The perfect children's gift for 1-5 year olds!

Children's gifts for 1-5-year-olds: The BIG gift guide

From motor skills and sensory perception to imagination, language skills and empathy, there are numerous abilities that develop in the first years of a child's life. Parents and educatorscan specifically support this development with educationally valuable toys, which make excellent gifts for young children. After all, the best gifts are those that not only bring joy to the little recipients, but also help them progress.

The big BIG gift guide focuses on just such meaningful children's gifts, providing you with original gift ideas for 1-year-olds to 5-year-olds.

Why are toys ideal as gifts for children?

A toy as a gift - is that even a good idea? Our clear opinion: yes! This at least applies to educational toys that support children in their development. Toys that get kids moving often promote motor skills, while special educational toys improve memory and concentration as well as teaching specific learning content. Toys that can be used by several children together, in turn, encourage interpersonal interaction and train social skills.

Discover the comprehensive BIG gift guide

Now that we've explained why high-quality toys make such great gifts for children, we'd like to provide you with lots of inspiration and great gift ideas for kids of different ages in the BIG Gift Guide. To find out which of our ideas are best suited to the child you want to give a gift to, you should consider the age of the child. You should also consider the child's individual interests and make sure that they don't already own your favorite children's gift. If you are unsure about this, you can talk to the parents in advance.

It is also essential that you choose a safe children's gift. In other words, toys with small parts that can be swallowed are not good gifts for small children, and the same applies to poorly manufactured products made from potentially harmful materials or toys with sharp corners and edges. After all, if the child hurts itself on the gift, the joy will be very short-lived.

If you keep these aspects in mind when choosing a gift for children, there is a good chance that you will hit the bull's eye with your present. Now you just need a few inspiring ideas. So raise the curtain on the BIG gift guide:

The popular BIG Bobby Cars, other slide cars and balance bikes are ideal for developing gross motor skills. Depending on the model, the sleek vehicles can be operated by children aged 12 or 18 months and accompany them on their way to greater independence and mobility. When riding the  BIG Bobby Car Classic, children learn to orient themselves in space, keep their balance and coordinate various body movements. The same applies to the  BIG Sport Bike: the balance bike for 1.5-year-olds helps with the first attempts at walking and promotes the controlled execution of leg and arm movements.

Grasping, holding and safely setting down objects, which also requires motor skills, can be practiced by your child with building blocks and large building blocks. Such gifts for one-year-olds must of course also be selected according to the manufacturer's age recommendation, as building blocks that are too small can easily be swallowed and therefore pose a serious safety risk. However, age-appropriate models are clearly educational toys that cut a first-class figure as a gift for children.

Creative gift ideas for 2-year-olds

Looking for gift ideas for 2-year-olds? No problem! How about a sand and water toy for extra fun in the fresh air? In the  sand and water shell, for example, your child can play with molds, shovels and other accessories to their heart's content and push the limits of their current fine motor skills. This makes the multifunctional sandpit perfect as a gift for two-year-olds, in whose development fine motor skills play a major role in line with their age. Alternatively, children can also put their fine motor skills to the test with large jigsaw puzzles and practise recognizing and naming colors at the same time. For example, you can ask your child to look specifically for red pieces, sort out all the blue pieces or tell you what color the piece they are holding is.

In this context, there is of course also support on a social level: Your child may learn to listen to other children, to put themselves in their shoes and to find compromises in the event of a dispute. At the latest when several small children's hands are reaching for the  BIG Fire Brigade or another much-loved gift at the same time, they will learn how to share and take turns fairly.

BIG's colorful gift ideas for 3-year-olds

If you are still looking for a gift for a three-year-old child, we have a few suggestions for you. For us, the absolute highlights among the gift ideas for 3-year-old boys and girls clearly fall into the categories of outdoor and garden toys and climbing toys . Outdoor toys, such as the BIG Kraxxl models, are ideal for the urge to move and the thirst for adventure of three-year-old children and are the epitome of a meaningful, stimulating gift for children. After all, it is generally known how important it is to give children a certain enjoyment of physical activity from a young age.

At the same time, children's gifts for the outdoor area encourage the development of social skills, as the majority of children can easily play on them together. The  BIG Fun Slide, for example, invites children to test their motor skills together, while two pedal tractors can be used for exciting races - with realistic models, such as the  Fendt Dieselross children's tractor, in true style!

In addition to typical outdoor toys, educational gifts for 3-year-olds also include products that inspire the imagination. For example, put together a dress-up box with different costumes and accessories. Puzzles and building sets as well as board games suitable for the age group are also suitable as children's gifts that help children learn to understand and follow simple rules. However, games intended as gifts for three-year-olds should be kept fairly simple and limited to a few easy-to-understand rules.

Gift ideas for 4-year-olds and 5-year-olds

Gifts for 4-year-old and 5-year-old boys and girls can already be more demanding and present the kids with physical and mental challenges. If the party for which you need a children's gift falls in winter, sledges are undoubtedly one of the most popular gift ideas for 4-year-olds and 5-year-olds. Spend the birthday afternoon on a snow-covered hill so that the winter vehicle can be put through its paces straight away. At the same time, making decisions and assessing one's own abilities is strengthened: Is the hill too steep or can I manage it safely? Up to what speed do I feel comfortable and when is it too fast for me? Do I dare to hurtle down the hill all by myself?

If the gifts for four-year-olds or five-year-olds are more suitable for use in summer, the BIG Waterplay water rides are a great idea. Children can get creative and carry out interesting experiments with water while playing with the varied and flexibly expandable tracks. The tracks, which are available in different designs, appeal to children on a mental level and promote their understanding of physical principles. This makes them children's gifts that we can describe as educational and educationally valuable with a clear conscience.

Meaningful gifts for children aged one to five

The small gift for a two-year-old child "just in between", larger gifts for a 3rd birthday or presents for five-year-old children have something in common: ideally, they should have a certain educational value and enable the child to develop further. Toys that also promise a lot of fun and match the age and interests of the child are virtually a guarantee for shining children's eyes when unwrapping. You can find children's gifts for 1 to 5-year-olds that do just that in the BIG Shop - the place where buying presents is literally child's play!
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