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Washcloth Teething Tray

Washcloth Teething Tray 🦷 Combining a soothing teether with fine motor skill development makes this a definite win.

Bead Bag

Bead Bag 🎉 This play idea is perfect for making tummy time interesting or including some sensory play in baby's day!

tummy time, sitting babiesHannah FathiApril 4, 20203-6 months, 6-12 months, 12-18 monthsComment

Animal Match

Animal Match 🐑🐑 This is an easy way to practice matching without printing out or making matching cards!

sitting babies, standing babies, toddlers, walking babies, crawling babiesHannah FathiApril 4, 20206-12 months, 12-18 months, toddlersComment

Tupperware Bin

Tupperware Bin 🧡 Babies and toddlers are fascinated by the simplest things! All you need to entertain baby is some Tupperware and some miscellaneous figurines.

sitting babies, crawling babiesHannah FathiApril 4, 20206-12 monthsComment

DIY Bead Maze

DIY Bead Maze 💫 Make a bead maze for your baby or toddler using just cardboard, pipe cleaners, beads and hot glue!

sitting babies, standing babies, toddlers, walking babiesHannah FathiApril 4, 20206-12 months, 12-18 months, toddlersComment

Magazine Cards

Magazine Cards 📮 Do you need a way to use up your old magazines or catalogs? This easy hack is fun for your baby and practically free!

tummy time, sitting babies, standing babies, walking babiesHannah FathiApril 4, 20200-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-12 months, 12-18 monthsComment

Taste-Safe Finger and Bath Paint

Taste-Safe Finger and Bath Paint 🎨 This recipe looks a bit like watercolor, and is perfect for painting in the bath as well--fun for babies and toddlers!

sitting babies, standing babies, toddlersHannah FathiApril 4, 20206-12 months, 12-18 months, toddlersComment

DIY Magic Tissues

DIY Magic Tissues 💫 Does your baby looooove pulling tissues out of the box...and then eating the tissues? Replicate the experience of grabbing tissues one-by-one with just felt and a yogurt container!

Wrapping Bow Sticky Wall

Wrapping Bow Sticky Wall 🎁 This is a fun activity anytime, so save bows you get on presents to do this later if you don’t have bows now!

sitting babies, standing babies, toddlers, walking babies, crawling babiesHannah FathiFebruary 11, 20206-12 months, 12-18 months, toddlersComment

Ice Animals

Ice Animals 🐄 This is a fun twist on the ice hockey activity and it is great for babies and toddlers about 6 months and up.

toddlers, sitting babies, standing babies, walking babiesHannah FathiFebruary 11, 20206-12 months, toddlers, 12-18 monthsComment

Hide and Toy Seek

Hide and Toy Seek 🧐 Empty your laundry basket and gather colorful toys like ball pit balls and scarves or fabric to obscure the toys.

sitting babiesHannah FathiFebruary 11, 20206-12 monthsComment

Toy Cupcake Tin

Toy Cupcake Tin🧁 This is a great, easy-to-prep activity for babies lifting their chests during tummy time and up (around 4 or 5 months and up) .

sitting babies, tummy timeHannah FathiNovember 24, 20190-3 months, 3-6 monthsComment

Bead Bag

Bead Bag 🧡 I have a slight obsession with water beads, I am not ashamed to admit it!

tummy time, sitting babiesHannah FathiNovember 24, 20190-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-12 months Comments

Cereal Bin

Cereal Bin 🥣 This activity was a life-saver when Norah was sick!

crawling babies, standing babies, sitting babies, walking babiesHannah FathiNovember 23, 20196-12 monthsComment

Water Painting

Water Painting 💦 Baby’s first experiences with art tend to be very messy, but this “art” has easy clean up, while still giving baby the chance to make marks and use a paintbrush.