Rubber Ducks

All right, hands up who's got one? I've got one, my three kids had a family when they were young but I'm not sure if they've got any at all now. Have you got one? I think they're brilliant and they're usually one of the first gifts most children receive. "What is she going on about?" I hear you asking. Obviously I'm talking about one of the great symbols of political freedom to be invented during the Twentieth Century - the good old, plain and simple rubber duck. Until around the late 1940's leisure was decadent, it was a rude gesture of superiority from the upper classes to the working classes. Leisure was a ...  Read the complete review

What fun children can have with rubber ducks in the bath. Both of my children have loved rubber ducks since they were babies. You can do so many fun things with them in the bath. An all time favourite game is holding them under water then releasing so that they shoot up - both of mine have always found this hilarious, and lets be honest there is nothing better than hearing your child laugh. We have a family of 3 ducks and the children love to make them swim round the bath quacking. We also take ours to our local pool when we go swimming. We started doing this when they were babies to help them have fun in the water and even now ...  Read the complete review

Rubber ducks have been around for years and if you are a normal human being then you have or will have one. I had one and now my boys have one. A bathroom wouldn't be bathroom without one sat on the side awaiting for the next human being to start running the water into the bath and pouring in the bubbles. Isn't it strange how a bit of plastic that is shaped to look like a duck could take the world by storm and be around forever? As much as rubber ducks are loved by everyone, they aren't all sweetness and light. First off some of them can be quite ugly. The one in the picture is rather sweet but I had one that was made of thin plastic and you could barely make ...  Read the complete review

My three month old daughter loves going in her bath. She starts kicking her legs and giggling when the water splashes her. This is a glorious site to see but can make bathing her very difficult. I got a tiny rubber duck in a Christmas cracker this year and promptly made a mental note to use it in her bath to see if it would take her attention so she would stay still long enough to wash her. At her next bath as soon as she was lowered into the water she was kicking and laughing again. I let her have a little play and then showed her the rubber duck. Immediately she stopped splashing and gazed at this strange yellow thing bobbing on the water. I managed ...  Read the complete review

Rubba Ducks - Ducks with attitude! The real dilemma was what category should this go under, Collectibles, Children’s Toys, Presents for Men or probably the yet to be launched category of Gothiron’s Weird Stuff (the present my nephew is getting from me for Christmas would fit nicely in that category!. These aren't your bath-standard yellow ducks, these are Rubba Ducks from the USA! So what’s so brilliant about ducks you quack? Are you trying to capture a lost childhood you sad person? Not a bit of it, I never liked the standard rubber ducks you get, shiny bright yellow things that bob around in the bath and are usually more ...  Read the complete review