Make a Splash This Christmas! The Ultimate Gift Guide for Little Swimmers
Christmas is just around the corner, and we’re here to help you find the perfect holiday gifts for the water babies in your life! Whether it's bath time, family play time, or cosy snuggles, we’ve curated a selection of colourful gifts to put under your Christmas tree and help make more waves in the new year.
This year, we're excited to present our Christmas gift guide in two parts! In our first post, we’ll dive into our favourite bath and pool toys, perfect for little water lovers. Our second post will feature soft toys and family games for cosy indoor fun, including puzzles to bring everyone together. Stay tuned for plenty of ideas to make this season extra special!
1. Bring the Pool Home: Water Babies Bathtime Toys & Teethers
Bath toys are a great stocking filler for babies and toddlers. Coming from baby swimming experts as we are, the Water Babies bath toys have all been designed to help little ones gain water confidence and progress in their swimming journey, while making water play interactive and safe.
1.1 The Water Babies Fish Family Bath Toys:
All-year round favourites, these brightly coloured fish toys are used in our baby swimming lessons to encourage little ones to reach forward in the water, developing their muscles and hand-eye coordination.
The perfect baby bath toy, made from natural latex, soft and squeezy but fully sealed for hygiene, these fish toys don’t just add fun - they also support sensory development and make bath time a learning experience! Plus, these bath toys also double as safe, soothing teething toys, perfect for babies who love to chew.
There are four different baby fish toys to pick from: Smooch, Custard, Dotty, and Inky. Looking for the best Christmas gift for newborns? Go for Inky, our black and white bath toy. Black and white toys can help babies develop their vision, cognitive skills, and focus.
1.2 Bubba The Whale Floating Bath Toy:
As with our fish toys, Bubba is phthalate free, made from natural rubber from the Hevea tree, and hand-painted using food-grade dye. This versatile sensory toy is ideal to keep your little one entertained during bath time, as Bubba the Whale bobs and floats on the water.
Like the colourful members of the Water Babies Fish Family, Bubba has been tested from newborn, making these bath toys and teethers the perfect Christmas stocking filler for new babies.
2. Splish, Splash, Repeat: Pool Toys to Keep the Fun Flowing
Looking for Christmas gifts that combine fun with developmental benefits? In this guide, we’re highlighting two fantastic pool toys used in our baby swim lessons - the baby bath mirror and our baby float board. Perfect for holiday gifting, these pool toys encourage essential developmental skills and confidence, helping little ones practice and explore whether in the bath or at the pool.
2.1 Finn Baby Float Board:
This Christmas, why not gift the little swimmer in your life a baby float board? These floats are especially designed for babies, making it easy for little hands to hold on to. Ideal for bathtime fun or pool adventures, float boards support babies and toddlers as they learn basic swimming movements, strengthening muscles and coordination skills, as well as helping improve little one’s balance.
Made from super soft high-density foam in blue and bright orange, our baby swim floats can also be a fun and stimulating sensory experience for your little one during bath time, helping them to feel at ease and enjoy the water. It might be a bit too big to fit in a stocking, but the Water Babies kickboard is a thoughtful, practical, and exciting Christmas gift for any water-loving family!
2.2 Pearl Baby Bath Mirror:
A baby bath mirror makes a unique and engaging Christmas gift, which will brings endless smiles and curiosity to bathtime! Babies are captivated by their own reflections, which helps with developing self-awareness, language and emotional skills, motor skills, and hand-eye coordination as they reach out to touch their image. At our swimming lessons, we use this baby mirror to help little ones lie flat when floating on their backs, a life-saving water skill that you can keep practicing at home.
The Water Babies mirror offers a fun and interactive way for little ones to explore, laugh, and engage in sensory play, fostering both confidence and curiosity in the water. Plus, the wet material at the back of the mirror can stick to flat surfaces so that you can bathe your baby safely with both hands!
Made from baby-safe plastic material and high-density foam that protects the mirror, this baby bath mirror is a fantastic tool to have at home use that turns bath time (and tummy time!) into a joyful learning sensory experience.
We hope this guide has inspired you with unique bath and pool toy ideas to make Christmas magical for the water babies in your life! Don’t miss the second part of our gift guide, where we’ll share more creative gift ideas for your little swimmer - including soft toys and engaging puzzle games perfect for family time at home. Dive in and make this holiday season truly unforgettable!
Happy Holidays! 🎄🎁✨