Holiday Gift Ideas for Babies and Toddlers

With the holidays rapidly approaching, everyone from mom and dad to aunts and uncles will soon be scouring the toy isles to find just the right toys and gifts to please the littlest ones on their lists.  From old favorites to new ideas, here is a holiday shopping guide for babies and toddlers that won’t disappoint the colicky critics. By checking out these holiday gift ideas for baby and buying tips, you are sure to pick a winner that mom and dad won’t be exchanging later.

Playskool’s classic Weebly Wobbly Tree House won big as the top infant/preschool Toy of the Year during the Toy Industry Association’s annual awards. This year, the Weebles are making a comeback with all-new adventures and beloved nursery rhyme characters. The Weebles Storybook World has taken Goldilocks, Hansel and Gretel, Jack and Jill and many others to a new level of play by introducing them into the Weebles family. These entertaining playsets encourage play through imagination and story telling. Each playset comes with a weebles storybook, playset and characters. While mom or dad reads the classic tale, the child can act out the story or better yet, make up one of their own.  Ages for the playsets are for children age 6 months and up and prices vary from $14.99 to $39.99.

If you haven’t heard about Mattel’s new Tickle Me Elmo (T.M.X) from Fisher Price, well then you don’t know Elmo. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Tickle Me Elmo Fisher Price has created a new version of the old favorite. Elmo can now be tickled in 3 different places and each time he is tickled, he goes into a “giggle fit” more outrageous than the first one. At the end of Tickle Me Elmo’s laughfest, he lets out a huge sigh. This entertaining display will be sure to keep parents and baby alike in high spirits. Fisher Price could struggle to keep this toy on the shelves so shopping early is key this season if you plan to grab the latest T.M.X in time for the holidays. Tickle Me Elmo is appropriate for babies age 18 months and up and retails for around $40.00.