Holiday Gift Guide
Gifts for 2 Year Olds:
At this age as your child begins to explore their environment more and enter the world of creative play, you want to provide more options to help develop their imagination. Toddlers like to mimic what they see as they begin to enter the world of pretend play. Here are some gift options:
Little Heavy Baby Waldorf Doll
Woodland Fairy Nightlight (at this age children tend to become more fearful of the dark. Having a night light that’s calming and has soothing tones helps with bedtime).
Set of Four Seasons- Board Books
Gifts for Ages 3 and Up:
At this age you want to continue working on your child’s creative play by offering different modalities and options. Finger knitting and painting are great ways to help facilitate the growth of their fine motor skills as well. These are a few of my favorite gifts for this age:
Dollhouse Family of Dolls (Ideally it would be nice to have various sets of skin tones that your child interacts with during play. At age 3, a child may want more help from you when setting up a dollhouse, but by age 4, I find that they like to engage in this play on their own).
Wood Dollhouse Table and 2 Chairs
Wood Dollhouse Living Room set
Rattle & Blanket and Suitcase set
Plant Dyed Rainbow Yarn (Finger knitting is great for ages 3.5 years and up, start with 2 fingers at a time. Check out this video for a Finger Knitting tutorial!).
Wooden Kitchen Tool Set and Apron
Ages 6 and Up:
Children at this age like to build things, invent things and set the stage for play. They like to be the director, not the actor :). At this age, they are also working on their written skills and activities to help facilitate this include beading (with a smaller diameter of bead holes) knitting/sewing, and finger games (ie: cats cradles). Here are some of my favorite items:
Finger Strings- A Book of Cats Cradles
L’atelier de Bricolage Tool set
*All of the GRIMMS wooden toys also make great additions at any of these ages and really do grow with your child.