Shop Baby Banter's favorite gifts for little ones.

PRETEND PLAY

Even though all of these toys share that they are meant for 3+ years, we do love them for our 2 year old friends. It is a great introduction to pretend play and may require more modeling from parents on how to use it.

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Ages 3 +: Wooden Scoop & Serve Ice Cream Counter

Ages 3+: Star Diner Restaurant Play Set (41 pcs)

Play food includes wooden meat and cheese slices, felt toppings and sandwich roll, wooden dressing bottle, play chips, cookie, and drink cup with insert; play money included
Counter includes a slicer for wooden meat and cheese pieces, sign with menu on one side and sandwich prep instructions on the other

Ages 3 +: Wooden Slice & Stack Sandwich Counter with Deli Slicer – 56-Piece Pretend Play Food Pieces

Ages 3+: Examine and Treat Pet Vet Play Set (24 pcs)

HELPS SUPPORT COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT: Our pizza, play food set encourages counting, sorting, imaginative play, storytelling, and fine motor skills.

Ages 3 +: Top & Bake Wooden Pizza Counter Play Set (34 Pcs)

Ages 3+: Slice and Bake Wooden Christmas Cookie Play Food Set

This Cutting Fruit Set for kids includes an attractive wooden crate that stores all the pieces for convenient travel and organization.

Ages 3+: Cutting Fruit Set - Wooden Play Food Kitchen Accessory

Melissa & Doug Wooden Pizza Play Food Set With 36 Toppings

Ages 3+: Wooden Pizza Play Food Set With 36 Toppings

Ages 3+: Birthday Party Cake - Wooden Play Food With Mix-n-Match Toppings and 7 Candles

ARTS & CRAFTS

This princess party activity kit features a child-safe, shatterproof mirror that kids can use easily. The princess wand promotes the development of fine motor skills and creative expression.

Ages 4-8: Decorate-Your-Own Wooden Princess Wand Craft Kit

hese activity pads are a delightful and educational gift for kids ages 3 to 6 years.

Ages 2+: On the Go Water Wow! Reusable Color with Water Activity Pad 6

Creative play promotes early childhood development, hand-eye coordination and color recognition.

Ages 1.5+: 8-pack Washable Dot Markers

They are designed in comfortable sizes perfect for the little artists age 2-6 years old

Ages 2-6: 29 pcs of Fun Paint Brushes for Toddlers

It’s ideal for finger-painting activities!

Ages 1.5 +: Finger Paint Paper Pad

Ages 3+: Paper Bag Puppets Kids Art and Craft Activity

Great for preschool classrooms, daycares, or creativity at home, let children age 6 months and up color, draw and create beautiful pictures.

Ages 6 mths+: Veggie Baby Finger Paints for Toddlers

The unique chubby shape of Honeysticks makes them easier for small hands to hold, but much harder for small hands to break!

Ages 1 year +: Pure Beeswax Crayons

Ages 1.5+: Crayola Washable Kid's Paint

FUN SOCIAL GAMES

Ages 3+: Hi Ho! Cherry-O Board Game & Chutes and Ladders Board Game

Both board games are fun, interactive and a great tool to work on turn taking, following directions and building your little ones social skills.

A modern version of a traditional matching game that moves while players try to find a match

Ages 3+: The Memory and Matching Game that Moves

Simple format is easier for little fingers than cards and allows for independent gameplay
Reinforces key developmental skills like color matching and memory

Game base comes with 4 hippo heads, 4 hippo bodies, 4 marble launchers and guides, 20 plastic marbles, label sheet and instructions

Ages 3+: Hungry Hungry Hippos

Classic Hungry Hippos game has 4 hippo heads and bodies plus marbles for them to chomp.

Makes a great activity for kids to stay engaged, entertained, and learning outside of the classroom. We are dedicated in providing resources that keep your kids learning and having fun while at home

Ages 3+: The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game

Reinforce color learning, help develop matching skills, strategic thinking, turn-taking, hand-eye coordination, and fine motor skills with this board game for kids

Ages 3+: Don't Break the Ice Game

Host a game night and challenge your friends and family in Don't Break the Ice! If one player removes a block without Phillip the Penguin falling through, they stay in the game, and it’s the next player’s turn. But if a player breaks the ice and Phillip falls through, they’re out! Reset the blocks to start a new round with the remaining players. The last player left who hasn’t made Phillip fall through the ice is the winner! Play 1-on-1!

This fun and silly game has gotten rave reviews, awards from toy experts and recognition around the country!

Ages 4+: Yeti in My Spaghetti

In 2017, Yeti in My Spaghetti won the coveted TOTY Game of the Year Award! That's the highest honor a game can receive...other than the honor of kids' enjoyment, that is!

Briarpatch is recognized world wide for it's well-designed preschool games and puzzles

Ages 2+: Daniel Tiger's Welcome to Mainstreet

Children visit the Neighborhood of Make-Believe in Welcome to Main Street, a Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood game, by Briarpatch.
Encourages interactive gameplay and builds social skills. Reinforces simple counting and coordinating

The Honey Bee Tree is an award winning game filled with suspense and excitement.

Ages 3+: Honey Bee Tree Game

Game play is essential to teaching children about working together, taking turns, and sharing. Bring children together and help them develop social and cognitively all while they’re having lots of fun with the Honey Bee Tree.

Clear instructions – Easy to learn with a clear, high quality instruction manual. You can start playing right away!

Ages 4+: Zingo Bingo

Develops critical skills – Perfect for pre-readers and early readers, builds language and matching skills in preschool kids through fun, fast-paced play. Zingo is as popular in the classroom with teachers as it is in the home with families!

SENSORY FOCUSED TOYS

Ages 3+: Play-Doh Fun Tub Playset

Even though they say this is for 3 years and plus, we have this set for our 2 year old and she loves it. Play-Doh play lets kids take the lid off their imaginations and explore their creativity

RAINBOW ASSORTMENT: It’s a rainbow assortment of Play DOH modeling compound colors that lets you create just about anything you can imagine

Ages 2+: Play-Doh Modeling Compound 24-Pack Case

24 PACK: Case of Colors has plenty of non toxic Play DOH modeling compound for the whole family to shape and create

Sculpt anywhere! Playfoam GO! is a travel-sized container that's perfect for shaping and sculpting fun on the go

Ages 3+: Educational Insights Playfoam Go! Fidget & Sensory Toy

Sculpt anywhere! Playfoam is non-toxic and never dries out so the creative fun never ends. The travel-friendly carrying case lets you take it with you on the plane, car, train or anywhere. Bring it along when you sit in waiting rooms or at restaurants to pass the time

Reusable tote keeps all the pieces together for storage or travel

Ages 3+: Play-Doh Starter Set

Convenient creativity kit for on-the-go Play-Doh fun

Artists At Work: This Bundle Encourages Creative, Imaginative Play

Ages 3-5: Clay Play Activity Set - With Sculpting Tools

The Melissa & Doug Clay Play Activity Set Includes Two Craft Kits With Play Clay And Wooden Tools.

Ages 3+: Kinetic Sand, Sandisfying Set

The creative possibilities are endless with the Sandisfying Set’s 10 tools! Transform sand with the shaper; slice and dice with the slicer; scoop balls of sand with the scooper; cut waves with the crinkler and perform a super sandisfying squish with the squisher tool!

Ages 0+: Tummy Time Floor Mirror with Crinkle Cloth Book and Teethers

Baby mirror, baby teethers, baby soft book.High contrast patterns are easier to catch baby's eye during tummy time and for baby's foggy eyesight to see, adapt to infant's changes in visual development. Tummy time toy helps strengthen baby’s leg arm muscles to prepare to crawl. Aside from preventing a flat head, this baby teething toy can also delight brain development and enhancing hand-eye coordination.