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Top Toys for kids ages 1-3
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items These are the best toys I have come across for ages 1-3. They promote development but are also fun and engaging!
Sections
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Water Play
Motor Skill Development Play
Educational Toys
Play Structures
Musical Play
Art Attack
Water Play
Splash and play with these water focused toys
These are some of my favourite toys for ages 1-3. They promote development, while also being fun and engaging. Help make playtime enjoyable and educational!
Larlifestylez Best Toys for Kids 1-3
Entertain your tots for hours with this interactive water play structure. Great sensory play. Can fill with water, sand, or goop! Multiple kids can play and share at the same time.
Step2 Rain Showers Splash Pond Water Table
Fun waterfall toy for entertaining your toddler while they bathe, or you can set this up outside in the yard!
Nuby Wacky Waterworks Pipes Bath Toy
A fun and educational splash pad. Different colours, letters, and numbers all while you splash and play. It grows with your child.
SplashEZ 3-in-1 Splash Pad & Sprinkler
Motor Skill Development Play
This section is for toys that promote fine and gross motor skills in our little ones. They will learn through play with these toys.
Learn to drop the ball at the top of the tower and watch it go all the way down!
Kidoozie Ball Drop | Toddler Learning Tower
Helps to develop fine motor skills, learn colours, and learn counting!
Spike The Fine Motor Hedgehog, 14 Pieces
Helps children build fine motor skills, encourages independent play, and teaches them about food.
SKYFIELD Montessori Wooden Garden Toy for Toddlers
Good option for soft blocks, cannot hurt themselves with these. They can get creative as they learn to build different shapes.
34 Jumbo Large Foam Blocks for Toddlers
Helps promote creativity and imagination as they learn to build. Helps develop motor skills.
MEGA BLOKS First Builders 80-Piece Set
This is a great fine motor skill development toy. Your child can push different poppers, and it is double sided. I love taking this on the go for car rides.
LiKee Fidget Popper Sensory Toy for Toddlers
So many pages of different objects to explore and interact with. Easy to take on the go.
Esjay Toddler Busy Board - Blue Dinosaur
Educational Toys
These toys are very educationally based. Whether you're wanting your kiddo to learn words, sounds, or shapes, these toys can help with that.
Learn words with these talking flash cards
Talking Flash Cards for Kids - 240 Words
This is a great toy for learning. It teaches sounds and words with four different games/activities
LeapFrog Get Ready for Phonics Spin and Learn
Explore and learn with this interactive cube.
VTech Busy Learners Activity Cube, Multicolor
Play Structures
This section is all about different play structures. Your kiddo can learn to climb, slide, balance, etc. These toys will also help to entertain your little one and burn off some energy.
Want to tire out your tot? This 7-in-1 climber will help you with that! My one year old loves climbing, sliding, and rocking on this set.
BlueWood 7-in-1 Pikler Triangle Climber Set
Kids can get creative with building all types of forts with these! Soft, durable, and safe for kids to play with.
Yourigami Kids Play Castle Couch Add-On
Soft, durable, and safe for your baby to explore in. Allows for a great sensory play experience.
SHJADE Foam Ball Pit, 47.2"x13.8" for Kids
This set provides endless entertainment. It includes a ball pit, basketball hoop, tunnels, and games. Can be used inside or outside.
Playz 5pc Kids' Tents & Tunnels Set
Kids can work on balance and sensory play as the pads are all different textures. Create your own path, the floor is lava!
B. Toys Balance Beam Set for Kids
Musical Play
Music and songs can teach our little ones so much. These toys are all musically based.
Baby's first musical set! I love the variety of instruments it comes with. My baby loves to play independently making music!
Montessori Wooden Musical Instruments Set
This cactus can dance along to music, and imitate sounds and words
Dancing Talking Cactus Toy for Kids - 120 Songs
Your baby's very own piano. This piano is more life-like than the other piano play mats.
Baby Einstein Hape Magic Touch Piano Toy
This piano play mat can be stepped on to play, or used by their hands.
M SANMERSEN 39.5" Piano Mat for Toddlers
This has 3 different instruments in one! A great music set up for your little one.
3 in 1 Baby Musical Piano Xylophone Drum Set
Baby's first guitar! Learn how to hold the guitar and press buttons for fun music.
VTech Zoo Jamz Tiger Rock Guitar, Orange
This book is filled with music and rhymes. Your baby can sing along and explore this book.
VTech Musical Rhymes Book, Pink
Art Attack
Although arts and crafts are a blast, little ones (1-3) can make quite a mess! These are some safter art options if you don't want your couch or walls painted.
This is a great no mess option for learning to draw and create.
Kikidex Magnetic Drawing Board for Toddlers
This is a great no mess way for baby and toddler to learn how to color!
Crayola Bluey Color Wonder Set, 18 Pages
Mess free and fun drawing pad that you can take on the go.
Teriph 8.5" LCD Writing Tablet for Kids
Mess free drawing and doodling for little ones. You don't have to worry about clean up or drawing on the walls.
Water Doodle Mat - Kids Painting Toy
Toys for movement
These toys are all about play through movement
Baby's first bike! Your baby can use their feet to balance and move themselves around!
allobebe Baby Balance Bike for Toddlers
My one year old loves this rocker! It has safety straps to buckle up your little one and is made of soft fabric.
FUNLIO Unicorn Baby Rocking Horse for Toddlers
Easily push your little one along while out on a walk. This trike transforms to be ridden independently as well.
newyoo 4 in 1 Toddler Tricycle, White TR007
Let your kiddo take the wheel with this ride on push car.
Step2 Whisper Ride II Push Toy Car, Pink
This scooter can be sat on and ridden, or stood on when your kiddo is a bit older.
Radio Flyer Scoot 2 Scooter, Red, Ages 1-4
What child doesn't want their own tractor to drive.
John Deere Sit 'N Scoot Activity Tractor
Baby's first vehicle. This scoot along car will provide endless amounts of fun outdoors or indoors.
Little Tikes Fairy Cozy Coupe - Amazon
Sport Play
This section is all about sports and activities for your little one.
The best first golf set for your toddler. Non toxic and durable plastic. They can learn the basics and have fun playing at the same time.
Liberry Toddler Golf Set for Ages 1-5 (Pink)
Teach your kiddo how to bat with this helpful batting tee set up.
Franklin Sports Kids Baseball Batting Tee Set
Cute bath time toy. Baby can shoot hoops in the tub.
ENTHUR Bath Toy Basketball Hoop & Balls Set
This has a combo of different sports. Shoot hoops, play soccer, or press different buttons on this fun sport center.
VTech Smart Shots Sports Center - Yellow