Have you ever had a time where your little one picks up a board book and they just can't turn the pages? I know that's happened plenty of times to my children and it makes them frustrated!! If this has happened at your house, keep reading because I've got an awesome baby book hack to share with you! This tip will make flipping through pages so much easier for your little one. Here's what you need for this baby book hack: board books pom poms hot glue gun Simply glue pom poms onto … [Read more...]
Heart Sensory Cube
I love that Valentine's Day is coming up! Here's a fun Heart Sensory Cube to make for your baby or toddler! It's a great way your child to feel different textures.This cube is easy to make and took me about 20 minutes to put together. Here's what you need for the heart sensory cube: cube-shaped box hot glue gun different hearts with various textures glitter heart (from The Dollar Tree) shiny heart stickers (from Hobby Lobby) rippled textured heart (from Hobby Lobby) … [Read more...]
Fall Sensory Bottle
If you've been following my blog the last year, you'll know that I've been sharing a sensory bottle idea every month since last October! Today, I'm sharing the last sensory bottle of my year-long challenge. It's a fall sensory bottle filled with acrylic leaves and acorns. I love this simple sensory bottle, because it only uses a few ingredients and my baby loved it! Here's what I used: Voss plastic water bottle acrylic leaves and acorns (found at Hobby Lobby, but this one is … [Read more...]
Slow-Falling Beads Sensory Bottle
Today I'm sharing our sensory bottle of the month, which is our slow-falling beads sensory bottle. I had a hard time figuring out what to name this bottle, but I decided to name it 'slow-falling' because the substance inside makes the beads slowly move around the bottle. This is different than our other sensory bottles and I loved creating this one for my baby to play with! I have to admit that this was not my original idea. I first saw the idea for a suspended bead sensory bottle at Fun … [Read more...]
How Hard Can It Be to Take Care of a Baby?
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Fisher-Price . All opinions are 100% mine. I am so blessed to have an amazing family. I'm the oldest of 6 kids, and my youngest sister is 12 years younger than me. We are actually pretty close, despite our age difference! My sister is really good with babies, so I decided to give her a little challenge. I mean, how hard can it be to take care of a baby? ;) I gave Aunt Jenna 3 baby tasks and wanted her to tell me which one was the … [Read more...]
Keep Baby Happy with the Fisher-Price Play Yard!
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Fisher-Price. All opinions are 100% mine. I'm so excited to share with you a new baby product that will make your life easier! If you have a baby 18 months or younger, you'll want to check out the versatile Ultra-Lite Day & Night Play Yard. After ours arrived in the mail, I couldn't wait to put it together. In fact, it only took me a few minutes to get it set up and I didn't even have to use the directions! I did double-check them … [Read more...]
DIY Sensory Cube
I'm excited to share with you our latest DIY baby toy! I've been wanting to create a sensory activity for my baby to explore textures with. I decided to make a cube with different types of fabrics for him to touch and look at. It was a big hit! Here's what you need to make this: cardboard cube 6 different types of fabrics fabric glue scissors I found these cardboard boxes at Hobby Lobby for about $2.50 each. Ideally, I would've used a cube without a lid, but this was the … [Read more...]
Soap Foam Sensory Bottle
Today I'm sharing our sensory bottle for the month of May! We've been making a new sensory bottle each month and adding it to our collection. I love using sensory bottles with babies. They love to roll, shake, and look at them. My baby is 9 months old and he is just starting to really move the sensory bottle himself. In the past, I would roll it or shake it and he would watch. It's been fun to watch him play with it himself now! Here's what I used to make the bottle: Voss plastic … [Read more...]
Ribbon Box – Baby Play Activity
Disclosure: Please use adult supervision with this activity. Do not leave your baby alone with this activity, in case a ribbon got loose or they got tangled in the ribbon. My baby is really into grabbing and pulling things...especially drawstrings on my jackets! Since he loves things that dangle, I decided to create an ribbon activity box for him to play with! This baby play activity is simple to make! I was inspired by the idea when I saw this sensory box. Since I didn't have a … [Read more...]
Rainbow Loom Sensory Bottle
It's time to share our April sensory bottle! Today I'm sharing a very simple bottle that looks so pretty! We added just one thing to our sensory bottle, but it was one of our favorites! Here's what I used to create this sensory bottle: Voss Plastic Water Bottles filled with water (use a plastic bottle, which can be found at some grocery stores or gas stations) rainbow loom (99 cents at Hobby Lobby for a pack!) Hot glue gun to glue the lid down I love showing sensory bottles to my … [Read more...]