If you’re looking for the best gifts for 1 to 2 year olds, you can find lots of educational and fun ideas here. A toddler that enjoys singing or dancing will likely love a toy related to music. A toy that encourages gross motor skills is a better choice for a very active toddler that loves running up and down all day. The list below is separated in categories to make your life easier.
That said, it’s handy to remember it’s usually easy to make a toddler happy with an empty box, cardboard tubes (like kitchen or toilet rolls), an egg carton or many other items we have at home. Using some crayons they can have fun decorating it, or maybe they can put blocks in and out of them, try to build a tower… Let their imagination flow!
Second-hand shops or charity shops also have tons of cute toys and items they would surely love as a gift. Plus we help the environment by reusing those toys and giving them a new home.
But if you are looking for a handy list of best gifts for 1 to 2 year olds, this is it:
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Best gifts for 1 to 2 year olds
Fine motor skills
Galt Toys Classic Pop-Up Toy (one of our favourites! So funny) (UK link / US link)
Shape Size Sorting (Carrots) (UK link / US link)
Wooden cheese and mousse toy (UK link / US link)
Melissa & Doug Wooden Shape Sorter (UK link / US link)
Stack & Learn Geometric Shapes (UK link / US link)
Hide and Squeak Eggs (too cute, favourite at home too!) (UK link / US link)
Melissa & Doug Wooden Peg Puzzles (UK link / US link)
Grimm’s rainbow (UK link / US link)
Grimm’s Seven Friends in Seven Bowls (UK link / US link)
Grimm’s Conical Tower (UK link / US link)
Grimm’s Stacking Bowls (UK link / US link)
Montessori Coin Box (UK link / US link)
Movement and gross motor skills
Pikler triangle, sliding board and Pikler arch (UK link / US link)
Gradual Balance Bike & Tricycle (UK link / US link)
Toddler Indoor Trampoline (UK link / US link)
Gonge River Stepping Stones (UK link / US link)
Little Tikes First Slide (UK link / US link)
Pop Up Play Tunnel (UK link / US link)
Walk Along Wooden Dog Toy (UK link / US link)
Dance Scarves (UK link / US link)
Soft play (UK link / US link)
Micro Mini scooter (UK link / US link)
Kids Wagon Wheelbarrow and Gardening Tools (UK link / US link)
Toddler Watering Can (UK link / US link)
Sand and Water Table with Lid and Accessories (outdoors favourite!) (UK link / US link)
Arts and crafts
3D Coloured Stickers for Toddlers (UK link / US link)
My First Easy Grip Jumbo Crayons (Crayola) (UK link / US link)
My First Washable Markers (Crayola) (UK link / US link)
Self Adhesive Foam Shapes for Crafts (UK link / US link)
Finger paints, safe and non-toxic (UK link / US link)
Drawing paper roll (UK link / US link)
Giant chunky chalks (UK link / US link)
Music
Wooden Percussion Musical set (UK link / US link)
Little Children’s Music book (Usborne Noisy Book) (UK link / US link)
Baby Einstein Magic Touch Piano (UK link / US link)
Xylophone with Music Sheets (UK link / US link)
Wooden rainbow sound blocks (our favourite!) (UK link / US link)
Books
Search and find book in English and Spanish (I’m the author!) (UK link / US link)
Search and find book in English and French (UK link / US link)
My first 100 words (by Roger Priddy) (UK link / US link)
Guess how much I love you (by Sam McBratney) (UK link / US link)
Ten little fingers, ten little toes (by Mem Fox) (UK link / US link)
Dear zoo (by Rod Campbell) (UK link / US link)
The very hungry caterpillar (by Eric Carle) (UK link / US link)
Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? (by Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle) (UK link / US link)
Where does pig live? (by Roger Priddy) (UK link / US link)
Say Goodnight to the Sleepy Animals (by Ian Whybrow) (UK link / US link)
Role play
Mrs Potato Head Classic (UK link / US link)
Melissa & Doug Bear Family Dress up Puzzle (our favourite!) (UK link / US link)
Folding Doll Buggy (UK link / US link)
Wooden Toolbox (UK link / US link)
Playmobil 1-2-3 Airport Shuttle Bus with People and Luggage (UK link / US link)
Playmobil 1-2-3 Family Home (UK link)
Wooden Kitchen with Accessories (UK link / US link)
Melissa & Doug Wooden Food (another favourite!) (UK link / US link)
Have you already decided? Do you have any other amazing gift ideas for 1 to 2 year olds? Leave a comment below to help other parents or carers!
