32 Gift Ideas for When You're Stuck on What to Get a Toddler This Holiday Season

What an incredible year! The holiday season is finally upon us! While we're doing our best to ensure the products we highlight arrive in time, shipping delays are particularly challenging this year, so we recommend shopping early.

Availability and shipping times can vary depending on your location, the product you choose, and other factors. It's best to order sooner than you might expect and double-check the retailer's website for specific shipping details to make sure your gift arrives when you need it.

1. A 12-sided fidget toy (also known as a dodecagon), featuring gears, buttons, a joystick, switches, stress balls, and other features designed to help keep fingers busy and the mind focused and calm.

2. A set of 12 durable, eco-friendly, all-natural beeswax crayons that are virtually unbreakable, plus they come with a money-back guarantee. You can totally "bee-lieve" in these!

3. A double-sided Learning Resources "Big Feelings Pineapple", helping children explore emotions (and their opposites), allowing them to express both big and small feelings. The adult bonus? All the pieces can be conveniently stored inside the pineapple!

4. A horn-blaring, headlight-flashing remote-control race car featuring three interchangeable driver figures, allowing toddlers to experience their first taste of RC fun with both forward and reverse capabilities.

5. A Popdarts suction cup throwing game designed to encourage players of all ages to step away from screens and enjoy some good old-fashioned family fun and friendly competition. The best part? The thrilling sound of these darts sticking to any surface!

6. A set of 72 mini dinosaur figures because sometimes it's not about the quality but the quantity, and what child doesn't love a bunch of thunder lizards to play with?

7. An eight-pack of pop tube sensory toys for constructing letters, numbers, or any imaginative shapes a creative child can think of, all while providing a stress-relieving experience (thanks to the incredibly satisfying popping sound that each tube makes).

8. A 43-piece Melissa & Doug "Fill & Fold" taco and tortilla set that can be enjoyed on Tuesdays, or really any day that calls for a fun food-themed adventure.

9. A Clixo "Grip and Stick" pack that combines the magic of origami, magnets, building blocks, and now suction cups (!!!) to offer kids a brand-new, inventive way to create and play.

A set of Hape Quadrilla Super Spirals building blocks for endless marble fun and Rube Goldberg-inspired action, perfect for sparking a child’s imagination.

A floating octopus bath toy that offers a fun way for kids to learn about cephalopods, all while practicing their ring toss skills (move over, rubber ducky!).

A light-up "Pick Up and Count" vacuum with bouncing balls, designed to make cleaning up fun while teaching toddlers to tidy up after themselves.

An eight-pack of Educational Insights Playfoam, a squishy, never-drying sensory delight that won’t get stuck in carpets or clothes, providing endless tactile enjoyment.

A "Bug Bungalow" insect-catching kit that allows future entomologists to safely catch and observe creepy crawlies, keeping them from taking over the house while having a blast with their backyard discoveries.

An 18-piece Fisher-Price "S'more Fun" campfire play set that eliminates the dangers of real campfires, offering kid-friendly wooden elements and soft fabric—plus, no mess from marshmallows and chocolate!

A Plus Plus Big construction building set featuring 15 unique "shapes" that let kids build the featured animal or anything their imaginations can dream up, all while using little hands to create. The best part? All the sets are compatible with each other!

A lightweight yet sturdy Ten Little recycled backpack crafted entirely from 100% recycled materials, featuring side pockets for water bottles and juice boxes, and plenty of space for lunchboxes, toys, and extra clothes. Plus, there's room to tuck in another surprise gift!

A super-realistic four-piece Schleich Shiba Inu playset, the perfect gift for young dog lovers who aren't quite ready for the real thing. Bonus: imagine the memes you can create with these adorable tiny toys!

A set of Learning Resources ABC puzzle cards designed to help kids learn the alphabet from A to Z. The best part? There's only one correct answer per puzzle, and the handy box makes cleanup and storage a breeze.

A Gund "Holiday Tinsel" stuffed yeti that’s too adorable and sparkly to resist! This fluffy creature is begging to leave the cold and find a new home to snuggle up in.

An "Educational Insights Design & Drill" Bolt Buddies fire truck that helps children explore the basics of construction and engineering with a kid-friendly, functional drill. Plus, the environmentally conscious packaging doubles as a playset, offering an extra gift to the planet.

A sturdy, metal Big Dig sandbox crane with 360-degree rotation, perfect for serious digging activities in the backyard, at the beach, or on the playground. No need for a permit—just a fantastic gift the kids will absolutely love!

A kids' selfie camera featuring a 32-GB SD card, 8 megapixels, 1080p video, and nearly 8,000 5-star reviews on Amazon! But the true gift is keeping your phone safe from the future social media stars of tomorrow.

A sturdy, non-toxic, lead-free, 14-piece magnetic wooden block set that allows children to create a variety of creatures and objects, providing a gentle introduction to modern art.

A flower garden building activity set designed for budding gardeners, so they won't disturb real flower beds or track dirt indoors. Instead, they can create dishwasher-safe floral arrangements that look beautiful year-round.

A Playmobil "1.2.3 Aqua Splish Splash" water park that brings water-based excitement for both indoor and outdoor play. The best part is that it includes three figures to float along the lazy river.

A vibrant, 33-piece wooden Haba "Kullerbü Kringel" domino play set designed to make setup and knockdown easy for little hands. It’s also compatible with other Haba sets, so as kids grow, so can the courses they build!

A 10-pack of Play-Doh that you just couldn’t avoid buying. Fortunately, it's non-toxic, non-irritating, non-allergenic, and the packaging is recyclable. But, yes, it still has that unmistakable Play-Doh smell.

A three-pack of silicone rainbow push popper fidget toys designed to help relieve stress and anxiety in both kids and adults in a simple, colorful, and satisfying manner.

A Fisher-Price "Sit-to-Stand" giant activity book that easily converts from a seated storybook to an upright activity center, offering over 120 songs, sounds, and phrases to support early learning.

A wooden block jigsaw puzzle, because your Gameboy has long been out of service, and this is a hands-on way to teach kids how to play Tetris.

A Melissa & Doug My First Daily Magnetic Calendar (with 80 magnets) designed to help young children keep track of days, holidays, special events, and even their emotions. It’s probably a better tool than any app on your phone that does the same things!

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