My granddaughter is now 8 months old, and we’re still having a great time with Montessori treasure baskets. Today, I want to share one of my granddaughter’s all-time favorite “toys” … her Montessori-inspired ball treasure basket.
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Treasure Baskets for Parents, Grandparents, and Caregivers of Babies
Treasure baskets are extremely versatile. They’re amazingly easy to prepare and adapt for a baby’s needs and interests.
Here are my previous posts about treasure baskets for babies:
How to Make a Treasure Basket for Your Baby
Themed Treasure Baskets for Babies
Kitchen Treasure Basket for Babies
Ball Treasure Basket for Babies
Ball Treasure Basket for Babies
Zoey loves her Montessori-inspired toys and materials, but her ball treasure basket is the first thing she crawls to when she arrives at Grandma and Grandpa’s house. She is especially in love with the Spielgaben yarn balls.
First Toy of the Day at Grandma and Grandpa’s House
Items in Zoey’s ball treasure basket:
Fisher-Price Jingle N Clutch Ball
Exploring the Ball Treasure Basket
Zoey loves to take her yarn balls with her when she crawls around our house. Our main floor is babyproofed so that Zoey can crawl anywhere except the bathroom.
On the Move with Yarn Balls
Ball Treasure Baskets for Playtime with Others
Ball Treasure Basket for Playtime Fun
The ball treasure basket is a great source of lots of playtime fun with others. In the photo, Zoey and her Aunt Chrissy are having fun with the yarn balls, including putting them on noses. Yarn balls are a natural way to talk about colors, too.
Taggies Colours Toss for ages 0-2
At her own home, Zoey has the Taggies Colours Toss from For Small Hands. She loves it! She likes watching her mom toss it in the air and catch it. When it’s rolled to her, she likes to pick it up and bang it on the floor. She’ll chase after it, too.
Because of Zoey’s need for movement at her age, a ball treasure basket is perfect for her. Almost every baby would enjoy one at some point. 🙂
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A very lovely happy baby you’ve got there mate, the treasure basket equally looks awesome as well and I love it as it has lots of pretty stuffs inside.
Such a sweet idea! I’ll be trying this soon with my baby and toddler!
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What a great Idea! My baby boy Beau is 8 months too and loves his grasping ball but we will definately make a treasure basket soon, he also hasn’t started crawling yet so hopefully this will get him motivated to get moving! 🙂
Nikki x
That looks like a great idea. Will encourage multiple sensory skills for baby.
She is just TOO cute! 🙂 I love the treasure baskets! I remember when my oldest was little, long before I had any clue about any type of Montessori principles, I would keep a smaller basket of toys near a blanket for her, just for easy access. She and another baby that I was watching would play for hours with the things in that one small basket, never moving off the blanket to try to get anything else. I love the treasure baskets!