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Spa Bath for Kids

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Spa Bath for Kids | Mama Papa Bubba

You know those times when your kiddo needs a little something extra special just for them?  Like time alone that doesn’t feel like forced time alone?  Well this spa bath for kids has become one of our go-tos in those situations and is exactly that… Time alone that feels special {maybe even a little bit luxurious} and not at all forced.  It’s the perfect really chill, relaxing way to end the day and such a good mood booster for us too.

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The set-up is really simple and can really be anything you want it to be depending on what your child loves and what you have in the house.

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I always fill the tub up with a good amount of water and set out a towel, a washcloth, and a little ‘welcome to the spa’ of some sort. {Nothing fancy, obviously…  This one is a piece of scrap paper from the junk drawer written with blue pen, but I often just write ‘welcome to the spa’ right on the tub with washable marker like I do for all of the little things I put out next.}

Spa Bath for Kids | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

Alright – the little spa goodies… These are put in plastic containers (ancient apple sauce container collection for the win!) and I label each one by using a washable marker directly on the ledge of our bathtub.  You can play around with different types of markers {washable obviously!} to see which ones work best on your surface, but regular old washable Crayola markers tend to be my go-to as they go on alright and wipe right off without any effort at all.

Spa Bath for Kids | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

What you include is totally up to you, but I always go with the same 5 labels… ‘wash’, ‘scrub’, ‘soak’, ‘sip’, and ‘snack’.

Spa Bath for Kids | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

‘Wash’ is almost one of two things…  A couple of pumps of Moon Baby (or go to wash for both kids) or castile soap from our foaming soap dispenser (just put castile soap and some water in a foam dispenser that we always have on hand). BUT – how fun would it be to put out a chunk of our awesome DIY squishy soap?!

‘Scrub’ is almost always a big squeeze of the maple brown sugar scrub from Back to Earth that I love, but we’ve also done our homemade lemon vanilla sugar scrub and our funfetti sugar scrub when we’ve had them, and both are super fun and delicious smelling too.

‘Soak’ is usually a locally made bath bomb or some of our beloved coconut oat milk bath that Miss G can just pop into the tub when she’s ready.

Spa Bath for Kids | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

‘Sip’ is usually fruit water (plain water with frozen fruit instead of ice cubes) with a paper straw to make it fancy…

And ‘snack’ is usually some type of cut up fresh fruit.

Spa Bath for Kids | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

And that’s basically it!

Spa Bath for Kids | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

When everything is ready I usually put on a calming Spotify playlist, dim the lights, and invite my little guest to enjoy some time at the spa.

Spa Bath for Kids | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

She enjoys some time on her own and when she comes out afterwards…  You can just tell –  she feels sooooo good.  Also, Mr. Sam had his very first taste of the spa bath the other night, soaked it right up, and then asked for another one midday the next day – hah!

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Calm Down Kit for Kids

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Calm Down Kit for Kids | Mama Papa Bubba

Oh my…  Have we ever been dealing with some big emotions lately.  Miss G’s always been a spirited kiddo who feels things deeply, but in the last few months it’s been at a whole new level.  Especially after school.  I’ve been doing my best to to not bombard her with questions immediately after picking her up, to not ask too much of her as soon as we walk in the door, and to make sure she’s got a big snack and glass of water once home, but even then – some days are just extremely emotional for her.

As frustrating and as hard as it can be sometimes, I’m trying to tackle it as we would any other difficult situation – by helping her find strategies to cope and get through it.  Things that help her work through her emotions. And so when I came across this anti-anxiety kit created by Sharla of The Chaos and the Clutter, I wondered if something similar would help Miss G in situations when she was feeling anxious, upset, or angry.  I asked and she was totally on board, so we began collecting the items for this little calm down kit together.

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