Holiday Gift Guides (Baby and Kids 0-5 Years Old)
When it comes to gift giving, we like to keep things simple and invest in toys that support our child’s development. So, here are our top picks to foster your child’s understanding, imagination, critical thinking, interaction, and communication. Our kids love these toys, and we know yours will too!
Holiday Gift Guides (Baby and Kids 0-5 Years Old)
When it comes to gift giving, we like to keep things simple and invest in toys that support our child’s development. So, here are our top picks to foster your child’s understanding, imagination, critical thinking, interaction, and communication. Our kids love these toys, and we know yours will too!
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All toys linked here!
For Baby (0-1 year old)
Toys:
- Hide and find ball box
- Montessori baby ball
- Wooden stacking stones
- Blocks (large blocks, 100 piece set, block and shape set)
- Nesting bowls
- Car with ramp and cars
- Montessori wobble stacker
- Wooden rainbow stacker
- Colorful wooden book
- Musical instruments
- Sensory ball
- Ball & teether
- Pound and tap xylophone
- Play pots & pans
- Nest and stack block set
- Wooden rolling rattle
- Baby doll
- Stuffed animal
- Make your own playdough
- Stackable drip drop cups
- Open-ended play building set
Big items:
- Sensory play mat
- Organic Cotton Play Tunnel
- Push walking toy (this one or this one)
- Sensory table (for them to grow into)
- Learning tower like this one, this one, this one, or this one (for them to grow into)
Stocking stuffers:
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For Toddlers (1-5 years old)
Toys:
- Wooden play people
- Chunky puzzle like this one and this one
- Shape sorter
- Blocks like this large blocks, 100 piece set, block and shape set or large hallow blocks (these sets last, will grow your kids, and create hours of imaginative play)
- Magna-Tile Building Set (these last, will grow your kids, and create hours of imaginative play)
- Life-size block set
- Open-ended play building set
- Musical instruments
- Baby doll
- Stuffed animal
- Car
- Car with ramp and cars
- Pound and tap xylophone
- Organic Cotton Play Tunnel
- Make your own playdough
- Stackable drip drop cups
- Color wonder coloring book and “markers”
- Wooden train set (this one or this one)
- Thomas the train wooden trains (these or these)
- Toddler camera
- Wooden lacing toy
Pretend Play:
- Play salad set
- Play cleaning set
- Play tea set
- Doctor set like this one and this one
- Doll accessory kit
- Play pots and pans
- Tool kit
- Play food
- Baking cookie set
- Blocks like this large blocks, 100 piece set, block and shape set or large hallow blocks (these sets last, will grow your kids, and create hours of imaginative play)
- Magna-Tile Building Set (these last, will grow your kids, and create hours of imaginative play)
Kids in the kitchen:
- Learning tower like this one, this one, this one, or this one
- Play pots and pans
- Child-safe knives
- Mini oven mits
- Mini apron
- Child-sized utensils like rolling pin, mini cookie cutters, and whisk
Big ticket items:
- Scooter and helmet
- Indoor slide
- Play kitchen (or this one or this one – these are pricier but really last)
- Easel or plexi glass easel
- Learning tower (this one, this one, this one, or this one) *all-time favorite item
- Tool Bench
- Sensory table
- Organic Cotton Play Tunnel
- 3 String Guitar
Stocking stuffers
- Bubbles *these are refillable and non-toxic
- Stickers
- Window clings like ocean, bugs, and cars
- Play foam snowman
- Sensory Christmas Bubble Fidget
- Christmas Fuzzy Socks
- Santa Bubble Gun
All toys linked here!