Activities & Days Out / 17 November, 2025 / Nanny Anita

Balloon Play for Babies

“How can babies play with balloons?” I hear you ask. Quite simply actually. Obviously they can’t play with them the same way that we can, but they can still get a lot of enjoyment out of them.

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For this balloon play for babies you will need:

• A helium balloon

As a safety warning, you should never leave your little one unattended with the balloon.  Nor should you let children play with balloons by letting them try to put them in their mouths.  If it were to burst, those small bits of balloon are a serious chocking hazard.

Create a loop out of the sting so that it can easily slip on and off of the baby’s leg.

Then every time that the baby kicks or moves their leg the balloon will move.

It helps to develop their gross motor skills.

BB’s little face was a true picture when I put the string around his leg. He was fascinated with the actual balloon and was full of smiles when he realised that he was making the balloon move.

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