Best Toys for Infants- Holiday Toy List

Ages 0- 2 years

 What's got baby all shook up? The easy, squeeze ball rattle by Bright Starts. Designed to be easy to grasp for even the littlest fingers, this baby toy encourages the development of fine motor skills with every shake. There are 29 total finger holes, so even inexperienced fingers can hold on tight and shake with everything they've got. Your baby will love watching the bright beads inside each rattle clickity-clack with every Shimmy and shake. Toss these award-winning ball rattles into your diaper bag and keep them on hand wherever you go. Your little noisemaker will always have a ball. 

• Lightweight
• Easy for baby to hold
• Improves Motor Skills
• Promotes Hand Eye Coordination
• Interactive 
• Communication Building

Ages 0- 2 years

 Time-honored and recipient of numerous accolades from child development experts, the Winkel Rattle and Teether by Manhattan Toy, is an esteemed classic, a true “must have” for parents and infants. Its maze of soft, continuous tubes and its stunning colors instantly capture and hold baby’s attention. The mesmerizing loop design and lightweight construction make it very easy for little hands to grab, hold and rattle – a perfect clutching toy to engage baby’s gross motor skills. The tapered center cube features a quiet rattle so baby can explore cause and effect from sound creation when shaking the baby toy. The soft, pliable loops are BPA-free and meet phthalate restrictions of mouthed toys for teething or gumming babies. Winkel can also be refrigerated to provide a more soothing experience for particularly sore baby gums and teeth. Winkel’s patented design and developmental features have made it a baby favorite, parent “go to” for over 25 years. Since 1978, Manhattan Toy has been making award-winning, high quality, educational toys for your baby, toddler or kid. From infant toys and baby toys to sensory development toys, our goal is to provide the safest and best toys available.

• Lightweight
• Easy for baby to hold
• Improves Motor Skills
• Promotes Hand Eye Coordination
• Interactive 
• Communication Building

 Ages 10 months to 3 years  

The six chunky shape blocks are each designed with fascinating textures that are sure to thrill the fingers. There's a cube, a diamond, a sphere, a triangle, a flower, and the happy Fat Brain logo...

But the best part? As kids push the shapes through the elastic bands of the cube, curiosity is sparked and young minds can't help but explore, experiment, and discover!

• Perceptual building through shape-sorting
• Fine motor skills
• Promotes Hand Eye Coordination
• Spatial reasoning
• Tactile exploration
• Experimentation
• Sensory exploration

Ages 6- 24 months

 Stacking rings has never been more fun with the Stacks of Circles! The center of each ring is the same size, allowing it to be stacked in any direction for frustration-free play. The Stacks of Circles promotes early STEM learning by teaching a child about sorting, size, sequencing and building. 

• Lightweight
• Each circle is easy for baby to hold
• Improves Motor Skills
• Promotes Hand Eye Coordination
• Interactive 
• Communication Building
• Perceptual Skill Building

Ages 6 months +

 When building baby's toy collection, start with these classic Toys! Nesting stacking cups are popular for a reason, offering simple-yet-fun ways to play. Children love to fit toy cups together, stack them up, or turn them over and hide things underneath. These eight colorful cup toys for baby have large numbers embossed on the base so an older child can practice counting and begin building number recognition skills. You can "count" on hours of fun with these toy cups! 

• Lightweight and Easy to hold
• Hand-Eye Coordination
• Improves Motor Skills
• Promotes Hand Eye Coordination
• Interactive 
• Communication Building
• Perceptual Skill Building
• Spatial Awareness
• Perfect for In-and-out of Water

Ages 6 months +

 Drum and learn with the Sort and Discover Drum by VTech. As your little one drops the shape blocks into the magic shape sorter, the drum will recognize the blocks and introduce animals, shapes and numbers. A flashing light on top of the drum will attract your child's attention as it flashes along with the sounds. Open the top to dump out the blocks and play again. Your little drummer will also enjoy tapping on the drum to play a variety of drum sounds and tunes. Drum up learning fun!  

• Lightweight and Easy to hold
• Hand-Eye Coordination
• Fine Motor Manipulation
• Improves Motor Skills
• Promotes Hand Eye Coordination
• Interactive 
• Communication Building
• Perceptual Skill Building
• Spatial Awareness

Ages 6 months- 3 years

 Learning is tons of fun with the drop and go dump truck by VTech. Drop a colorful rock into the top of this cute toy dump truck, and watch it tumble into the bucket. Your little one will learn numbers as the interactive truck counts each rock. Once the rocks are in the bucket, push or pull the truck along to see the rocks rumble inside. Then, lift the hinged bucket to unload the rocks and start again while developing motor skills. The dump truck also includes 3 colorful buttons that play melodies, phrases and teach tools and colors. Requires 2 AAA batteries (batteries included for demo purposes only; new batteries recommended for regular use). intended for ages 6 months to 3 years. 

• Lightweight and Easy to hold
• Hand-Eye Coordination
• Fine Motor Manipulation
• Improves Motor Skills
• Promotes Hand Eye Coordination
• Interactive 
• Communication Building
• Perceptual Skill Building
• Spatial Awareness

Ages 6 months +

 The Laugh & Learn Smart Stages Piggy Bank introduces your baby to counting, colors, Spanish words and more through music, silly sounds and phrases. With 10 colorful coins to drop into the Piggy Bank’s back, and a door for put-and-take play, there’s so much for your little banker to explore. Put coins in, take them out, press the silly piggy’s snout – your baby will be giggling all the way to the bank! And with 2 Smart Stages levels of play, the learning fun grows along with your baby. 

• Lightweight and Easy to hold
• Hand-Eye Coordination
• Fine Motor Manipulation
• Improves Motor Skills
• Promotes Hand Eye Coordination
• Interactive 
• Communication Building
• Perceptual Skill Building
• Spatial Awareness

Ages 12 months- 2 years

 Grab on to these perfect first puzzles! Each extra-thick wooden puzzle has three pieces with easy-to-grasp wooden knobs that fit just right in small hands. Three favorite pets live in a cozy blue house puzzle board (Pets) and a fish, a turtle and a crab sit in a fishbowl-shaped puzzle board. Full-color, matching pictures appear underneath each piece. Jumbo knob puzzles are a great activity to encourage hand-eye coordination and visual perception skills. 

• Lightweight and Easy to hold
• Hand-Eye Coordination
• Fine Motor Manipulation
• Improves Motor Skills
• Promotes Hand Eye Coordination
• Interactive 
• Communication Building
• Perceptual Skill Building
• Spatial Awareness

Ages 6- 12 months

For kids, toys are more than just fun and games. Most modern-day toys provide at least a few opportunities for children to learn. And more often than not, the best toys are those that spark their imaginations, engage a child’s senses, improve their creativity, and encourage them to socialize with others. Today, the Rainmaker Toy for Kids has won popularity among parents for the fun and educational entertainment they bring to their children, especially the little ones. Kids are always eager to learn about the world around them, and surely, there’s pretty much a lot that they have to learn. Every new color, shape, taste, sound, and texture is an exciting learning experience for their young minds. 

Ages 18 months +

 Friendly animal faces at the push of a button!

Pop-up pals from Battat is a hands-on, toddler and baby pop up toy with 4 friendly animals! Watch your child explore and discover animals, shapes, colors, and actions. Push, turn, press or slide for a rewarding surprise! Colorful animals pop up for a little cause-and-effect action! This pop-up activity toy is easy to bring anywhere with the built-in handle. Build strong motor skills, and spend hours of rewarding and educational play with this interactive popping activity center for babies and toddlers. Ready, set, pop! 

• Cause and Effect
• Hand-Eye Coordination
• Fine Motor Manipulation
• Improves Motor Skills
• Increases Hand Strength 
• Promotes Hand Eye Coordination
• Interactive 
• Communication Building
• Perceptual Skill Building
• Spatial Awareness

Ages 2+ 

Pound the eight colorful wooden pegs into the wooden frame, then flip it over to repeat the activity again and again! Included are a wooden hammer and four pairs of pegs--great for color matching. 

• Cause and Effect
• Hand-Eye Coordination
• Fine Motor Manipulation
• Improves Motor Skills
• Increases Hand Strength 
• Promotes Hand Eye Coordination
• Interactive 
• Communication Building
• Perceptual Skill Building
• Spatial Awareness

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