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Looking for gift ideas for a special one-year-old in your life? This list is filled with fun and entertaining gifts that are sure to please a one-year-old child. Having a one-year-old child myself, I see firsthand the toys and gifts that interest my toddler the most. This gift idea list is made with my one-year-old in mind. In fact, she has several of these toys, and thoroughly enjoys playing with each one of them. On this list, you will find a wide price range to suit your needs best, as well as different types of gifts. You can click on the picture or the “check it out” button to view the item and its price.
Building Toy Gift Ideas
Melissa & Doug Wooden Blocks
Melissa & Doug Wooden Blocks – Every child should experience the fun and simple joy that comes from a set of wooden building blocks. This set of blocks is extremely sturdy with smooth edges. A one-year old can begin learning how to stack blocks with this large set. A special perk of these wooden blocks is the wooden storage tray that it comes in.
Mushie Stacking Cups
Mushie Stacking Cups – These stacking cups are the perfect introduction to stacking for a one-year-old. Each cup comes in an aesthetically pleasing color and has a cute design on the base. The Mushie stacking cups are BPA-free and made in Denmark.
Jaxx Zipline Kids Modular Loveseat
Jaxx Zipline Kids Modular Loveseat – This child’s loveseat is a lot more than just a couch. The pieces can be rearranged to make whatever their heart desires. A one-year-old will love playing on the cushions. The cushions have removable and washable covers to easily clean up messes that will inevitably happen. The Jaxx loveseat is made in the USA.
Busy Toy Gift Ideas
Green Toys Watering Can
Green Toys Watering Can – This watering can is a bundle of fun for a one-year-old. Let your one-year-old help out with watering the flowers and other plants with this perfectly sized watering can. This toy is made with durable, BPA-free plastic and produced in the USA.
Melissa & Doug Cleaning Set
Melissa & Doug Cleaning Set – Toddlers love to help clean. With this set, your child will be able to help with the dusting, sweeping, and mopping! What a fun way to get your toddler used to helping you tidy up.
Green Toys Wagon
Green Toys Wagon – This sturdy wagon is the perfect size for a one-year-old. Your toddler will be thrilled with pulling their toys around in this red wagon. This Green Toys wagon is BPA free and made in the USA.
Bath Toy Gift Ideas
Green Toys Ferry Boat
Green Toys Ferry Boat – This ultra-durable ferry boat makes bath time a blast. Forget toys that break in a matter of days. The BPA-free plastic ferry is so tough, it can put up with the heavy use a one-year-old can give it. No more moldy bath toys, the blue-and-white ferry is adorable to play with and easy to keep clean with its simple to take apart design. It even has a ramp for the cars to drive up and down, and the boat floats great. Made in the USA.
Munchkin Arctic Polar Bear
Munchkin Arctic Polar Bear – Let your little one practice their aim and their colors with this cute polar bear bath toy. The polar bear floats on its back while your toddler stacks or tosses the rings onto its legs. Learning in the bath tub is so much fun!
Green Toys Tugboat
Green Toys Tugboat – This tugboat is very entertaining to fill up with water and pour it out. It floats on the water just as it should and is very easy to take apart once bath time is over. This toy is made with durable BPA-free plastic in the USA.
Book Gift Ideas
Goodnight Gorilla Book
Goodnight Gorilla Book – One of my daughter’s favorite books is “Goodnight Gorilla.” This book is sweet and simple. Most of the story comes from the pictures instead of the words. There are a lot of fun details hidden in the pictures. This book is sure to be a hit!
Curious George at the Zoo Touch & Feel Book
Curious George at the Zoo Touch & Feel Book – What child doesn’t love Curious George? To make it even better, this book has touch and feel pages. Turn reading time into sensory play with this exciting book.
Little Excavator Book
Little Excavator Book – This book is a very sweet story about a little excavator who tries to help but is just too small. In the end, the little excavator is able to complete a task that the big rigs are unable to do. “Little Excavator” is a fun to read book with a great life lesson for your little one.
Activity Gift Ideas
Toddler Busy Board
Toddler Busy Board – A toddler busy board is a great way to, well, keep a toddler busy. With latches, a buckle, and a clock, this exciting board will help keep your one-year-old engaged and learning how things work.
Melissa & Doug Water Wow!
Melissa & Doug Water Wow! – These reusable Water Wow! books are so entertaining! You simply fill up the brush with water and let your toddler “paint” away. The scene comes to life once painted with water and returns to black-and-white once dry. Your child can enjoy this toy over and over again.
Wooden Rocking Horse
Wooden Rocking Horse – A rocking horse is an extra fun way for your toddler to use up some of their seemingly endless energy. A rocking horse will certainly grow with your one-year-old, from just a rocking device to imaginative play.
Cuddle Gift Ideas
Elephant Lovey
Elephant Lovey – Give your child a snuggly lovey with this adorable little elephant. Oftentimes, children will make a lovey their special item that they must always have. This lovey is the perfect cozy gift.
Melissa & Doug Twin Dolls
Melissa & Doug Twin Dolls – These twin dolls are a great way to introduce babies to a toddler. A one-year-old will love taking care of their babies and will especially enjoy the eyes that open and close.
Cuddle + Kind Avery the Lamb
Cuddle + Kind Avery the Lamb – This Cuddle + Kind doll is just one of many different snuggly animals that Cuddle + Kind offers. Avery the lamb is handcrafted in Peru and comes with a birthday for your child to help celebrate. Cuddle + Kind donates ten meals to hungry children for every doll purchased. This snuggly, cuddly lamb is sure to be an instant favorite.
One-year-old Gifts
Shopping for children can be so much fun. I hope you found the perfect gift idea on this list. What are your toddler’s favorite toys?
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