Pull out that plastic pool and fill it with inexpensive plastic balls-or use your pack 'n' play! Either one will do the trick and keep baby entertained for hours. Spray a little whipped cream on a highchair tray or table and let your little one paint pictures in it. It's like a mini laundry basket for them! (See, you really can get little ones started on “chores.") You little one will love pulling the scraps out and putting them back in. Save your empty wipe dispensers to fill with fabric scraps. Save those Amazon boxes and craft a tunnel for baby to crawl through. Print one of your babe, hang it on the wall and encourage them to explore themselves and find their eyes, nose, etc. Most home office stores print large, life-size photos for just a few bucks. Your little one will love watching the colors shine through the house. Cut up some pieces of paper, craft a mosaic and stick it to a window that gets a lot of sunlight. Tissue paper and press-n-seal plastic wrap make for great (temporary!) window mosaics. Then encourage baby to play “peek-a-boo" with the relatives! Print off some pictures of family members and put a sticky note over the top. This is a great activity for hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills. Then let your little one work on transferring the balls with a slotted spoon to the empty bowl. Set out two bowls and fill one bowl with ping-pong or golf balls. Take an empty tissue box, wrap a few rubber bands around it and you have a makeshift harp! Your little one will love plucking the rubber bands and listening to the sounds that come out. Take a small box, draw some squiggly or straight lines on the inside, pour sand over it and encourage your little one to trace along the lines. This activity is great for fine motor skills! Let your little one string some Cheerios onto a piece of yarn and create a little necklace. Tape on the top and watch as your little one is amazed by tipping the bottle around. (There will be plenty of time to teach better table manners later.)Īdd a few drops of food coloring to water bottles along with glitter and knickknacks like beads. You can “paint" a lot of fun things using yogurt or applesauce. Let your little one paint a masterpiece on some colored construction paper with water and a paintbrush. Best of all, you can put it away and pull it out again for another day's entertainment. Watch how quickly they catch on and have fun with this "into-the-chute" game!Ī post shared by Oak & Ever Mess-free paintingįill a plastic baggie with some different types of paint, seal it up, tape it to the highchair, floor or table and let baby push the paint around. Tape a cardboard paper towel roll to the wall (or a toilet paper roll) and encourage baby to drop cotton balls into it. Place a lid on them, tape the lid if need be and let the little one spin them around to explore the contents. Here are 50 sensory activities for 1-year-olds that encourage learning through play.įill clear plastic containers you have around the house with little things that baby can explore. So why not provide them with easy crafts and activities that allow their little minds to soar!
They really start to focus and explore objects. I'm often amazed by the senses that babies start to use at this age, especially the way they learn to touch and see things.
Related: 35 Sensory play activities to stimulate your toddler’s beautiful brain I didn't realize before that with a little bit of creativity, it's not too hard to find fun sensory activities for 1-year-olds. My little guy is much more interested in an empty cardboard box than, say, a new toy with all the bells and whistles. One thing I'm learning this second time around is that babies really don't need a lot of toys to stimulate them. My youngest is quickly approaching his first birthday-which means he's still in the “I want to stick everything in my mouth" stage, but is also very eager to learn new things.
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