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Top toddler toys 🧸
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items If you're a mom looking for Christmas ideas, or someone buying for a little one and not sure where to start - these are my recommendations based on the amount of use it gets by my 2 year old.
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Pretend play
Building
Physical play
Drawing/creativity
anything else!
Pretend play
Fostering the imagination with toys the little ones love
The Barbie little people sets have been my daughter’s fave “carry them everywhere” toy for quite some time. Ice cream Barbie for the win
Fisher-Price Little People Barbie DreamHouse
This is a more recent purchase for us as our daughter has been wanting to help out while we are cooking, and she absolutely loves it. I feel safe letting her actually help me cut veggies and she feels independent!
Montessori Kitchen Tools for Toddlers (13pcs)
Our daughter got this one for Christmas and she loves fishing out the little toys with us. I love all wooden toys, and we can help her learn her numbers too!
FLITI Wooden Magnetic Fishing Game for Kids
Melissa and Doug toys are a household fave, and this one in particular our daughter has been obsessed with. She loves the little candles and frostings you can stick on top!
Melissa & Doug Birthday Party Cake Set
I know stickers are our nemesis as parents, but these ones are reusable and we love being able to switch out and customize the dollies :)
Melissa & Doug Dress-Up Sticker Pad
These toys were more recently introduced when my mother brought out my old LPS toys for the kids to play with. My daughter LOVES them, and is getting to the stage where she is starting to pretend play and loves the different animals and playsets. Of ...
Littlest Pet Shop - Winter Besties Set
Building
I think building toys have been my daughter's favourite from the moment she could pick them up.
If I’m being so honest, I personally love playing with these and my daughter enjoys it too! Will be getting more asap
Magnetic Building Tiles Set for Kids 3+
This has been a favourite toy for well over a year and is still played with daily. You cannot go wrong with duplo!
Lego DUPLO Classic Brick Box Building Set - Features Storage Organizer, Toy Car, Number Bricks, Build, Learn, and Play, Great Gift Playset for Toddlers, Boys, and Girls Ages 18+ Months, 10913
Physical play
Physical play is so important, and while it is not necessary to buy structures and you could just play outside and use public spaces, it is sooo handy during rainy days/cold winters to have some indoor options at home, or outdoor additions for your b...
This was a totally random Winners purchase but it’s a lovely indoor toy to have! It’s made so well that I actually use it pretty often, we use it as a seat or to practice balance or do a little seesaw. We love our kinderfeets 🫶🏼
Kinderfeets Wooden Balance Board - Bamboo
This is not the exact set we have, but having this has been amazing. Our daughter has used it from about 10 months old and still uses it daily, she’s a climber!
7-Piece Soft Foam Climbing Blocks Set
I was unable to find the one we actually have as we purchased it secondhand (which I totally recommend especially for items like this), but it has the same features! A slide, climbing option, and area to hide/play underneath. These playsets are so aw...
Step2 Naturally Playful Woodland Climber
Drawing/creativity
I am a crafty girl at heart, so I love to have things on hand for my daughter to foster that creativity as much as possible.
We got this for car rides/on the go because our daughter loves to colour and draw and this is such an easy toy to throw in a bag!
Colorful Doodle Board Drawing Tablet - Pink
When my daughter started being able to hold crayons, these ones were great and so easy for her to learn with. They are also a lot more sturdy as toddlers don't tend to have delicate hands lol
Crayola Jumbo Crayons 16Count, Multicolor
This is such an affordable, easy activity for kids and toddlers (as long as they understand the concept). I love having one of these with me and just having to get her some water and let her go to town!
UGOVCWG Watercolor Painting Book, 5 Pack Paint with Water Colouring Books, Pocket Watercolor Painting Book for Artist, Beginning, Students
anything else!
some odds and ends that I may not have enough of at the moment to make its own category, but are still very much worth mentioning :)
I have had these in my bathtub for over a year and our daughter still loves to pour the water down and switch the order of the cups to watch how the water falls!
Munchkin Falls Baby and Toddler Bath Toy
Melissa and Doug just make some of the best toys, and lately we have been loving puzzles. It is such a great way to work on those motor skills and slow down with a screen-free activity!
Melissa & Doug 3-Puzzle Jigsaw Set - Dinosaurs