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Play this super simple no-prep bouncy ball game at home today! This gross motor bouncy ball activity is sure to get laughs and giggles!
What kid doesn’t love to play with bouncy balls at home?
My kids love finding different ways to play and move them around. Bouncing, kicking, throwing, hitting, rolling them…they have fun with all of it! Gross motor practice without even knowing it!
Before playing any bouncy ball game, it may be helpful to set some bouncy ball rules for your home so things don’t get broke from bouncing too hard, or so they don’t get left around the house and a dog (or toddler!) tries to eat it.
Simple Bouncy Ball Activity Using a Clothes Basket
To make your own bouncy balls toss you will need two simple supplies:
- a laundry basket (or a large cardboard box will do!)
- bouncy balls
If you don’t have bouncy balls on hand, you could also play this game with ping pong balls or tennis balls. Or think bigger, and take it outside on the driveway and use a volleyball or basketball and have them aim for a hula hoop or draw sidewalk targets with sidewalk chalk. It’ll be so much fun!!
If you’re looking to make your own bouncy balls, check out this bouncy balls recipe from 36th Avenue.
Check out all these fun things you can do with a cardboard box!
Activity Tip: To collect the supplies needed for any game or activity, I like to ask my kids to join me. This adds to their enjoyment as they are instantly intrigued to find out what we will be doing with the items we have gathered from the home.
Bouncy Balls Target Practice for Preschoolers
This is a simple game of target practice using bouncy balls!
Set up a laundry basket against a wall somewhere in your house.
Pass your child some bouncy balls and watch how fun it is to try to get the bouncy balls to actually land in the laundry basket. (They bounce everywhere!)
Why not join in, too? I sure did. It was blast! My girls love it when I join in the game fun! (Another Activity Tip! Join them!)
Playing this laundry basket bouncy ball toss activity was no exception in my home, its kind of addictive!
I must say that this game quickly turned into, “How many bouncy balls can I get in the basket when I throw a handful of them?”
There were bouncy balls everywhere in my home but so much fun was had by all of us!
My youngest even thought it would be fun to sit in the clothes basket and throw the balls out. (Remember, you could do this with a cardboard box too.)
As you can tell by the cheeky grin on her face, she loved it.
It was neat to watch both my girls approach this activity differently.
My youngest would try to throw the balls into the clothes basket without bouncing it on the floor first however my oldest would bounce it first.
Definitely an activity win!
What do you do with a bouncy ball at your house?
Making this Bouncy Balls Game work for you:
If you have a toddler, just let it be up to your child’s imagination! The bouncy balls are likely enough entertainment!
If you have older kids, you can add in learning elements. Challenge them to how many in a row they can get to stay in the basket at one time.
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