Baby activity mats are a way for you to help your baby explore sounds, textures and colors as he learns and grows. Some play mats offer more hands-on activities, and there are a few that are widely reviewed as the top-rated baby activity mats. When looking for an activity mat for your baby, choose one that has plenty of bright colors and textures and includes activities that you know your baby will enjoy, like sorting and stacking, or rattles and noisemakers.
Fisher-Price Rainforest Melodies & Lights Gym
The top rated baby activity mat on several sites, including Buzzillions.com and GaltTech.com, the Fisher-Price Rainforest Melodies & Lights Gym features plenty of removable toys for baby to play with, along with an overhanging toy bar that is laden with extra toys like soft monkeys. Add that to the fact that it also lights up and plays a variety of baby's favorite songs, and the Fisher-Price Rainforest Melodies & Lights Gym is a good choice for babies who are still laying on their backs to play, that will grow with them as they learn to sit up and crawl.
Tiny Love Gymini Lights and Music Activity Gym
Scoring an impressive four and a half stars out of five with Buzzillion.com users, the Tiny Love Gymini Lights and Music Activity Gym gives the same light up and song action as the similarly priced Fisher Price Rainforest activity mat, but also has animals with moving parts that baby can explore, whether on her back, tummy or while in a sitting position.
Baby Einstein Seek & Discover Activity Gym
Amazon.com users could say enough good things about the top-rated Baby Einstein Seek & Discover Activity Gym mat. Baby Einstein has an almost cult-like following among mothers who are focused on their child's learning, growth and development. The Baby Einstein Seek & Discover Activity Gym offers the ability to customize the mat to your baby's preferences, as you can move the toys around using provided links. Mirrors entertain little ones, while included teethers soothe sore gums.
Infantino Tummy Time Activity Center
Target shoppers loved the Infantino Tummy Time Activity Center's distinctive design as a play mat. It can be used as a pyramid-shaped activity center for babies who are sitting independently, or a tent-like play mat for babies who lay on their backs to play. Easy to fold and highly portable, users loved how many activities were on all of the sides of the play mat, and were impressed by how entertained their babies were.
Fisher-Price Ocean Wonders Kick & Crawl Aquarium Gym
For parents looking for a more moderately priced baby activity mat, the Fisher-Price Ocean Wonders Kick & Crawl Aquarium Gym is a lower priced activity mat that has big value. Editors at ToyReviewWorld.com loved this tube-shaped mat that invites babies of all activity levels to explore under the sea, with water creatures, removable rattles and teethers, and see-through windows so that you can join in on the action to teach and entertain your little one.
