If you’re looking for toys to help develop toddlers’ senses then you’ve come to the right place. The best toys for young children are those that encourage learning through play whether that’s through touch, sight, or sound. These types of toys should be brightly coloured, make noises, and be textured to challenge, entertain and stimulate children both mentally and physically.
Here at Wicked Uncle, we’re proud to say that we try and test every single one of our products that you can find on our website, and know that these will make perfect presents for all toddlers aged 1-3.
Check Out Our Top Toys Below:
- Making Noah’s Ark – Build & Play
- Vintage Breakfast Tray – Good Morning!
- Chalk Race Cars – Ready, Steady, Draw!
- Bath Time Flutes
- 1-2-3 Build It – Rocket, Train & Helicopter
- My Countdown Racer
- 2-in-1 Rider Walker – With Shape Sorter
- Magical Bath Time Stickers
- Peek A Boo Zoo – Spot The Animal
- Locking Door – Wooden Matching Game
1 Making Noah’s Ark – Build & Play , £29.99 £29.99
Wooden set to assemble a 28cm boat & load it with animals
Set sail with this brilliant wooden playset! With the help of a grown up, assemble the pieces to complete the 28cm wooden boat with ramp. Load the colourful animal figurines in their pairs – from penguins and lions to polar bears and crocodiles! Little ones are sure to enjoy matching and arranging the smiling animals.
2 Vintage Breakfast Tray – Good Morning! , £16.99 £16.99
Lovely wooden roleplay set with bacon, egg, and toast.
Awaken playtime with this lovely roleplay set! Features a sturdy 29cm tray with floral pattern and accessories – including a teacup, plate, cutlery set and salt shaker. Serve up a balanced breakfast of toast, bacon and an egg, then clean up with the included cloth napkin.
3 Chalk Race Cars – Ready, Steady, Draw! , £14.99 £14.99
Set of six chalks shaped like colourful cars
These brilliant chalks are perfect for budding artists and car lovers alike. Each 8cm chalk is shaped like a race car in a different colour – red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple too. Perfect for use indoors and outside, you can create a race track, play hopscotch, draw a scene or decorate the driveway with letters… The possibilities are endless!
4 Bath Time Flutes – Musical Fun! , £12.99 £12.99
Set of 5 colourful flutes – fill them with water & play a happy tune!
Five colourful 20cm whistles to play in the bath – simply add water to change the notes.
This fun set includes five brightly coloured 20cm flutes for musical fun at bath time. Simply fill each whistle with water up to the note line to change the pitch, then follow the five included colour-coded tune cards to play a lovely melody! Pick from classics like Old McDonald, Mary Had a Little Lamb or Itsy Bitsy Spider, or compose your own masterpiece. An excellent way to make bath time exciting – explore rhythm and music in a fun way!
This fun set includes five brightly coloured 20cm flutes for musical fun at bath time. Simply fill each whistle with water up to the note line to change the pitch, then follow the five included colour-coded tune cards to play a lovely melody! Pick from classics like Old McDonald, Mary Had a Little Lamb or Itsy Bitsy Spider, or compose your own masterpiece. An excellent way to make bath time exciting – explore rhythm and music in a fun way!
5 1-2-3 Build It – Rocket, Train, Helicopter! , £29.99 £29.99
CHOO CHOO Coming Through!
Teach and encourage early STEM skills, like engineering with this mix and match set that can create a rocket, train or helicopter! With chunky, durable and easy to assemble pieces made perfectly for little hands, mix and match your way to wonderful creations.
6 My Countdown Racer , £29.99 £29.99
Learn Numbers & Play Music too!
Melody player, piano keyboard and number learning in different languages, the Countdown Racer has it all. Basic numbers can be learned in seven different languages including English, French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, German and even Mandarin – impressive! The countdown keyboard can also be used as a piano, with the numbers becoming keys, as well as a melody player with ten different tunes. With additional light and sounds effects, this interactive vehicle will zoom off at the press of a button, the higher the number the further it goes – superb!
7 2 in 1 Rider Walker – With Shape Sorter , £54.99 £54.99
Sturdy & bright toy with cute shaped blocks to sort
This colourful and sturdy ride-on has two different play modes. Little ones can sit on the seat and scoot themselves along, or push the handle to help with their first steps! Have fun sorting the four colourful blocks into the shaped holes, then pop them under the seat for easy storage.
8 Magical Bath Time Stickers – Wow! , £12.99 £12.99
Bath Time Stickers
Soak these stickers in the tub to help clean the 12 magical creatures. These 12 cute characters need your help to clean themselves up. Can you wash all the bubbles off? Simply get each sticker wet and watch as the images come to life before your eyes and the “suds” fade away. Discover unicorns, princesses, a dragon and more – all squeaky clean! Measuring 9cm, these fun stickers cling to tiles or the tub and when dry, reverts back to showing plain bubbles. With a handy net bag for storage, splishy splashy fun!
9 Peek-A-Boo Zoo – Spot the Animal , £14.99 £14.99
Which animal has escaped from the zoo?
Peek behind the doors to figure out the animal in this clever board game. In this entertaining board game for two to four players, an animal has escaped from the zoo – and it’s your job to figure out which one! Roll the dice and move your token around the wooden board. If you land on a peek-a-boo door, lift it up and take a secret peek! Could it be the lion? What about the giraffe, or the lemur? With 16 possible escapees, you’ll have to use your skills of deduction to figure it out. Great fun for little ones. Zoo-pendous!
10 Locking Door – Wooden Matching Game , £14.99 £14.99
Slide the blocks onto the string, then open the door and say hello!
This clever sorting toy is sure to excite little learners. Select one of the ten pattern cards, then find the blocks that match the shapes and colours shown. Thread them onto the string and use the key to open the door in the 13cm house board. The yellow door really functions – open it and say hello! Sustainably made from FSC-certified wood and great for dexterity skills too.
Finding toys for toddlers is so much easier now that our UK-based passionate team has curated all the best ones. We test and check everything, making it easy to pick the perfect birthday presents for even the fussiest of toddlers! Don’t forget we can wrap it and add a handwritten card – simply make your choice at checkout.
