Bring on the Fun! Babies and Kids Gift Guide

It’s time for our Babies and Kids Gift Guide! I’m (Jen) definitely still a kid at heart, because picking out kids and baby toys is the easiest and most fun! Similar to teenagers, depending on how old your kids are they probably have a very specific list of what they want for the holidays. But, it can be fun going off the list a little bit for something you know they’ll love! 

And babies? Well, they pretty much love everything! 

We would never recommend anything that Jen’s daughter, or Dianne’s grandson wouldn’t love!

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Kids Gift Guide

Educational

Don’t tell the kids, but sometimes toys can be fun and educational! Get kids to use their brains to create and build new and exciting things! With lights and in 3-D!

Kids Gift Guide - Magna Tiles
Magna-Tiles 32 piece set, $49.99 on amazon.com
Lite-Brite
Lite-Brite Classic, $12.12 on amazon.com

Playing House

Playing house is great for expanding a child’s imagination, and building a lot of important life skills. You might even get your child to think sweeping is a fun game!

Barbie Dream House - Kids Gift Guide
Barbie Dream House, $199.99 on amazon.com
Bluey Family Home
Bluey Family Home Playset, $39.99 on target.com
Melissa & Doug Kids Gift Guide
Melissa and Doug Let’s Play House Set, $20.39 on amazon.com

Energy Burning

I don’t know how kids have the amount of energy that they do, but parents usually need to burn off some of that energy before going to bed at night. These toys will help slow down their brain a bit, and burn off some of that extra energy (I wish they could give it to me!). 

Strider Balance Bike
Strider Balance Bike, $109.99 on target.com
Pop It Kids Gift Guide
Fidget Popper, $7.99 on target.com
Little Tikes Trampoline
Little Tikes Trampoline, $59.99 on target.com

Things That Go Fast

Playing with cars is always so much fun, plus playing with small cars helps to develop fine motor skills! And what could be more fun than having a car that’s your size to drive around in? 

Gifts for Kids - Hot Wheels Flying Customs
Hot Wheels Flying Customs Sto & Go Playset, $39.99 at target.com
Little Tikes Cozy Coupe
Little Tikes Cozy Coupe, $59.99 on target.com
Pixar Cars Gifts for Kids
Pixar Cars Radiator Springs Mountain Race Track, $34.99 on target.com

Game Time

Playing games with kids is always fun, and helps them learn about taking turns and strategizing how to win! And it’s a great bonding opportunity as a family, while you’re laughing your butts off at the latest Cards Against Humanity (family edition!) answer. 

Candyland Gifts for Kids
Candyland board game, $8.49 on target.com
Cootie Game - Gifts for Kids
Cootie game, $9.99 on amazon.com
Cards Against Humanity Family Edition
Cards Against Humanity Family Edition, $24.97 on amazon.com

When It’s Time to Relax

If you let your kid have a tablet, and your kid is like mine, they’re constantly trying to prop their tablet up against something. Enter this tablet stand! There’s three different sides and angles to put a tablet on, so they can watch hands-free! 

Flippy Tablet Stand - Gifts for Kids
Flippy Tablet Stand, $19.99 on amazon.com

Babies Gift Guide

Bathtime 

I’ve found that toys for bathtime are usually a hit with older babies, and you can really never have enough! Bath toys are fun, but after a while they get gross. So even if they happen to have the same ones, they’re definitely going to use them eventually!

Munchkin Farm Bath Toys
Munchkin Farm Bath Crayons, $8.59 on target.com

Munchkin Bath Toys Kids Gift Guide
Munchkin Farms Bath Toys, $9.99 on target.com
Skip Hot Stack and Pour Buckets
Skip Hop Stack & Pour Buckets, $9.99 on amazon.com

Music

Music for babies is great for development, and it’s so much fun watching them wiggle and enjoy the rhythm. All of the Fisher Price Linkimals toys are great, but Penguins are my favorite animal, and they didn’t have this little guy when Eme was a baby! Jealous!

Linkimals Kids Gift Guide
Fisher Price Linkimals Penguin, $24.84 on amazon.com

Infantino Wrist Rattles gifts for kids
Infantino Wrist Rattles, $7.49 at target.com

Just Plain Fun

All of these toys, or toys like it, have been well-loved by my daughter and all my friends with kids! 

Little People Playhouse Gifts for Kids
Fisher Price Little People PlayHouse, $39.99 on amazon.com

Baby's First Blocks Kids Gift Guide
Fisher Price Baby’s First Blocks, $7.89 at amazon.com
Laugh and Learn Game Controller Gfits for Kids
Fisher Price Laugh and Learn Game Controller, $7.89 on target.com
Fat Brain Toys Dimpl gifts for kids
Fat Brain Toys Dimpl, $12.95 on amazon.com
Pizza Slice Teether kids gift guide
Fisher Price Pizza Slice Teether, $5.99 on amazon.com
Around the Town Learning Table kids gift guide
Fisher Price Around the Town Learning Table, $42.99 on amazon.com

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