The holiday season is never brighter than through the eyes of a baby, a busy toddler, or a wide-eyed preschooler. This guide is built on the simple and beautiful idea that the best gifts are ones that will be loved for years to come.

In our 2025 gift guide for babies, toddlers, and kids (Ages 0-6), we’ve curated a collection of items that foster early development, encourage creative play, inspire coziness, and build lasting family memories.

Whether this is baby’s first Christmas, or you’re looking for something special for a toddler, preschooler, or kindergartener, we hope you will love these ideas as much as we do.

In this blog post: 

• 2025 Holiday Gifts for Newborns and Babies (Ages 0-1)
• 2025 Toddler Gift Guide: Ideas for Boys & Girls (Ages 2-4)
• Best Toys & Gifts for 5- and 6-Year-Old Girls
• Best Toys & Gifts for 5- and 6-Year-Old Boys
• Meaningful Christmas activities from Treehouse Schoolhouse

2025 Holiday Gifts for Newborns and Babies (Ages 0-1)

Here are some special and useful gifts to give to your babies this Christmas, including cozy items, developmental toys, and a few favorite home essentials.

1. Musical penguin wobbler and rainmaker for engaging music play. 
2. Mighty Echo Microphone (that doesn’t require batteries) for chatty infants.
3. A clever board book featuring your favorite classic literature.
4. Sandra Boynton’s greatest hits – board books you will love reading to your baby as they grow.
5. Cooling teething rings and a wrist teether toy that will stay put.
6. The all-time best adjustable bouncer and toddler chair.
7. Baby handprint and footprint set and Letters to Baby to make special keepsakes.
8. Baby playmat for hours of lounging, tummy time, and rolling around.
9. The sweetest, soft baby animal busy book.
10. Travel teething toy to keep baby occupied while you’re on the go.
11. Mirror to encourage giggles, funny looks, and smiles.
12. Wooden baby rattle that matches your home aesthetic.
13. Rocking play set for gently encouraging coordination and movement.
14. Warmies stuffed animals for chilly, winter nights.
15. Waffle weave cotton hooded towel.
16. Radioflyer wagon for trips around the neighborhood.

2025 Toddler Gift Guide: Ideas for Boys & Girls (Ages 2-4)

Here are items we love for toddler boys and girls, including toys to spur development, items for imaginative play, building blocks, and more.

1. A bath toy that will keep children entertained.
2. Modular, sensory busy board. (Or one for on-the-go.)
3. Hoot Am I? charades game that the little ones can join in.
4. Magnetic play set for mix and match fun.
5. Sticker play reusable activity set that kids can play with over and over..
6. A stick vacuum to help with cleaning – just like yours!
7. Jelly Blox for kids to build, squeeze, and squish.
8. Magnetic building tiles for making houses, castles, and more.
9. Toys trucks, like fire engines and recycling trucks.
10. Pull-along wagon for toting toys around the house and yard.
11. Balance beam for movement and obstacle courses.
12. Wooden stacking animals, for testing fine motor skills.
13. Little People push and play tractor, plus a four-legged friend.
14. Wooden mixer for baking pretend treats.
15. Duplo LEGO building blocks are the best for little hands.
16. Tool box with hammer and screwdriver for fixing and tinkering.
17. Magnetic tile fort that easily snaps together.
18. Balance board for rocking around the house.
19. Artist’s easel for creating little masterpieces.

Best Toys & Gifts for 5- and 6-Year-Old Girls

Our picks for little girls include special dolls, sets for imaginative play, dress up items, and gifts that will encourage children to perform and display creativity.

1. The sweetest ballerina doll.
2. Play kitchen and smoothie maker.
3. Weighted stuffed animals to give extra comfort.
4. Baby doll stroller for taking baby on walks.
5. Tea set with tea pot, honey, and a great selection of tea.
6. Nutcracker magnetic dress up doll.
7. Dollhouse and furniture set. (The car!)
8. Pretend waffle maker with butter and syrup.
9. A colorful version of the classic stacking game.
10. Instant camera for kids to capture sweet memories.
11. Yoto player and favorite story cards for listening or playing along to the story.
12. A deluxe (yet washable) princess dress.
13. Calico Critter set, like this poodle family or this rabbit family with triplets.
14. Rainbow streamer for dances and performances.
15. Magnetic dress up doll.
16. PicassoTiles magnetic puzzle cubes for building cute animals and all the things.
17. Magnetic chess game to cherish for years to come.

Best Toys & Gifts for 5- and 6-Year-Old Boys

There are some of our favorite holiday gifts for 5- and 6-year-old boys, and are all suited to active kids who love games, play, things with wheels, and healthy competition.

1. A sword and shield for pretend play and heroic deeds.
2. Colorful dominoes set for setting up and knocking down.
3. The Floor is Lava, a cooperative, active game that challenges balance and quick thinking.
4. Toy bow and arrow to focus on aiming and perfecting hand-eye coordination.
5. Fishing reel and rod to catch fish, practice patience, and learn outdoor skills.
6. Lawn bowling set for learning strategy and sportsmanship.
7. Pogo stick to build balance and endurance while jumping up and down.
8. Pinball for sharpening reflexes and earning high scores.
9. Magic clay that never dries out and is perfect for endless sculpting.
10. Stunt car racer that performs gravity-defying stunts.
11. Hot Wheels criss cross track, a high-speed, crashing action that tests timing and physics.
12. Stomp Rocket Dueling Rockets, where players stomp to see who launches the highest rockets.
13. Pitching machine for consistent practice and perfecting batting skills.
14. Dinosaur eggs for excavating hidden skeletons.
15. Planetarium projector to bring the Milky Way Galaxy inside. 
16. Monopoly Jr. is a simple and fun introduction to basic money and strategy.
17. Magnetic building blocks are portable and compact.
18. Indoor/outdoor basketball set to practice shooting hoops.
19. Monkey bars for kids who love hanging around.

Meaningful Christmas activities from Treehouse Schoolhouse

If you are looking with ways to connect with your family this holiday season, enjoy these intentional advent studies from Treehouse Schoolhouse.

A Connected Christmas

A Connected Christmas is our original, three-week advent study designed for the whole family. Gather your family and celebrate beauty and delight through festive carols, stories, poetry, art, baking, and handcrafts. It’s about family, it’s about Him. It’s about connecting hearts to the heart of Christmas–to the truth of Jesus coming to earth to seek and save the lost.

A Connected Christmas, Volume Two

A Connected Christmas, Volume Two continues the same holiday tradition of carols, stories, poetry, art, baking, and handcrafts, designed to bring your family together during this holiday season. Share in the love of Christ by revisiting the Nativity story along with new stories and heartwarming activities to enjoy this season together.

is an invitation to gather your family and celebrate beauty and delight through festive carols, stories, poetry, art, baking, and handcrafts. It’s about family, it’s about Him. It’s about connecting hearts to the heart of Christmas–to the truth of Jesus coming to earth to seek and save the lost.

A Connected Christmas: Around the World

Travel around the world this holiday season and connect hearts to the truth of Jesus while experiencing how Christmas is celebrated across the globe through A Connected Christmas: Around the World. This study has a special focus on geography and cultural traditions as you learn how Christmas is celebrated worldwide during this special time of year.

Wishing you a happy holiday season. Share your favorite Christmas gift ideas for babies, toddlers, and small children in the comments below.