The 15 Best Bath Toys of 2025
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With this 13-piece suction set, any kid can be an engineer. The spinning pieces work individually or as components of a larger, interconnected system.
Granted, the Boon Pipes + Tubes + Cogs Bundle is pricey for a bath toy — but once you take inventory, there’s a lot to discover. This set contains 13 pieces and is essentially a combination of three other sets. (If you’d prefer a smaller assortment or want to add even more pieces, they’re sold separately as Boon Pipes, Boon Cogs, and Boon Tubes.) All of the components have suction cups, so your kid can stick them to slick surfaces. Some of the pieces have internal spinners, and many can be connected to one another to create an elaborate system. Part of the challenge is figuring out how they work together (or don’t). Though the manufacturer recommends this toy for children 12 months and up, I think kids will get more out of it as they mature. Also, although we didn’t have any issues with this set, some online reviews have complained of certain parts not spinning as they should or of insufficient suction (which could be related to the tub or tile surface).
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This deceptively simple toy — you design your own ball track with pieces suctioned to the wall — is deeply satisfying.
If I could choose only one bath toy, it would be the Haba Bathtub Ball Track Set. The concept is simple: Create a “course” by suctioning three track pieces and a paddle wheel to a vertical surface; then send a ball down the run. The included ladle can be used to launch the ball or for other bath-time business. This set had my fourth-grader suddenly taking decadently long showers as he experimented with new configurations (we found it works best when you’re standing). The track set also left me wondering how I’d survived so many decades of bathing without it.
I do have a few small gripes. The set comes with only one ball, which is easy to misplace, and it’s more fun to deploy multiple balls down the track in quick succession. After about a year, the suction cups on (just) one of my track sections began developing dark mold spots. And there have been complaints — online and from a fellow Wirecutter editor — that the suction could be stronger.
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These multitasking penguins float, stack, hold water, and then slide onto their iceberg landing pad.
“Junk,” I thought to myself when I first laid eyes on the Fat Brain Toys Waddle Bobbers Bath Toy. With its flimsy-looking suction slide, “iceberg” landing pad, and five hollow-headed penguin sliders — reminiscent of shot glasses you might get at a theme restaurant if you ordered peppermint schnapps — this set felt destined for a landfill. But dang-it if it hasn’t granted us hours of entertainment (and stayed mold-free — nothing sticks to that slick plastic). Like our Haba Bathtub Ball Track Set pick, this is a toy that makes things go zooming downhill. But the Waddle Bobbers are better for younger kids because there’s basically no room for human error: The slide always delivers. Plus, the cartoony penguins are beguiling; my daughter likes tucking them into their iceberg divots, stacking them high, and filling their small noggins with soapy water.
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This oddly endearing toy — which swerves unsteadily, floats (kinda), and sticks to walls with its silicone “beak” — can be whatever you need it to be.
Just look at this ridiculous thing: The Boi Bath Toy by Moluk is a 4¾-inch-tall piece of plastic that vaguely resembles a Canada goose, by way of Plato’s cave. Once it’s in your orbit, though, it’s hard not to be charmed. The Boi toy seems perpetually optimistic and up for anything. It’s not afraid to be the butt of the joke: When you stick its silicone “beak” to the shower door, it’ll hang there indefinitely. In water, it bobs with uncertainty, unable to fully hoist its tummy to the surface. On land, it’s a modern-day Weeble that wobbles but doesn’t fall down, spinning and swerving like a drunken prima ballerina. It’s fully sealed, so there’s nowhere for water to sneak in or mold to camp out. What does it do? I’m still not entirely sure, but my daughter spent a year putting this toy to work as both her shampoo bottle and her cellphone.
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It’s hard to find a good bath toy made out of foam, but these ocean-themed shapes beat the odds — and they even come with a mesh storage net.
Mudpuppy Stickable Foam Bath Shapes are the only foam toys that made the cut for this guide. (We tested the Ocean Life set, pictured above, which is no longer available, but other themes like bugs, unicorns, and dinos are comparable.) Within the first few months of testing, the other toys of this ilk that we tried — including the Blockaroo Magnetic Foam Blocks, Nuby Bath Tub Alphabet Set, and Lakeshore Learning Design & Build Water Blocks — became permanently mold-speckled. But thanks to some dark sorcery, the Mudpuppy ones managed to stay pristine; in fact, it took over two years until we had to toss any of them and, miraculously, many of the pieces from the original set are still intact. For foam shapes, they’re a bit on the thin side; perhaps that’s part of the key to their success (but for kids who bite or play rough, they may be too flimsy). They’re also adorable. Bonus: They come with a mesh storage bag that suctions to the tub; this keeps them from getting mixed together with other toys and helps them dry out between uses.
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These stretchy silicone characters stick together — and to the wall of your shower or tub.
Oogi by Moluk is a silicone figure with a featureless head, comically long arms, and squat, arched legs. The suction-cup appendages cling mightily to flat, slick surfaces and, if you have more than one, to one another — when you try to pull them apart, the Oogis stretch until they can stretch no more, and then they emit an entertaining “pop!” as they release. (They also make good fidget toys for a grown-up’s desk — or so I’ve heard.) The four Oogis we’ve been testing are all still looking good. Oogis come in five colors, and are also sold in a smaller junior size.
