Protect Your Floor at Meal Time with a Baby Splash Mat

A splash mat can come to your rescue when baby or infant feeding time becomes a messy affair!

If you want to spare yourself the hassle of picking up crumbs and mopping up spills on the floor after meal time, then treating yourself to a splash mat is a decision you won’t regret.

These wonderful feeding time accessories are worth their weight in gold when it comes to slashing the time you spend cleaning up when your little boy or girl has finished breakfast, lunch, dinner or a snack in their high chair.

You simply spread out the waterproof mat below the high chair on the floor, just before meal time, and let it go to work at catching any annoying spills and scattered foodstuff.

No more trying to scrub bits of food and spilled liquids off your carpet – a quick wipe of your splash mat with a sponge or cloth and some mild soap liquid is all that’s required.

Here are some of the most popular splash mats at Amazon for you to take a look at.

After baby feeding time, you just move the high chair away and clean the mat with the minimum of fuss.

A clean splash mat is fine for a child to sit on and play calmly with a few favourite toys after a meal – but it won’t be suitable for any lively activity such as rolling, diving and jumping.

Splash mats – sometimes referred to as splat mats, feeding mats or drop cloths – come in various shapes and sizes – popular shapes are round, square, hexagonal, rectangular and oval.

The primary aim of this type of mat is to act as a carpet and floor protector from stains and liquid spills so it’s nowhere near the standard of a dedicated play mat when it comes to providing a safe surface to play.

A non-slip splash mat can be placed under your little one’s high chair, bouncer or rocker. You can also place an easel or blackboard on this type of mat to catch paint drips or chalk powder.

Some parents opt to use a splash mat below a table to catch any messy bits of plasticine, Play-Doh or clay that gets scattered around during a kids’ modelling session. Others use them for floor protection when their kids get a bit older and start enjoying arts and crafts activities at home.

Another use for one of these versatile baby care accessories is for catching any mess and spills from an indoor sand and water table. You could even place one under a baby bath when washing your little one or below a sand pit in your garden.

Here are a few more excellent baby splash mats for sale at Amazon which you might be interested in.






Most splash mats are made of non-toxic PVC plastic but some are made from fabric, with a waterproof lining on the base.

Splash mats are quite flimsy compared to traditional thick and soft baby play mats – therefore, as mentioned earlier, they are not suitable for any lively physical activity.

To be fair, the manufacturers don’t try to make any claims that they are suitable for rough and tumble play – so don’t even think of allowing a child to roll, dive or jump around on a splash mat.

Proper play mats are normally quite thick, soft and padded to ensure babies, infants and older kids are safe from falls at all times.

They are designed to absorb the impact of energetic kids crawling, rolling and tumbling on them – that’s definitely not the case with splash mats which are much thinner and merely designed to create a spill-proof location for babies and infants.

No More Messy Stains and Spills on Your Carpet or Tiles

Splash mats are all water-resistant and slip-proof to ensure there’s no risk of a high chair sliding on the surface.

These mats really are wonderful when it comes to protecting your carpets and floor tiles from messy spills and food stains – they can free up time to get on with other parental chores.

Cleaning these mats after a messy meal time couldn’t be easier – all you need to do is shake any crumbs and other items of food into a bin and rub the surface down with a cloth and soapy water or anti-bacterial wipe.

Splash mats are available to buy at many leading UK stores these days including Argos, Asda, Tesco, Mothercare, JoJo Maman Bébé, Amazon, Early Learning Centre, John Lewis, Ikea and eBay.

Prices range from around £5 for a thin and basic mat made of cheap material to around £20 for a thicker deluxe mat made of superior material.

Some splash mats come with a handy storage bag so you can take it with you when visiting friends and relatives.

Many splash mats are based on various themes such as stars, animals, fish, cars, boats, planes and trains. Others are simply covered in an array of lovely bright and cheerful patterns and motifs.

Numbers and letters splash mats are another popular choice, and yet another great option is those which are adorned with a variety of favourite kids’ cartoon, movie and book characters.

If, however, you want to keep things simple, plain coloured mats are available in blue, green, red, yellow, white, orange, pink, purple and various other colours. Clear and transparent mats are another option.

You are really spoilt for choice these days when it comes to buying a splash mat – there are hundreds of different designs to choose from – so it’s pretty easy to find one that will works wonders when it comes to protecting your floor.

A Plastic Tray Bib can be the First Line of  Defence against Mess!

A great idea for catching food and spills before they even get a chance to reach the floor is a plastic bib with a catch-all pocket at the base.

These are available in a many different styles and colours including blue, pink, white, green, red, yellow, orange, pink, purple and blue. Some are adorned with bright patterns to popular children’s book and TV characters. Others have an image of an animal on them – choices include an elephant, rabbit, unicorn, frog, penguin, panda, pig, tiger, fish, lion, zebra, bumble bee, duck and monkey.

Here are a few of the most popular feeding tray bibs at Amazon in the UK.

These food catchers are perfect for babies and infants who haven’t mastered the art of eating with any degree of control! A tray bib won’t catch everything a baby is capable of spraying around at meal time – but it will reduce the amount of spillage that ends up on a slash mat on the floor. It will also protect a baby’s clothing from mess.

These waterproof bibs – often made of silicone – are very easy to wipe clean with a damp cloth. They can be used with a child is sitting in a high chair for a meal, but they can also be used for snacks in the home or feeding time on-the-go when you are visiting friends or out and about with a pushchair. They are also ideal for catching dribbles when a baby is teething.

The silicone variety can be rolled up into a very compact size, making them ideal for placing in a baby changing bag when away from home. They fasten around the neck and have a selection of fastener positions, meaning you can keep using one as your can baby starts to grow.

These handy little feeding accessories are quite cheap to buy and cost around £5 to £10 – they are often sold in packs of two, three or four.

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