Best Toys for 12 Month old Baby

Are you unsure about what are the best toys to buy a 12 month old baby. 

This article gives lots of suggestions of the best toys for 12 month old babies and gives reasons why 12 month olds will love these toys. 

The recommended toys are based on toys my own son used to love and play with at the age of 12 months old. 

Read on for suggestions of the best toys for a 12 month old baby. 

Babies and toddlers love water play and will love the waterwheel play table. This used to keep my son occupied for ages. He loved tipping and pouring water in and out the containers. A great outdoor toy for young toddlers. Great reviews on Amazon too. 

Music and activity tables are great toys to keep 12 months olds engaged, educated and entertained. They Leapfrog Learn and Groove Musical Activity Table is a great choice. There are lots and lots of different activities to keep babies entertained. It has excellent reviews and is good value for money too.

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Sand boxes are great toys for a 12 month old baby and are a great investment for futher year too. At 12 months my son loved sitting and playing in the sand. He would sit and keep occupied for ages, although you have to watch to make sure he wouldn't eat the sand! As he's got older he  has loved building and knocking down sandcastles, playing with diggers and other toys in the sand, burying his feet and hands. The list is endless.

Ride on toys are perfect toys for 12 month olds. Before they start walking many of them have bars which they can push around and use as a walking aid. As they get older they will love pushing them around and sitting on them and using their feet to get around. Some of them have features such as seats which babies and toddlers can open up and put toys in. They are great for building muscle and getting babies moving and occupied too. Can be used indoors and outdoors.

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12 months is a great age to get baby his/her first set of blocks. 12 month olds will love knocking down towers and it won't be long until they're building their own. 12 month old babies will also enjoy exploring the textures of different blocks. This is why Haba blocks (featured opposite) are so good. They have lots of different features for 12 month old babies to explore. Such as rattles, mirrors, balls and other visually appealing features. 

12 month old babies are guaranteed to love a toy drum. They will love banging on it and it is a great first musical toy. You can use it to introduce them to the concept of rhythm. Its definitely a toy children will be using well into the toddler years. 

Babies of 12 months will love playing with toy phones. They will love pressing the buttons and pretending to talk like Mommy and Daddy. They're great for introducing toddlers to numbers as well. 

Fisher Price do a good range of toys which are brilliant for babies aged 12 months and up. Fisher Price laugh and learn have some fantastic toys for 12 month olds including tea sets and mail boxes.