Cleaning children's bath toys?

[veschke]

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I hope someone can point me in the right direction. My three-year-old loves her duckies and other rubber bath toys, but they never seem to dry out completely, and I worry about mold and other nastiness taking root. Does anyone have a good method for cleaning these little critters?

TIA!

[gertdog]

When I worked in a science museum, we had a water table for toddlers that included rubber ducks and other toys. Once every few days we filled a bucket with a mild bleach solution and gave all of the toys a dunk, then allowed to air dry. For toys like ducks or squirters that can get water inside, we'd squeeze all the water out, then dunk in the bleach solution and suck up some of the bleach solution, then squeeze it out again (as much as we could).

[Beth Y]

I used to run my kid's bath toys through the dishwasher every time they got gunky. Worked like a charm.

[veschke]

Unfortunately, my apartment is sans dishwasher. I'll try the bleach, though. Thanks!