Most can actually still be found fairly cheap. The ones that made our list have all been evaluated for storage and portability, as well as hospital setting and bed-bound considerations. This is not the most small-motor skill-friendly set, but we’re working on that one.
• Silly Putty and comic strips
• Gyroscopes
• Kaleidoscopes
• Slingshot Monkey
• Rubber Band Airplanes
• Super Clacker Toy Knockers (*choose this one carefully if there are sound sensitivity issues)
• Paddle Balls
• Gyro Wheel Rail Twirlers
• Handheld Water Rings game
• Slinky
• Flip Top Spinners
• Tiddlywinks
• Barrel of Monkeys
• Jacks
• Pick-Up Sticks
• Yo-yo
• String and a book of directions for playing Cat's Cradle style games
• Hot Wheels and tracks
• Tinker Toys
• Stretch Armstrong
• Magic 8 Ball
• 3D Sculpture Pin Art Boards
• Etch-a-Sketch
• Spirograph