In this article we recommend:
- Balancing toys - beautiful wooden figurines that exercise your toddler's dexterity
- Cuddly Toys - Friends for Life
- Blocks that develop imagination
- Toys that engage the senses
- Role-playing toys - developing creativity and cooperation skills
What to buy a toddler for their birthday? The answer is simple – a smart, creative, and aesthetically pleasing toy.
Children love toys and adore receiving them as gifts. Surely, every parent has witnessed a beautiful, expensive toy they bought, then, after a brief moment of delight, landed in a corner, never to be used again. So how do you choose the perfect toy for your little one? The best way is to closely observe your little one. See which toys your child abandons after their initial delight, and which ones they return to again and again. A good toy should engage not only a child's attention but also their senses and imagination.
Balancing animals
Wooden toys and figurines look so beautiful that they could be used solely as decorations in a child's room. However, that wouldn't be wise, as their primary function is to bring smiles to children while they play.
Balancing puzzles composed of multiple figures are a perfect example. Children will find countless ways to use them. As a game where we add more figures while being careful not to tip the structure, such as the Balancing Cactus from Janod . As charming play figures that can be used for role-playing, for example, the Arctic Circle from Tender Leaf, which will transport your child to the North Pole.
These little works of art are not only pleasing to the eye, but also support the development of young children by training dexterity, concentration and hand-eye coordination.
Mouse Tales - Little Friends for Every Occasion
The charming Maileg mice are a wonderful vintage toy. The basic set you can give your child includes a mouse living in a box styled after old matchboxes or cigar boxes. 
These little friends can accompany your little one on any occasion—at home, at school, or on vacation. Choose interesting accessories for the mice to activate their child's play, such as a camping or circus set. Or you can just stick with the mouse; we're sure your little one will build wonderful houses, vehicles, and other accessories for their companion from household items. A friend for life
Like the Maileg mice,
the Endo Teddy Bear can become a toddler's inseparable companion. It features a classic design and meets a child's basic needs: play and cuddles.
Beautiful wooden furniture and a house arranged in a child's room will not only look great, but will also become a favorite play corner.
A birthday gift, in addition to a teddy bear, should also include a cot and bedding. A child who can lull their friend to sleep will happily go to sleep on their own.
A chest of forest treasures
Another gem from Tender Leaf is the Junior Design Award -winning
My Forest Floor box full of blocks inspired by nature's treasures. This set makes a perfect gift that will foster creativity and keep children occupied for hours. 
A huge advantage of this toy is that it doesn't provide a single, straightforward play scenario for the child. The set consists of a box with removable compartments, a writing board on the other side of the lid, and aesthetically pleasing wooden elements. Toddlers can use them to create forest sensory boxes (filled with sand, for example), building blocks, or a scene for playing with figurines.
This type of toy has a huge impact on a child's imagination, develops their creativity and creates the conditions for inventing an endless number of games. 
Toys that engage the senses
A fantastic gift idea is buying a toy for your child that they can absorb with all their senses. Such a toy will be especially appealing to the youngest children, who are still developing their senses and can be intrigued by literally anything, including sounds, different textures, and colors. Touch and Find
blocks from Vilac are a tactile-based toy. The set consists of a box, animal figurines, and cards. Without looking, the child must retrieve the animal depicted on the card from the box. 
Another toy from Vilac , this time engaging the auditory sense, is the Sound Memo Eggs. The box contains six pairs of eggs, each sharing the same sound. The child's task is to find the matching pair.
What if you could look at the world not only through rose-colored glasses, but also through blue, green, and yellow ones? This colorful peacock from Tener Leaf will show your child the world in completely new colors. You can take this toy for a walk any time of year and see how an ordinary neighborhood transforms under the influence of colored lenses.
Role-playing - a trip to the bazaar in the morning, theater in the evening
If you want to give your child a bigger toy, choose a 2-in-1 stand, which has a theater set up on one side and a grocery store on the other. 
A stand is especially useful for larger groups of children and will keep them occupied for hours. When the weather is nice, you can set up the stand outside, which will encourage the children to get out of the house. This type of toy encourages cooperation and creativity. Encourage your children to sell various products. One might be a flower shop with bouquets gathered from the meadow, another a bakery with homemade cookies. 
When you're craving a bit of culture, simply flip the stand over. Children can put on a show with handmade puppets, for example, from wooden spoons, or, together with Endo the bear, invite their parents to watch an educational nature program on TV.
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