According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, 1-year-old girls will become much more mobile. Perhaps they will be sitting up by themselves and reaching for something to help them stand. Some 1-year-olds are even taking a few steps by now.
Children this age love to explore objects by banging and throwing them. Cognitively, one-year-olds are looking at pictures and wanting to imitate gestures and sounds. Socially, they are learning to trust people and showing preferences for certain toys.
Suddenly, everything is bright and new and it’s a big wide world to explore. Here are eleven toys that 1-year-old girls will love:
Whisper Ride II Ride On Push Car, Pink
Your little gal will love pretending to drive in her new car when she gets pushed by you in this life-like ride on push car that comes with lots of decals and fun features. The Whisper Ride II also comes with two cup holders, one for you and one for your child, making it convenient for when you’re on the go.
Other features include a honking horn and a handle that folds for travel. There is an extra storage space near the steering wheel that can hold a small toy. Little hands love to honk the working horn. It’s easy to assemble and there are no batteries needed. The weight limit is 50 pounds.
What She’ll Love:
The steering wheel moves so your child feels like she is driving her own real car.
LeapFrog Shapes And Sharing Picnic Basket
This brightly colored picnic basket helps build essential motor skills like matching, sorting and stacking. The set comes with 14 pieces for creative play which include 2 cups, 2 plates, 2 forks, 6 pieces of pretend food, a small blanket, and the basket. Everything easily stores inside the basket for easy cleanup.
Lift the basket lid for interactive play when the basket makes cute sound effects, speaks phrases, and plays instrumental music. Little ones aged 6 to 36 months learn their shapes, colors and fine motor skills while playing.
What She’ll Love:
Children will love the interactive play like pushing the song button while sorting and matching the pretend food while learning essentials skills.
Fisher-Price Little People Fun Sounds Farm
The playset pieces include Farmer Eddie, a sheep, a horse, a cow, a chicken, and the barn. It also has an easy-to-build corral that can connect to other play sets that are sold seperately. All the play pieces store in the silo.
Children can sit or stand to play, so they can keep playing as they grow. There is an on/off switch that allows parents to guide the playtime. There are lots of interactive pieces like doors that open and close and a drop-through silo with a slide.
The Fun Sounds Farm also includes eight sing-a-long songs with two different modes of upbeat and slower night-time songs. Sound effects like a clucking chicken and other barnyard animal sounds add to the fun.
What She’ll Love:
Little girls will love to sing along to the music as they take care of the animals on the farm, while learning grasping skills.
LEGO DUPLO All-in-One Pink Box of Fun
LEGO DUPLO hits the mark with this 65-piece Pink Box of Fun. All the pieces store inside the Pink LEGO brick-shaped box. Pieces include numbers 1-3, bunny, chicken, a girl DUPLO character, and colorful LEGO bricks to make buildings with window elements.
Made for ages 1-1/2 to 5 years old, children can play with this toy for many years because of its flexibility and availability to add more LEGOS. Children learn skills with LEGO DUPLO bricks like building and developing counting skills.
What She’ll Love:
Kids will love building and rebuilding different versions of houses with this creative play.
Fisher-Price Bright Beats Dance & Move BeatBo
BeatBo is a fun and energetic robot character that lights up and dances when pressing buttons on BeatBo’s tummy and feet. Activate dance moves and songs with three modes of play, which include Learning & Games, Customized Sing-Along, and Dance ‘n Move.
In Learning & Games Mode, little ones learn skills like colors, counting, cause and effect, and ABC’s. Dance n’ Move Mode encourages baby to dance along with fun music and colorful lights, helping children learn gross motor skills and develop their senses. The Customized Sing-Along allows parents and baby to record their voices and have it played back by BeatBo with his own song rendition.
What She’ll Love:
Little girls will love recording their own voice that BeatBo will repeat, and dancing with BeatBo in Dance n’ Move mode.
Toyzoo Learning Bead Maze Wooden Educational Toy Activity Center
Toyzoo is an activity learning center where children learn their shapes, colors, and develop their tactile senses with a teaching clock, lacing beads, xylophone, and a bead maze. Parent don’t need to worry about harmful chemicals getting on baby’s hands and mouth since the materials are built from natural hardwood and non-toxic water-based paint.
It’s an educational toy that helps develop motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and color and shape recognition. This toy for little hands has 10 fun-shaped blocks and five different activities.
What She’ll Love:
Baby will love figuring out how things work by manipulating the colorful blocks and playing the xylophone.
LeapFrog Musical Rainbow Tea Set
Little girls love pouring tea for their friends with this engaging and realistic LeapFrog Musical Rainbow Tea Set. As you pour the tea, the pot makes tea-time sounds that add to imaginative play. It features 50+ musical sounds, phrases and songs, which include 7 sing-along songs. It lights up with magical colors that encourage little girls to learn color names. There is also a shiny mirror hidden beneath the teapot lid, giving baby the opportunity to play peek-a-boo.
Kids learn skills like matching, counting, colors, manners, and how to share. The tea set comes as a 10-piece set which includes, two cups, teapot with lights and music, six cake pieces, and a cake plate
What She’ll Love:
Children will love the the interactive sounds and role-playing as they match the colors of the tea-pot to the cake pieces when sharing tea with their friends.
Paddington Bear 16″ Soft Toy w/ Suitcase
This timeless 16″ Paddington bear is celebrating his 50th anniversary as a cherished childhood friend and companion. Paddington is so huggable with his warm and soft, brown plush material, cute black nose and hand-stitched smile. He comes dressed in his famous blue duffle coat with workable toggle buttons and a floppy hat.
Accessories include a suitcase with a metal handle that opens and closes, and a sign the reads “Please Look After This Bear.” Children learn essential gross-motor skills like opening and closing the buttons and clasps.
What She’ll Love:
Little girls will love to cuddle with this soft bear.
Kathe Kruse – Nickibaby Doll
Designed in Germany and made from quality materials, this huggable baby doll is sweet and soft, inviting your little girl to cuddle and play. It’s body is firm enough to sit and pose, helping young girls to develop hand coordination.
Dressed in a floppy hat and a red one-piece sleeper, this cute little doll from well-known toy maker Kathe Kruse is 8 inches high. The Nickibaby doll has a smiling face and is very cuddly. It is machine washable on a gentle cycle.
What She’ll Love:
Little girls will love to hold and cuddle this doll while learning skills like empathetic play.
VTech Spin and Learn Color Flashlight
This Spin and Learn Color Flashlight is a great educational toy for your budding adventurer. Girls will learn basic skills like colors, numbers, and animals with the fun and interactive features. Press the ladybug button to reveal fun phrases and sounds. Spin the dial and learn about different animals and colors.
Other features include 50 sing-along songs, color-changing lights, and fun animal sounds. There is an on/off button and two separate volume controls, so parents can help direct play. Perfect for children that are ages 1-3 years old. It takes two AAA batteries which are included.
What She’ll Love:
Your baby girl will love the pretend play as they push the interactive buttons to reveal fun sounds and colored lights.
Joyin Toy Wooden Push Pull Along Toy Shape Sorter
Growing girls will love to pull this wooden bus and play the xylophone while learning about different kinds of animals and shapes. Children learn skills like body balance, coordination, spatial thinking, musical rhythm, shape sorting, colors, and logical thinking.
The animal pieces come in six different shapes which include a crocodile, zebra, lion, giraffe, elephant, and a rhino. With lots of enjoyable activities, your child will enjoy pulling the colorful toy. It’s also made of non-toxic materials and finishes, so you don’t have to worry about your child’s safety.
What She’ll Love:
Little girls will love fitting the cute animals onto the bus as she pulls them around and takes them for a ride.
Looking for Gifts & Toys For Other Ages Of Children?
Do you have more than child to buy for who is at a different age? If that’s the case then you might want to check out our other guides of carefully curated and considered lists of gadgets, games, puzzles and toys that cater for all different ages and development stages of kids.
You’ll find that the guides below have toys that have been specifically designed and developed to match your child’s physical, emotional and cognitive abilities. I hope these guides provide you with all the inspiration you need to get your child gift idea spot on!
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