Gift Ideas for Babies and Toddlers
35 baby and toddler gift ideas for ages 0 up to 3 with Montessori toys, popular games, and top rated essentials.
Babies and toddlers are so fun to buy for at Christmas when you’re introducing the magic to them in those first early years.
There are so many absolutely adorable gift ideas out there, but the best ones are by far the baby and toddler gifts that will get a lot of use.
All of these are practical and/or wildly popular in the fun department, many being Regan’s own favorites that she still loves even at 4 years-old.
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Gifts for Babies and Toddlers Under $50
1. Melissa & Doug Jumbo Knob Wooden Puzzles
These are perfect as baby’s first puzzles with their big knobs making the pieces easy for learning hands to grasp.
Warm robes you can wrap babies in quickly fresh out of the bath are really helpful in the cold of winter. And these are so adorable. It comes in a ton of different animal and character options.
A great idea for a little bit of engineering fun in the bathtub. Toddlers can mix up the tracks and create all kinds of routes to watch the water flow through all of the mechanisms. Regan still loves hers on into preschool years!
I love this wooden rattle that’s built for longevity and has multi-sensory functions to help gross motor skill development.
The best classic set of books to start!
6. Pound and Tap Bench Xylophone
Smacking balls with a mallet and music, what’s more to love?
We love the super soft organic cotton pajamas from the Burt’s Bees line. This little orange print? Oh my heart, the sweetness!
8. Personalized Muslin Baby Blanket
These blankets are boutique quality and all of the different prints are absolutely beautiful. Without a doubt, it would be something treasured forever and ever.
9. Spike the Fine Motor Hedgehog
Such a fun game for honing fine motor skills!
10. Tinkle Crinkle Caterpillar
It’s so cute but also hits a home run in the sensory department.
11. Burt’s Bees Adjustable Baby Booties
Socks and shoes were basically impossible to keep on my girls’ feet in the baby stage. But once I discovered these? No more cold baby toes in winter! They stay put and are super warm.
This one is great if you have hard floors and need a soft spot for playtime. I love its portability and the pop-up sides that keep toys from rolling away.
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Gifts for Babies and Toddlers Under $50
13. Mega BLOKS
The classic set for strengthening builder brains!
14. Crayola Easy Clean Fingerpaint
Super washable non-toxic paint with a painting pad to keep the paper in place.
15. NogginStik
This little rattle lights up and has different textures with a mirror on the bottom making it great for tummy time all the way up toddlerhood.
16. Musical Llama
First of all, this llama is so sweet but the best part is it has 5 musical instruments built in.
The great thing about this cube isn’t just the teaching about classical music and instruments. It’s volume control! Hallelujah! A musical baby toy that has a quiet setting! It’s the little things, right?
18. Creative Minds Plush Basket of Babies
These squishy lovey babies teach little ones from the very beginning about the importance of diversity with six culturally diverse dolls. Their size, shape, and texture make them the perfect first baby dolls from the infant stage and up.
I love this buggy as a push walker for babies on through toddlerhood as a ride-on toy. And it has 17 interactive features they can explore.
Give this floor mat along with baby’s first toy cars for lots of pretend play.
21. Jellycat Bunny
Regan has three Jellycats and has insisted on toting them everywhere and sleeping with them every single night basically from the time she was born. They are the perfect amount of floppy for all the snuggles.
I love a toy that’s practical but also pretty enough to set on a shelf like a piece of decor!
This ark is bright, colorful, and a cute way to load animals up two-by-two, well suited for role play.
24. Wobbly Penguin
An instant favorite great for tummy time and developing hand-eye coordination with soothing tinkling sounds as it wobbles.
We love all of the Honest baby soaps at our house! And everything else they make for that matter.
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Splurge-Worthy Gifts for Babies and Toddlers
This memory organizer would make a great gift for a newborn baby at Christmas with drawers, vertical files, and labels to hang onto precious memories.
This reason this baby play gym is heads above all of the others? It turns into a play tent for toddlers! So it lasts much longer with way more use than your average play gym.
Our girls have loved their Anywhere Chair so much, we’ve bought bigger ones for them as they’ve grown.
These dolls are so beautifully handmade and come in a bunch of different characters, but the best part is each doll purchased gives back by providing 10 meals to children in need.
5. 4-in-1 Grow Along Activity Walker
This toy can transition from infant floor play to a push walker to encourage first steps. After toddlers have mastered walking, you can turn it into a shopping cart or baby doll stroller!
6. Melissa & Doug Grocery Cart
The best little shape sorter that also includes puzzles and promotes imagination.
7. Radio Flyer 3-in-1 Collapsible Wagon
Great for folding up in the car on the go that fits toddlers always the way up to 5 years.
8. Baby Jumper
The design of this baby jumper support’s baby’s spine with an embracing saddle seat unlike others out there.
I think I owe ANY sleep I got in the first year of Regan’s life to this little machine. We’ve tried several other sound machines, but this one is worth every penny. We still use it and love it.
For 4 month olds up to 2 years, this activity center is above the rest because it can turn into a play table in the older years. Plus, I like that it’s pretty and not overstimulating.
Free or Almost Free Baby and Toddler Gift Ideas
- Make a Baby’s First Christmas ornament. Or put an ornament hanger on baby’s first pair of shoes.
- Make a DIY baby bib using scrap fabric.
- Make a DIY no-sew baby blanket.
- Make a DIY sock monkey using a pair of clean socks.
See more DIY gift ideas here and cheap gift ideas here.
