When I woke up this morning and checked the weather, I wasn’t surprised AT ALL to see it was forecast to rain. I mean, come on…it is Britain after all. Matt’s been at work since the crack of dawn so I knew I didn’t want to spend this rainy day sat watching Cbeebies all day.

Evie is a proper water-baby, she always has been! And she LOVES making a mess (RIP my house), so if your little one is the same, then they’ll love this activity! It also helps if you don’t mind the mess!

I grabbed a couple of clean bath towels, lay them on the floor and filled a large pot of water mixed with a little Persil washing up liquid (If your little monkey has sensitive skin, you could use some sensitive skin bubble bath instead). I grabbed some plastic cutlery and beakers, and gave them to her so she could ‘do the dishes’. She absolutely loved it as she thinks shes helping me do the housework – may aswell teach her young!!

I also gave her a clean sponge to help scrub everything with. She seemed to find it fascinating that she could dip the sponge into the water and then squeeze out the water to fill the cups. Having colourful cutlery and cups was a great way for her to remember her colours as well which is a bonus!

Another idea is to grab some toy animals so they can give them a bath, which would really benefit and encourage those toddlers who don’t like to go in the bath themselves!

It was such a simple and easy to set up activity to do, yet she played with it for a good hour or so. I mean, she did end up soaked and the carpet got a bit moist (love that word) but if she’s happy, then I’m happy 🙂