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A wonderful bath toy idea from The Brooding Hen!
Build Bath Toys using PVC Pipe, Suction Cups, and a Drill.
My son always wants me to hold toys, or my hands, or anything for him to pour water over while in the tub.
I cannot wait to grab some scrap pvc pipe and fittings from the garage and stick them to the wall for bath time fun!
Get some PVC pipe elbows and T’s
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Get lots of suction cups.
Make sure the suction cups have an indention, and a head, to keep them inside the openings you’ll drill in the PVC.
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Suction Cups
I found a pack of three suction cups at Menards for $0.98.
I used a Half Inch Paddle drill bit to make the hole and the suction cup heads fit in there very nicely.
Use a drill bit the same size as the indented part of the suction cup.
It needs to be smaller than the mushroom part of the head.
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Paddle Drill Bit
As I said above, I actually had to use a 1/2″ (half inch) paddle bit as the suction cups I found were larger.
Drill holes in your PVC fittings for the suction cups to go into.
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Wedge in the suction cups.
A screwdriver, or something that’s not too sharp, should work well.
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Now you can stick them on the wall or in the bathtub!
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Keep making more and arrange them in cool ways!
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Original Article: http://thebroodinghen.blogspot.com/2012/11/hardware-store-bath-toys.html
