[Childcare] Easy to make! Handmade toys that delight 0-year-olds

Floating Bottle

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It’s like a tiny aquarium! Here’s how to make a cute toy with fish that gently bob and float.

First, fill a plastic bottle with water and blue paint to make colored water.

Next, prepare a few balloons, inflating them just a little and tying the ends.

Using different colors will make it more vibrant.

Pretend the balloons are fish and draw faces on them with a pen, then put them into the bottle.

Apply glue to the cap to seal it in place, and you’re done.

Roll or shake the bottle to enjoy the movement of the water and the fish.

Adding glitter powder or beads is also recommended.

sensory bottle

How to Make Simple Sensory Bottles — For Learning, Relaxation, and Color Therapy

A sensory bottle is not only an item that stimulates sight with the slow movement of glittering materials, but also something children can play with by moving the bottle with their hands.

Choose a container with a smooth surface, such as an empty lactic acid bacteria drink bottle.

Fill it with cooled boiled water and liquid laundry starch (or clear glue), then add fun elements that move—like glitter, small beads, or rings—and it’s done! It’s fun to make many with different colors and themes.

To prevent leaks, secure the cap firmly with glue and tape.

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Salt maracas

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The colors change every time you play! Here’s how to make salt maracas that are fun to look at and fun to shake.

First, take a small plastic bottle that’s easy for a 0-year-old to hold, and put in one pastel crayon of your favorite color along with some salt.

If you use a funnel for the salt, you can pour it into the container cleanly without spilling.

Finally, close the lid and secure it with tape, and you’re done.

When you shake it like a maraca, the pastel’s color rubs off onto the salt, causing the salt’s color to change.

Make them with lots of different colors and have fun playing together!

A toy that’s fun to put things into

Fun insert-and-play toy for 1-year-olds

Here’s an introduction to a fun, handmade toy that lets you drop balls in over and over.

Cut off the bottom of a plastic bottle with a utility knife, then make a hole in the middle large enough for a ball to pass through.

Use tape to cover the edges of the middle hole.

Since children will put their hands in, make sure there are no sharp edges.

Next, cut the bottom of a zippered laundry net with scissors and attach it to the plastic bottle.

And that’s it—the toy is complete! It’s also cute if you add a face around the ball entrance.

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A toy with many ways to play when cut into small pieces

Handmade toy using paper rolls for 1-year-olds

Cut a paper wrap core into five pieces and wrap them with felt to make a toy.

To prevent injuries from the cut edges, please cover them with masking tape or something similar.

Basically, once you cut and attach the felt, it’s done, but it could be fun to write numbers on them or add hook-and-loop fasteners so the cores stick together.

You can also prepare a string to enjoy threading, use them like building blocks, or connect them all to pretend they’re a train.

It’s a simple toy, but there are many ways to play with it!

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Handmade marble drop

Marble Drop: A DIY Anpanman Plastic Bottle Toy That Even Babies Love!

A handmade marble drop that babies to toddlers can’t get enough of.

Babies can enjoy it like a rattle, and little kids can play with it a lot using their wrists and arms.

To make it, cut a plastic bottle into three sections, punch marble-sized holes in round pieces of cardboard to fit between the sections, and fix everything in place with tape.

You can design characters or fruits on the cardboard, and decorate the plastic bottle with masking tape—so cute! Depending on your child’s age, crafting it together as a parent-child activity can make for a fulfilling time at home.

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picture book

Made with 100-yen shop items! Felt picture book! Let’s play with a pop-up/interactive book♪ Use it as design inspiration!

How about making a cloth picture book for babies out of felt? You can find colorful felt at 100-yen shops and craft stores, so try cutting, pasting, and sewing it to match your vision.

You can recreate a picture book your child loves, or add interactive elements they can play with.

There are many kinds of mechanisms: for example, motifs that can be peeled off with hook-and-loop tape, parts that fasten with buttons, and classics like puzzles or matching games.

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