Finding Nemo is one of the boys’ favourite films, and they always love playing with water so I decided to do water play activity with them incorporating some of their Finding Nemo toys, and the new Finding Nemo bubble bath we have been sent from H&A.
We gathered together some water play toys; Finding Nemo characters along with other fish and underwater characters, boats, bubbles, Finding Nemo cup for pouring, and fish shaped ice cubes which I had made earlier.
We did the whole activity on top of our cement mixing tray/tuff spot to contain any water spills, and I put bubble wrap on the bottom of the tuff spot just to give a more bubbly feel and another interesting texture for the kids.
We experimented with putting the ice fishes into the water and seeing how quickly they melted, and with floating the toys on the water.
We felt the cold slippery ice on our hands, and thought about whether the ice fishes melted more quickly in our hands or in the water and why that would be.
Nemo and many of his little friends light up in the water which the kids love to watch. Nemo’s turtle friend is a thermometer which we used to see how the temperature was changing when more ice fish were added to the water! You can see them in the picture above, even when the water was cold they still melted quickly.
Mr T especially loves water, so he enjoyed mixing it all around with his hands. Once they had finished just playing with the water and the animals and had melted all the ice, we decided to make the activity a bit more messy!
We added red and white paint to the water to experiment with colour mixing, with the aim of making orange water for Nemo
Mr Z really enjoyed squeezing the paint into the water and seeing how it all mixed.
He did manage to create a very orange shade which matched with Nemo perfectly!
The boys loaded this water into the ice cube moulds so that next time their icy fish will actually be orange like Nemo!
As they had got a bit over enthusiastic with the paint, Nemo and his friends had got quite messy and painty so after pouring out the rest of the orange water, we decided to give them all a good wash in their own bubble bath
We let them have a bit of the H&A Finding Nemo bubble bath. Only a little bit is needed to make plenty of bubbles.
Washing all the characters was just as much fun as getting them all messy!
All three of them enjoyed the activity together.
Of course with this type of activity, it inevitably does end up in wet and messy children too. I even had Mr R deciding to paddle in some of the water which had been spilt onto the tuff spot.
So after Nemo’s bath, it was time for the boys to all go and have a bath too!
The boys have all been using the H&A Finding Nemo soft & gentle bubbly bath throughout the week and I’ve been very happy with the product. We have tried H&A bath products before (see our Jake & the Neverland Pirates Bath & Shower gel review here) and always found them great. The kids are all at an age where they are very motivated by character products so they love seeing their favourite characters at bath time and it adds an extra bit of fun for them.
The soft & gentle bubbly bath is very soft and gentle as the name suggests and I have no concerns about how it will effect their skin. They are not particularly sensitive anyway but the bubble bath is all dermatologically tested, hypoallergenic and paediatrician approved – which would be really reassuring to know if I was using it on them when they were slightly younger, or for a child with sensitive skin.
The bubble bath doesn’t have an overwhelming strong smell but it does smell clean and leaves them smelling and feeling nice and fresh.
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It looks like they had a blast. Love the icecubes
Jen aka The Mad House recently posted…Blowing away the cobwebs
I love the idea of freezing the orange water to make orange fish! That’s brilliant – they clearly had a great time 🙂
Jenny @ The Brick Castle recently posted…Carcraft Lego Challenge
Looks like a lot of fun!
Michelle recently posted…Caketails – Intoxicating Cupcakes For Grown Ups [Book Review + Giveaway]
Looks like a lot of fun!
And fish ice-cubes were a great idea!
Agata Pokutycka recently posted…Baking with ProCook – Date and Walnut Loaf
I really need to get a tuff spot, they look like they make playtime lots of fun.
Jenny recently posted…Marzipan hearts dipped in white chocolate
I would recommend it! Ours is new and it does make messy play in the house a lot easier but it’s also handy for things like playing lego on to try and contain all the pieces while they do it
Looks like you all had lots of fun.
VaiChin @Rambling Through Parenthood recently posted…Sunday 02/02/2014
Love the idea of using different shaped ice cubes to suit the theme. The children look like they are loving it 🙂
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I love the idea of the fish ice cubes. Very imaginative 🙂
Louisa recently posted…Decorating Barbie’s house
Looks like they had so much fun Anna. POD would love to do something like this – we must get her a tuff spot 🙂
Charly Dove recently posted…Living Arrows
You are so very good to let them play with water in the lounge like that! They looked like they had a ball!!
Mrs. Chasing the Donkey recently posted…Croatian Cooking: Sarma Recipe {Stuffed Cabbage Rolls}
haha my husband came along and was like “what are you doing????” “in here????” he thought it was crazy, as he normally doesn’t see me getting up to this as I do it when he’s at work 😀
What great sensory exploration and it is always good to get them involved in something that they are interested in. Glad you are happy with your bubble bath too.
Pinkoddy recently posted…Say it with Flowers – Craft ideas #MotivationalMonday
Haha what a fun activity I have to admit I’m quite a fan of Nemo myself. x
Sarah Bailey recently posted…Valentines Gift Ideas
Looks like great fun – plus you get squeaky clean kids at the end of it! 🙂
Helen @ Peakle Pie recently posted…Finding the Time – WLW 31/1/2014
What fabulous fun they had! fish ice cubes is a great idea, I would have never thought of that.
looks like they had great fun
Tina Mansfield recently posted…A Flash of Lightning by Tony Drury
Love the fishy ice cubes, looks like a lot of fun was had by all! Thanks for sharing with #triedtested
Kate @ Family Fever recently posted…Tried & Tested Tuesday
Looks like great fun was had by all
Mary @over40andamumtoone recently posted…White – The Theme Game
I love playing with water – but you guys took this to the next level. What a fantastic water adventure – and a clean up at the end! Perfect!
Vicky recently posted…Amphora Aromatics natural Borage (starflower) oil face cream: product review
What a lot of fun! Nothing like getting nice and messy to give the bubble bath a proper testing!
Thanks for linking up this week 🙂
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Colette recently posted…Tried & Tested Tuesday
Love it! Haven’t watched finding nemo with my son yet but we go to the local sea life centre loads so I bet he’d love this! Pinned it, obviously 😉
Kate Williams recently posted…Tuesday Tutorials Pin Party
Looks loads of fun and the bubble bath looks lovely 🙂 #LetKidsBeKids
The Reading Residence recently posted…Should Children ‘Play’ When Out And About?
Great fun, what a brilliant activity, lots of variety. #LetKidsBeKids
Sara (@mumturnedmom) recently posted…The Theme Game: White
Great idea! Looks like loads of fun
Thanks for sharing #LetKidsBeKids
Karen Bell recently posted…Marble run review
How wonderful! Looks like great fun.
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Looks like lots of fun! Thank you so much for sharing with us on FB! Although so hard to choose this week, I’ve added three of my favorite shares to the bottom of this week’s playful preschool post on Exploring Simple Science with TRAINS!!!
Hopping over from the Thoughtful Spot Blog Hop! I love how many activities you wrapped in to the movie theme. Great idea!
Shannen recently posted…Think You Can’t Homeschool? This Letter’s For You.
what a lovely idea to do water play with it. #triedtested
thebeesleybuzz recently posted…Step 2 Fantasy Vanity Unit from Activity Toys Direct: A Review
There are so many lovely ideas here, and the boys are having so much fun! It looks like the Tuff Spot is getting a lot of use too!
Pippa Ainsworth recently posted…Mighty Moments with Plum Baby
What great fun and plenty of ideas there, thank you. Our tuff spot arrived last week so we shall give this a go.
Emily @amummytoo recently posted…After Eight chocolate dessert pots (review)
This looks like great fun!
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It looks like you had lots of fun doing this activity! Thank you for linking up with #100 Days of Disney xx
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