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The Ball-tivity Center encourages hand-eye coordination and visual and auditory development. View larger.

Hours of Interactive Fun
The Ball-Tivity features cute jungle animals and a ladybug that entice little fingers to grasp and explore. Mom or baby can press down on the ladybug to start the action and keep things moving. As the air starts to flow, lively music plays and animal sounds seem to bring this activity set to life. Parts appear to magically move, making this exotic adventure pure delight for a curious child.

The bright colored balls swirl around the pool. View larger.

Stimulates the Senses and Encourages Healthy Development
The Ball-Tivity engages all of baby's senses, and encourages hand-eye coordination while introducing your child to the relationship between cause and effect. Colored balls swirl around the pool, inviting little hands to reach in and pull them out, then drop them back in to watch them swirl around and around again. You or baby can also place a ball on top of the volcano and see it hover. Stackable palm tree, elephant and alligator pieces all spin, twirl and chomp when placed on their separate ports, or they can be stacked for a different perspective.

The Ball-Tivity Center requires four "D" batteries (not included), and comes with monkey and palm tree snap-in pieces, three balls, three stacking pieces, and instructions. For your child's safety, all plastic fasteners should be removed and discarded before play.

What's in the Box
Ball-Tivity Center, monkey and palm tree snap-in pieces, three balls, three stacking pieces, and instructions.




Customer Reviews

Wow! This toy is great! Posted 04 March 2009
I got a great deal on this toy right before Christmas on Amazon.com. My baby, then 4 months LOVES it. She is 6 months old now and she kicks and squeals and get very excited as soon as I bring it out. Also, my 5 year old enjoys it. She likes it so much she helps the baby play with it too. Get it, get it, get it!

Baby loves it Posted 01 March 2009
[...] What a great buy. My 12 month old loves this toy more than any others we have. He can turn it on and off himself, move the wind powered pieces around and play with the balls.

Great Choice with some Caveats Posted 28 February 2009
I have 14 month old twin boys that received this two months ago and they definitely enjoy it.
It has a good interactive platform for this age group and not just passive activity.
They can activate the air flow and music by pushing the ladybug themselves, with caretaker controlling the on and off switch until they are a little older.
They can take the balls in and out of the spinner pond, put them on top of a stack to float or take them out and attempt to chew them and/or throw them around the room.
The pieces like the animals and palms stack up and have nice spinners on them that are driven by the air velocity the toy generates.
The music is pleasant and not entirely annoying, a bit of a jungle safari jig.
One of my little guys always sways back and forth to dance to it every time.
The downside to this toy is the fact that you have to be an on top of it person to keep track of the pieces to this toy. Little ones aren't so good in letting you know which direction the ball went or where might they have put the palm tree.
Keeping track of various toy parts is always a pain for parents and caretakers. This is especially true if you need it for allowing the child to be occupied while you handle some fun things, like doing dishes or paying bills, and not watching all the pieces like a guard at a Rodeo Drive jewelry store.
Keep in mind you can order parts from the company, if needed. All is not lost if you lose a piece. If a piece is defective or missing to begin with, they will send you a new one.
I haven't noticed it sucking down batteries inordinately.
I would appreciate it using AA batteries though, instead of D cells, as rechargeable AA batteries are easy to come by and a greener choice.
My own personal opinion is that toys should be rechargeable directly via adapter plug, if they don't come with the easy and convenient to recharge AA batteries.
I don't know, seems to make sense that if we are creating mountains of plastic that will eventually hit the landfill, probably would be wise not to add tons of batteries to it as well. Good for the kids, fun now and less toxic stuff later.
I can see my kids finding this interesting for time to come, particularly if it's rotated in and out of the toys du jour mix. Will make a great pass it on toy for another little one.
It was money well spent here, but then again, I got in on a great Christmas deal. I paid less for this toy than what it would have cost me to go out and buy four gallons of gas Christmas 2008.
Sure was nice then when it was under [...] a gallon just about everywhere. That [...] mark was sheer excitement.
This should give your kids the same kind of thrill.

The best toy for an infant EVER! Posted 21 February 2009
I had to write a review on this awesome toy! We bought this toy for Christmas when our little girl was almost 5 months old. She learned pretty quik that if she hit the lady bug stuff happens. The cause and effect of this toy is great because it only plays the music for a very short period of time. They really can tell that they are the ones that made it happen. My little girl is now 7 months old and plays with this toy daily. I'm a mom of four, my three other kids like playing with this toy as well. I wish they had this around for my other kids when they where little. Don't be worried about this purchase at all!

toy Posted 16 February 2009
Overall very pleased. The product received promptly and as expected.
Communication re shipment and receipt times was great.