Use the tissues to partially hide other playthings, like the Organic Cotton Rainbow Ball from The Play Kits.

However, it ripped, he tried to eat the cardboard, it got mushy, and we decided to make a wooden version. In my FREE 6 Day Playroom Organization Challenge, I walk you through exactly how to purge and clean up your playroom! It helps a child learn about spacial awareness and helps with dexterity as they learn how to pull things out of a small space and put them back in. The reason to use thin wood is to make sure that it is light enough for your baby or toddler to hold and play with.

Help your baby practice and expand their skills with these simple games and activities recommended by Gabrielle Felman, Lovevery's child development expert. Since our kid would be playing with this, we didn’t want to use any nails, so the whole thing is held together with wood glue.

This gives them an early lesson in containment, the concept of one thing being able to fit inside of something else.The easiest way to cut this hole is to use your drill to drill a hole, then stick in the blade of a jigsaw and cut out the hole shape. The problem with that is that an actual cardboard tissue box is going to break down quickly with a toddler ripping things out of it and chewing on it. Right now, your baby learns about the world by mouthing, observing, and experimenting with the objects around them.

The problem is, they also love putting the tissues in their mouth 🙃 Mouthing is one of the primary ways your baby learns about the world around them; it’s their first form of play. In tummy time, if your baby is grasping, place the box on its side and encourage your baby to try to pull the tissues out. If you want a magic tissue box for a fraction of the cost, you can easily make your own DIY version! Finally, we coated the whole thing in food-safe Walrus Oil cutting board oil since we knew he would end up chewing on it at some point. Once the glue was dry, we sanded the whole thing down, rounding the corners and edges and removing any glue that seeped out.

At 5 months old, your baby probably isn’t ready to pull the tissues out and push them back into the Magic Tissue Box from The Senser Play Kit on their own, but they’ll love watching you do it. This encourages your baby to stretch, reach, and push off, exercising the muscles in their neck, shoulders and back. This is an early lesson in object permanence, or the idea that even if something disappears for a while, it still exists. We clamped together the four long pieces with the two sides lined up on the inner edges of the top and bottom. This magic tissue box is perfect for helping your child understand spatial awareness and will provide tons of fun as they learn to pull scarves and push them back in the hole.

To make this DIY version, we used thin, 1/4″ cedar planks that we had leftover from our guest bedroom ceiling. Child development professionals want babies to mouth different textures in infancy to prevent speech delays and picky eating. I absolutely love building little toys for our son and this DIY magic tissue box toy has definitely been the biggest hit so far!The Senser Play Kit will engage your 5-6 month old baby in sensory exploration as they learn more about cause and effect and establish neural networks based on sound and sight.