Janod - Bath Toy Crab & Stacking Cups - 7 Pieces

Bernard And His Shell Set turns the bath into a small engineering project. A crab-shaped bath sponge sits on top of six colourful shell-shaped cups, and each cup has sprinkle holes that produce a different flow of water. For children aged 10 months and up.

Fill, lift, watch - repeat about forty times

The sprinkle holes are the whole appeal. Fill a cup, lift it out of the water and the flow starts - different from the cup before it, because the holes are arranged differently. Babies and toddlers will repeat this for the entire length of a bath, which is precisely the point.

The bottom cup has a handy grip, so it doubles as the scoop for washing Bernard himself.

What is included

• Crab-shaped bath sponge
• 6 shell-shaped stacking cups in bright colours
• Sprinkle holes in each cup producing different water flows
• Base cup with an integrated grip
• Made from eco-friendly wheat straw; suitable from 10 months

Wheat straw instead of plastic

The cups are made from wheat straw, a plant-based material that is a genuine step away from conventional plastic bath toys. They drain properly through the sprinkle holes too, which is the practical reason bath toys go mouldy - water trapped inside with nowhere to go.

Early science, accidentally

Children discover that a full cup is heavier, that water runs out faster from bigger holes, and that a cup held higher makes a longer stream. None of it is taught. It is simply what happens when you give a toddler water, containers and time.

Stacking works out of the water too

Rebuilding Bernard's home means nesting six cups in the correct order - a size-sequencing task that is genuinely challenging for a one-year-old. The set works just as well on the floor as in the bath.

Splashes, giggles and a bath that a reluctant toddler will actually get into.