Hello and welcome! I'm Dee Featherstone, the founder of The Little Sensory Box. My own sensory-play journey began back in 2018 when my son, Alfie, was born.
While attending Baby Sensory classes, I could see just how much Alfie loved the activities, and I absolutely loved the one-on-one time it gave us to bond while nurturing his developing brain. I felt inspired to recreate sensory-play experiences for us at home, but really struggled to find affordable resources and easy-to-follow guidance on which sensory toys and activities would best support Alfie's development.
As a first-time mum, all I wanted was the confidence to enjoy playing with Alfie, but all I found was a whole lot of overwhelm! I felt really frustrated, so I decided to learn everything I could about developmental toys for babies and create for other parents what I was desperately seeking for me and Alfie: sensory-play expertise, simply delivered.
We’re here to help you overcome the overwhelm with a carefully curated, easy-to-navigate collection of sensory toys and activities to ignite little senses and inspire play. The truth is, playing with your baby shouldn’t feel complicated. They don’t need a mountain of toys. And you don’t need a bottomless bank account or a qualification in early-years teaching! All you really need is a few age-appropriate, open-ended resources and some guidance to get you started. Your baby will take it from there!
Our award-winning Baby’s First Year subscription boxes are designed to give you all the sensory toys and resources you need for your baby’s first twelve months. I’ve done all the research and shopping around, so you don’t have to! (There’s already enough to think about when you have a new baby, right?).
The boxes are created as a quarterly series of four: you can join when your baby is newborn to receive all four boxes and a full year of play possibilities, or sign up to receive our sensory boxes from when your baby is aged 3-6 or 6-9 months.
Delivered straight to your door exactly when you need it, each box is tailored to your baby’s next milestones and accompanied by our downloadable Ways to Play guide, which is full of inspiration and ideas for exploring and enjoying the box contents together.
If you’re looking to add individual pieces to your toy collection, or you’re shopping for an older baby or toddler, our shop features a selection of sensory toys for children from birth to three years. From wooden toys and play mats to Pikler-inspired triangles, rockers and ramps, you’ll find something to engage your little one while encouraging their early-years development and inspiring imagination at every age and stage.
Shop by age to browse a selection of developmentally appropriate pieces, or navigate by product type if you know what you’re looking for. However you choose to shop, you have the complete peace of mind of knowing we only select sensory toys from the very best early-years toy brands, including Petit Boum, Rosa & Bo, Jumini Wooden Toys, Studio Circus, TickIt, Capikooa and many more. We’ve also road tested every item we stock for quality and play potential, which means they’re all baby-and-mum approved!
Your little one will play for hours stacking these mono coloured rainbow shapes whilst encouraging their physical development and growing their motor skills and coordination.
This wooden rainbow stacking toy by Little Stories also teaches early colour recognition making it a perfect gift for any 1st birthday that will be a favourite toy for many years to come.
Object permanence is an important developmental milestone that your baby will go through and is just one of many development stages a baby will experience. Object permanence is the ability for a child to understand that things still exist even if they cannot see or hear them.
Read our new blog for simple activities to support your child's understanding of object permanence.
Loved this, wish they had one for 1-2yrs as would have continued
I love receiving each box, such thought has gone into the products. They are real quality items and the guide on how to use each item is an added bonus. Would definitely recommend.
Very cute! I want to thank Dee as well for her generosity after I ordered these but received another set and she resent these to me ASAP and was unnecessarily apologetic ☺️
Amazing! Simple, easy, and what an impact it will make. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to be involved
Lovely, strong toy. Great size for little hands. My 22 month old loves it. Excellent value for money.
This is a great toy. We love the way the box doubles as a fire station. Easy to tidy away and carry around. Lovely, sturdy pieces which are great for little hands. My 22 month old loves it!
This is a brilliant toy which we have bought for our grandsons . It took about an hour to put together and is very sturdy I’m sure they’ll get hours of pleasure from it.
Our grandson loves it he can hold it likes the crunchy bits on the top and chews on as well
I have loved receiving these boxes and my daughter has loved all of the well chosen toys! All of my friends subscribed during lockdown and I have just purchased the subscription for my friend who has just had a baby! Customer service is incredible as well! Very helpful and personable x
I became a mum for the first time at the height of the pandemic which meant everything and everyone was closed and I became really worried about my ability to play with my baby in a meaningful way. It was then that I came across this subscription box and I signed up immediately. I have been absolutely delighted with the toy boxes and play suggestions that have been sent. They gave me so much more confidence in being able to play with my daughter and she absolutely loves the toys, many of which are things I wouldn’t normally have picked myself. I am so sad to have just received our final box but I know my daughter (and I) will take great joy in continuing to play with the toys for a long time. Thank you for such a wonderful resource!
These boxes were a fantastic purchase, my little boy has loved every item that’s been included in them. It’s taken the pressure off completely to try and find toys suitable for each age to interest him. The time and effort that have gone into the guides and boxes is evident and I love supporting a small business! I’m gutted it’s my last box.
I love these boxes. I've just had my second box arrive and after reading about the benefits of each product, I took out the first toy and my little boy was so amazed by it. He even reached out and grabbed it for the first time ever!
I feel getting these boxes aren't just such good value for money but they have also took out the stress of finding age appropriate toys that help to stimulate baby and watching my little boy today proved just how much they actually work. Would highly recommend to anyone!
