DIY activity cube / Busy cube for toddlers using things at home

 Keep the little hands busy by making your own DIY activity cube instead of busy boards or busy books which takes a lot of time and money. This is easy to do with things at home and also a great DIY toy to travel with. Let's see how to make it. Also, check out the video below.

DIY Geoboard using cardboard and push pins

Have you ever made your own DIY geoboard? They are so easy to make with supply you already have at home. All you need is cardboard and pushpins. And it becomes an instant activity to engage your toddler. This takes only half an hour from start and finish. Lets see how. 

DIY Tangram puzzle using cardboard

 When my son showed a sudden interest in solving tangram puzzles I felt I needed to make the basic one on the very same day so I quickly grabbed a cardboard box and made this DIY Tangram puzzle. It is very easy to make and can be done in less than an hour. Let's see how. 

DIY puzzles for kids with things at home using Ferrero Rocher boxes

 Make your own puzzles to play with things you already have at home. These ideas struck me when I was brainstorming what to do with empty chocolate boxes that I collected from the holiday season. I have made a lot of cool things with these boxes before and I still use them daily like the DIY essential oil storage and DIY storage for a sewing kit. This time I wanted to do something that everyone in the family can enjoy and the result is this DIY 3 in 1 puzzle game. Let's see how to do. 

Milk Carton craft - DIY school bus for kids

 We love making DIY toys and milk carton crafts are one of our favorites as we get a lot of milk cartons each week. In this post, I will show you how to make a DIY school bus that actually moves to play with. Let's get started. 

Milk carton craft - DIY toy Ambulance - Emergency Vehicles toy craft

At our house, we love to make our own toys using items like milk cartons, cardboard boxes, and other recyclable items. My son goes through a phase of liking a particular truck for a few weeks and the liking keeps shifting. It was fire trucks a few weeks ago and now it has shifted to ambulances. We are even reading books on ambulances and making stories with ambulances. So, We together made this ambulance toy from a milk carton and learning how great EMTs and doctors are when people need help. Now, Let's see how to make an ambulance toy. 

How to make a bulldozer from a cereal box

I came up with this idea of making a DIY bulldozer toy using things at home like a cereal box, bottle caps from milk jugs, empty paper towel roll, etc when we didn't get what we wanted. My son loves to play with all sorts of construction vehicles and he likes to carry his tools box around the house pretending like he is fixing everything. So I was looking for a toy that involves construction with tools, the one I got ended up having too many small parts(like screws and nuts) that were not staying in place after constructing. The only thing we made from that building set was a bulldozer toy. My son got attached it to after playing for 2-3 days that he doesn't want to return the toy. I promised I will make a Bulldozer toy for him and he agreed and gladly said bye-bye to the toy we got. So, here is how I made the bulldozer toy.

DIY Cardboard kids play kitchen

I noticed that my son enjoys playing in the play kitchen when we visited our cousin's place for a vacation and also during playdates at our friend's house. So, I was thinking about whether I should buy him one or make him one. While this thought was running at the back of my mind, I found this cardboard box in our storage room and the moment I saw the box it screamed "DIY play kitchen". The shape was perfect for the layout I wanted and here is how I made this play kitchen.

Make your own toys with hook and loop fasteners(Velcro)

My son loves the fruit toys that come with the hook & loop fasteners in the middle. He likes to use the plastic knife and cut it. So, I thought I will make some DIY hoop and loop fastener toys for him so that he can learn colors, shapes and build structures with it. I browsed the dollar tree store for wood items that I can turn into DIY toys and found the alphabet blocks which will be perfect as velcro blocks which he can cut as he does with the fruits.  Jenga blocks in case he wants to build anything he can use those for arms and legs and then popsicle sticks for building shapes. Also, I made this to entertain him on the long flight journey and it worked. Let's see how I made them.