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Activity toys are the ones that do something back. A rattle makes noise when shaken, a panel crinkles when squeezed, a ball rolls just out of reach and has to be chased, and each of those small results teaches a baby that their actions change things.
Making Tummy Time Bearable
Most babies dislike tummy time at first, and the usual reason is that the floor is boring from two centimetres up. A roll under the chest lifts the shoulders and changes the view, which is often the difference between two minutes and ten.
Put something worth looking at just in front of them and the session extends again. A mirror, a high-contrast panel or a soft toy with a face gives a reason to hold the head up, and holding the head up is the whole point of the exercise.
Sensory Toys for Babies Who Want to Grab
Somewhere around four months the hands take over. Rings, links and grabbers are sized for a fist that cannot yet open on demand, and varied texture gives the fingers something to read while the grip is still developing.
Sound and texture do most of the work at this stage. Crinkle fabric, a bell sewn into a limb and contrasting patterns hold attention far longer than a single smooth surface, and almost everything ends up in the mouth, so materials that wipe clean and survive chewing matter as much as the design.
Toys That Encourage Crawling
Once a baby can push up and pivot, a toy that moves becomes motivation. A ball that rolls slowly or a toy that trundles a short distance places a target just far enough away to be worth the effort of getting there.
Soft activity cubes and busy books suit the same stage from a sitting position, with zips, flaps and buttons that reward repetition. A floor seat helps here too, holding a baby upright and stable so both hands are free to explore rather than propping.
Rotating what is available helps more than owning more. Three or four toys out at a time, swapped every week or so, keeps everything feeling new without another purchase, and it makes a small collection go a surprisingly long way through the first year.
It also makes it easier to see what your baby actually gravitates towards, which is worth knowing before you buy the next thing. Most families find two or three favourites emerge and the rest sit in the basket regardless of what they cost.
Age guidance is worth reading as a rough guide rather than a rule, since babies arrive at each stage at their own pace and a toy bought early will simply wait a few weeks for them.
Activity Toy Brands We Stock
Mamas & Papas has the deepest range here, covering tummy time rolls, floor seats, spiral toys and interactive books across its character collections.Done By Deer brings its warm Scandinavian palette to sensory rings and tummy time toys.
For soft cubes and booklets, Little Dutch is the name to know, whileJellystone works in Australian-made silicone for sensory pieces and calm-down bottles.Valco Baby covers the doll prams that toddlers graduate to. These are just some of the brands we carry.
Filling Out the Toy Basket
Activity toys sit alongside a handful of other things that cover the same first year from different angles. Browse alltoys, or look at what usually shares the basket:
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