For this month’s Team Mom sampling, I got two great products to review, both of which have been in daily use since the boxes arrived. The first is the Aquadoodle drawing mat from Spin Master. This idea is so simple, it’s genius. It’s simply a thick mat that you spread out, and it comes with a pen that you fill with water that has a sponge tip. Your child presses the tip of the pen to the mat, and it turns blue, letting them “draw” on the mat, with water! No mess like with markers or paint! The edges of the mat even have step by step directions for turning simple shapes into a girl, a house, a car, and more. Like this:

The downside of this toy is that the pictures only last until the water dries, which is just a few minutes. Also, the mat has to be left unrolled to completely dry before being rolled up for storage, otherwise the surface can get moldy. At only $24.99 for a mat and a pen, I think this is perfect for taking on trips to Grandma’s house for the holidays! It will keep kids entertained without the risk of a mess. Even my nine year old and his friend sat down and drew on it for a while!

The second item we received is the Bath Blizzard bubble maker from Kid Kleen. It’s been advertised heavily on TV so it might sound familiar to you, although the one on TV comes with soap molds, and mine didn’t. But that’s okay, I don’t need my daughter making a mess with soap in the tub So what we did get is the Bath Blizzard bubble maker, a strap for hanging it, and a small bottle of bubbles. The directions for getting it to work were easy to follow, although it calls for 4 “C” batteries which we didn’t have on hand, so I had to run out and get those first. Also, the strap has to be attached to the Bath Blizzard in a certain way so it will hang over the faucet of the tub. I couldn’t get it to stay on but my husband finally figured it out. The only problem with the strap is that not everyone has a tub faucet that will hold it. Ours does because we have an “old fashioned” tub that uses a small knob you pull up on to plug the faucet. Otherwise, it would have been helpful if the Bath Blizzard had come with suction cups to attach it to the side of the tub instead.

The bubbles that come with it are not thick like bubble bath, they are more like the bubbles you get in jars to blow through a wand. Kaitlyn didn’t seem to mind, she was just excited to see bubbles in her bath!

Thanks again Team Mom for providing us with these fun water toys that are sure to be in use for a long time!