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Gift Ideas for the Littles
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items Curated lists of gift ideas for all age groups. Included are fun, educational, and STEM favorites!
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Baby-Newborn to Age 1
Toddler ages 2-4
Kiddos Aged 5-8
Kids age 8+
Baby-Newborn to Age 1
The best toys for your tiny one to help stimulate sensory development and develop fine motor skills.
Ignite little adventurers’ curiosity with a collection of animal- and nature-themed toys.
National Park Baby Gift Sets | Uncommon Goods
Stuff a shirt inside this sloth to soothe baby with the scent of a loved one.
Scent Memory Stuffable Sloth
With rattle beads in one and a jingle bell in the other, baby can explore different sounds while learning hand-eye coordination and building motor skills.
Itzy Mini Maracas™ Musical Maraca and Rattle Set
Features multiple soft fabric textures and ribbons for sensory exploration and promotes self-soothing.
Sweetie Snuggles™ Plush
Develop hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills with our adorable Itzy Sensory Scarves. Includes 4 soft scarves with learning features including animals, numbers, colors, and textures.
Itzy Sensory Play Scarves
A musical infant soother with 25+ minutes of music and ocean sounds. Attaches to crib rails and baby can turn on themselves. Also comes with a remote control.
Baby Einstein Sea Dreams Soother Musical Crib Toy and Sound Machine - Blue
Soft cloth blocks with different textures and sounds. Promotes fine motor skills.
HABA Soft Blocks for Babies 6-12 Months, Happy Quartett Sensory Toy Features a Unique Sound & Texture in All 4 Baby Blocks
This beautiful mobile features a variety of lullabies and nursery rhymes to keep baby entertained.
Elise Musical Mobile - Levtex Baby
4 ways to play and learn for baby to toddler. Converts from a busy board to activity table to an art easel. 3 learning levels include 135 sounds, songs, and phrases.
Laugh & Learn 4-In-1 Table To Easel
Musical light up whale features colorful lights and sounds. Helps to improve hand-eye coordination, motor skills, and sensory development.
B. toys - Musical Ball Popper - Poppity Whale Pop: Fine Motor Skills Toy with Music & Lights
Fill the mesh mini-grocery tote with a squeaking carrot, chiming milk bottle, rattling tomato, and crinkling lettuce, all featuring sweet, friendly faces.
Melissa & Doug Multi-Sensory Market Basket Fill & Spill Infant Toy
This multi-function activity mat supports motor skills, sensory exploration, and cognitive development with thoughtful interactive features such as a mirror, plush toys, rattle, crinkle, bell, fidget ribbons, and pillow.
The Peanutshell Montessori Elephant 7-in-1 Activity Play Gym & Play Mat for Baby
Two interactive features engage baby in pretend play and color learning and hone cause and effect and fine motor skills with every press and twist. Babies can learn color names in 4 different languages.
Baby Einstein Hape Learning Camera Lens Baby Toy
This adorable avocado guitar inspires mini musicians with strumming riffs, fun tunes and more!
Skip Hop Baby Musical Toy - Farmstand Rock-A-Mole Guitar
Featuring colorful illustration of farm objects and activities, this interactive activity book has a tractor print on the cover for cute style. This activity book comes complete with a plush hen toy.
Soft Activity Book - Cloud Island™ Farm
The Colorful Animals Wooden Book will engage your child—and build important milestone skills. The animal book for babies provides a sensory experience for your child to deepen learning and practice language.
Lovevery Colorful Animals Wooden Book
This plush toy is shaped like a goose with cute eyes, legs, and beak detailing for an attractive look.
Goose Plush Stuffed Animal - Gray - Cloud Island™
This interactive playmat features a quilted pattern with geometric pattern shapes such as sun, clouds, rainbow, and more.
Geometric Interactive Playmat - Cloud Island™
Pull back one of the soft vehicles--then release to see it zoom off across the floor! The action of grasping and pulling back is great for fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination; the activity of “driving” and collecting (pull, release, crawl) be...
K's Kids Pull-Back Vehicles Toy
Stack the magnetic wooden pieces atop this sturdy base to create a rocket ship! Seven-piece stacker encourages motor development, color recognition, and cause and effect learning.
Magnetic Wood Stacker Rocket
A beautiful, personalized sensory/busy book that encourages sensory exploration and quiet activity.
Personalized Crinkle Book / Busy Book for Baby – Montessori Sensory Quiet Book, Custom Name Baby Shower Gift, Travel Toy
A water friendly soft book that’s fun for bath time.
Deep Sea Dive Bath Book
Super cute sensory learning soft book.
Silly Snail Sensory Book - Best Baby Toys & Gifts for Ages ...
Little chic musical toy- part tambourine, part keyboard. Makes sound effects and plays songs.
Farmstand Feelin' Clucky Musical Tambourine Baby Toy
Sensory fun soft
book with different activities on each page.
Manhattan Toy Soft Activity Crinkle Book - Fairytale/Peek A Boo Bunny | Babylist Shop
Atom chunky bead maze, clutch toy, and board book set
KiwiCo Atom Bead Maze | Babylist Shop
Soft blocks and textured characters 10 piece set
Itzy Ritzy Itzy Blocks | Babylist Shop
6 piece sushi sorter.
Sassy Sushi Sorter | Babylist Shop
Handmade crocheted goose lovey
Little goose and mallard duck snuggler, crochet snuggler, handmade toys and gifts.
Handmade crocheted fruits and vegetables
Crochet fruit and vegetable, Crochet play food for toddler, crochet fruits basket, crochet veggies, pretend play fruits, Montessori toy
With this crate, you’ll bond with your newborn and help them discover their developing senses of vision and hearing while practicing attention and focus.
Let's Bond | Infant Activities for Development | KiwiCo Panda
Toddler ages 2-4
These recommendations are perfect to keep little hands busy and growing minds engaged. Whether you’re looking for a birthday or holiday gift, or “just because”, these are some great ideas that your toddler will love!
a collection of heartwarming three-piece puzzles they won’t be able to keep their hands off of. Each features an adorably illustrated mama from the animal kingdom gingerly cuddling her bundle of joy.
Mamas from Nature My First Puzzles Set
These colorful and versatile blocks will keep young minds engaged and inspired. The unique magnetic design allows kids to build and experiment for hours, and with their own convenient storage pouch.
Throw & Go Magnetic Wooden Travel Blocks
Little explorers can adventure through a tropical rainforest accompanied by this colorful collection of tree-dwelling finger puppets.
Jungle Jamboree Take Along Finger Puppets
On evenings when you can’t be there for bedtime, this unique book buddy is happy to narrate for you, in your own voice. Simply add a number sticker to each page of your kid’s must-read adventure, then record yourself reading it in 30-second clips.
Read to Me Recordable Book Buddy
Turn playtime into a tasty treat with edible bubbles in four ice cream–inspired flavors, making them safe and fun for kids' parties.
Ice Cream Shop Lickable Bubbles - Set of 4
Set of 8 forest-themed animal figures with cute, tree-shaped carry case for take-along pretend play.
Kids can sort each animal into its corresponding cubby in the tree.
Fisher-Price Little People 9-Piece Forest Friends Carry Case Toddler Playset
Kids can take farm animal fun wherever they go with the Take-Along Sorting Barn! Fit the 10 wooden play pieces into shaped holes in the sturdy wooden barn, or stand the pieces up for pretend play.
Take-Along Sorting Barn
Tell stories, practice routines, role play together, and encourage important life skills with popular educator Ms. Rachel! Littles will love dressing up Ms. Rachel’s friends Bean and Bunny with fun felt accessories that match each season on a four-sc...
Ms. Rachel™ What to Wear Felt Activity Board
Sturdy, pegged cars are the base for 15 colorful pieces that can be configured over and over again. When assembled, the train is over 17 inches long--children can also separate the cars to change things up or share the fun.
Stacking Train Toddler Toy
The solid wood connect-and-play building blocks are perfect manipulatives to help preschoolers two and older boost developmental skills (fine motor, problem-solving, matching, storytelling, and self-esteem), while using their imaginations and having ...
Blockables™ Farm Play Set
There are 16 wooden magnetic pieces, including ice cream scoops, toppings, cones, containers, spoons, and a scooper. For puzzle play, match the pieces to pictures on the sturdy wooden puzzle board.
Wooden Magnetic Ice Cream Puzzle & Play Set - 16 Pieces
hands-on non-electronic toy house for babies and infants. Check for mail, flip the switch up and down, open and close the door or window, and giggle as the cat pops up from the bushes. Head to the side of the house and make a butterfly friend on the ...
LeapFrog 4-in-1 Discovery House Plastic, Elastic, Fabric with Accessories, Baby and Toddler Toys
Sorting objects, matching shapes, colors, and then pictures help build the visual perception and thinking skills. Classifying and sorting activities help children to develop a range of thinking skills and build the foundations for later problem-solvi...
Best Seller: Bee Wooden Sorting Game
Adorable personalized wooden name puzzle. This educational toy also doubles as cute decor!
Personalized Wooden Name Puzzle for Kids, Montessori Toy, First Birthday Gift,Baby Boy Girl and Gift, Toddler Learning Toy, Baby Shower Gift
This is the cutest handcrafted wooden toy car garage for your little guy who loves cars!! A unique piece to hand down to future grandkids.
Montessori Toy Car Storage, Toy Garage Car Ramp, Toddler Birthday Gift, Toy Car Parking Garage, Personalized Toys for Baby Boy
Fun, screen free activity with hundreds of ‘tonies’ to choose from. Entertains kids for hours!
Toniebox 2 and How It Works | tonies®
They stick to each other and to surfaces..a fun sensory toy.
Squigz - Best Bath Toys for Ages 3 to 5
A memory game that comes with 5 double sided puzzle cards. Made from high quality wood.
Ladybug's Garden Memory Game - Best Games for Ages 3 ...
Wooden ‘makeup’ and vanity for pretend play for your little fashionista.
Pretend & Play Makeup Station - Best for Ages 3 to 5
Build tactile perception with these feel and match animal blocks.
Feel & Match Zoo - Best Early Learning Toys for Babies
Wooden beads that come with dowels and lacing string for lacing and pattern building.
Match & Sort Beads - Best Early Learning Toys for Ages 3 ...
An animal block puzzle that fits together like a jigsaw puzzle.
Animal Block Puzzle - Best Early Learning Toys for Ages 2 ...
Adorable Noah’s Ark sort and play toy.
Noah's Ark Sort & Play Set
Hamburger themed wooden play set
Wooden Toy Set
Tiny hand knit doll comes nestled in a little home. Each purchase provides 10 meals to needy children.
Tiny Olivia the honey bear
Adorable avocado guitar that plays songs and has colorful lights.
Farmstand Rock-A-Mole Guitar Baby Toy
Wooden sliceable fruit play set.
Melissa & Doug Cutting Fruit Set Wooden Play Food | Babylist Shop
Farm play mat with 10 cloth figures. Easy to take along on the go.
Melissa & Doug Take-Along Farm Play Mat | Babylist Shop
Adorable little play tent perfect for quiet time, reading, or imaginary play.
Tiny Land Play Tent | Babylist Shop
Cute ‘gone fishing’ play set with wooden fish, worms, fishing rod, and canvas bucket.
Wonder & Wise Gone Fishing Accessories | Babylist Shop
Magnetic woodland ballet animal dress up activity
Woodland Ballet Magnetic Dress-Up
Fun for kids! Felt Christmas tree that they can decorate.
Aytai DIY Felt Christmas Tree Set with Ornaments
Fun learning toy about animals
LeapFrog 100 Animals Book, Green
Kiddos Aged 5-8
Fun finds to keep their hands and minds busy
This is such a fun scavenger hunt game! There are 90 different clues so it’s something that can be played over and over again.
Scavenger Hunt for Kids, Educational Games, Kids Game, Family Games, Scavenger Coin, Kids Activitiy Kid Gifts Toddler Play Gifts under 20
Fun, screen free activity with hundreds of ‘tonies’ to choose from. Entertains kids for hours!
Toniebox 2 and How It Works | tonies®
Kids have fun creating endless tantrums with magnetic shapes. Comes with an idea booklet.
Magnetic Creation Station - Best Arts & Crafts for Ages 3 to 5
Clay sculpting kit for building dinosaurs.
Hey Clay Dinos - Best Arts & Crafts for Ages 6 to 11
Usborne books are so much fun! This book has lift-the-flaps with info on how different machines work.
See Inside How Things Work - Best Books for Ages 7 to 8
A fun paint your own garden wooden kit
Works of Ahhh Paint Your Own Cactus Garden
A marble run set that has glow in the dark marbles and provides hours of fun.
Marble Run 200 Piece Set - Best for Ages 3 to 10
Kids build their own bug terrarium
Backyard Bug Adventory Dough To Go
These are so fun-kids can color the animals and then ‘bathe’ them in the tub to remove the color.
Scribble Scrubbie Pets, Tub Playset
Waxed yarn sticks let’s kids be creative and make fun creations
CALPALMY 800 PCS Neon Wax Sticks for Kids
Kids instant print camera
Dylanto Kids Instant Print Camera 1080P Pink
Dot sticker art kit
Drama Planet Dot Sticker Art Kit for Kids
Double sided easel with bench and storage
Costway Adjustable Wooden Double-Sided Art Easel with Bench Storage Table
Interactive reading and learning activities
LeapFrog LeapStart 3D Learning System Green
Kids age 8+
Fun finds to keep their hands and minds busy
A fun activity to make 3D bugs
DJECO PAPER BUGS
A cool rock painting kit that glows in the dark
Dan&Darci Kids Glow in Dark Rock Painting Kit
Stained glass craft kit
Melissa & Doug Stained Glass Kit: Butterfly
Remote control monster truck
HNH 1:16 RC Car Remote Control Car, 60+min Monster Truck with Lights and Spray Function, All Terrain Off Road RC Monster Vehicle Truck for Kids, 2400Mah Battery