20 Best Toddler Toys Your Toddler Will love!

This post is all about the 20 best toddler toys!

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If you’re looking for a toddler toy that checks all the boxes, this post has you covered! Read below for a list of the best toddler toys that your toddler will be obsessed with!

5 Tips For Keeping Toys Organized

Keeping toddler toys organized can been overwhelming, but here are a few helpful tips!

#1: Remember, less is more! The fewer toys you have, the more likely your toddler is to play with them! This also makes it so much easier to keep toys organized and spaces neat and tidy. And you know how you feel when a space is simplified versus when it’s messy and chaotic? Your little one will feel that way too.
#2: Cycle toys out. Keep a select few toys in your toy area. If your toddler is losing interest in a toy, put it away for a couple of weeks and then bring it back out. Or if you just celebrated a birthday or holiday and you have a surplus of toys put a couple out at a time and keep the others stored away.
#3: If your toddler has never started playing with a toy… sometimes it’s because your little one isn’t developmentally ready for a toy. Put it away for a couple of weeks, and then bring it back out.
#4: Utilize clean up time. Whenever play time (or color-time or whatever-the-activity-is-time) is over have your toddler help you clean up. One of the amazing things about toddler is they love to get involved and help out. It may take longer, but this is an investment as they are learning the important skill of cleaning up after themselves. This can also help them learn names of objects, colors, and numbers. For example, when they are helping you pick up you can say, “can you please grab that yellow block for me?” or “looks like you have three more red blocks and two blue blocks to pick up”.
#5: Use storage bins, containers or baskets like the ones below. These can be stored in a handy cube shelf or own the floor.

Wicker Storage Basket | White coiled rope basket with leather handles | Pencil case

Gray Charcoal Coil Rope Basket | White 4 Cube Organizer

Best Sensory Toddler Toys

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Your toddler will be obsessed with kinetic sand! It’s honestly so amazing. It will definitely keep your toddler occupied for a good chunk of time. It’s also the best because, despite being sand, it’s super easy to clean up. Your toddler will have so much fun!

A classic toddler toy for a reason! Play-Doh is a great toy for toddlers to use their imagination to create and explore.

Puzzles are a great toddler toy for so many reasons! Puzzles promote problem-solving skills, and they will also will teach your little one about shape, color, and animal recognition. Here’s the link for the barn puzzle with animals, and here is the link for the shape sorting cube.

Best Toddler Toys For Learning The Alphabet

Toddlers really enjoy doing puzzles! Puzzles are a wonderful way for toddler to develop with problem-solving and fine-motor skills along with expanding their vocabulary. This Sesame Street Elmo On The Go Puzzle also teaches toddlers their letters, the alphabet, colors, and characters and objects. Another bonus of this toddler toy is that they travel well. Here is another option that costs a little bit less.

Toddler’s love to color! This is a perfect activity for them to do at the dinner table while you are cooking a meal. You can can also color together, and by simply asking them which crayon to color with, it helps them learn their colors. If you’re traveling, pack these toddler toys with you to keep your toddler occupied! This coloring book has illustrations for each letter of the alphabet along with fun animal facts.

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This educational toy is a homerun for toddlers! Through interactive exploration, they’ll learn tons of new words, colors, animals, and objects. Also has fun sound effects and music!

Best Toys For Building

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MAGNA-TILES are just SO. MUCH. FUN! These magnetic tiles keep kids super entertained as they use their imagination to build all sorts of things. They are great for aiding in the development of fine motor skills, bilateral coordination, cognitive skills, executive functioning, creativity and more!

These 100-piece wooden block set by Melissa & Doug makes the perfect first block set for toddlers.

LEGO DUPLO building sets is such a great “toy investment” and it provides hours of entertainment for toddlers! This is an excellent building set that encourages creativity and learning. One standout feature is that this comes with a storage organizer to make cleanup a breeze, and keeping your play area neat and organized.

This 24-piece Fat Brain Toys Squigz set includes eight versatile shapes and colors. Crafted from 100% food-grade silicone, these BPA-free, latex-free Squigz stick to each other and any smooth surface, making them excellent for sensory activities. Squigz for toddlers are designed to promote creativity, motor skills, and problem-solving through engaging play. Also, if you’re riding on an airplane soon, pack some of these to keep your toddler occupied for the plane ride.

Really Fun Toddler Toys

Your toddler will have an absolute blast one this Wiggle Car! These are great for burning off energy indoors or they can be used outside. Plus, there are fun lights add a fun touch. Since this one is on the pricey side, here is a less expensive option.

Sometimes something as simple as this mini Nerf Mini Sport Ball Set provides endless entertainment! These also make for a great family activity.

Trampolines like this Little Tikes Trampoline are perfect for your toddler to burn off energy. What’s nice about this one is it’s only 3 inches off the ground.

One super fun and cute part about toddlers is they like to start playing make believe. Keep your toddler entertained with a plush stuffed animal like Sesame Street’s Elmo and Abby and Little Tikes Shopping Cart to push them around in.

The Toddler Toy That Makes Cooking Dinner Easier

Toddlers love to get involved and help out, which makes these child-safe knives a perfect “toy” for toddlers. Helpful tip: Give them a vegetable to chop, like a bell pepper, and you’ll find they will also snack on whatever you give them so this is a great way to get them to eat more vegetables!

Not technically a toy, but your toddler will love looking at this book!

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My toddler has spent sooooo much time looking at this book, with me or her dad, or on her own. She pulls it down from her bookshelf every morning to read. Richard Scarry’s “Best Word Book”, takes you everywhere from the grocery store to the zoo and features hundreds of objects to learn all about.