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6 Holiday Gifts for 2- and 3-Year-Olds

Shopping for holiday gifts for 2- and 3-year-olds? We rounded up six picks built for busy hands, growing imaginations, and lots of repeat play — including one that keeps arriving in the mailbox.

6 Holiday Gifts for 2- and 3-year-olds: Our Picks

Hammer the balls through the bench, then pull out the xylophone for another way to play.


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Hape Pound and Tap Bench wooden pounding toy with colorful balls, mallet, and slide-out xylophone
PlanToys wooden pull-along snail toy with green body and red-and-yellow shell

A colorful pull-along companion for toddlers who are always on the move.

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Nine chunky farm-animal pieces with easy-grip pegs sized for small hands.

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Hape Farm Animals wooden peg puzzle with chunky lift-out farm animal pieces
HABA My Very First Games First Orchard cooperative board game box showing fruit trees and a raven

A cooperative first board game where everyone works together to collect the fruit before the raven reaches the orchard.

 

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Twelve colorful arches that can become tunnels, towers, bridges, sculptures, and whatever else a toddler imagines.

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Grimm's large wooden rainbow stacker with twelve colorful arches

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