Best Holiday Gifts for Baby

When it comes to holiday gifts, it’s an old cliche that babies are just as likely to enjoy the box as the toy that comes in it. While it’s true that babies do love a good box, it can still be really fun shop holiday gifts for your baby. Not only are presents fun for babies to open, but the right gifts also encourage healthy play and cognitive development.

We’ve rounded some of the top holiday toys for babies from 0-24 months, including some cute stocking stuffers and a few big ticket items that Santa himself would be proud to deliver.

Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Tap & Teach Musical Gift Set

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Costco
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Music lovers 6 months and older will love this fun set that includes a mini-piano, drum, and drumstick. Babies can grove along to familiar songs and melodies, or they can make their own beats as they play.

VTech Peek & Play Tummy Time Pillow

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Target
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Just because it is the holidays, doesn’t mean baby gets to take a break from tummy time. This pillow set with detachable toys provides both support for tummy time and entertainment options that will make even the biggest tummy-time hater happy.

Elephant & Piggy Plush Toy

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Barnes & Noble

Fans of the delightful Elephant & Piggie books by Mo Willems will love these plush toys too! These are perfect to cuddle with during reading time and could be combined with a few Elephant & Piggie books for a fun gift set.

Munchkin Float and Play Bubbles Bath Toy

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Amazon
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Stocking stuffer alert! This affordable bath toy set is perfect to add to a stocking and babies will love the way these toys bob and spin in the water. Geared for babies 4 months and up, this is a set that will make bath time fun well past the new year.

BedHead Monopoly Fitted Pajama Set

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Nordstrom

Your baby might be too young to play during family game night, but there is no reason they can’t dress for it! This fitted two-piece pajama set is available in sizes from 3 to 6 months up to 18 to 24 months. These pajamas won’t get you out of jail free, but they’ll definitely get you in a Monopoly mood!

Skip Hop Silver Lining Cloud Activity Mat

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Buy Buy Baby

If Santa is feeling generous, this plush, soft activity mat is the way to go. Perfect for tummy time for new babies, it also converts to a play mat for babies ready to sit on their own while they enjoy the lights and music. This play mat is perfect for babies up to 12 months old.

Mega Blocks First Builders Big Building Bag

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Amazon
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With 80 pieces, this big set will keep your tiny builder busy. Ideal for babies 12 months and up, these blocks are easy to put together and pull apart, perfect for helping develop fine motor skills while having fun doing it.

Montessori Baby Set of 6 Toys

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Etsy
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This gorgeous wood set is perfect for your hipster baby. These are handmade in the United States and are ideal for helping baby develop fine motor skills. Safe for babies 2 to 3 months or older.

Nuby Ice Gel Teether Ring

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Amazon
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With over 3,000 five-star reviews on Amazon, this teether is perfect as a stocking stuffer or topper for another present. Parents will also appreciate that it is BPA- and latex-free and affordable enough to buy a diaper bag backup as well.

Boyton's Greatest Hits

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Red Ballon Bookshop

This cheerful yellow box set includes four board books from classic author Sandra Boyton. Books include hits The Going to Bed Book and But Not the Hippopotamus which are sure to delight baby during story time or before bed.

Baby B. Elemenosqueeze Soft Blocks

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Target
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Ideal for babies 6 months and older, this 26-piece set is colorful and fun. Interesting shapes let even the littlest builders practice stacking things and the soft texture is easy to grasp.

Fisher-Price Learn with Me Zebra Walker

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Walmart
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Babies 6 months and up will love using this walker as either a sit-down toy or a tool to help them learn to cruise. Big buttons let them control music and light-up options while they play.

Loulou Lollipop Silicone Teether

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Baby Earth

This BPA-free teether is made from 100% food-grade silicone and is perhaps the cutest teether ever. It’s easy to clean with just soap and water, and there are also equally adorable doughnut and dog options, too.

Petit Collage Organic Soft Cloth Books

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This soft cloth book is made with organic cotton and features nature illustrations. We love that it comes with a sweet beechwood bunny that doubles as a toy and a teether.

Tub o' Toys

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Barnes & Noble

This set of nine toys can be played with in the bathtub or the play mat. Suitable for any age, these toys are great for building sensory and fine motor skills.

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