PlayWell’s Sensory Friendly Holiday Gift Guide 2025
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PlayWell Brooklyn
Take a bit of PlayWell home this Holiday season! Searching for fun and unique gifts that will support growth and development? This year, we’re including even more thoughtfully curated items. Our 2025 Sensory Friendly Holiday Guide is packed with expert recommendations that promote regulation, expand on various skill sets, and make purposeful play feel magical! From stocking stuffers to larger activity sets, each gift is designed to engage the senses, encourage exploration, and support milestones in a playful, joyful way!
This system offers rich tactile play that supports regulation, attention, and fine motor development. Its multi-level design also encourages safe gross-motor movement and whole-body engagement, making it perfect for sensory seekers.
This hopper ball offers dynamic vestibular input and deep proprioceptive feedback as kids bounce and grip the handle, helping regulate energy and improve balance. The rhythmic movement supports coordination and body awareness in a fun, self-directed way.
These tactile squish balls offer deep proprioceptive feedback as kids squeeze and pull, helping release tension and calm down. Their colorful gel-filled beads also provide visual stimulation and promote focus.
These spiky acupressure rings provide rich tactile and proprioceptive input as kids roll them along their fingers, helping to enhance body awareness and hand coordination. They also support self-regulation, reduce tension, and promote focus in a fun, discreet way.
These calming visual timers deliver soothing motion as colorful droplets slowly cascade, perfect for visual tracking and focus. The gentle flow encourages regulation and mindfulness, offering a non‑verbal way to reset during sensory breaks.
These soft sensory animal pillows provide comforting tactile stimulation, helping to calm and engage children’s senses. Perfect for snuggling, they encourage exploration of texture while supporting focus and relaxation.
These suction‑cup building pieces deliver tactile and visual stimulation as kids press, pull, and stick them to smooth surfaces. The set supports fine motor development, hand‑eye coordination, and creative problem solving through open‑ended, sensory-rich play.
This compact, body‑cradling seat delivers soothing tactile and deep-pressure input via its responsive micro‑bead fill, helping children (and adults) feel grounded and calm. Its gentle resistance and lack of pressure points make it a sensory‑friendly lounge option for cozy reading, relaxing, or self-regulation breaks.
This crescent‑shaped cushion offers a soft, enveloping surface that provides soothing tactile input and gentle, calming pressure. Its whisper‑quiet, adaptive fill helps support regulation and relaxation in a cozy, sensory‑friendly way. Offers great neck and back support for cozying up to a book, or watching your favorite show!
This soft roll pillow gives calming, tactile input as it molds to the body, offering a comforting hug-like feel. Ideal for self-regulation, it supports grounding and gentle pressure to ease stress.
This plush, quilt‑style blanket offers soothing tactile input with its gel‑like Yogibo fiber fill and stretchy fabric, making it feel like a gentle hug. Its breathable, all-season design helps with comfort and regulation, offering calm and cozy sensory support any time of year.
This blanket delivers calming deep‑touch pressure through its gentle weight, helping to soothe the nervous system and promote a grounded, relaxed state. The soft, mink-like fabric adds cozy tactile input for extra sensory comfort.
These soft foam dice bring sensory regulation into a fun, hands‑on game! Just roll and follow the activity for a brain break that supports calm, alertness, or focus. Each die is color-coded with different types of movement prompts (calming, alerting, and focusing) to give kids (and adults) self‑regulation tools right when they need them.
This swing delivers soothing deep‑pressure compression, like a gentle, constant hug, that helps calm the nervous system. Its rhythmic, gentle motion provides vestibular input that supports regulation, balance, and a sense of security.
These therapist-designed sticks guide kids through self-regulation with 60 grab‑and‑go movement ideas that offer visual, vestibular, and tactile input. They’re a fun, easy way to support focus, calm, or alertness without any extra equipment.
This trio of snack-shaped chew necklaces offers three different textures and resistance levels, from soft to firm, giving a varied sensory experience. They provide a safe, soothing outlet for oral needs, helping with self-regulation, anxiety, and common stimming behaviors like chewing on shirts or pencils.
These colorful blocks provide rich tactile stimulation as kids explore different shapes, sizes, and weights, enhancing spatial awareness and fine motor skills. The open-ended play supports hand‑eye coordination, problem-solving, and sensory exploration.
This cotton pod swing provides gentle vestibular motion, helping calm and regulate the sensory system with soothing rocking. The soft, cocoon-like fabric also offers tactile comfort, creating a cozy, safe space for self-soothing and focus.
This 360° spinning chair delivers strong vestibular input, helping kids build balance and coordination in a playful way. The sturdy metal base and smooth swivel motion offer a safe, self-regulating tool for sensory breaks.
These seashells deliver gentle tactile play while helping kids explore emotions: six double-sided sea creatures show 12 different feelings to identify and discuss. The pop-apart shell pieces also boost fine motor and memory skills, making this a calming, emotionally-rich sensory tool.
This butterfly shaped puzzle offers soothing tactile play with its smooth wooden pieces and encourages sense-making with two bright, mirrored butterfly scenes — great for promoting focus, spatial reasoning, and fine motor coordination.
Chunky, smooth space figures that stack neatly inside the rocket for a satisfying ‘click-in’ feel. Great for little hands craving cause-and-effect play, visual interest, and a calming, repetitive nesting motion.
These magnetic tiles give satisfying tactile and auditory feedback with each ‘click’ as pieces snap together. They support fine motor development, spatial reasoning, and focused, calming play — perfect for sensory-rich, open‑ended building.
These shatter‑proof convex mirrors give rich visual input through fun distorted reflections, helping kids build self‑recognition and visual tracking. The safe, tactile surface also supports exploration and regulation in calm‑down or sensory play zones.
This romper features soft, stretchable fabric and quiet magnetic closures down the front, making it a gentle, fuss-free option for babies who are sensitive to traditional snaps or zippers. With its cozy design and SewSafe™ construction, where magnets are securely hidden between fabric layers, it offers comfort and peace of mind for both little ones and parents.
Soft, absorbent modal bibs with a terry-lined backing, they stay quietly in place thanks to a magnetic closure at the neck. Designed to slip off easily (even from a sleeping baby), they’re practical, gentle, and mess-ready!
These mittens are made from ultra-soft minky fleece, lined with organic cotton, and feature magnetic closures on the back so they stay together when not in use. Thoughtfully designed without thumb holes for a fuss-free fit and built with SewSafe™ construction to keep the magnets safely sealed inside.
Magnetic Me’s adult collection brings the same SewSafe™ magnetic closures to soft, sustainable loungewear, making dressing and undressing effortless, especially for those with limited dexterity or sensory sensitivities. Magnetic Me’s adult clothing also offers the opportunity for parents and kids to cozy up in matching pajamas!
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