toddlers — Blog — Baby Play Hacks

Move Like an Animal Game

Create this fun game—your child rolls the die to see what animal motion to do—using a tissue box, glue, and the free printable below!

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Chip Drop

Chip Drop 🌟 For all of you with older babies or toddlers, this is a super simple activity to set up that is superb for fine motor development!

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Rice Sensory Bin

Rice Sensory Bin 💕 For older babies and toddlers, rice sensory bins are a great way to engage your little’s senses and keep them busy.

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Animal Match

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

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DIY Bead Maze

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

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Taste-Safe Play Dough

Taste-Safe Play Dough 😜 Make your own taste-safe play dough for baby to smash!

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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!

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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

Spoon Carton

Spoon Carton 🥄 This activity is so simple to set up and is superb for fine motor development.

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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.

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Loose Parts Play

Today I want to tell you a little about loose parts play! If you have an older baby or toddler this will be especially interesting to you!

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DIY Ball Run

DIY Ball Run 🎢 This ball run is so easy to make with just paper towel rolls and painter’s tape.

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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.

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Water Play

Water Play! This activity is so straightforward but such a blast!

toddlers, sitting babies, standing babies, crawling babiesHannah FathiNovember 23, 20196-12 months, 12-18 months, toddlersComment

Fall Leaves Sensory Bag

Fall Leaves Sensory Bag! Let your little explore the changing season with this easy sensory bag.

Taste-Safe Sand

Taste-Safe Sand! This activity is a fun sensory opportunity for baby, and you don’t have to worry about taste-testing!

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Chia Slime

Chia Slime! This sensory play is definitely messy but the taste-safe chia seeds create a cool gooey texture and this activity is fun when you need to pull out all the stops!

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Letter Bath

Letter Bath! These foam letters are a great way to spice up bath time for babies!

sitting babies, standing babies, toddlers, walking babiesHannah FathiOctober 6, 20196-12 months, 12-18 months, toddlersComment