1 year old Gift Guide : Updated Holiday 2022

My 1 year old gift guide is geared toward brand-new 1 year olds. 1 year olds feel like they are all over the place. Your little baby is starting to role play, perfecting fine motor skills, and learning to talk and make sense of the world around them! I did my best to give ideas for all the different interests of these little ones!

With over 80 ideas on my 1 year old gift guide, you will find lots of fun and learning presents that your little will love long after the holiday season is over! Gift Ideas your young toddler will love to play and learn with including open-ended toys, dramatic play, building toys and so many books and puzzles!
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My 1-year-old gift guide was actually fairly easy to compile!

Shopping for kid number two is a little different than your first. Most of the things you NEED you probably still have, not to mention lots of stuff you probably don’t NEED…

For the 1 year old gift guide, I took the opportunity to alter our baby/ young toddler toy selection. When Bitty was this age I was JUST starting to figure out how to implement more Montessori in our home. I have since learned a lot more and I am hoping to use that knowledge to select toys and items that are simpler and offer just the right kind of challenges!

I created my 1 year old gift guide to cover all the basics I could think of for a young toddler who spends the majority of their time at home. I am in no way suggesting you NEED all of the items I list below I am nearly listing our personal favorites that have stood the test of time or our wish list items. Hopefully, this sparks some ideas for your own 1 year old’s wish list!

Looking for a different Age?

With over 80 ideas on my 3 year old gift guide, you will find lots of fun and learning presents that your little will love long after the holiday season is over! Gift Ideas for your little preschooler will love to play and learn with including open ended toys, dramatic play, building toys and so many books and puzzles!
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3 YEAR OLDS

Holiday shopping can get tricky for parents when you are often, not only shopping for what you are going to gift your kids but often having to find ideas for friends and family to gift as well. My 2 year old gift guide is sure to give you at least a couple of good ideas to pass on to grandma and keep everybody happy!
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2 YEAR OLDS

From the beginnings of role-play to fine motor to building and gross motor. With more than 50 ideas in total, my 1 year old gift guide has plenty of ideas to inspire lots of play-based learning for the young toddler in your home!
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FREE PLAY TOYS

Babydoll – soft body or hard body – _{^{we are going with a full hard body so that it will sit and but a full soft body would be great for cuddling!}}
Object Permanence Box
Stuffed Animals Wild Republic
Dimple toy
Ball Run – ^{_{lots of options on the market, I would go larger and sturdier so your 1 year old can stand with it without it tipping over}}
Smartmax Sounds and Senses Rattles – ^{_{your baby’s first magnetic building pieces}}
Wooden Drum – ^{_{any musical instrument would be fun but you know how they like to hit things. lol}}
Play Food – ^{_{the color sorting set would be great for learning activities and the Mealtime set would be great for role play}}
Hide and Squeak Eggs – ^{_{I don’t understand it but miss Bean LOVES this thing.}}

FINE MOTOR & PUZZLES

InnyBin
Galt Pop up Toy
Coin Box
Haba Pallet of Pegs
Hide & Seek Board – _{^{these doors are so much fun and the magnets are great for sorting and matching}}
Latches Board – _{^{your 1 year old won’t be able to do the latches for quite some time. but this board bought us SO much sanity on car trips and its great fine motor practice too!}}
Shape Sorter – _{^{be careful here. Keep it as SIMPLE as you can. Too many shape sorters have too many blocks and shapes and holes and it totally overwhelms them.}}
Stacking Cups – ^{_{any stacking cups would be great but I love these wooden ones}}
Single shape puzzles – ^{_{isolating skills and work on one at a time until more challenge is needed}}
Nest and Stack Cubes – ^{_{these are made of cardboard so are prone to damage. Just an FYI.}}
Knobbed Circle puzzle – ^{_{the progression of shape puzzle after single shapes are mastered}}
Chunky Puzzles

GROSS MOTOR

Radio Flyer Walker Wagon – _{^{make sure it’s sturdy and won’t tip easily. Also rubber wheels.}}
Ride-on Toy – _{^{again make sure it’s sturdy and won’t tip easy!}}
Pikler Triangle – _{^{seriously the BEST for burning energy and teaching your 1 year old about body awareness!}}
Slide
Crawl and Climb set/nugget
Pull along puppy

STOCKING STUFFERS

Pacifiers – _{^{whatever flavor your 1 year old prefers. Glow in the dark was a game-changer for us!}}
Teethers – _{^{OR just get a pack of silicone straws. Trust me you’ll thank me when those molars start to come in!}}
Play silks
Animal figures – _{^{go with the larger ones right now and a few from a specific biome. Think Farm or Safari or Ocean}}
Toothbrush – _{^{There is a good chance that your 1 year old has teeth and will be getting more and the time to start brushing was like yesterday so start now and build a good habit.}}
Grippy booties – _{^{you may be walking already or will be soon so grippy are key and I love how well these stay on their feet!}}