My son adores cars. Specifically Disney’s Cars. But beyond that, he isn’t like BOY BOYITY BOY BOY about the things he enjoys playing with. And I love that. I want him to carve out his own likes and dislikes, as opposed to feeling like he has to play with mechanic kits and monster trucks just because he’s a manchild.
In fact, his favorite activity is cooking. He has a small kitchen set and a bunch of plastic food items. He also likes helping me bake, though I don’t bake as often as I did when I was pregnant.
It’s hard to find gender neutral cooking toys, so when Bumkins offered one of their Waterproof Toddler Aprons for me to review, I was thrilled to find a variety of prints. Though they’re marketed primarily as arts and crafts aprons (think painting, glue, etc.) they make wonderful kitchen aprons.
The apron fit my three-year-old great. My only beef with it was the amount of excess length to the ties. Definitely supervise your child, especially if he or she tends to act like a kitten when confronted with a lot of string.
The Bumkins apron is perfectly waterproof, washes easily, and slips on and off easily. If you’re stocking up a classroom, daycare, or looking for an arts and crafts or cooking apron for home, this is a good investment. It’s only $15 and seems pretty sturdy.
I’ve actually been using it when my son eats some yogurt or applesauce, since he still manages to get goopy foods all over his torso.
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It’s hard to pick a favorite – they’re all so cute! I love the rose circles one for my daughter and I think the blue stripes one would work great for my blue-eyed boy. Love ‘em!
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My son loves cooking too! We like the Dr. Seuss print. Great idea to use it as a “body bib” for messy foods.
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Messy activity idea: Shaving cream finger painting. Use white foam shaving cream and place some in each of several bowls. Add a few drops of washable food color to each bowl- one color per bowl. Let your little one use his hands to mix in the color. Then let them “paint” with the shaving cream- an old cookie sheet is great for this, or use a sheet of foil. They can also experiment with mixing colors of shaving cream!
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Definitely the pink paisley!
My mom always used to let me make pretzels with the dough scraps when she made bread – can’t wait to do that with my own (currently 7 weeks) daughter.
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messy activity- we do painting with food coloring and dough making shapes.
but my kids love cooking so we are always trying new recipes and using our hands.
Blue Fizz (circles) is my favorite
I love the rose circles the best.
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my daughter is obsessed with finger painting. she got lots for her b-day
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I love the blue retro print.
A fun and of course messy activity I have done with my kids is painting with pudding (on finger paint paper.). Color vanilla pudding with food coloring and let them go at it. And best of all who cares if they eat it. LOL!! I let them dry and cut them into fish shapes and read the book the Rainbow Fish to go with our project. The kids really loved it.
I like the urban pink.
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A fun and messy activity is to collect leaves, place them on a sheet of waxed paper. Sprinke glitter and shave crayons over them. Put another sheet of waxed paper over them and iron them. Don’t let the kids touch the hot iron.
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The Blue Fizz apron is really cute!
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We have the Junior Bib in On The Go print (which is our favorite) and they are the best bips out there! Would love to try there other products. Thanks for the chance.
I love love love these! Flower Garden is my favorite-so cute! thanks!
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fingerpaints are always plenty messy – or anything to do with water! :-) thanks!
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I think the Pet Parade print is my fav.
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Instead of finger painting, take a roll of paper outside and let your kiddos “paint” with their feet on the paper instead of their hands. This is also a fun idea for a playgroup.
Daughter likes the Urban Pink!
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I like painting the bottom of my preschooler’s feet with washable finger paint. She runs down the driveway and sidewalk and is thrilled that she can see where she has been!
I like the pink paisley design
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I sometimes let my daughter finger paint with pudding!
I like the Pet Parade print the best.
I like the pink paisley. My niece would love this.
I like the blue fizz pattern.
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I like blue fizz
I would choose the cat in the hat print. I love Dr. Seuss!
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I love blue cubes and blue fizz.
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I love the Blue Fizz pattern. Thanks for the chance!
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My fun, messy activity idea: Finger painting with baby food! My son loved this when he was a baby. We would paint on his high chair tray, making different patterns and shapes, and he could taste the foods too! This could also be fun for older kids, using other foods too.
I like Blue Paisley.
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Mud pies are super messy, but you don’t need an apron for that. We also do a lot of finger painting.
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i like the yellow fish print
oneof our fav messy activities is playing with shaving cream
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I love the Green Horton design. Dr Seuss is a favorite!
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Our favorite fun activity has always been painting! Finger paints for the youngest crowd, with brushes for the getting older crowd & even paint-by-numbers for the heading to school crowd!
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I like the Dr Seuss one.
The Chunky Monkey one is SO cute!
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We love to fingerpaint!
A fun activity is take little plastic animals that I’ve collected from yard sales and Goodwill, and make animal tracks with them.
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I like the Chunky Monkey print. But maybe I’m trying to make my toddler still be a baby. Perhaps On the Go would be a better fit for him.
I like blue fizz the best.
A fun, classic activity for kids… finger painting!
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bumkins has great prints these days. I like the pink circles best.
My favorite print is the Grinch–I love that story!
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My fave print is Chunky Monkey.
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The messiest idea I know is finger painting and making handprints on shirts.
I like the blue circles!
My son loves fingerpainting with pudding! Lots of fun and very messy!
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I like the yellow fish print
I like the Yellow Fish Design.
I like the Blue Fizz or On the Go print :))
A messy but super fun activity that pretty much requires an apron – shaving creme table – I have a glass table so I unload a whole can of cheap shaving creme and let them go at it! They always beg for it. The fact that I usually say no, makes the occasions I say yes so much better!
I like the blue circles design
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My favorite fabric would be the “Blue Circles”, it was hard to choose because there were so many cute patterns!
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I like the chocolate and teal paisley.
I like the Blue Stripes apron!
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I like the red fat farm print–sorry that is what they call it.
One other messy kid project is making and then using your own batch of homemade play-dough.
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My favorite is the On the Go print. Thanks for the giveaway!
I love the Chunky Monkey print.
I love the pink one with skulls.
I like the blue paisley one. THank you
Blue Paisley is my very favorite.
Playdoh, painting, cooking are fun but messy!
I like the Urban Pink. Thanks.
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I always think finger painting is the messiest. Thanks.
I like the blue fuzz print.
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I like the Urban Pink!
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a fun messy event would be to decorate cookies with sprinkles and frosting
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A fun and messy activity I enjoy with my son is baking from scratch. We especially enjoy making brownies!
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I love the yellow fish print!
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Such a cute bib!
I like Blue Fizz.
Fingerpainting with vanilla pudding colored with food coloring or natural colors, like juice from bluberries, strawberries, etc. Messy and tasty!
I like the Blue Fizz and the one fish two fish is cute also..
Oh I have to get my DD the Urban Pink since she is our little Punk Princess through and through!!
Rose cubes all the way
I love the Pink Fizz.
I love the retro print!
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I really like the Blue Paisley.
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I love letting my toddler play with shaving cream. It is a bit messy but so much fun for her and the smell reminds us of Dad!
Love the Urban Pink!
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i like the pink horton
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I like Rose Circles.
I like the “Blue Fizz” print the best! Thanks!
I like the green horton apron best.
Cover you table (non wood surface) in shaving cream and let them have a blast practicing their abc’s in the foam with their fingers. (This also is a great way to get crayon off your table surfaces, if you let it stand for about 10 min. and wash off with a warm cloth it comes off easily.
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I like the Pink Horton design! Thanks for the chance!!
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Another fun messy activity is painting little rocks or pebbles. It’s fun but messy!!
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I like the blue paisley print. Thank you.
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I THINK THE “on the go” one is cute:)
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I like On the Go
The blue paisley print looks very nice!
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A fun (messy) activity idea for kids is fingerpainting.
i really like the on the go pattern
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a fun messy idea with kids is painting
I love the retro print. Its adorable.
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My favorite fun and messy activity is letting the kids garden. They love watching their flowers and vegetables grow and is worth the muddy hands and feet!
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We love painting rocks, acorns and leaves. Thanks for the chance. mogrill@comcast.net
the retro print
I like blue circles!