Rolling Ball Box

My one year old loves bouncing balls. He will quite happily bounce a ball around the house for hours. He also loves putting things in boxes, so when I found two large cardboard tubes I knew exactly what to do with them for him.

What you’ll need

A large cardboard box

Large cardboard tubes

Balls which fit through the tubes

Scissors

Pens to decorate

Instructions

I cut four holes in the sides of our box big enough to fit the cardboard tubes through and carefully fed the tubes through the holes. It’s a bit messy looking but he doesn’t mind 🙂

I then gave Charlie different size and shaped balls so he could investigate which balls fit through the tubes and which didn’t.

Extension Ideas

After playing with the tubes for a while I made some holes in the side of the box so he could feed the balls through the holes as well as down the tubes.

We’ve had a lot of fun with our rolling ball box already. I love how something so simple and inexpensive has kept us entertained for so long.

Supervise children at all times

If you’re looking for more fun baby activity ideas Rainy Day Mum has a great collection of nursery rhymes for babies.