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Sticky ball activity for babies and toddlers

June 27, 2016 by Kate 9 Comments

The first five years of a child’s life is absolutely critical to their development, however, sometimes it can be difficult finding ways to engage and entertain young children in educational play based activities. Well let me share with you a fabulous sticky ball activity for babies and toddlers. It’s great for sensory development and problem solving skills. This activity is super quick and easy to put together, which is always a bonus. 
sticky ball sensory play for toddlers and babies

If you’ve been following Laughing Kids Learn blog for awhile you will know that I’m quite the fan of sensory play activities for children. I’m sure you’ve also seen some of my previous activities that use sticky tape or masking tape as a material for sensory development. Lets just say I like to keep things simple and use easy to get materials, nothing unachievable here. 

how to make a sticky sensory ball for babies and toddlers

How to make a sensory sticky sensory ball
for babies and toddlers

You will need – 

  • Sticky tape or masking tape
  • ball

This really couldn’t be simpler. Wrap the ball with masking tape, but be sure to have the sticky surface on the outside. I decided to wrap the ball a few times to ensure it was well covered. The masking tape doesn’t mould to the surface of the ball, being round, but it was easy to flatten as it stuck to itself! 

Recommended ages: 6 months +

(Strict and active supervision is required at all times) 

sticky ball

As you can imagine, this sticky ball for babies and toddlers is wonderful fun, even for Possum (aged 4 years). She enjoyed watching it fall from the underside of her hand, which prompted us to start talking about gravity and discuss possible scenarios of what would happen if we dropped it from various heights. 

sticky ball for baby or toddler

It was lovely watching Boo (19 months) play with the sticky ball. She was very curious about the sticky surface and would grab at it before and pull her fingers away. She also experimented with pressing the sticky ball against other surfaces to see if they would stick, instead of to her own hands. You could almost see the thinking and sensory learning happen, which is always very heart warming. 

Would your child enjoy playing with a sticky ball?

Here are some more ideas you’ll absolutely love! 

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Filed Under: 0 - 12 months, 1 - 3 years, 3 - 5 years, activities for babies, activities for toddlers, Sensory Play Tagged With: babies, baby play, ball, masking tape, sensory, sticky, two materials

Comments

  1. Anna @Kids Play Space says

    June 28, 2016 at 9:21 am

    love it!

    Reply
    • Kate says

      June 28, 2016 at 10:19 am

      Thank you Anna. It’s amazing the learning benefit and entertainment something so simple can give. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Danya says

    July 3, 2016 at 11:44 pm

    OMG – so simple, but kids would LOVE it! Ha, you come up with the most awesome ideas Kate!

    Reply
    • Kate says

      July 4, 2016 at 1:32 pm

      Thanks Danya. Sometimes the most simple ideas are the best I think. 🙂

      Reply
  3. Kelly says

    July 4, 2016 at 1:48 pm

    You come up with the best simple play ideas like this Kate! So clever and we can make it from things we already have!

    Reply
    • Kate says

      July 5, 2016 at 2:51 pm

      I only like to keep things simple Kelly. I don’t have time to make life diffifult, like us all. 🙂
      Thank you for your comment. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Hazel says

    January 7, 2017 at 7:45 am

    I tried this with my 12 month old daughter this afternoon using sellotape. I made 2 for her and she spent ten happy minutes pushing them together and pulling apart, exploring the stickiness on her fingers and the noise they made when rolled on the floor. A genius idea. Thanks.

    Reply
    • Kate says

      January 7, 2017 at 6:06 pm

      Oh Hazel, I love that you made two. I really want to do this activity again but include another ball. It would be so interesting to see them play with two balls and have fun sticking them together and pulling them apart. Glad you had fun with your daughter.

      Reply

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My name is Kate and I am a mum to two little girls, Possum and Boo. We have lots of fun together learning with play at home and are pleased to share some of what we do with you.
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