Gift Guide: Ages 0-2
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Finding the perfect gift for a little one can be tricky, but our gift guide for 0-2 year olds has you covered. From learning toys to cozy essentials, discover thoughtful, age-appropriate ideas that will delight both kids and parents.
Featured Gifts for Toddlers
Sound Puzzle
Place a puzzle piece correctly in the puzzle board to hear realistic sounds. We had all three types and these were used over and over again.
Lego Duplo Train
A classic toy for this age! Includes 10 number bricks carried in the push-along train’s carriages, plus boy, girl and dog LEGO DUPLO figures to inspire imaginative role play.
Squigz
My kids loved these when they were little. They are great for car rides and bath times. They can even be easily washed in the dishwasher!
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Learn-A-Lot Avocados
“My 18 month old niece loves this toy and her parents are happy it keeps her occupied. Highly recommended!” – Melanie
Melissa & Doug Cutting Fruit Set
The Melissa & Doug Cutting Fruit set includes a wooden knife and seven pieces of sliceable fruit that can be cut into a total of 17 pieces. The pieces are held together with self-stick tabs, so the food makes a fun and satisfying “crunch” sound when sliced.
CoComelon Musical Learning Bus
JJ is ready to take little learners on an upbeat bus ride with the CoComelon Musical Learning Bus! A big hit for little ones.
Pop-a-Balls Push & Pop Bulldozer
Push the handle to roll the bulldozer across the floor and watch it pop balls out of the chimney into the bucket
Counting Animal Matching Game
A total of 36 brightly colored zoo animals including lions, elephants, sheep, hippos, cows and rhino, 6 sorting bowls and 2 tweezers in this toddler sensory animal toy set.
Wooden Alphabet Puzzle
“My daughter absolutely loves this puzzle. Great quality and vibrant colors!” – Karla
Animal Sound Book
This was a huge hit with my kids at this age. I continually gift it to people too! Kids love to push the animal sound that goes with the animal they are reading about.
Boynton’s Books
My kids LOVED these books. The Big Blue Box is a perfect collection for terrific little kids. Includes four wildly popular books:
1. Moo, Baa, La La La!
2. A to Z
3. Doggies
4. Blue Hat, Green Hat
Stacking Toy
A classic toy that every young kiddo should have!
Makes a great gift for toddlers and preschoolers.
Spike the Fine Motor Hedgehog
My kids would have loved this when they were young! I’m snagging one for my nephew this year! It has over 33,000 great reviews too.
Poke a Dot Books
A huge hit with this age. A 20-page interactive sturdy board book with buttons to press and “pop” on every page. Little ones love this!
Crayola Washable Fingerpaint
Perfect for toddlers! This 6-pack of paints is safe, non-toxic, and washable. Use them in an empty bathtub with the Fingerpaint Paper Pad for the easiest clean up ever!
Baby Einstein Star Bright Take-Along Toy
A hugely popular toy for kids. Great to throw in your purse! It’s also an entertaining toy that isn’t annoying to parents. WIN!
Manhattan Toys Links-To-Go
Flexibly, bendably versatile for moments that need it. Another great item to throw in your purse.
LeapFrog My Pal Scout
40+ learning songs, melodies and lullabies, for active daytime fun. Lots of ways to have fun with this little guy.
Metal Dump Truck
Out of all of the trucks we own, the dump trucks get the most action. Hint: metal trucks seem to be favored among the kids. I think it’s because the noise it makes when rocks and materials are dumped in and out.
VTech Story Book
A great car toy. Kids like all of the buttons and the loud click that happens when you turn the pages.
Baby’s First Blocks
A classic toy for a good reason. It’s so fun to see kids begin to figure out how shapes work. Easy to store all of the pieces too.
Play Tunnel
Great for all ages, but the fun can start as soon as they can crawl. My kids had a lot of fun in these!
Stroller for Baby Doll
I don’t know why kids love these but they just do! My daughter’s baby stroller went with us on SO many walks when she was little.
Baby Doll
Little ones take to dolls really quickly. This is a classic doll that is durable and will become a favorite quickly.
Water Wow! Books
We have gone through SO many variations of these. My preschooler still loves to play with them. They make a great car activity or even a, “Please do something in one place while I make dinner,” activity.
Counting Piggy Bank
Not only do little hands like putting the “coins” in the bank but this toy has 40+ sing-along songs, tunes & phrases.
Stack Up Cup Toys
These are a must for little ones. My kids used these over and over and over again! I love that they have little holes in the bottom for bath play too. For such a great price, you’ll get so much play out of something so simple and cheap!
Bath Letters and Numbers
I got a set of these when my children were in this stage and they are STILL around. It’s one of those toys that grows with the kids!
dimpl
Little hands love these! Features five vibrant Silicone Bubbles built into a plastic frame that they can push, pop, poke, and grab. Perfect sensory delight!
Indestructibles
Indestructibles is the trusted series for easing little ones into story time. Beloved by babies and their parents. They are built for the way babies “read” (i.e., with their hands and mouths) and are rip proof and waterproof.
$25-$50 Gifts
Xylophone
Award Winning Durable Wooden Musical Pounding Toy. Sorry, parents. Kids this age love stuff like this! Their little brains love a big cause-effect toy!
Bubble Machine
You just can’t go wrong with getting one of these. Kids will use it for years and years!
Green Toys Recycling Truck
I have never met a toddler that doesn’t obsess over this truck. It’s made from earth friendly materials (no BPA!), easy to clean, and dishwasher safe.
Inflatable Bounce Toy
I got this for my youngest son when he was about 1.5 years old and it was a huge it. I thought for sure it’d pop quickly but was so surprised by it’s durability! It even survived older kids bouncing and boinging around the house with it.
Mega Blocks First Builders Table
30+ building pieces perfect for little hands. These blocks are a toddler staple that develop imagination and gross motor skills.
Bath Toy
Water is drawn through the submarine to create a steady stream of water. No need to keep the bath faucet on!
Laugh & Learn Wagon
For 6 months and up, this wagon grows along with your little one’s age and stage.
Toddler Swing
We had one of these hanging under our deck for YEARS. Kids love them! My kids, who are way too old for it now, still ask about it!
Little People Caring For Animals Farm
My nephew’s favorite! Classic Little People farm playset with lights, music, sounds, and Smart Stages learning content.
Balance Bike
This came highly recommended by my sister-in-law. As a mother of a 2-year-old, she said this was a top favorite toy for the past year.
$50-$100 Gifts
Junior Play Slide
Used this inside during the winter months and outside in the summer. A huge hit!
Push Around Buggy
All three of my kids LOVED this little buggy. It’s a great alternative to the stroller for little ones, and also comes in red!
Kids Play Couch
“I am super happy with my decision and would absolutely purchase this again. My daughter immediately starting crawling all over it smiling and giggling having a blast.” – Abbey
Play Kitchen
“I recently purchased the playset for my grandson, and it has been a huge hit! The set includes 25 pieces, offering a variety of utensils, pots, and food items that keep him entertained for hours.” – Jose
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Good News of Great Joy
A simple, weekly Advent devotional that’s intended to help your family focus on the story of Jesus’ birth.
The discussion questions and wide range of fun activities are designed for children ages 2-11.
Each weekly activity focuses on a different aspect of the Christmas story.
25+ Make Ahead Christmas Breakfasts
We have rounded up the BEST ideas for Christmas breakfast or brunch on the internet. The good news is that all of these can be prepped ahead of time so you can relax and enjoy the morning.
The water wow books are a favorite in our house! They’re great for car rides and my almost 4 year old still plays with hers all the time!!
E’ve pulled together the best of the best ideas
I love the submarine spray station for the bathtub! Such a good idea!
Number16! Reminds me of my childhood toys.
Thank you for sharing all of these great ideas!
I use number 2 for everything! So handy.
I haven’t had a kid this young for quite awhile (my youngest is almost 14). I would choose the swing as a favorite because it gets everyone outdoors to play. I also like the stacking cups…had them for all three of my kids..lets them use their imagination and no electronics involved!
At first I thought the Dimpl seemed like a ridiculous toy, but my daughter loves it! Definitely keeps her occupied in the car. whether she’s trying to eat it or using her hands, it’s a great sensory toy!
I want a Dimple for my baby due any day and I actually think my 2 and 3 yos would love the mini shovels!
The Baby Einstein Neptune Jumper would be great to have when great grandkids come to visit.
I am loving the stacking cups. There are so many activities that you can do with them!
There’s not much sweeter than a toddler enjoying a swing!
The metal dump truck is on our list!!
Definitely love the xylophone! I had never seen that before and love it!
We love our shape sorter (baby’s first blocks)! Our kids play with it frequently (started at 1 and now oldest is 4).
Ooo the metal dump truck seems like it’s be a big hit with my boy, and the wooden pounding bench with the xylophone looks awesome too!!
Scout, the stacking cups and porch swing were some of my kiddos favorites when they were little.
#1 was a huge bit with our first. I’m interested in #18 this time around (possibly because I want to pop them..)
#3 Scout/Violet is our family favorite! Both kids have had one and loved them!
I bought the Melissa & Doug portable shape sorted for my newest nephew and the water wow book for my grandson. Can’t wait for them to see them
Love the dimple toy, perfect distraction and small enough to go anywhere with you!
We love My Pal Scout! So fun!
My kids have always loved the Melissa and Doug Water Wow books. So glad you included them!
My granddaughter LOVES her baby doll stroller! She loads all her little dolls and small animals into it and off she goes!!
#3 Our family loves My Pal Scout/Violet!
Baby Einstein Music Toy! We were given this toy by a friend who said her kids loved it and it was a must have! I didn’t think much of it when it was first given to our first bay, but it has been one that each of our 4 kids have loved! It has lasted all 4 of my rough and tumble boys and my kids still enjoy playing it in the car! It has been a life saver too on many car rides. This would be a great gift for even the youngest ones on your list! I highly recommend it.
#4 You can never go wrong with a dump truck! My boys have all loved ours.
Inflatable bounce toy! Cute and fun
The shovels look fun!
The kids loved the play tunnel, whether crawling through with someone trying to catch them or just hiding inside. I did like the submarine play station, they like to play while bathing.
The play farm! My almost 18 month old just became very interested in animals!
I love the baby Einstein take along tunes. Soothes infants and toddlers!
#8 -Puzzle. These puzzles are great for little hands.
My kids love the water wow books!
My daughter loves to climb so she would love the little tikes slide!
WOW I found several that looked cool but i would still pick the old classic …. the metal dump truck since i enjoyed playing with one as a kid !!!!!
We have several of those items – your list is awesome! I would say our top toys are the metal dump truck & the tunnel! Fun for all ages!
The play farm is such a classic, but has great benefits! The imagination young children can experience is perfect for free play!
We enjoy lots of these but #1 – the musical take along toy – has been a great distraction and simple toy for all our kids.
The slide is my favorite idea – I have a 2 year old that would go nuts over that😍
The metal truck is great, my boys love playing with trucks in the dirt!!
I love the little tykes slide!!! Fab idea!!
I love the Water Wow Books. I think they’re fun and make little mess.
The toddler swing would be at the top of my list!
We had so many of these! I guess favorites for my kids were probably the Sound Puzzles and Stacking Cups. 🙂
I’ve been thinking about getting the Dimpl for my little one. Looks fun!
The Tonka metal dump truck was a favorite of my boys and now their sons. Tonka trucks last FOREVER through all kids of rough play inside the house or outside in the dirt and rocks.
My granddaughters have worn out the stroller, they love it. I hope the Water Wow is good, I bought one for my grandson earlier today.
My kiddos are all teens now, but I am beginning to buy gifts for friends whose kids are having babies! I love the dump truck that you linked to…my boys loved to fill the back with stuff and dump it out, over and over and over….
Hape Pound & Tap Bench with Slide Out Xylophone – Love this one for a musical family!
We love your recommendations! This year we are going to get our 18 month old son the Tonka truck. Sooo excited for him to get it!
So many favorites on this list! I think the tunnel has done the best not just entertaining my 18 month old but my dog loves it. They both play Togo’s well.
We love our play tunnel! Puzzles are a favorite also.
The metal dump truck is a favorite at our house!
my nieces and nephews looove the water wow books!!
My 7 year old still periodically plays with water wow books in the car.
#12. I’m a farm kid and love the barn set.
The stacking cups, I guess. 🙂 There are many of my favorites on your list! The stacking cups were always a hit with my little kids and liked that they were simple and easy to play with, easy to stack, easy to wash, and fun even for a little older kids. They would occasionally get swiped to go to the play kitchen too. 🙂
The water wow books are wonderful!
Water Wow
Water wow is my favorite!
#4! Cannot have too many trucks for our 3 boys!
My fav is the stroller! My youngest daughter loves playing with babies a new pushing them around in her stroller.
The play tunnel is great – it is perfect for part of an obstacle course when you want to wear kids out!
I already have several of these for my granddaughters. My favorite would be the Baby Einstein jumper. It provides continued enjoyed and a safe location for baby to play from.
The play farm…it’s a classic and loved by all!
I like the play tunnel #7 the best. Our kids love to climb in and out of things.
The stack cups will keep them very busy with or without water!
Our oldest loved the tunnel when he was younger. It was one of our faves as well.
My kids LOVED the lots of links! Gets the imagination and senses going, and they are perfect to keep them busy (and quiet) for some time.
Baby’s first blocks and play farm are perfect!
My favorite little ones toy is the Baby’s First Blocks!!
Oh my! I think I bought most of these items when my kiddos were babies. Love them all but my favorite would be the metal dump truck. My son who is now 6 is still playing with it!!
Thank you for the suggestion of metal dump trucks!! Whenever my little guy is over at his friends house who has a handful of those metal work trucks, he plays for hours on end! Definitely adding this to his Christmas wish list! 🙂
I like the puzzles. I think they are good for any age.
The Baby Einstein musical toy has been a hit with my granddaughter for several years. So, that is my favorite!
The Munchkin letters are great. We got some last year for Christmas. They really have helped my almost 3 year old learn his letters. Get a couple packs so you can just throw them away when they get gross from the bath.
The push around buggy is my fav!
That slide would be a big hit for our soon to be 2 year old!
we loved the kids stackable cups!
I would say #12 the barn and animals. My children played with a set similar to this one for years.
The metal dump truck is awesome!
The play farm is adorable! We took my 18-month-old grandson on his first trip to a farm this weekend and he loved it!
My kids LOVE the water wow books! They are amazing for road trips too!!
Stroller for baby dolls would be a big hit!
The farm is such a great open ended toy! Buying that! My daughter has also played with the Hape pounding bench for 2 years now. Love these ideas!
Number 10. The water wow books. My children always loved them and they are so great for travelling in the car or air plane.
Love the leapfrog my pal scout
Dimple is a great toy and the bath toy looks like fun.
Dimple and the bath you caught my eye
That tunnel is so awesome! We’ve had ours for years and the kids still love to use it on a daily basis.
The water wow books are amazing and my 9 year old still likes doing them!!
I have a bouncy animal toy I can’t wait to give, and that tunnel looks like a fantastic way to burn up energy cooped up indoors in Covid times!
I’m most excited about the tunnel. My little one will be crawling in the next few months and I like that it can fold done, tucked away for easy storage!
Metal Dump Truck
the sound puzzles are cute
Love the shovels, my son has been asking for one, he loves to be outside.
The dump truck was a favorite for my boys when they were little. You can load it up with so many different things!
Wow! There are so many fun ideas. My kids love the water wow books. They are a great quiet activity.
Definitely need #7 the play tunnel for my 3 year old grandson!
The metal dump truck was a favorite with my children as well.
Thank you for the giveaway and the great gift guides! The “Inflatable Bounce Toy” is my favorite! In fact, I have it on my Amazon “List” for when my youngest grandchild–age 6 weeks–is old enough. My oldest grandchildren–ages 3 & 5 years–still love their bouncy cow and bouncy horse.
Love the Play Farm – my no-longer little ones loveD playing with theirs. The Dimple toy is cute, too!
I love the Dimple!!! Wow so cool!
My boys love their snow shovels, but my favorite would have to be the bath submarine spray toy- so neat!!
My son would LOVE to get a Tonka truck for Christmas 🙂 thanks for the reminder!
Those are some great options! My kids had most when they were little and the M&D puzzles were a favorite!
The First Years Stack Up Cups are the best toy! My kids would rediscover them all the way through preschool and even the big kids would have fun playing them with the Littles! It is amazing how much this little toy got used in our house!
These are all fantastic toys, my favorite is the #12. Play Farm. My granddaughter loves animals, I can see her playing for hours.
Water Wows are a favorite in our house! So nice to take along in the car, to church, etc.
we had a tunnel! Hours of fun for years!
Love the play farm. Good for both girls and boys. Good way to learn animal noises.
I love the Water Wow activity books. No mess and they kept my little ones busy in the car for a long time!
Such a tough decision but our favourite is probably the Melissa and Doug water wow books! Easy and mess free!
We have and love variations on numbers 2,3, 7, 9. This year I’m thinking we’ll buy a small slide for days I’m not up to going to the park.
My kids were obsessed with the Baby Einstein Musical toy for YEARS. We had to get multiple to make sure we had one in the car, one in the house, one in the diaper bag!
Love the toddler swing ❤️
The bath sprayer was a favorite of my son and I’ve since given one to my nephew. Such a fun toy.
Water Wow Books are the best!! My kids have loved these! Perfect for car rides and waiting at restaurants and etc.
The Leap Frog My Pal Scout toy is great! My daughter LOVED playing with this and i’m going to get it for my niece now.
So many good choices. I think my two year old would love the tunnel for climbing through. I played with one as a child and it was so much fun.
The stacking cups were always a huge hit with my kids when the were young. We were always baffled by that. I personally like the bar yarn set best. Brings back many fond memories.
Shovels 👍🏼 Those have been helpful for my son when he’s working outside with my husband.
14 was my kids favorite, you can use it indoor or outdoor or in the pool
great gifts for the baby , expecting first grandchild in june 2021
The inflatable bounce toy looks like so much fun!
The sound puzzles are so fun! My youngest daughter and the alphabet puzzle and she loved it!
My children absolutely loved the play tunnel. They could play with that for hours. At times when asked to help clean up their toys went in there. It was also a sneaky way to incorporate physical activity.
I love the Melissa and Doug Water Wow toy….the perfect stocking stuffer for my 3 year old!
Water Wow books are genius! Our daughter still loves them and she’s almost 4. Love all the options they have!
The Dump Truck is a classic. All our littles have spent many times loading and dumping from the truck!
I love number 8. My daughter has several of these puzzles and never gets tied of them.
you can’t go wrong with baby Einstein! My girls loved all the toys and the movies when they were little. but I love the concept of dimple, small enough to pack in bags and take it with you.
1 – we had variations of this when my son was little, and he grew to LOVE music; 2 – so many uses, often as a ‘chain’ to connect a variety of farm equipment/trucks – we used these for YEARS; 12 – every kid needs a farm set – good for imaginative play, manipulatives, learning about careers and animal care, so much….
I’m getting Dimple!
We love the Dimpl Popper toy! It is perfect for a quiet time activity and entertains our 15 month old long enough to get most quick tasks done.
My son is currently in this age and has a few of the items on this list. His favorites are the links, the stacking cups (ours have holes in the bottom so he loves playing with them in the bath) and the bounce toy. I still have my metal dump truck from when I was a kid!
My grandchildren love #8 puzzles! I also a great-grandson who just turned 1 who would love any of the great gift ideas.
Love #12 – hours of play, reminds me of Fisher Price todays even I had when I was little.
The Play Farm would always be my top pick! It is a classic toy that endured for all time.
My fave are the stackable cups! My kiddos are teenagers now but they loved these cups. We put them in the bath tub and they’d play for quite awhile, dumping water from one cup to another or stacking them on the sideof the tub. I used them through 5 kids and everyone of them loved them!
Nesting cups are a must in our house!
Metal Trucks have always been a fan favorite at our house!
we love jumpers!!
The play farm, play slide, and play tunnel are my favorites! We love toys that encourage physically active play!
Scout was a favorite for my children when they were this young. While Scout is no longer played with, he is still in my home! My child (while too old to play with him) will not let him go!
The bath letters and numbers are amazing!!! Fun in the tub, educational, teething, and my kids played with these for years and years!
My son loves trucks!
The play farm is my favorite.
Love the bow and arrow for kids!!
The brights starts links are so simple but were a favorite of my son at that age. I’m going to need to get some more for next baby!
I love the Hape pound and tap bench with xylophone! This would be perfect for my grand nephew.
My kids are past this age now, but we had so many of them back when they were younger! They all 3 loved the baby Einstein musical player as infants as well as the Scout dog. My youngest hated being in snow, but once we got him a plastic snow shovel, he’d go outside and shovel snow for the longest time!
My son would love so many of these! The Dimple toy may be my favorite.
I might put that tunnel on my 2yr olds list!
My girls love their tunnel! A few years later and they are almost too big to fit through it!
Love that Dimpl toy (#18), it’s on my list for my almost 1 year old!
I know my little guy would LOVE the slide!
Vtech rhyme and discover book is top choice. Hours of play!! 🙂
So many tried and true favorites on here! My girls still play with their strollers and shovels at 5 and 8 years old.
So many great choices! And honestly, so many great memories of fun toys my kids loved as littles (now 2 in college and 1 in high school). Love the stacking cups, the farm and the dump truck.
I really like all of the toys. If I was a new mom, I would enjoy the Ocean jumper
Gotta love the Tonka dump ;truck. We had one for our boys and have one for our grandson.
The play farm! I spent so many hours playing with one when I was little…
We love a tunnel and the xylophone is a hit. Intrigued by the submarine spray station for the bathtub.
I love that you are doing these gift guides! Thank You!
I would love gift #4 The Tonka Truck!
My favorite item today is the baby’s first blocks. When my kids were little, they had the version you could buy from Tupperware that was shaped as a ball and LOVED it! I love that it is an educational toy (shapes and colors) as well as fun!
The dimpl is a huge hit at our house!
Love the play farm!!
Inflatable bounce animal looks really fun.
Stackable cups…such a simple idea but played with tons!! And no batteries needed!
My little mamas would LOVE the baby stroller. But, they’d also love that inflatable dinosaur or slide. . . .which might keep us from losing our stuff this winter when indoor playgrounds/museums/preschool playtimes are not an option. 😩
The inflatable bounce toy is great! I got one for my nephew for his 1st birthday and he loves it!
Lots of good ones! The travel shape sorter is cute and a great idea!
Thank you so much for these gift ideas! I have a newborn and a 2.5 year old. My favorite is the baby doll stroller – this would be right up my daughter’s alley!
The bath letters and numbers are alwaysfun. They make good gifts too. Keep a set at home for niece and nephew sleep overs.
The bouncy toy or the snow shovel. My kids love anything that makes them move.
Scout was my kid’s favorite toy.
I love the good old fashioned dump truck! Never goes out of style!
Great list! Looking forward to getting the Baby Einstein jumper soon for my little one. She loves her Take Along tunes.
Love that tunnel! Looks perfect for my little one.
My boys loved playing with stacking cups. That set would be my pick!
Kind of hard to chose a favorite on these as there are some great gifts, and our family had several of these items when my kids were this age. But, I’m partial to the farm set. That’s my favorite.
Love these gift guides so much! The play farm is adorable and would be perfect for my nephew who loves all things animals!
I love #16, the cups. So many uses, small, and no batteries! And good for past age 2.
Bounce toy! Or the submarine bath toy. My son loves being in the water! Such great ideas!
The bath letters are my favorite. They don’t make a mess like bath crayons!
My little one would love the submarine bath toy.
As a pediatric Speech Pathologist, my favorite toys for this age are ones that do not speak for the children. I love cause and effect toys and toys that make the little ones use their imagination and their own words.
Wow! So many good ideas! I love your gift guides. I like the LeapFrog My Pal Scout because music is an important part of my life. Or the Inflatable Bounce Toy – pure fun!
We love the water wow books- they are great for traveling!
The push around buggy is adorable – perfect for the grandchild
I love the First Years Stack Up Cup Toys!!!
The dimple looks so fun! I wish I knew about that one when my kids were tiny!
This is the perfect gift guide for my 1 year old niece! Might have to get the push buggy or xylophone!
Number 7 is my favorite. We had one when my son was 2 and he loved playing in it.
So many good toys! Since I have a grandson who would live in the water if he could, #11, the Submarine Spray Station would be perfect for us.
Wow! Some of these my 5 year olds still play with! Some great toys!
My girl loves her metal dump trunk! She puts all her stuff animals in it a shuttles them around. Sometimes our cat even lets her push him around. We bought two so she has her outside truck and inside truck.
Planning on getting the tunnel for my granddaughter! Also love the Dimple, a good purse toy.
Love the slide idea! Especially during the indoor months
I would love to have the baby stroller for my classroom.
My kids are 11 and 14 now but when they were little they LOVED the Melissa and Doug puzzles!
I LIKE THE BABYS FIRST BLOCKS AS IT WILL MAKE THEIR MOBILITY AND SENSORY TO FIQURE OUT WHERE THE PIECES GO.
Lots of links are my favorite – I used them for my kids and now for my grandkids!!!
Doll strollers are the best. Ours are used daily to cart around dolls, plushies, pillows, toys.. They can be shopping carts, cars, strollers, rocket ships…
Pal Scout was my favorite, its interactive and allows you to customize with the childs name!
We love the Baby Einstein Music toy for our little girl when she was born! She still loves it and she just turned two!
Melissa and Doug: Water WOW is my favorite gift for toddlers. We use them all the time in the car and before dinner. It’s a gift socking stuffer idea. Thanks for sharing!
My daughter had something similar to #8 growing up. She loved the animal sounds.
My 9 month old (and 6 and 8 year olds) would LOVE the xylophone. And I’m sure I wouldn’t mind too much the music they made. 🤪
Baby Einstein tunes was the greatest toy for my baby up to about 4 years! It played perfect music for my daughter to twirl to for many years 😊
BABY’S FIRST BLOCKS
Can go wrong with something educational that doesn’t need batteries.
The jumper was always a favorite when our kids were little!
I love the bath toy ideas! The splash submarine looks like it would be a big hit!
Sound puzzle!
I love so many of the ideas! I think the play tube would be great.
Tonka trucks are the best! My boys played with those for hours in the dirt and sand building roads and hauling dirt.
There are so many of these that would be fun for them to play with. I think my favorite is the play farm. Lots of imaginative play can be done with this one.
The play tunnel for sure. My big almost 7, 3 year old and 11 year old dog get a kick out of ours!
We love all of these but I’m especially excited about the travel-friendly WOW water notebooks and the snow shovel. My toddler is in full domestic mimicry mode and he will love helping outside this winter.
The water wow’s were a favorite of my girls and the play tunnel looks really fun and easy to store is always a plus!
We love little doll strollers! My daughter is 3 and still uses her stroller to push her dolls and stuffed animals around the house. We also take it to the gym with us for an easy toy when my husband has basketball practice.
#19, I believe listening and creating your own music is a perfect way to build the little one’s imagination.
You guys did a GREAT job for this age group! I have twins who are almost 5, but when they were this age we had almost all of these! My favorite is the sound puzzles!
We love the puzzles and the Dimpl! It is surprisingly satisfying for adults too 🙂
7,9,10!!!! My littles loved these!!!!
A lot of my favorites are on this list! The tunnel was a hit with my kids and my son loves his metal dump truck. You also can’t go wrong with Melissa and Doug puzzles. 😉 Great list!
So many of these were favorites for my girls – the Hape pound and tap bench, the push buggy, the baby Einstein musical toy, water wow books, Leap Frog my pal scout! Loved them all!
I LOVE number 9 … the baby doll stroller! What little one doesn’t love a baby stroller!!
I grabbed the bath toys spray station! My 1 and 5 year old are gonna love it.
My favorite is #7, the tunnel! It folds flat so it’s easy to store. It can be used inside or out and it will be something you will use forever! My son is now 24-years-old. In the years since he’s outgrown using it, it’s been enjoyed by two cats and a great niece and nephew when they visit!
My nephew had several of the sound puzzles when he was a little younger and loved them! They started his love of puzzles.
Love all these! My kids had a lot of them! My fave would be the swing! We had hours and hours of fun with our swing!
#2 lots of links – I used these with my kidos and look forward to doing the same with my new grandson.
Love the inflatable jumpy animals! My 2 year old doesn’t stop moving so looks like the perfect activity!
My baby loves the Baby Einstein take along tunes and I like that the songs are not as annoying as most baby toys usually are!
Favorite is the Baby Einstein take along tunes. My boys loved this when they were little.
We have the metal dump truck and my littlest boy loves it. I love it because it’s sturdy and doesn’t break in five seconds.
The Take Along Baby’s first blocks is adorable and would be a great gift for my friends with littles.
Bright Start Lots of Links is by far my favorite. Aberle (my 9 year old) loved those little links. I took them with us everywhere we went. They are great for hanging toys from strollers and car seats. They are also good for learning colors and patterns.
Love the Tonka truck! Classic and you can fill it with other things!
I love the farm play set! I have seen 2 generations of kids love the set and believe that will continue to be the case.
I like gift 6, baby’s first blocks. It would be awesome to take places for activity!
The play farm is definitely my favorite and a must have for every kid!
Baby einstein take along tunes musical toy
There are so many that I wanted to pick, but if I had to choose just one I would say the baby doll stroller. My daughter is four and still plays with it. I appreciate toys that they love for years!
Love your gift guides (and your cookbooks! I have both). Thanks for hosting a giveaway.
I am becoming a Grandma for the second time with my daughter due in April 2021. I’m so glad for the suggestions – I plan to get the Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes Musical Toy for her for Christmas because I think all babies like music (AND you promised it wasn’t annoying).
You did a great job with this list! My granddaughter is going to be 3 next month and we have quite a few of these toys! The dimple (#18) surprised us – it was a huge hit! She still plays with it now!
Thank you for sponsoring a giveaway while giving us great ideas!
The metal dump truck is such a good call. Timeless!
Those Dimples, number 18, are so much fun! My youngest used to have one (until it got lost when we moved), and I think I loved playing with it as much as he did! 😂
I have always lovevd the Baby’s first blocks sets. those are alwasy a favorite with kids
Definitely want to add to our water wow collection – we have one right now and it’s a really great long car ride activity! Also love the tunnel and big dump truck – big favorites at our house!
I absolutely LOVE the Water WOW books for my kiddos!
I always have enjoyed the VTech Rhyme and Discover Books.
1st year stack up cups are the best, especially for bath time! Love this guide, my daughter is less than a year old and we were fumbling for ideas for her first Christmas. I want to get her the inflatable bounce toy!
I added #18, the Dimple, to our 10-month old’s list. He is all about exploring items with his hands (and his mouth) and I bet this would keep him occupied!
I love the toddler swing because it is a lifesaver for the afternoon times.
My kids are 7 now, but they LOVED those colored rings when they were little! Who knew something so easy could be so entertaining!
We love the Water Wow books, and I have always wanted a play tunnel or fold up fort but we never did that.
The First Years Stack Up Cups were my girls’ favorite! They loved to stack them and then knock the over!
It’s been awhile since I had a little one, but those links were life savers! Not only did the babies chew on them but I used them to attache toys to everything! 🙂 No more picking up things up every 10 seconds!
Inflatable bounce toy. We had a red horse named “Neigh Neigh”. It was my animal loving daughter’s BFF for years.
Ha, ha. Love it!
They all look like great gifts ! Glad to see the “metal” Tonka truck on the list.
The play tunnel would be awsome for my godson. It would be hours of excitement.
I used your gift guide to make a Christmas list for both my little girls under 2 and even saved some for birthdays next year. Six of these items made their Christmas list but I think I’m most excited to see them crawling through the pop-up tube!
Yeah!!
Play farm
As an early childhood professional, I have watched children play with these types of toys. I would say that the Inflatable Bounce Toy is a hit with the children and also my favorite to watch them play on. Their faces light up and they get so excited to hop to get to another destination 🙂
I choose #2, my grandson has a sensory problem and he touches and feels everything, the rings would prove entertaining for him
Great idea. Thanks for the comment, LaNee.
My kids ( now all teens) had a play tunnel. They all loved it! And I was surprised it survived all of them!
Same here! Thanks for commenting, Jennifer.
The Water Wow books are a huge hit in this house with my 4 year old and 1 year old. PERFECT car activity!!
Good to know. Thanks, Jessica!
The Water Wow books are some of our faves in our house. Good for quiet play and to take on the road!!
I like suggestion #7, the play tunnel! It can be easily compacted, allows for physical fun for kids and provides for lots of fun and giggles. 🙂
My older kids STILL use theirs when fort building in the basement. 🙂 Thanks for commenting, Carrie.
It’s so hard to choose my favorite but the water wow books are amazing!
I know, right? The Water Wow books are always a hit.
Love the stacking cups!
A classic for sure!
We love our metal dump trucks. My oldest is 13, and they are one of a few toys that have lasted through 3 kids.
My sons loved their dump trucks. Thanks for entering the giveaway!
My little guy would love the dump truck for his new sandbox!
Yes, so fun! Thanks for entering!
We have enjoyed quite a few things from this list the last couple of years (even now as a 3.5 year old!). A favorite is the Water Wow painting books. They’re so easy to do a quick art time with no mess!
Thanks for entering the giveaway.
This is a GREAT list of gift ideas. I have 7 grands and have given many of these as gifts or purchased them for “Grammie & Poppie’s” play room. Currently I am loving the Dimple, as a school counselor, ANY sensory tool is valuable!
Sweeet! thanks for entering, Lori.
We love the water wows!!! My older girls loved them and I am so excited to get some for my son now that he is interested in coloring with his sisters!
Awesome, thanks for entering, Hope.
So many good ideas here, but I would have to say the water wow books are a favorite around here! I also like taking them to families with a new baby. Keeps the other little ones busy while mama is nursing.
Thanks, Laura.
I love the play tunnel! I want to grab one for my 2 year old. Help get some energy out this winter!
Yes, my kids STILL use the one we bought when they were little to build forts in the basement. Thanks for commenting and entering.
I have 3 boys and youngest is in this age group. All of these items are perfect but #17 (bath toy letters) is a favorite. So simple but always played with.
Thanks for commenting and entering, Abby.
We’ve had that same dump truck for 7 years and it’s our favorite beach and sandbox toy!!!!