Cleaning Bath Tub Squirt Toys
My children love their bath tub squirt toys. The squirt them, chew them, suck on them, throw them, swim them, and make up little games and stories with them. Then one day I squeezed some black gunk out of one. And started noticing little darknesses on others, like there was more black gunk inside. So, of course, I googled it. Over time, the icky bath water (“butt water” in our house) leaves gunk inside the squirt toys which can mold or cause gross build up. I don’t want my kids sucking on or playing in that! I highly doubt it would really hurt them, but it might make them nauseous or even a little sick, or cause a rash.
How to Clean Squirt Toys: Bleach Soaking
So I googled how to clean it, and the best option was what I expected: a bleach/water mixture. Suck the bleach solution up into the squirt toy, shake and soak. Then rinse. And rinse and rinse and rinse, then allow them to air dry. This might not get all the mold and gunk, so keep a close eye.
How to Clean Squirt Toys: Toss Them!
For squirt toys that are worth about $1 a piece or less, that seems like way too much work. My solution? Toss them and buy more! Recommendations seem to be that a squirt toy is good for about 6 months of use. We definitely used ours longer before I noticed anything, so use your best judgment. Nuby has a really cute set of 10 bath squirt toys to replace your icky ones! The little sea animals have friendly faces, are easy to squish, squirt of holes in logical places, and are bright colors. We enjoy them!
Prevent Squirt Toy Mold
To prevent the inside of squirt toys from getting icky, you have to prevent the water from getting in. A spot of hot glue over the hole of a new, dry squirt can do the job! Then they aren’t quite as fun because they can’t squirt, but they also can’t get icky and need cleaning/replacing.
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Em Mahr says
My little one loves bath time! He could play in the tub for hours. I regularly soak the bath toys in bleach, but I’ve never tried opening the toys to see if the mold was all gone.
M says
They definitely need to be tossed! I fill them with bleach water occasionally to soak. It seems to help make them last a lil longer.
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Anne perry says
Thanks for the reminder. Our Nuby bath toys are about 5 years old. I think it is time to replace.
Vera S says
Bath time if fun time for the kids the more bath toys the better. 🙂
LeAnn Harbert says
I always cleaned them with a bleach solution
Fiona N says
Bath time is the happy time of my little one. He really loves and enjoys it every day!
Thank You for the great giveaway
Lisa E says
This happened to me with my 1st child. He has train bath toys and one day I noticed this black stuff in the tub. I realized it was mold from the toy – I just threw them out. Didn’t want to take any chances.
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I always just threw them out to.
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I usually just throw them out and replace them. Better safe than having a moldy bathroom :/.
Heather B says
I tend to just throw the bath toys out and get new ones.
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My kids dont have bath toys because of this problem! This would be great!
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Your picture of when you open the toys is so true. Often if you have a rubber duck and you look at the bottom of it, you will see the mold growing inside of it. We had bought my daughter a bathtime ll that was made for the tub. Even though we dried it after each bath and sat it out of the tub to dry out well, all of a sudden we could see it growing under the face of the doll.
Jolene Johnson says
Yikes. I don’t even think I want to see what my daughter’s toys look like. I clean them but there’s always a bit of water that just. Won’t. Come. Out.
Amelia Drew says
We usually use bath colors and crayons to enjoy our bathtimes.
Angela Saver says
I usually clean ours with a bleach solution, but I love the idea of using the hot glue to close up the opening! Great tip to prevent the yuck!
Jill Rivera says
I soak thing in a bleach solution every week.
Cynthia C says
I never thought about this when my kids were small. This is a good reminder.
Jessica M says
We are due in August with our first, these are so adorable!
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My kids enjoy bathtime the most when I let them bring in toys with them.
Ashley C says
We love bath time and have lots of bath toys for bath time fun!
Lisa V. says
Bath time for the granddaughter includes actually cleaning, but she also loves to play in the water.
Jennifer W says
My daughter loves bath time and her favorite toy is her penguin.
Erica B. says
My daughter loves her baths.
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My kids love taking baths.
Denise S says
My kids take baths in the evening and like playing to toys in there.
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bathtime is fun time. i enjoy bath time.
Francine Anchondo says
My son loves to play with toys in his bath hates to wash his hair though but loves everything else.
Vera says
When I start the tub for my kids, I add the bubbles and let the jets foam them up for about a minute. They love getting in the suds and pretend it’s snow.
Kaitlin says
My little one has just started using bath toys in the tub and I definitely to check them for mold especially since he is in teething phase.
heather s says
If they are newer then clean with bleach if it is really bad then throw them out
Miz Vickik says
I think these are adorable! A great way yo make bath time fun!
Stephanie Liske says
Kids love bath time when they can play with their toys.
Stephanie Larison says
I love bath time for the kids because they have so much fun, they’re so cute to watch. I’ve had to throw away bath toys that got moldy inside, it’s gross.
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My daughter takes a bath each evening and would love to have some squirt toys. Thanks for the giveaway!
Samantha says
My 3 month old loves just holding her squirt toys right now during the bath!
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The penguin looks like a fun bath toy!
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Bath toys always make bath time more fun! They especially help distract during shampooing.
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I tend to just throw toys away and replace them.
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Toys can make bath time much more fun!
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