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Attachment is one of the basic social emotional developments that can be developed through the interaction of mother and child. One of the media used through playing activities. This study aims to determine the development of maternal and child attachment through play activities. The approach used in this research was phenomenological qualitative. Obtained 3 pairs of mothers and children through purposive sampling technique with the criteria used as a requirement for housewives, girls aged 4-6.5 years who live in the Surakarta residency. Data retrieval method in this study was triangulation in the form of interviews and observations, interviews used in this study were semi-structured procedures and observation method of event sampling. The results obtained from this study were found two forms of attachment, namely the first secure attachment is characterized by a sense of comfort that arises in children will appear slowly when the mother gives full attention to the child that gives an impact on the development of children when adulthood and second insecure attachment where when parents does not allow children to play outside the house.