Sensory toy collection

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This is kind of a follow-up post to the one about the Fuzzy Tangle Jr I wrote last night. I'm thinking of creating a collection of sensory toys. I know I post a lot about how I have "coping items" - such as my stones, my plushies, and my favorite toy cars, but I've actually been going on Ebay and Amazon and looking at the sensory toys that are available, such as the Chewelry (something I could have really used as a kid when I loved to chew on anything rubbery or plastic), spinning discs, spiky balls, and the Yuk-e balls by Abilitations. I've already bought a Fuzzy Tangle, and I'm thinking of buying an Abilitations rainbow fidget ball and a small pin art toy like the one I had as a kid.

What kinds of sensory toys do you guys like or own, or would like to own?

ETA: They don't have to be actual sensory toys; just whatever you use to stim with or stay comfortable and focused.

Last edited by LtlPinkCoupe on 22 Mar 2014, 12:04 am, edited 1 time in total.

Items I use as sensory toys:string to twirl in front of my face and paper to rip and mold the ends and dangle in front of my face and my plushy owl, Amy owl, to squeeze and rub my nose in her fur.


I don't own any toys that were specifically designed to be sensory toys.

*According to empirical research high functioning ASDers very RARELY have stereotypical movements and weird sensory habits or sensory issues as adults and almost always have just special interests and routines/sameness as RRBs instead but I still have my weird repetitive sensory habits.

I think it's cool that you have string and paper....the tearing paper can be good; I like anything that keeps my hands busy and keeps me from biting my nails. I'd love to see a pic of Amy Owl sometime, she sounds really sweet.

I guess my plushies could qualify as sensory toys, since most of mine are really soft and feel cuddly to the touch. I tend to only buy plushies that are soft, minky, fluffy, fuzzy and floppy. One of my most cuddly ones is a plush of the rainbow-spotted panther from the book Put Me in the Zoo that I got at Kohl's. I call him Spotty von PeanutNose because he has spots and his nose is pretty much shaped like a peanut. He's really soft.

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Amy owl has soft and minky snow white fur. I've got to figure out how to use my new phone camera before I can take a picture.

when I had a long fu Manchu, I would like to stroke that, so I guess that qualifies as a built-in sensory toy. now I do the same thing with my ponytail.