Looking for Christmas gifts for 18 month old cuties in your life?! This gift guide has Montessori toys, bath toys, quiet toys, building toys, and even ones to help them work on fine motor skills! This guide is filled with our favorites.
This post is all about Christmas gifts for 18 month old kiddos in your world. These toys are highly engaging while not being over stimulating either. They will love them and you will too!
This post contains affiliate links.
Christmas Gifts for 18 Month Old
1. Sound Puzzles
The Melissa and Doug sound puzzles have been a favorite since my son got them on his first birthday. It has been so cool to watch him progress and learn about the different pieces of each puzzle as he gets bigger! This puzzle comes in instruments, farm animals, vehicles, pets, and zoo animals.
If you go for multiple or already have other Melissa and Doug puzzles, I recommend the Melissa and Doug Puzzle Shelf. This is how I store ours
2. A Small Play Kitchen
This may sound like a toy for older kiddos, but our little wooden play kitchen is my 1-year-old’s absolute favorite toy. She absolutely loves filling up the wooden pots and pans with food.
While most play kitchens take up a ton of floor space, this small wooden kitchen takes up very little space while still being a ton of fun! Plus, it’s a toy they will play with for years!
3. Lego Duplo Number train
When our son was 18 months old, he played with his Duplo number train at least once every single day! (that’s not an exaggeration) Plus, I love being able to work on numbers with him while he is playing with a toy that he loves!
4. Mini Wagon from Radio Flyer
At just 12.5 inches, it’s easy to play with this mini wagon both outside and inside. It’s the perfect height for our 18 month old to pull around and the perfect size to fill with little toys or a few stuffed animals!
5. New Books
One of the family Christmas traditions in our house is a box of new books for everyone in the family! We’ve linked one of our absolute favorite books but you can also check out the list of all our favorite books here!
6. Peel & Slice Fruit
I love that our play food is both peelable and sliceable! The role play is more realistic and they are a huge hit with both my kids!
7. Caterpillar Gear Toy
We have had this Melissa and Doug gear toy for over two year and there’s a reason it’s made it through so many of my panic toy purges. Both my 1 year old and my 3 year old love this toy and I truly feel as though it’s a toy that grows with your baby. They can start by just putting pieces on anywhere and working on fine motor skills and slowly work their way into matching the colors. Plus, they learn cause and effect from the gears as well! I keep this toy in our bin of quiet toys and it’s been a great addition.
8. Tool Workbench
While most kids’ workbenches are absolutely massive, this wooden workbench is only about 8 inches wide and 11 inches tall. It’s perfect for apartment living with kids.
9. Car Run
On the days teething gets the best of my son, his car run is the only thing that will calm him down. It’s actually amazing how many times an 18 month old can put the cars down and not get bored. Just trust me on this one. Our car run has been a life saver for us.
10. Wooden Name Puzzle
Custom name puzzles are great Christmas gifts for 18 month old aspiring puzzlers. They are an especially good gift for nieces, nephews, or your friends’ kids if you don’t know what toys they have already!
11. Bath Tub Building Pipes
Essentially a marble run for the bath tub, these bath building pipes stick onto the side of the tub to create a “water run!” They are definitely one of our favorite bath toys and I love how much they learn playing with it.
12. Fine Motor Hedgehog
This little hedgehog toy is a favorite of both my one and three year old! It’s great for teaching fine motor skills early on and has also been a great quiet time toy. Plus, I’m a huge fan of the fact that the top comes off and the “spikes” store inside the toy.
13. Lego Alphabet Truck
Between the Lego Number Train and the Lego Alphabet truck, you’ll be able to build some amazing towers with your toddler and your toddler will learn tons too! We love connecting the train and the truck to make a SUPER long train!