DS is turning 1 next month and a few people have asked me what to get him and I am a bit clueless...my sister is buying him pajamas and my mom is buying shoes so we have the practical things covered. MIL bought a water table.
Someone suggested duplo legos and a dump truck...and other suggestions? He has a zany zoo, a lot of balls, stacking cups and other small toys. I would like some things he can grow into.
Thanks!
pear / 1593 posts
Our 23 month old still plays with both these nearly daily from his 1st birthday:
Laugh & Learn Smart Stages Blue Crawl Around Car https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UCWQMZ8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_AqTvxb4ESTT1Y
LeapFrog Learning Friends Adventure Bus (Frustration Free Packaging) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L3WWWD2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_lrTvxbJC41HY9
Also, we got him Melissa and Doug stamp set when he was 17 months and he loves them.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
I was packing away the activity table but my 18 mo old still loves it! She also loves to "draw"; I really like having the doodle pro and aqua doodle mat for mess free drawing. She loves her play kitchen/food, and scooting in those ride on cars.
honeydew / 7622 posts
We just got our 15 month old an anywhere chair and she loves it. Books are always a hit. Melissa & Doug cutting fruit. Little people barn. A collapsible tunnel for her room.
pomegranate / 3973 posts
DS got at 1 year and still plays with his Little People Barn.
He LOVES the RC car he got for his birthday, http://www.amazon.com/Cartoon-Toddlers-Liberty-Imports-Packaging/dp/B00G70DFC2?ie=UTF8&keywords=my%20first%20remote%20control%20car&qid=1465308501&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1
I've wanted to get him one of these forever, I think he'd love it: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N19R2IA/ref=twister_B00N0T8CFS?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
The Little Blue Truck books are a HUGE hit, and the Poke-A-Dot Books: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1601693583/?ref=cm_sw_r_pi_dp_7sDvwb0VWSNJZ
cherry / 196 posts
My one year old loves to play with the pretend kitchen. I also just bought this for a one year old who's having a birthday party this weekend. http://www.amazon.com/Hape-Pound-Bench-Slide-Xylophone/dp/B00712O2D6?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00 My son loved to pound the balls on something similar to this when he was very yound, and then he liked to play with the xylophone as he grew.
pear / 1586 posts
- Little Tikes basketball hoop (was a first-birthday gift for DS and he was and still is obsessed)
- Little People farm
- V-tech GoGo Smart Wheels set (we have the zoo one and DS has played with it pretty consistently from 11mo - currently at 21 mo)
- Stacking/nesting blocks (DS got these for his first birthday: http://www.amazon.com/Hungry-Caterpillar-Stacking-Nesting-Blocks/dp/B007L21MA2)
- play kitchen & play food (Learning Resources has some good sets of play food that DS got for his first birthday)
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
Cozy Coupe
Wagon (for walks)
water table
puzzles
little people
kiwi / 598 posts
When DS turned one he enjoyed and is still enjoying (18 months) his flip-open sofa, shopping cart, stuffed animals, lift-the-flap books and kitchen accessories.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
My LO got this ride on you for her first birthday and still plays with it now at almost 3. It's gotten a ton of use so it's worth the space is take up. She also loved her toy umbrella stroller at that age (and still does).
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
@josina: I need that bouncing thing!! Currently K bounces on me & DH and yells horse! 
pear / 1593 posts
@snowjewelz: DS got one of those for Christmas and enjoys it, but hate to break it to you, he still jumps on us more 
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
@runnerd: Oh, lol. I guess human horses will always be more fun!
nectarine / 2115 posts
Agree with @Foodnerd81: on the little ride and push car. It's a great toy that they don't outgrow too quickly. We also got some beginners Legos that have gotten a ton of use and I always like bath/swim toys. A lot of the gifts we got were too old for her (puzzles, imaginative play toys), but she's definitely grown into them.
persimmon / 1310 posts
My one year old loves her tegu blocks (definitely something to use for years). Just remove the small wheels, as they are too small for a one year old.
Other favorites are buckets and bags she can carry around and fill. Also a play kitchen.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
We also love the scuttlebug ride on toy (similar to a y bike). It says 18 months and up and she would need to be walking pretty steadily I think but my almost three year old loves t.
pomegranate / 3272 posts
Great timing as we were just thinking about what to get DS2 who is one in less than 2 weeks. DS1 already has just about every toy imaginable but I didn't want to just skip over the gifts. Poor second child. 
There are some great ideas here.
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
Bubbles are a huge hit. Maybe a bubble mower or some other type of push toy.
cantaloupe / 6397 posts
This!!! http://m.target.com/p/b-parum-pum-pum-drum/-/A-12026425
My daughter loved it at that age and still does (she's 3). It's the toy that's had the longest staying power!
pear / 1718 posts
@sslm: yes, the drum set!
Also, Little People farm, Little People tractor, definitely blocks (Mega Blocks are easy for little hands), Radio Flyer bike, lift the flap books, Little Tykes slide, Little Tykes Adirondack chair (or similar). We have some really great age appropriate Leap Frog toys too that seem like they will fit for several years.
grapefruit / 4291 posts
Anything Little People, Cozy Coupe, play kitchen, toy lawn mower, duplos, books, toddler-sized table and chairs, garden tools...
persimmon / 1270 posts
Duplo Lego are a bit hit. LO can't really stick them together yet at 15 months, but LOVEs to take them apart and have me help him build. They are also a toy that will last a long time which I like.
Balls, cars and stacking cups are also big hits.
pomegranate / 3921 posts
@Foodnerd81: Yes, this! DD is 17 months old (got it for her first birthday as well) and is totally obsessed with it. (Although we did have to search for an hour for DH's phone the other day, which she'd hidden in the seat. Ha!)
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
@mfa_lady: lol. My friend's toddler hid a roll during lunch that I found several days later...
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