Baby Crawl...
How You Can Make It Happen

Following our baby crawl article, we've had many requests on how to make a roller or where to buy one.

Then I remembered...

Many years ago I helped a 13 month old baby with this "roller". I had to make do with what I had available at that time.

I do remember that the boy started crawling very soon after I've used this "roller".

So, here are 2 ways to make a roller.

The first one I call the "crawl towel".

1. Take any normal large bathroom or swimming towel.

2. Spread it out flat on the ground.

3. Reduce the width of the towel by folding it in half. You'll now have a long narrow towel.

4. Form a roll by rolling the towel over the length of the towel. Start at one of the short ends and finish at the other short end. You should now have a short fat towel roll.

5. Use this "roller" exactly as described in the baby crawl article.

6. If the roller is too small (low), then use 2 towels rather than just one.

The second one I've used is the "crawl coffee tins".

1. Get 3 empty coffee tins with sealable plastic lids. These often have diameters of about 5" (12 cm).

2. Fill the tins with dry sand and replace the plastic lids.

3. Stack the tins one on top of each other. Lay the tin tower on its side on the ground.

4. Cover the tower with 1" foam rubber or 1" soft cloth.

5. Wrap the padded tower in denim, artificial leather or any other durable material. I like to make a tight-fitting "pillow case" in which I put the tins.

6. That's it... as simple as that!

Finally, just closely follow the steps outlined in our baby crawling article. That will get you the results.

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