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Easy DIY Toys

June 20, 2014 by Nadia van Zyl 12 Comments

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Do you also love making your own toys? It is frugal and usually the kids enjoy it more than store-bought kind, right? Here are 24+ toys to make yourself!

Easy DIY Toys

I love making toys: for my kids and for gifts. Not just is it frugal, but it gives a personal touch to a gift, and it is special! I have asked my fellow Kid Blogger buddies for their most easy and inexpensive Do-It-Yourself toy and here it is: 24 Easy DIY Toys!

(Be sure to click on the corresponding blue links to go to their sites for full instructions!)             

Pompom Fine Motor Play from recyclables Kazoos Toys from Recyclables Botton Sort

Color sort Ring Toss catapult Tucking box

peg dolls Matching game Marble run Chalk building blocks

Color drop MAilbox Peg airplanes Drop box

Pets star wands fairy tree Coloring book

farm mat jingle toys theatre Car Wash

(From left to right)

1)Fine Motor Play from Recyclables from Teach me Mommy

2)DIY Kazoo’s from Handmade Kids Art

3)DIY Fine Motor Skills Toys from Teach me Mommy

4)Egg Carton Button Sorting from mama.papa.bubba

5)Egg Carton Crafts and Color Sort Activity from Powerful Mothering

6)DIY Ring Toss Game from Teach me Mommy

7)Catapult from p is for Preschooler

8)DIY Tugging Box from Laughing Kids Learn

9)DIY Dress Up Peg Dolls from And next comes L

10)Recycled Matching Game from East Coast Mommy

11)DIY Marble Run from Craftulate

12)Homemade Chalkboard Blocks from Parenting Chaos

13)Color Drop Game from Mess for Less

14)Easy Mail Play Box from Nothing if Not Intentional

15)Airplane Clothespin Kids Craft from Inheriting our Planet

16)Cardboard Drop Box from Happy Hooligans

17)Pine Cone Pets from Zing Zing Tree

18)Star Wands from We Made That

19)Toy Tree House from Adventure in a Box

20)Personalised Coloring Book from Beauty through Imperfection

21)DIY Farm Play Mat from Excite and Explore

22)Homemade Jingle Toys from Buggy and Buddy

23)Cardboard Puppet Theater from Afterschool for Smartypants

24)DIY Car Wash Toy from The Stay -at -Home -Mom Survival Guide

25) 20 Toys from Recyclables

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Comments

  1. Heather Meek says

    June 22, 2014 at 9:46 pm

    The blocks from juice boxes was a great idea!
    ~Heather
    The Meek Moose

    Reply
  2. Liska Myers says

    June 23, 2014 at 4:20 pm

    Thank you for including our fairy tree house in your round-up, Nadia! I enjoy making toys, and your collection here is very inspiring. Great list!

    Reply
    • Nadia van Zyl says

      June 24, 2014 at 9:53 am

      My pleasure! I just love yor fairy tree house, so creative!

      Reply
  3. Vesper says

    June 23, 2014 at 8:47 pm

    I like the idea of the Egg Carton Crafts and Color Sort Activity

    Reply
  4. Diana says

    June 24, 2014 at 3:16 am

    Love the star wands!

    Reply
  5. Courtney says

    June 26, 2014 at 2:10 am

    What a wonderful post there is just so much to look at… I cannot do it all in one sitting! LOL

    Reply
  6. Mary P says

    June 30, 2014 at 5:47 pm

    Homemade toys are more fun because you get to make them and play with them!

    Reply
  7. Karen S. says

    July 6, 2014 at 3:14 am

    This is great not only because these ideas are practical, inventive, and save money, but also because they teach children that you don’t need shiny new toys from the store to have fun :).

    Reply
  8. Ronald G says

    July 9, 2014 at 12:39 pm

    Thank you very much…I have no children of my own but am now better prepared for visits

    Reply
  9. Jasmine P says

    July 9, 2014 at 9:12 pm

    Great! Thanks for sharing!

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  10. Dinah says

    April 7, 2015 at 6:06 pm

    Hi Nadia! Just a quick note. Thank you for linking to my Airplane Clothespin Craft! I am officially saying goodbye to that website (too much work!)! But I did move the post over to my other blog in case you want to change the link. Here is the new one: http://www.diyinspired.com/airplane-clothespin-kids-craft/ Thanks again!!

    Reply
  11. Stella James says

    October 23, 2021 at 8:22 pm

    Great Blog! Thanks for sharing these amazing DIY ideas.

    Reply

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