My mom always like to say, "Science is all around us", and that is especially true in the bath. Fluid dynamics, flotation, displacement, flow velocity, and other impressive-sounding terms!
Rachel Zurer recently did a fun Science In The Bath feature for Wired's GeekDad. Her suggestions require only food coloring, spoons, and tin foil, but if you want to go a step geekier, here are some bizarre and beautiful bathtime goods:
- Listen to this- "The Famous Sega Toys' Planetarium is also available in a Bathroom Version." I had no idea there was a famous Sega Planetarium, but I'm so glad there's a bathroom version. Available from GeekStuff4U, it floats, is waterproof, and has three modes: Planetarium, Rose Petal, and Deep Sea. I tried to find a photo of it in action, but every single one featured a lady taking a bath in a towel.
- ThinkGeek carries Squishy Baff H2Goo (none of those are typos), which looks awesomely weird. The baff goo comes in a bunch of colors, and the magic dissolver powder washes it neatly down the drain.
- The Drop LED Bath Light from Japan Trend Shop is a waterproof teardrop that lights up when it touches water, and proceeds to cycle through a glowing spectrum of colors. Many sites are promoting it as "romantic", but what little kid wouldn't love a rainbow bath?
- Okay, this GeekKryptonite Soap from Bubblelanesoap doesn't really do anything- except look awesome.
- These Ashland Submersible LEDs from Michaels don't look too exciting, but Play At Home Mom says they are incredibly fun for bathtime.
The last product I wanted to tell you about is Glow-In-The-Dark Bubble Bath, but all the bottles of it I found have things like "Sexy" and "Lovin'" on the label. I'm not entirely convinced that a glow-in-the-dark bubble bath is sexy, but I'm sure kids would love it. There are a bunch of different kinds available on Amazon and they'd all be easy to decant into a non-sexy bottle.
(All images as credited above.)
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LoL at the lady taking a bath in a towel, couldn't they have used a bathing suit? These things are all cool but most are way too expensive. My son loves the crayola color tablets, they're great because he can see the primary colors mixing together to make secondary colors. He also loves making the bath glow in the dark with glow sticks, very fun.
Maybe I need to try some of these. I've tried everything to enjoy taking a bath but no matter what I use I get bored in five seconds! I've read books, drank wine, smoked a little something (medicinal of course), and I've even watched Arrested Development on my iPad! Nothing works. I get the candles lit and the water perfect. The bathroom looks great but the second I get in I immediately think "now what?" I feel like I'm missing out.
I love the idea of the kryptonite soap for my very geeky brother and his kids, but the link is bad!
@Esausville- Shoot- it looks like Bubblelanesoap's shop has gone down in just the last few days. Fingers crossed it opens again soon!
Anyone wanting the squishybaff...they sell it near playdoh at Target! MUCH cheaper than thinkgeek.
Another fan of the crayola color tablets. I got those for me long before I had my son! The'yre just fun. We have a faucet cover that looks like an octopus you put them in his mouth and the water comes out his tentacles colored! Super cute but doesn't fit on our spout so it didn't get used :(
Oh man, I'm digging more through that play at home mom site. What great ideas on there! I'm surprised more of their stuff hasn't been posted on here.
I've read some bad reviews about the Squishy Baff not turning back into "water". I do plan on trying it in our kiddie pool this summer.
Make sure you smell any glow in the dark bubble bath liquid first! I got some as a free gift with a sexy purchase at a bachelorette party once and the stuff just reeks!