over. My nephew takes Legos and Hot Wheels cars in with him, too!  

Answer 15

Rubber Ducky, you're the one

Who makes bath time lots of fun....