Kids birthday present ideas

Have a look at these kids birthday present ideas for your kids next birthday or for a friend's birthday party they're going along to.

Our age-specific gift guide will give you lots of birthday present ideas on toys and activities suitable for babies from birth to 12 months, 18 months to 24 months, toddlers 2 - 3 years old and pre-schoolers from 3 - 5 years old.

Some present ideas are suitable for more than one age group.
 

Kids birthday present ideas - Gifts for babies, toddlers & preschoolers

 

Present ideas for babies birth to 12 months

 

• Activity centres/play gyms
• Bath toys/bath books
• Child-safe mirror
• Mobiles
• Music - CDs, DVDs, toys with songs and rhymes
• Nest and stacking toys, cars, trains
• Picture books
• Pop up toys
• Push along baby walker
• Rattles and sound makers; wrist and foot rattles
• Stacking rings
• Things to feel and grasp; textured soft toys
• Toys such as cups to empty and fill
• Toys to bang and drum

 

Present ideas for babies 18 to 24 months

 

• Activity boards and pop-up toys with dials, knobs and buttons to manipulate
• Balls of all sizes
• Black board and pavement chalk
• Blocks/stacking toys
• Board books
• Bubbles
• Building blocks and building systems (such as Lego)
• Cars, trucks, aeroplanes
• Child size table, chairs and other furniture
• Climbing toys
• Crayons
• Doll furniture, doll buggies and doll clothing
• Dress up clothes (hats, briefcase, handbag)
• Gardening tools made for toddlers, rakes and lawnmowers
• Music to dance or move to
• Musical instruments made for toddlers like drums, shakers, tambourines and xylophones
• Non breakable mirrors
• Peg people (especially in vehicles or houses)
• Play dough or homemade clay
• Play household items like, shopping carts and telephones
• Poster paints with paintbrushes and sponges
• Pull toys
• Push toys, pram or wooden trolley with blocks
• Puzzle mat
• Ride-on toys
• Sandpit and sandpit toys
• Shape sorters
• Simple wooden jigsaw puzzles (preferably with knobs)
• Stuffed animals and dolls
• Swings and slides
• Toys and containers for filling and emptying
• Water play toys that float or squirt or can be used for pouring, filling and emptying

 

Present ideas for toddlers 2 to 3 years old

 

• A work bench or tool belt, turning and screwing toys
• Alphabet blocks, simple number and letter games, abacus, letter and number mat
• Arts and crafts materials, clay, finger and poster paints, paint brushes and sponges
• Beads or cotton spools to thread
• Bean bags and balls
• Black board and chalk
• Books with more words and longer stories
• Building bricks/building systems such as Lego
• Character figures or soft toys
• Climbing/gross motor development toys, such as an indoor or outdoor jungle gym, hang tough rings, ladder, slide, tunnel, toddler balance beam or bouncing ball
• Dolls that can be bathed, fed and changed
• Hammer toys
• Hand and finger puppets, bought or handmade
• Kitchen equipment (pretend ones or appropriately safe real ones)
• Magnetic sketcher
• More complex cars, trucks, trains and aeroplanes
• More elaborate dress-up items and costumes, handbags, umbrellas, aprons, fireman's or policeman's hat, doctor's bag, dancer's tutu etc
• Musical toys/instruments, drums, xylophones, tambourines, music boxes etc
• Pegboards with pegs of varying shapes and sizes
• Play household items like, tea sets, pots, pans, shopping carts and telephones
• Preschool computer/laptpo
• Sandpit and sandpit toys
• Shape sorters with a wider range of shapes
• Simple wooden or magnetic jigsaw puzzles
• Skittles
• Toddler CD/DVD player
• Toddler kitchen, stove, fridge, sink, washing machine, fake food, brooms and mops
• Toy typewriters cash registers, shopping trolleys
• Toys for water play that float squirt or can be used for pouring, filling and emptying
• Tricycle/balance bike

 

Present ideas for preschoolers 3 to 5 years old

 

• Balance bike or scooter
• Child CD/DVD/karaoke player
• Climbing or playground equipment
• More elaborate sandpit toys, construction toys, diggers, rollers etc
• Pre-school alphabet, reading and maths books
• Pull along wagon
• Trampoline
• Work bench, tools, tool belt

 

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Source: This article was written by Little Party Animals.