Tobbles by Fat Brain Toys

The appeal of Tobbles is undeniable: these posable and pliable toys are likeable, laudable, and downright lovable.

Tobbles, made by Fat Brain Toys, are a series of spheres with a bowl-shaped dent in one side, allowing you to stack them in a configuration that’s just a little bit tricky to balance and infinitely satisfying to fiddle with. Kids experiment with nesting, rearranging, and spinning the pieces, which each have two different textures and two different colors on them. Tobbles provide an endlessly interesting sensory experience that both kids and adults enjoy (and many parents admit that they play with it after their kid is done).

When they explore and stack Tobbles, kids learn colors, size sequencing, balance, and proportion, and they can be used for other open-ended play as well. Give your kid some Tobbles and see what he comes up with.

It’s true: Tobbles are irresist-obble. Recommended for ages 3 and up.