Top Holiday Gifts for Babies & Toddlers
/Need gift ideas for babies and toddlers this holiday season? Look no further! We’ve got you covered for big and small gifts, ages 0-4, no matter what your child is into – puzzles & games, arts & crafts, things that go, musical instruments, building toys, educational toys, sensory play, pretend play, and more.
Toys for Babies (0-12 months)
Toys for Younger Babies (0-6 months)
Toys for Older Babies (6+ month)
Musical Instruments for Babies
Loveys & Stuffed Animals
Jellycat Bashful Black and Cream Puppy, Medium (or any Jellycat stuffed animal)
My First Anywhere Chair® from PBK
Toys for Toddlers & Young Kids (1-4 years old)
Play Room Furniture
Puzzles & Games
Toddler Puzzles
Jigsaw Puzzles
Games
Melissa & Doug K's Kids Bowling Friends Play Set and Game With 6 Pins and Convenient Carrying Case
Building Toys
LEGO DUPLOs – there are a ton of different options, so here are a few favorites for this age: My First Number Train, My First Alphabet Truck, Construction Truck & Tracked Excavator
Magna-Tiles Clear Colors 100 Piece Set (you can never have too many sets!)
Fat Brain Toys 100 pc Block Set or Melissa & Doug Standard Unit Solid-Wood Building Blocks
Creative Toys / Arts & Crafts
Stickers
Drawing / Coloring & Paint
Stamps
Educational Toys, Motor Skills & Sensory Play
Coogam Matching Eggs 12 pcs Set Color & Shape Recognition Sorter
Learning Resources AlphaBee Alphabet, ABCs, Numbers, & Shape
Skoolzy Rainbow Counting Bears with Matching Sorting Cups (the bears are also great to hide for indoor treasure hunts)
Melissa & Doug Keys & Cars Wooden Rescue Vehicle & Garage Toy
Melissa & Doug Primary Lacing Beads with 30 Beads and 2 laces
Sensory Play
Kinetic Sand Beach Sand Kingdom Playset (+ extra sand and splat mat if you’re doing it indoors)
Creativity for Kids Sensory Bin – these are great and come in a number of different varieties; the Garden and Critters is the first one I got and it’s adorable; my son of course loves the Construction Zone one; and if you want to marry your new love of water beads with kinetic sand, the Ocean and Sand one is great too.
Modeling Clay Kit - 24 Colors Air Dry Ultra Light Magic Clay
Pretend Play
Fisher-Price Medical Kit or Kids Doctor Kit with 12 Pieces in a Sturdy Case
Lakeshore Learning has these “Soft & Squeezy” animal sets which are awesome – my son loves to play with the sea creatures in his water table or in the bath, and he loves to hide others in his Magna-Tile structures. Purchasing the set of all 4 would be an investment but worth it; however, if you’re looking to only start with two, my favorites are Ocean Animals and Wild Animals
Dinosaur Toys with Dinosaur Figures, Activity Play Mat & Trees for Creating a Dino World
Toy Kitchen + Accessories + Food
Hape Gourmet Kitchen Kid's Wooden Play Kitchen in White (add on Hape Gourmet Kitchen Wooden Fridge) + Wooden Accessories
Melissa & Doug Food Groups - 21 Hand-Painted Wooden Pieces and 4 Crates
Hape Pop Up Toaster Wooden Play Kitchen Set with Accessories
Hape Kid's Coffee Maker Wooden Play Kitchen Set with Accessories
Dolls, stuffed Animals & Figurines
Explore & Adventure
Things That Go / Things on Wheels
Green Toys Dump Truck, Recycling Truck, Fire Truck, School Bus and Green Toys Construction Vehicle Set, 3-Pack are all good pics (great for sandbox too)
Coogam 4 Pack Friction Powered Cars Construction Vehicles Toy Set
VTech Go! Go! Smart Wheels 3-in-1 Launch and Play Raceway (or if you want to go bigger: Park and Learn Deluxe Garage)
Playkidz Kids 15" Garbage Truck Toy with Lights, Sounds, and Manual Trash Lid
Wooden Car Ramp Racer Toy Vehicle Set with 7 Mini Cars & Race Tracks
Musical Instruments
Fridge / Magnets
Outdoor Toys
Large Items
Step2 Disney Pixar Cars 3 Up & Down Roller Coaster Kid's Roller Coaster
Edx Education Step-A-Trail - 6 Piece Obstacle Course For Kids
PicassoTiles 12x10 Foot Inflatable Bouncer Jumping Bouncing House
Pikler Triangle (I purchased from this Etsy shop and the quality is excellent)
Stocking Stuffers
Here are some small items that are great for stockings:
4 Pack Rainbow Pop Fidget Toys (incl. Unicorn and Dinosaur)
Target has a lot of fun little goodie bag items that also make great stocking stuffers – light-up spiky balls, sticky hands, bendy figurines, etc.