Gifts for One Year Olds
Our gift guide
Turning one is a big milestone, and the toys you choose now can make a huge difference in supporting your little one’s growing curiosity and independence. At this age, babies are exploring more actively—they’re crawling, cruising, and starting to take those first wobbly steps—so they need toys that encourage movement, problem-solving, and imaginative play. In this guide, we’ve rounded up our favorite picks that are safe, engaging, and designed to help one-year-olds build confidence while having fun.
Wood Shapes & Sounds Puzzle
This vibrant wooden puzzle delivers six different sensory experiences — a bell, kaleidoscope, rattle, squeaker, mirror, and more — all built into chunky, graspable blocks. As little ones explore, they develop shape and color recognition, auditory discrimination, and fine motor skills. The blocks also stack or nest, reinforcing early problem-solving and hand-eye coordination in a way that’s just challenging enough to feel rewarding.
Mini Garage
The Mini Garage is a compact, beautifully crafted wooden set designed for exploration and imagination. Toddlers can navigate cars in and out, strengthening hand-eye coordination, spatial awareness, and early cognitive planning. Its small size makes it perfect for little hands, and the physical interaction — lifting, pushing, and maneuvering — encourages fine motor development and cause-and-effect play.
Play World – On the Farm
This farm-themed play set gives children a hands-on introduction to farm life with little animal figures, a tractor, and a barn. Through imaginative role play, kids build narrative skills, learn about animals, and deepen their language development by naming, sorting, and storytelling. Because it’s open-ended, children can adapt their play as they grow — which helps develop flexibility in thinking, social play, and executive function over time.
Topanifarm Nest & Stack Blocks + Animals
A beautiful stacking and nesting set from Djeco, this collection features six farm-themed boxes and six animal figurines. Children can nest the boxes inside one another or stack them into a tower, and place each animal in its "home." This supports sequencing, spatial reasoning, and motor development, while the matching and stacking play encourage early math concepts and storytelling.
Fire Engine Activities Panel
The Fire Engine Activities Panel is designed to attach easily (e.g., on a crib or wall) for flexible play. With buttons, zippers, and other interactive parts, it builds fine motor strength, hand dexterity, and sensory awareness. Plus, the fire-engine illustrations invite caregivers to narrate and role-play, which boosts language development, social understanding, and imaginative connection.
