MONTESSORI AT HOME: DIY Montessori Toys for Babies & Toddlers

[@chubbachuubs6199]

I remember watching these 4 years ago without a child. Now I have a 1 year old and I always come back to your videos 💜

[@BeatrixFrancia]

Same here!! 😂❤️

[@wafiekahisaacs6764]

You make me Wana be a better mother... Thank you

[@JasmineIsGodly]

You are already a great mom

[@jerangkong3458]

@Ella rose you're 8??

[@jerangkong3458]

@Ella rose bro, you're pretty intelligent for a 9 year old, but if you're just pranking me then im dead

[@SweetStrawberryShell]

Great video. My husband always gets comments from his work colleagues assuming that we must have a lot of money because we want to use the Montessori approach. I think it’s because the majority of people don’t realise that Montessori is simply a mindset, rather than having all these bells and whistles attached. Yes it’s nice to have some good quality toys, but we can just as easily recreate them at home with cardboard boxes, crafting supplies, etc. I think if more people knew what Montessori was, and used their own supplies, all these toy companies would have to reduce the prices of their products.

[@littlelady2473]

I love DIYing. The children learn better when we customize their work.

[@HapaFamily]

Totally agree!! 😊 Thanks for watching!!

[@Navigatingmotherhood]

Love the tissue box and object permanence! Thank you!

[@aerinlynn1665]

I don't have kiddos and while I may adopt one day, I'm not having any biologically for multiple reasons. Oddly enough, and despite the fact that I'm not a mama, I really enjoy watching your videos and am always struck by how lucky your daughters are to have you as a mom! It's great that you're helping other parents as well. The world needs all the good parents it can get :-)

[@BeatrixFrancia]

I remember watching this video with curiosity but little motivation a few years ago, just out of fun, because I simply loved this channel. I can't believe I'm back to it now, to get DIY ideas for my 9month daughter ❤ love you Ashley! 😘

[@khadijahburnett2119]

I’m watching these for my 9 month old too 😂❤

[@LearnandPlayEveryday]

Yeah it blows my mind how pricey Montessori toys/tools are! Maria Montessori started her child learning house for poor children. It was not intended to be only for rich kids, but today only wealthy families can send their kids to those school or afford the materials.

[@HapaFamily]

So true! I don’t understand why it isn’t more accessible.

[@ericacortis1905]

yes!! It's so frustrating. this video is great!

[@raquelmartinez4075]

@@HapaFamily it’s called Disneyland haha Walt made it for families and the greedy men took over and have officially made it unaffordable. Thank you for these videos! God bless you momma!

[@missgrimm6807]

Exactly how i feel about it Sande

[@yrmendiratta4475]

Actually they are the same price as normal toys but hard to find

[@angelahagood3639]

I just found your channel and I love your ideas! I’m a sixty-two years old grandmother of four but I volunteer in my church’s nursery. I get so tired of the same old toys they have. They love handmade activities. (A Christmas tree with Velcro ornaments made from old cards)Now you’ve given me some fresh ideas that are so cost effective! And it’s fine if they don’t last, unlike a pricey toy that breaks. Thank you!

[@LissaxKristine]

The wipe box thing is also fun for a child who wants to imitate mommy or daddy taking care of a baby sibling. S/he can take wipes for his/her own "baby". A coffee cup and straw makes a pretty good toy as well. I can even see how some of those cards can work well for older kids. Say you have a card with pictures of soap, a toilet, and a towel. They can put them in order: First you go potty, then you wash your hands with soap, and finally you dry your hands with a towel. Over time, you can add more cards and make it more complex. I'm all for finding materials that grow with your child.

[@joprinsloo7325]

FANTASTIC ASHLEY!! I've been doing 80% of these without knowing that it was Montessori related. Thanks for sharing all the info and your life... if I could👍🏻more than once, I would do it 100 times! 😁

[@HapaFamily]

You’re so sweet! :)

[@abayomiayoola6699]

🔥🔥🔥 As a new parent this is a game changer for my wife and I. You’re awesome, appreciate you!

[@LisaV751]

This is truly the best video I’ve seen on fun yet educational and inexpensive things to do with a baby/toddler. I’m a new nanny and this is so helpful! I can’t wait to do all these things with my little boy!

[@aliceincokes]

Thank youuuuuu!!! I loved doing crafts! You make this enjoyable for the both of us.. and def saves a lot of money too! ❤

[@katierichey5196]

Thank you for this video!!! I have been struggling to find affordable toys for my 14 month old that will help develop his fine motor skills. He has a dev delay and I often don’t know what will help him or what he can do. These ideas will be so fun to try with him!

[@meganmordecai7321]

This is so helpful my 2 year old daughter loves arts and crafts and learning numbers and colours I'm running put of ideas to keep her occupied while in lockdown I'm definitely going to try these out

[@sallyphu5450]

I get excited watching these. Now I can better prepare for my next child. I have a daughter that is 7 now and she went to a Montessori school at 20 months old. It really helps her develop a stronger sense of self

[@AClutterFreeLife]

Great video! I am a day care educator and I love to add some Montessori activities in my class especially for the special needs kids!

[@joanclaytonjohnson3630]

I love your videos. I am in my 60s and taking care of 15 mo old. this has been a pleasant education for me. thank you for your time and experience

[@toomuchwork8496]

Teacher here, and some of these activites are really helpful. Creative and affordable, right up my alley.

[@LifewithLittleKids]

Thank you so much for making this - there's a sense of satisfaction you get from creating something out of items you already have on hand!

[@jamie01an]

This was so helpful and informative! I'm a new mama and have a 7 month old and was running out of ideas for activities and learning. I have turned my day in to a craft day and excited for my daughter to wake up from her nap to play with what I have created using your video. :) thank you!

[@gagatd4052]

Wow brilliant ideas. Immediately after watch this i tried rice bottle one and my 1 year daughter got so amazed and started playing. Rest of the Items i don’t have now. But will definitely try later to make the other ones also. Thank you.

[@HapaFamily]

Sounds like you chose a great activity for your daughter! She will likely enjoy the others, too! Glad I could help! :)

[@pixiesanchez9195]

This is the first channel that I’ve seen someone making toys for kids thank you it costs a lot to buy all the toys exspecially when you can make them and I’m still learning what things I can do with my little man so this is really helpful thank you ❤️

[@craftyhelen2214]

I love Montessori I am not a Mum but have worked in the child care industry for many years and have always loved toys that yo can make with children. Thank you so much for your tips . I have used a variety of different language cards over the years an one of the one that has gone down well with older children is picture of professions yo can use these for snap cards or lotto cards and the children love you can use anything from animals to kitchen things or whatever, as an extra game you can use them for a memory game as well.

[@nicolem.7925]

Omg thank you so much. My 17 month old girl is starting to get into everything!! I feel like sometimes she gets bored of playing with the same old thing. But i will definitely be making pretty much ALL of these examples lol. Mom life!! ❤ 👍

[@HapaFamily]

You are so welcome!! I felt the same way back then, so I feel ya! Glad I can help another mama out! 😊

[@dijadar3497]

I was feeling really disappointed looking how pricey montessori toys are and just saw this video in recommendations. Thankyou so much for this ❤️

[@exploreinspire1848]

Hi I am also a montessori mom of two (boys 2&4yo). When I enjoy looking through your videos, I feel like we both have similar taste and thoughts!!Just like you, I am passionate about motherhood and Montessori education, too!

[@laurarachel2019]

This is fantastic! I'm due my little one in June and my sister has recommended this channel and I'm really excited to get making these toys and learning more about Montessori :-)

[@subha9333]

I am so impressed with these creative diy toys and activities! Will try some with my almost 5 month old!!

[@thebrainyhub]

Useful activities in the development of cognitive and physical development. Love your videos

[@Shawnamenton]

You are a genius I was looking at Montessori videos to get last minute ideas of what to buy for my 10 month old son for Christmas I honestly would have probably went to toys r us and spent hundreds of dollars (we still have TOys r us in Canada) I love so many of the ideas you’ve come up with!!! I love the object permanence box, wallet idea, the tin can for the cards and the popsicle stick, and the classification cards and the pics of family members ...

[@elizabethp1619]

I just made some of these for my 8 month old right after watching how. Thank you!!

[@DivyaKGowda]

I am a mom of 6 week old baby 👶.... I so glad that I ended up watching videos on your channel... I am going to definitely try all your tips and tricks to engage my child ... lots of love to you from india 🇮🇳

[@stephaniem8278]

I love these ideas! As a craft fanatic myself, I really look forward to using these ideas with my little ones. Thank you!

[@Withlovekailey]

This was extremely helpful, I learned so much

[@jackwong9007]

I'm learning so much from you , you are a wonderful mom.

[@HapaFamily]

Thanks so much, Jack!

[@galapagos4154]

Thank you for this information. Let's put it into practice for our special child 🙏🙏🇹🇷

[@jewelgoss8005]

This video is exactly what I was looking for, thank you so much! I want to implement Montessori toys and learning with my 12 month old and I've been wanting to make homemade toys for him and the ones you showed are so cute!

[@o.4244]

Finally something original and helpful. Thank a lot, will safe this video and will subscribe :)

[@emilytampelini6549]

God bless you for everything that you showed ❤️

[@HapaFamily]

You are very welcome. :) I believe Montessori-style learning should be accessible to everyone!

[@rakibuban15]

Hi! Thank you for making this video. I really wanted to try Montessori at home to my 1 year old baby but its true that Montessori toys are quite expensive. I love how you DIY your baby's toys.

[@HapaFamily]

Some of our DIY toys were her absolute favorites! So it just goes to show that expensive isn’t always the best! :) Glad I could help!

[@mainzah.waliywa177]

Thank you so much Ashley this is really helping me and my 1 year 7 months loves it.

[@alexrathbun1912]

These are such great, cost-effective ideas. Thanks so much for sharing! Really excited to try them out with my 8 month old.

[@farahwaseem6838]

You're an amazing amazing mom. Hats off to you for the amount of effort & energy you're putting in. I'm inspired. I have a 16 months old baby girl and I'm trying my best to raise her on similar patterns of excellence.

[@amritakondal2884]

AWESOME! I loved the way you recycled the things at home as I believe in promoting sustainable environment.

[@Purify123]

This looks so fun!

[@hoxandjones]

Oh my goodness I love the sensory food bags! I'm like Ezra plays with one, Mama plays with the other, we have hours of fun 😂 sensory anything is so much fun! I am loving this series Ashely, it's SO helpful. I'd never even heard of this until you so thank you again for doing this. I'm so excited for when Ezra is a bit bigger to try all of these exciting activities! Such wonderful ideas!

[@HapaFamily]

A lot of the sensory toys you can probably do now with him, too! He’s definitely at a good age for a lot of it! 👍🏻

[@chitrakeshwani4047]

I really appreciate your efforts as I actually like all of the activities you have shown. so thumbs up

[@clavelbri]

I am so glad I found your channel! I’m definitely going to make some of these! I don’t get why Montessori toys are so expensive, they remind me of the more “old fashioned “ toys I had as a child and I’m certain my parents didn’t spend a fortune on them. I’m a first time parent and now realizing that baby toys nowadays are so flashy and loud! Quite different than the toys I played with as a little kid, a lot of them were wooden and made me use my imagination more

[@MariaandMontessori]

It's more expensive to get natural materials and craft them into meaningful toys. Plastic and lights are incredibly cheap and easy to mold. Fortunately our kids don't need nearly as many high quality Montessori as flashy toys since each material is so engaging and challenging to the child. Quality over quantity!

[@ursulahutchins1560]

Wow...I'm soooo happy I found your channel. I love your video's, now I can make all items for my grandchildren. Thanks so much for sharing them.

[@sweetkentuckymama7710]

Thank you. I want to use some of these in my nursery class.

[@planwith_ife5361]

Thank you so much for this video! I will make some of these projects for my daughter! Love it

[@danielleparikh9257]

These ideas are amazing and so much more cost effective!!

[@mrsk.5146]

Home daycare-establishing Montessori base- Where do you find the right animals to match the animal cards? to make them the same as in your video. I also like how you made the boxes/balls and slots...great ideas!

[@mommallama2692]

Great! Great video! I learned sooo much! Thank you!

[@tokee1234567]

I’m expecting next month and I can’t believe how expensive toys are (and most of them are just plastic and big). I started watching your videos and I am starting to get interested in Montessori-style child rearing. Thank you for these diy toy ideas.

[@wmnpwr98]

First time mom of a 9 week old here 👶🏽 starting to incorporate play in our daily routine. Also received my new Lovevery Toy subscription 👌🏽

[@Indiaindiaindia12346]

You are very inspiring mom ..

[@HomoeoKids]

Hi. I m Dr Priyanka Homoeopathic Child Specialist from India & i really liked ur videos n DIYs... Thanks for sharing.... :-)

[@natkol2024]

You are amazing! That activity with the family pictures is just like 🥰😍❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@nguyenhoangyen522]

Thank you so much for this video, I absolutely will make some for my baby 🥰🥰🥰

[@pinkqueenscookie]

This is awesome. I am a Special education teacher and I’ll be using some of these in my classroom 😊 thanks for sharing!

[@HapaFamily]

You are so welcome! :)

[@ComeToMyCupcakeParty]

I love this! Thank you so much!!! I can’t afford the toys like this and feel so devastated about it all the time that I can’t give my girl the toys she deserves but this makes me so happy 😀 will definatley try them all

[@HapaFamily]

So happy to help!

[@user-vm7ro1yf1j]

Thanks God bless you 🙏🙌

[@luminyam6145]

Now this is just what I wanted, excellent video, thank you.

[@mavisormani3738]

These are great for international travel. I can’t bring too many toys with me, so I’m planning on making her a bunch of toys out of plastic bottles, toilet paper rolls, beans, kettle corn and rice, so after the trip we can throw them away.

[@ComeToMyCupcakeParty]

Some things my daughter has enjoyed was pulling all of the tissues out of a tissue box, now several months later she enjoys taking them out and then putting them back in. Similar to the wipe box idea you showed. Also one thing we did was Q tips putting them into a tumblr cup with the little hole for the straw she loves that one.

[@HapaFamily]

The tumbler idea is a great one!!! So inventive! 🥰

[@courtney8911]

As a fellow homeschooler, you are a natural! These are all excellent -thank you for sharing.

[@brooksfamily6531]

This is amazing I have been STRUGGLING to bond and play with baby due to attention span, but these are going to really help. I wish there were lessons that were mandatory while pregnant to teach how to play and interact and teach our children! Thank you again!

[@xxt3211]

You are Such a good mama, your video inspires me to be creative with making toys for my baby boy:)

[@SmartieAndSteveo]

Lots of great ideas! I taught Montessori for a number of years but now have a 2.5 year old and a baby due any day and these inspired me to make some DIY stuff for him to do when baby arrives, thank you!!

[@HapaFamily]

You are so welcome!!! Congrats on baby #2... we just had our 2nd baby girl one month ago! I’ll be posting a new Montessori for newborns video this weekend, so stay tuned! :)

[@TaleofTwoSmiths]

As always I absolutely love these videos! I want to try so many of them 💛 Thanks!

[@HapaFamily]

Can't wait to see what you put together! :)

[@MrsTadeo-mi1cb]

Thank you! I love these videos ❤

[@miriamsoriano6506]

Thank you so much for your videos. It's very helpful and the materials are easy to find.

[@charlenemai6918]

I love it. I have done some of those, but I learned more today

[@임은진-y5n]

너무 유익한 영상인데 한국어자막이 없어서 모든 부분을 이해하기에 어려움이 있네요😂 집에서 27개월 아기 육아중인데 이것 저것 해주기 너무 좋아요~~ 항상 유익한 영상 감사드려요^^ 영상 하나씩 공부중이에요 감사합니다^^

[@indigotwinkle]

Thank you for this video! Ive been looking for activities to do with my kids but does not cost too much, im lucky to have found this video! God bless your heart

[@Shinethru90]

Very interesting activities full of fun for toddlers boosting their motor ,eye n brain development Good job deary! Thanks 😊

[@HapaFamily]

Thanks so much for watching! Glad you like them! :)

[@justicemunsell200]

My toddler LOVES pulling everything out of our wallets so I gave her her own 😂

[@nacollebuzzell6120]

My daughter loves things like that too! I love the idea of her having one of her own with old cards to play with. I save more things than I'm sure I should and have cards I could use to fill a wallet!

[@ASmith-jn7kf]

This is a great idea thank you!! That makes perfect sense, just to give them alternatives to the things they are already doing that they are not supposed to do.

[@piumavinuwansarasenarathna954]

Very important video for new mom.thank you so much and best wishes from Sri lanka.😘

[@ILLUSKA1]

Such a great video! Thank you so much ❤️

[@melodysantoni8759]

Such wonderful ideas. Thank you for the video! I have 11 month old twins and I'll certainly try some of these for them.

[@katrinawashington3359]

Thank you I'm going to try them too cool

[@TheUnlovely]

Just made a sensory bag for my niece I'm babysitting today with googly eyes and green aloe gel! Thanks!

[@nicolasalvarez9762]

Great ideas, thank you for sharing

[@heidis.5458]

i love these ideas, i'll maoe some tonight for my 20 month old :) thank you so much!!! will be waiting for more if your videos.

[@Hannah-go3xo]

This is a brilliant video thank you!

[@gillsukhman]

it is wonderful. thanks for making this video

[@aidensdiary5289]

Thank you for the great tips and toy designs!

[@buttertoastlove]

Wow! So many educational activities. Thanks for this video!

[@HapaFamily]

You’re welcome! 😊

[@annabenes8181]

Thank you for all the ideas.. im excited to make and try this

[@HapaFamily]

Lots of great activities for sure! :) Thanks for watching!

[@sunnypatchpreschool]

Love your card / animal matching game, I have a little one who would love that. Thanks!

[@valerie1570]

My brother loves it thanks ❤️

[@gracebock2900]

Ashley, Ashley, You're such a gem n the creativity N recycling spirit in this video is so inspiring. Haha, makes my stick-on old magazine/newspaper book look old ( but still very usable)😘😘😘😘

[@samia217]

Grace Bock tely Mama mama

[@autumn-works]

You’re my hero! 🎉

[@sarahtara5546]

This is so awesome... Thank you for sharing!!

[@Marianna1414]

Thank you excellent tips that I want to try. Blessed new year.

[@MamalovesTea]

Great ideas. I will try them out. I like the box with the ball toy.

[@tlbfamvlog]

This is perfect for my daughter.❤️❤️❤️

[@HapaFamily]

Thanks for watching! 😊

[@naomidenisepinedaspirit-bo7955]

I’m making some tonight thank you 💛