I found the neatest ball pits on line for our little ones. So am going to make one, any suggetions on what type of balls or toys i should use.

I have some of the little balls that you get for cats (but make sure there is NO catnip). They love the ones with bells

I've seen people use those colorful cotton balls. I imagine they would collect odor, though.



Wiffle balls, maybe?

I have pompoms cat balls with bells and dinosaurs in mine

In mine I have wiffle balls, ping pong balls, baby rubber duckies, plastic bracelets, and I added some of those colorful cotton type balls recently. I know if yours like to chew on stuff they may pull the cotton balls apart, in which case I wouldn't use them. I bought a big bag of them so once they get messy I can just throw them out and add new ones.

and fleece strips...Libby carries them around

When you make a ball pit...do they automatically just climb in and play in the balls or do you hide treats in there for them so they can forage? It sounds like such a neat idea I may make one for my suggs.

Hit the Dollar Store....

Plastic army men/dinosaurs/bugs
Plastic ping pong/golf balls
Barrel of Monkeys

FREE: milk/water caps. Snip the rings off the bottles and toss them in as well. Make sure you snip tho so they can't get them stuck around their necks.

Strips of fleece are good also.


This yellow/green plastic ball I got at WalMart in the Spring in their seasonal section. They work well because I can put mealies in the bottom and set it in the pit. The mealies can't crawl out and as you can see, the gliders love digging inside for the treat.

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and fleece strips...Libby carries them around

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That is a really great idea! I'm going to cut up a bunch of fleece strips instead of using the colored poms because you can just wash the fleece. I had made a few fleece pom poms but never thought of that!

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Originally posted by JazzNZoeysmom

Hit the Dollar Store....

Plastic army men/dinosaurs/bugs
Plastic ping pong/golf balls
Barrel of Monkeys

FREE: milk/water caps. Snip the rings off the bottles and toss them in as well. Make sure you snip tho so they can't get them stuck around their necks.

Strips of fleece are good also.

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Those are such cute ideas! I'm going to hit the Dollar Tree tomorrow and buy a bunch of goodies and make up a ball pit. :)

me too!

Wow Thanks for all the pictures, and advice they are all great ideas

Jazz I always love the pictures you post. The picture of Ari is adorable! All the pictures posted are adorable

I want to give our gliders some new toys and saw the ballpit idea but had a question, are marbles safe to use for the balls?

Any other cheap toy ideas? they are really tired of what they have now

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I want to give our gliders some new toys and saw the ballpit idea but had a question, are marbles safe to use for the balls?

Any other cheap toy ideas? they are really tired of what they have now

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I wouldn't use marbles, they would be too heavy and couldn't move around comfortably in them. You can go to the dollar store and get the ping pong balls, bracelets, and some of the rubber duckie type toys.

I got plastic dinos in the dollar spot at target for them to climb on. If you don't have barrel of monkeys get some! They love to rip them down!