🚚 Please note: Some items may arrive in 2 separate packages to ensure smooth, timely delivery.

Kids Sensory Tools & Equipment

From mindful breathing necklaces to swivel seats, weighted blankets and indoor sensory gyms — every product is designed to help kids feel grounded, calm, and emotionally supported.

Kids Mindful Breathing Necklaces (Ages 8+)

Easy to Use for Anytime Calm!

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Kids Sensory Play

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Indoor Home Therapy Gyms

Kids Sensory Swings

Kids Weighted Blanket for Calm

How to claim with NDIS

Self‑managed NDIS

  1. Add products to your cart
  2. Checkout using card, PayPal or Afterpay
  3. Receive your tax invoice by email
  4. Upload the invoice to the NDIS portal to claim
    You pay upfront, then claim back from NDIS.

Plan‑managed NDIS

Send your order to breathebuddy@yahoo.com including:

  • Participant’s full name
  • NDIS number
  • Email address
  • Product(s) requested
  • Plan manager name & email

Once we receive your details, we will email your invoice within 24 hours.
After the invoice is paid, your order is dispatched.

The Power of Sensory Play for Calming and Emotional Regulation

Sensory play is more than fun — it’s one of the most effective ways to help children regulate their emotions, build confidence, and feel grounded in their bodies. For many families, especially those navigating anxiety, ADHD, autism, or emotional overwhelm, sensory tools have become an essential part of daily routines.

At BreatheBuddy, we design sensory products that support calm, focus and self‑regulation. From sensory swings to breathing necklaces, each tool is created to give kids a safe way to release energy, soothe their nervous system and reconnect with their bodies.

🌿 Why Sensory Play Matters

Children experience the world through their senses. When they swing, climb, squeeze, breathe or balance, they’re doing more than playing — they’re strengthening neural pathways that help them:

  • process emotions
  • improve attention
  • reduce anxiety
  • build resilience
  • feel safe and regulated

Sensory play activates the vestibular and proprioceptive systems — the parts of the brain responsible for balance, movement and body awareness. When these systems are stimulated in the right way, kids naturally calm down, focus better and feel more in control.

🌈 Tools That Support Calm & Focus

Our sensory range is designed to meet kids where they are:

  • Sensory Swings — provide gentle vestibular input that calms the nervous system
  • Climbing Frames & Ladders — build confidence, strength and coordination
  • Textured Sensory Toys — offer tactile stimulation for grounding and emotional release
  • Breathing Necklaces — teach slow, controlled breathing to reduce overwhelm

Each product encourages kids to regulate themselves without relying on screens, distractions or external pressure.

💛 Designed for Home, Therapy & NDIS

Whether you’re a parent, therapist or educator, sensory tools create a predictable environment where kids feel safe to explore and grow. Many families use our products as part of their NDIS routines to support emotional regulation and daily living goals.

🌟 Building a Calming Sensory Space

A sensory‑friendly home doesn’t need to be complicated. With just a few tools — a swing, a breathing necklace, a textured toy — you can create a space that helps your child reset, calm down and feel empowered.

Sensory play isn’t just an activity. It’s a pathway to confidence, emotional strength and lifelong self‑regulation.

How Sensory Tools Help Kids Self‑Regulate, Calm Down & Build Confidence

Every child experiences big emotions — frustration, overwhelm, excitement, anxiety. But some kids feel these emotions more intensely and need extra support to regulate their bodies and minds. Sensory tools give them exactly that: a safe, predictable way to calm down and feel in control.

🧠 The Science Behind Sensory Regulation

When kids feel dysregulated, their nervous system is in “fight, flight or freeze.” Sensory tools help shift them back into a calm, balanced state by activating the body’s natural soothing mechanisms.

Here’s how:

  • Deep pressure (like weighted blankets or squeezable toys) lowers cortisol
  • Vestibular movement (like swinging) stabilises emotions
  • Proprioceptive input (like climbing or pulling) releases built‑up energy
  • Slow breathing (with breathing necklaces) activates the parasympathetic nervous system

These inputs help kids regain control without meltdowns, shutdowns or emotional spirals.

🌟 Why Breathing Tools Are So Effective

Breathing necklaces teach kids how to slow their exhale — a proven technique used in therapy, psychology and mindfulness. A slow exhale:

  • reduces anxiety
  • lowers heart rate
  • improves emotional clarity
  • helps kids transition between activities
  • supports bedtime routines

Kids love them because they’re discreet, portable and feel empowering.

🧩 Sensory Tools for Everyday Moments

Our sensory range supports kids through the moments that matter:

  • morning routines
  • school transitions
  • homework time
  • emotional overwhelm
  • bedtime
  • therapy sessions
  • NDIS daily living goals

Whether your child needs movement, texture, pressure or breathwork, sensory tools give them a way to regulate independently.

💛 Confidence Through Self‑Regulation

When kids learn to regulate their emotions, everything improves:

  • behaviour
  • communication
  • sleep
  • focus
  • resilience
  • independence

Sensory tools aren’t just calming — they build lifelong skills.

🌈 Creating a Sensory‑Friendly Home

A sensory‑friendly home doesn’t need to be expensive or complicated. Start with one or two tools that match your child’s needs:

  • a swing for movement
  • a breathing necklace for calm
  • a textured toy for grounding

Small changes create big results.

Sensory tools empower kids to feel safe, confident and in control — every single day.

FAQS

Do you accept NDIS funding?

Yes — we support self‑managed and plan‑managed NDIS participants.
You can purchase any BreatheBuddy slow exhale products using your NDIS funds, and we provide invoices for plan managers when needed.

Who can buy from BreatheBuddy using NDIS funds?

Self‑managed and plan‑managed participants can purchase directly from us.
Agency‑managed participants usually cannot, because they can only buy from NDIS‑registered providers.

Which products are eligible for NDIS funding?

Products that support emotional regulation, sensory processing, anxiety management, and self‑calming routines are eligible under Low‑Cost Assistive Technology (AT) for self‑managed and plan‑managed participants.

This includes items designed to help with:

  • Breath control and grounding (BreatheBuddy breathing necklaces)
  • Sensory regulation and fidget support (fidget rings and fidget necklaces)
  • Deep‑pressure calming (weighted blankets)
  • Children’s sensory needs and calm‑corner setups

Most items on our website are NDIS‑eligible except FlavQuit flavoured necklaces, which are not considered Assistive Technology.

How to Submit Your NDIS Order- Plan Managed

Self‑managed participants can order like a normal customer.

  1. Add your items to cart
  2. Checkout using any payment method
  3. You’ll automatically receive a tax invoice
  4. Upload the invoice to the NDIS portal for reimbursement

    If you require a more detailed invoice with your NDIS number please email breathebuddy@yahoo.com requesting.

How to Submit Your NDIS Order- Plan Managed

Send your order to breathebuddy@yahoo.com including:

  • Participant’s full name
  • NDIS number
  • Email address
  • Product(s) requested
  • Plan manager name & email

Once we receive your details, we will email your invoice within 24 hours.
After the invoice is paid, your order is dispatched.

Do you Ship to Other Countries?

Yes! We currently ship to Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States
(Please note: FlavQuit™ is currently available for Australian & United States customers only).

Australia:

  • Standard $8.99
  • FREE Express Shipping on all orders over $60
  • Express Shipping orders under $60 = $11.00

New Zealand:

  • Standard Shipping: $12.99 AUD (Free on orders over $120).
  • Express Shipping: $24.99 AUD.

US & Canada

  • Standard Shipping $16.99
  • Free Standard Shipping orders over $80
  • Express Shipping $24.95
  • Free Express Shipping orders over $135

Can you use the BreatheBuddy to Quit Smoking?

Although it wasn't designed specifically for this we have heard from people who have kicked the habit that breathing out the straw a) Assisted with the habitual movement and b) Reminded them to take that same few minutes to breathe deeply for relaxation.

Does the BreatheBuddy make a noise?

No. Just normal air breathing noise. It doesn't whistle.

Does the BreatheBuddy Necklace have additional built in resistance?

There is no built in resistance. Exhaling through the straw, a smaller space - naturally lengthens your exhale.

Do you accept Returns?

Yes, although this has very rarely occured. We have a 30 day Returns Policy. Your satisfaction with your BreatheBuddy Breathing Necklaces is of very high importance to us. For more information please see https://www.breathebuddy.com.au/policies/refund-policy