10 Amazon Picks to Keep Your Toddler Busy

On: April 2, 2020

We are all stuck at home and many of us are juggling families and working full time from home. There are times where its easier to just turn on the TV or give your child an iPad especially when things need to get done, but that comes fully loaded with parent guilt. Here are our top 10 picks you can buy from Amazon that your kids can do independently and keep them occupied for hours!

1. HAPTIME Electric Drill Set – A great STEM toy. Both kids and adults can have fun with this set. It comes with interchangable drill bits, reversible electric drill (requires 2 AA batteries, not included), chunky plastic nuts and bolts, screwdriver, screw, wrench, and instructions with different 43 patterns. Kids can drill and screw the plastic plates onto the base to create both 2D and 3D object. Its pretty cool.

2. LUKAT Wooden Building Toy – Another STEM toy. This set comes with 96 pieces and easy to follow instructions.

3. Alex Little Hands Picture Mosaic – This kit comes with 5 peel and stick mosaic pictures. It is a one time use project but easy for little ones to do on their own. Stickers are color coded for easy placement.

4. Activity Books – Ok so this isn’t a specific product but more of a general category of products, but hey, it still counts! Activity Books are great and there are a wide range that you can choose from. For younger kids, cutting books are great. Kids love to use scissors (make sure you get some kid friendly ones!) and this keeps them from cutting things they shouldn’t be and also helps them to develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. Link to a cutting book can be found here and another great cutting, coloring and gluing book here. For older kids there are tons of activity books that have mazes, word finds, picture finds etc., here is a link to a great one.

5. Fishing Games – This wooden magnetic fishing game is perfect for younger children. A great toy for learning as pieces are colored to match spaces and also have letters and numbers. Great for color, number and letter recognition as well as hand-eye coordination.

For older kids try this fishing game with a rotating board.

6. LiKee Wooden Shapes Puzzle – This pattern block set contains 36 wooden pieces and 60 pattern cards including animals. Kids can try to build what is shown on the cards or create their own designs. Great for developing spatial awareness, color & shape recognition, hand-eye coordination, and problem-solving skills.

7. Crayola 12″ Deluxe Color ’N Plush Unicorn – Kids love to draw on things, and with this unicorn they can actually go to town! Afterwards just toss in the washing machine and start all over again.

8. Cossy Magnetic Building Tiles – These magnetic tiles are pretty awesome. The tiles come in a variety of shapes and sizes which stick easily together. Your child can spend hours building 3D structures.

9. Aqua Doodle Water Drawing Mat – Allow kids to draw and play with water, mess free with these water mats.

10. Creative Kids Take Apart and Build Dinosaur Set – Another great STEM toy. This set has 4 individual dinosaurs that you can take apart and build with the included screws and screwdrivers (it comes with 4 so more than one child can play at a time).