25 Top Christmas Toys for Babies and Toddlers 2023 | Holiday Toy Guide
Christmas is just around the corner and if you’re looking for the perfect gift for the little ones in your life, look no further!
We’ve rounded up the top Christmas toys for babies and toddlers for 2023. From educational toys to stuffed animals, there’s something for everyone on this list.
So start your holiday shopping early and pick up one of these hot items before they’re all gone!
VTech Slide and Play Piano Phone
The VTech Slide and Play Piano Phone is the perfect Christmas toy for toddlers who love to play with phones and explore sounds and music.
With 100 sounds and songs, kids can have fun while learning valuable skills like eye-hand coordination, numbers, animals, and songs.
Age: 12 months+
Bebe Fuerte Stack & Count Kettlebell
The Bebe Fuerte Stack & Count Kettlebell Activity Toy is a classic stacking toy with a twist.
Designed for infants 6 months and up, this toy features a stackable kettlebell design that encourages fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
The toy comes with three colorful rings that can be stacked on the kettlebell base and a rattle ball that can be placed inside the kettlebell to create a fun, interactive sound.
Age: 6 months+
VTech 3-in-1 Step and Roll Motorbike
The VTech 3-in-1 Step and Roll Motorbike is the perfect Christmas toy for toddlers who are learning to walk and ride.
This versatile motorbike starts as a push walker and converts to a two-wheel ride-on balance bike, making it a great investment for parents.
With an interactive dashboard that has an ignition key, play mode dial, and five location buttons, kids can explore and learn while having fun.
The 80+ songs, sounds, melodies, and phrases add to the fun, making this motorbike a top Christmas toy for toddlers.
Fisher-Price Baby Playmat 3-In-1 Crawl & Play Activity Gym
The Fisher-Price 3-in-1 Crawl & Play Activity Gym is a versatile and interactive Cottage-Themed playmat that transforms through your baby’s first year to keep playtime going as they grow.
It offers three ways to play: lay-and-play mat, tummy time, and crawl-through cottage tunnel
There are five repositionable activity toys including a self-discovery mirror, frog rattle, BPA-free snail teether, crinkle garden gnome, and roly-poly “watering” can for bat-at play.
The electronic toy “watering” can feature two settings, short and long, with up to 20 minutes of sing-along songs, sounds, and multi-colored lights.
The machine-washable playmat offers plenty of space for newborn to toddler play and helps develop sensory skills and fine and gross motor skills for infants from birth and up.
Age: 0+
Fisher-Price Linkimals Learning Toy Counting & Colors Peacock
The Fisher-Price Linkimals Counting & Colors Peacock is an interactive toy designed for babies and toddlers ages 9 months and up.
This feathery friend introduces your baby to numbers and counting, colors, shapes, and kindness through engaging hands-on play.
The toy features multi-color lights and 40+ educational songs, phrases, and fun sounds. Babies can squeeze the 5 colorful tail feathers or spin the wheel to activate the toy’s features.
The soft ribbons on the peacock’s tail feathers provide added hands-on fun. When this toy is paired with other Linkimals toys, they light up, talk, sing, and play together.
Great for: fine motor skills, and sensory skills, promotes early development.
Age: 9 months +
CoComelon Peek-A-Boo JJ
The JJ plush toy is designed for toddlers to enjoy playing peek-a-boo and singing along to the “Peek a Boo” song from the popular children’s show, CoComelon.
This soft and cuddly toy includes 17 different sounds and phrases that are inspired by the show, as well as interactive movements.
Kids will love interacting with JJ and exploring all the different features of this fun and engaging toy.
Age: 18 months+
Minnie Mouse 6V Euro Scooter Ride-on Toy
This cute Minnie Mouse scooter ride-on toy features a colorful design with a pink polka-dot bow, and realistic lights, and sounds.
The scooter comes with training wheels and can reach speeds of up to 2 mph.
Age: 18 months+
Fisher-Price Baby & Toddler Mix & Learn DJ Table
The music-themed activity table is designed for young children to explore and engage with 12 different fine motor activities.
It features three piano play modes, multi-color lights, and over 100 songs, sounds, and learning phrases.
Kids can press the eight piano keys, spin the light-up Puppy disc, or press the light-up number pad to activate different features.
The activity table includes three Smart Stages learning levels that grow with your child and teach them various concepts such as colors, shapes, numbers, counting, opposites, the alphabet, and even some Spanish words.
Age: 6 months+
LEGO DUPLO Town Dream Playset
The LEGO DUPLO Town Dream Playground building set is a fun and versatile playset that encourages physical and mental development in toddlers ages 2+.
With 75 pieces, this feature-rich toy set includes 5 figures, a skater kid, and a guide dog, and offers endless imaginative role-play opportunities.
The set features modern play equipment like a rocket, whale tail merry-go-round, slide, swing, and seesaw, and helps toddlers learn letters and numbers while developing fine motor skills and self-expression.
Age: 2+
LeapFrog Rainbow Learning Lights Mixer
The LeapFrog Rainbow Learning Lights Mixer features a tilting head, spinning paddle, and detachable mixing bowl just like a real stand mixer.
The toy includes two double-sided recipe cards with over 40 pretend recipes for cookies, cupcakes, pies, and more.
The mixer also encourages counting and color recognition, with colored lights that activate when the mixing buttons are pressed.
Little bakers can add as much or as little of the ingredients as they need, and eggs and butter can be divided and put back together.
Age: 2 years and up
Spider-Man 6-Volt Techno Racer
The quad toy is inspired by the popular children’s show, Marvel Spidey and His Amazing Friends, and allows kids to imagine themselves as superheroes saving the day.
The quad features light-up eyes that add to the excitement of playtime and make the toy more engaging for children.
With push-button acceleration, the quad can reach speeds of up to 2 mph, allowing children to feel like they are really driving their own vehicle.
Age: 18 months+
CoComelon Dancing JJ Doll
This 14″ tall CoComelon Dancing JJ Doll features three play modes: Learn to Dance, Fast & Slow, and Freeze Dance,
It also includes three fan-favorite CoComelon songs: “Looby Loo,” “Freeze Dance,” and “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes.”
JJ’s pajamas light up as he dances, sings, and says fun phrases, and he teaches your little one how to dance as he moves his arms up and down, slides from side to side, and bops along to the beat.
Age: 2+
Hot Wheels Racing Loops Tower
If your child loves Hot Wheels, they will go crazy for the Hot Wheels Racing Loops Tower.
This incredible playset features two 360-degree Hot Wheels racing loops, a double spiral racetrack, and a ring-of-fire stunt ramp. Plus, there are 50 different sounds and musical tunes to keep things interesting.
Your child will have hours of fun with this playset.
Age: 18 months – 5 years
Skip Hop 3-in-1 Ride-On Toy
Skip Hop’s Ride-On Toy is a versatile three-stage toy that grows with your child and encourages motor skills development, balance, and coordination.
It can be used as a wagon, a ride-on toy with a storage tub that converts to a seat, and a scooter with an adjustable handle and sound effects for added fun.
Personalized My First Mini Sports Bag by Baby Gund
Now, this is adorable! The Personalized My First Mini Sports Bag by Baby Gund can have their name on it, so it is a nice and personal gift, but inside are a plush football, soccer ball, baseball, and basketball.
If you want to make sure your child has fun playing sports, this is the perfect place to start!
Age: 0+
Princess Castle Personalized Playset by Baby Gund
Any child that loves princesses and unicorns will love getting this Princess Castle Personalized Playset by Baby Gund as a gift.
The castle can have their name on it and inside the castle is a little princess, a unicorn, and two magic wands! They will love carrying this around and playing it all over the house.
Age: 0+
Personalized Teddy Bears For Babies
This Personalized Teddy Bears For Babies is one of the gorgeous gift ideas on this list.
This beautiful teddy bear comes with a special t-shirt that has all the details of their birth on it. It is the kind of gift they can have forever, and it is something that is not just special for the baby but for the parents too.
Age: 0+
Crayola Light-Up Activity Board
Any child who loves to draw and color will have great fun with the Crayola Light-Up Activity Board.
This gives them many ways to play and learn, and they can learn about shapes and build cool pictures. They can even color in some fun scenes, too, and the fact that it is backlit does bring what they have created to life!
Age: 3+
VTech Peppa Pig Learn and Explore Tablet
When it comes to must-have toys for Christmas 2021, Peppa Pig will always make an appearance. This VTech Peppa Pig Learn and Explore Tablet is great fun.
While they can play many different games here, they can also learn about letters, numbers, shapes, and more!
This is perfect if you want something educational, interactive, and fun.
Age: 24 months – 4 years
VTech Go! Go! Smart Wheels Supercharged Monster Truck Rally
It is easy to see why this VTech Go! Go! Smart Wheels Supercharged Monster Truck Rally is one of the hot Christmas toys this year.
This is awesome and features a ton of crazy ramps and jumps for their Hot Wheels to go on. It even comes with a very cool Hot Wheels Monster Truck, so they can start playing immediately!
Age: 1 – 5 years
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