Best Wooden Toys For Toddlers
18 Wooden Toys For Toddlers Who Don't Give Off Sad Beige Baby Energy
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Toddlers love toys (and the boxes they come in), but they can also get bored easily. That's why I love buying my kids toys that will encourage their creative minds and imaginations rather than just entertain them. Most wooden toys will do that, as they are made without flashing lights, noises, or anything requiring batteries, so little ones can simply enjoy playtime.
Wooden toys are also often cheaper, longer-lasting, and better for the environment than plastic alternatives! And despite what the sad beige baby aesthetic would have you think, wooden toys do not have to be muted in color. My kids love scooping me servings of wooden ice cream, hand-painted in vibrant pink and red, and making music with bright wooden musical instruments that are designed for tiny hands. No matter what your kids' interests are, there is a wooden toy for toddlers that's just right for them! Check out a few of our favorites ahead.
Best Wooden Toy For Toddlers Who Want to Be Your Mini-Me
PairPear Coffee Maker Espresso Playset ($35, originally $38)
If you've got a little shadow on your hands who always wants to do what you do, this is the perfect way to make them feel included in your morning routine. It's a wooden version of your coffee maker, complete with flavor pods, milk, mugs, and spoons.
Best Wooden Toy For Toddlers Who Love Music
Stoie's International Wooden Music Set ($35)
Teach the joy of music at home with this adorable music set. It comes with nine different wooden instruments designed for tiny hands, including a flute, a maraca, a hand drum, castanets, and more.
Best Wooden Toy For Toddlers Who Need Hand-Eye Coordination Practice
Grimm's Spiel und Holz Design Wooden Rainbow Tunnel ($34)
Toddlers can stack, play, learn colors, and enjoy the rainbow when you get this colorful tunnel toy. It's great for practicing hand-eye coordination as they learn to fit each color under the next. This toy is so popular, you can only order one per household.
Best Wooden Toy For Toddlers Who Love Ice Cream
Tender Leaf Toys Ice Cream Cart ($75)
Ice cream, ice pops, and lollipops, coming right up! This sweet toy comes with wooden play food that's painted to look like colorful ice cream scoops that your toddlers can serve up by themselves.
Best Wooden Toy For Toddlers Who Love to Be in the Kitchen
Tender Leaf Toys Mini Chef Home Kitchen ($190)
This mini kitchen is the perfect addition to kid's playroom! It comes equipped with an oven, stove, sink, cupboard, dishes, towel holder, and more, to give your kid the full kitchen experience.
Best Wooden Toys For Toddlers Aspiring to Be Golf Pros
Fat Brain Toys Golf Putt-n-Play Wooden Golf Set ($35)
This adorable wooden golf set will encourage coordination, concentration, and creativity as your little one creates their own at home putt-putt challenge. The set comes with 5 obstacles, 2 putters, 2 holes, 2 flags, 2 balls, and score cards.
Best Wooden Toy For Toddlers Learning Their Animals
Hearth & Hand With Magnolia Wooden Toy Farm Animal Set ($13)
With a dollhouse or on its own, this farm animal set is super fun! It comes with six easy-to-grip wooden animals, including a cow, a chicken, a pig, a goat, a donkey, and a llama.
Best Wooden Toy For Toddlers Who Love to Help
Crate&Kids Wooden Toy Tool Box ($39)
Got a problem that needs fixing? Your little one feel like they're helping with their very own toolbox. It comes with a screwdriver, a hammer, a wrench, and hardware that can be used on the side of the handy carrying case.
Best Wooden Toy For Toddlers Who Like to Play House
Crate&Kids Treehouse Play Set ($229)
Designed to look like a miniature tree house, this hand-painted toy offers hours of fun. Kids will love helping their dolls or little figures climb up the stairs, relax in the bedroom, or go for a ride on the tree swing.
Best Wooden Toy For Toddlers on Long Car Rides
deMoca Montessori Busy Board ($42, originally $56)
If your toddler already loves untying your shoelaces and playing with buckles, then this busy board is for you. The wooden toy includes plenty of ways to hone fine motor skills, from turning gears to using a zipper. With over 3,900 reviews on Amazon, parents have also said it's great for long car rides and provides hours of entertainment.
Best Wooden Toy For Toddlers With an Imagination
Migargle City Construction Stacker ($37, originally $43)
Who says all blocks have to be square? This stacker toy set looks like a city street, with painted blocks in unique shapes that look like buildings, trees, and cars. Your child will have a blast designing their own little town filled with cafes, schools, hotels, and more.
Best Wooden Toy For Toddlers Who Want to Be Sous-Chefs
Melissa & Doug Wooden Play Food ($28)
Toddlers can learn about the five food groups with this realistic play food featuring wooden watermelon, milk, cheese, fish, eggs, and more. If they're always begging to help out at dinner time, here's an imaginative way to include them in on the fun.
Best Wooden Toy For Toddlers With Plenty of Energy
Little Dove Wooden Balance Board ($70)
Kids can go surfing, crawl under the tunnel, lounge, slide, or roll cars or balls down this multipurpose toy, giving your little ball of energy plenty to do. Plus, the board is made with high-quality natural beech wood and birch wood that supports up to 485 pounds in case you two want to catch a wave together.
Best Wooden Toy For Toddlers on the Move
B. Toys Boom Buggy ($35)
Your active toddler will love zipping around the house like a little bee with this cute ride-on toy. It requires no assembly and supports up to 88 pounds.
Best Wooden Toy For Toddlers Learning Colors and Numbers
B. Toys Counting Rainbows ($10)
This wooden toy is both cute and educational! They can practice their 123s and start nailing down the colors of the rainbow with this 20-piece set.
Best Wooden Toy For Toddlers Who Love Cars
B. Toys Wood & Wheels ($33)
Design a track that goes over a mountain or through the woods with this 47-piece play set, including 25 double-sided train tracks and three magnetic wooden wagons.
Best Wooden Toy For Toddlers Who Love to Play Doctor
Little Play Kit Wooden Montessori Doctors Play Kit ($65)
Mini doctors and dentists will get a kick out of this adorable play kit from Etsy. It is handmade with all the tools you need to give an exam, including a stethoscope, a dental mold, a medical hammer, a syringe, inspection tools, a wooden toothbrush, a blood-pressure cuff, and more.
Best Wooden Toy For Toddlers Who Want to Bake
Melissa & Doug Wooden Make-a-Cake Mixer Set ($33)
Encourage your little ones to join you in the kitchen with this cute cake mixer. It comes with a wooden blender, eggs, butter, a loaf pan, cake mix, butter, and a finished loaf.
