#1LeapFrog
LeapFrog Learning Friends 100 Words Book
A touch-and-hear picture book where Turtle, Tiger and Monkey say more than 100 words.
Ages 12 months+£19.99usual price
Added to 9 Wishorium lists
On 2 top lists
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Things to push, stack, post and ride, and sturdy first books: the toys and gifts on this year’s top lists for toddlers aged 1 and 2.
Checked 18 October 2026. Buy one now, or add it to a wish list so nobody buys it twice.
These are the UK’s picks, with UK prices. Shopping in the US or Canada? See America’s picks
71 gifts for 1–2 year olds
#1LeapFrog
A touch-and-hear picture book where Turtle, Tiger and Monkey say more than 100 words.
Ages 12 months+£19.99usual price
Added to 9 Wishorium lists
On 2 top lists
#2Tonies
A soft, screen-free audio player that plays stories and songs when a figure sits on top, with a Bluey Tonie.
Ages 1+£109.99usual price
Added to 7 Wishorium lists
On 2 top lists
#3tonies
A soft speaker that plays stories and songs when a character figure sits on top.
Ages 12 months+£109.99usual price
Added to 6 Wishorium lists
On 2 top lists
#4Jellycat
Jellycat’s soft, scruffy brown bear, for cuddling from day one.
From birth£25.00usual price
Added to 6 Wishorium lists
On Which? gift guides 2026
#5Tonies
A light, screen-free audio player: put a Tonie figure on top to play a story or songs. The set comes with a Creative Tonie.
Ages 1+£59.99usual price
Added to 4 Wishorium lists
On 2 top lists
#6Fisher-Price
Chunky wooden animals to stack on their stand and sort.
Ages 12 months+£12.00usual price
Added to 3 Wishorium lists
On Which? gift guides 2026
#7LEGO
A box of 85 big DUPLO bricks, with number bricks, a car and figures, in its own storage box.
Ages 18 months+£48.85usual price
Added to 3 Wishorium lists
On Which? gift guides 2026
#8LEGO
An 18-piece DUPLO set with Peppa Pig and Pedro Pony, a red tractor and a farm-shop stall.
Ages 2+£17.99usual price
Added to 3 Wishorium lists
On Which? gift guides 2026
#9TOMY
Squeaking eggs that hide in their egg tray: a first shape sorter.
Ages 6 months+£11.49usual price
On 2 top lists
#10Smoby
A play tray with legs, for the floor or standing, with a shape sorter, bead maze and ball tunnel.
Ages 12 months+£64.99usual price
On 2 top lists

VTech
A three-level garage with a lift, a fuel pump and a car wash that react to a Toot-Toot car (sold separately).
Ages 12 months+£37.00usual price
On 2 top lists

Hornit
A light 12-inch balance bike with an adjustable seat, for a first ride.
Ages 18 months+£139.00usual price
On 2 top lists

Ickle Bubba
A very light cabin-approved stroller that folds small enough to take on a plane as hand luggage.
Ages 6 months+£119.00usual price
On 2 top lists

Cybex
A very light cabin-approved travel stroller that folds small enough for a plane’s overhead locker, from six months.
Ages 6 months+£249.95usual price
On 2 top lists

Baby Jogger
A light, compact stroller made with sustainable fabrics, with a carry bag, weather shield and belly bar.
Ages 6 months+£255.00usual price
On 2 top lists

Cosatto
A car seat that swivels to face the door and grows with the child from birth to about 12 years.
From birth£224.95usual price
On 2 top lists

VTech
A light-up ball with songs and sounds that rolls away for babies to crawl after.
Ages 6 months+£18.00usual price
On Which? gift guides 2026

Fisher-Price
A sit-to-stand push walker with a book page and light-up buttons that play songs.
Ages 6 months+£31.99usual price
On Mother&Baby’s baby and toddler toy guides 2026

VTech
A 2-in-1 push walker with a removable activity panel of light-up buttons, a shape sorter and gears.
Ages 6–30 months£45.00usual price
On Mumsnet’s best baby toys 2026

Bright Starts
A baby walker whose seat comes out to leave a standing play table with ten activities.
Ages 6 months+£80.00usual price
On Mother&Baby’s baby and toddler toy guides 2026

Baby Einstein
A wooden piano whose touch keys play notes and short songs.
Ages 6 months+£35.00usual price
On Mumsnet’s best baby toys 2026

Baby Einstein
A wooden drum with touch pads that play drum sounds and songs.
Ages 6 months+£24.99usual price
On The Independent’s gifts for one-year-olds 2026

Ravensburger
A pull-along chameleon shape sorter with six shapes, lights and sounds.
Ages 12–36 months£34.99usual price
On Mother&Baby’s baby and toddler toy guides 2026

Halilit
A box of small instruments for a first birthday band.
Ages 12 months+£23.99usual price
On The Independent’s gifts for one-year-olds 2026

Mega Bloks
A train of 60 big letter blocks on rolling bases.
Ages 12 months+£14.95usual price
On Which? gift guides 2026

Fisher-Price
Six painted wooden arches to stack and balance.
Ages 18 months+£23.39usual price
On Which? gift guides 2026

VTech
A toy turntable with five double-sided records of animal songs in five music styles.
Ages 12–36 months£27.99usual price
On Which? gift guides 2026

LEGO
A DUPLO truck and tracked digger with two figures and a boulder brick.
Ages 2+£18.00usual price
On Mumsnet’s best toys for 2-year-olds 2026

Scuttlebug
A foldable ride-on that a toddler scoots along with their feet.
Ages 1–3 years£17.99usual price
On Mumsnet’s best toys for 2-year-olds 2026

Little Tikes
A foot-powered ride-on car with a working horn, a clicking ignition switch and a handle for a grown-up to push.
Ages 18 months+£69.99usual price
On Mumsnet’s best toys for 2-year-olds 2026

BRIO
A small wooden train set with track and a battery train.
Ages 18 months+£36.00usual price
On Mumsnet’s best toys for 2-year-olds 2026

Fisher-Price
A push walker for babies learning to walk, with a turtle that spins and rocks as they go.
Ages 6 months+£39.99usual price
On MadeForMums’ Christmas toys 2026

Julia Donaldson
The classic rhyming picture book about a mouse who invents a monster, then meets him.
Ages 2+£7.99usual price
On Amazon UK’s children’s book bestsellers, October 2026

Julia Donaldson
A rhyming picture book about a keen young dragon at dragon school.
Ages 2+£7.99usual price
On Amazon UK’s children’s book bestsellers, October 2026

Michael Rosen
The classic picture book of a family’s walk through grass, mud and snowstorm to find a bear.
Ages 2+£8.99usual price
On Amazon UK’s children’s book bestsellers, October 2026

Beatrix Potter
A set of small board books about Peter Rabbit and friends, for babies.
From birth£6.99usual price
On Amazon UK’s children’s book bestsellers, October 2026

Anna Llenas
A picture book that helps young children name their feelings by giving each a colour.
Ages 2+£7.99usual price
On Amazon UK’s children’s book bestsellers, October 2026

Eric Carle
Eric Carle’s board book of the caterpillar eating his way through the week.
Ages 1+£7.99usual price
On Amazon UK’s children’s book bestsellers, October 2026

Ladybird
A touch-and-feel board book for babies, with a Christmas theme.
From birth£6.99usual price
On Mumsnet’s best stocking fillers for kids 2026

Nuby
Chunky plastic links to clip toys onto a pram or car seat.
Ages 6 months+£6.00usual price
On Mumsnet’s best stocking fillers for kids 2026
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