Developmental Activities For 6 Month Old Babies: Balloon Sensory

We loved this balloon sensory activity! Balloons always need to be carefully monitored for choking reasons! I stayed on the floor and watched him closely as he handled the balloons because as you can imagine with any 6 month old they spent most of the time in his mouth!  We have spent time around latex so I also know he is not allergic and I also washed the balloons in mild soap before using to remove any powder. 

I used a small funnel and filled the balloons with: dried chickpeas, rice, flour, sugar, egg noodles, water and oats.  We have been playing with these balloons for many days now! We talk about the colors, sing the rainbow song, drop them on baking pans to watch them fall and hear the different noises that each makes, manipulate them in our hands and lots and lots of chewing! He loves the yellow balloon filled with chickpeas the most and was the least interested in the water balloon- which was surprising to me.

Did you try this activity? What did you put in your balloons?

Happy Baby =Happy Mamma!