These toys will keep kids engaged, entertained, and inspired to learn and imagine! | Source: Fat Brain Toys

‘Tis the season to find the perfect gift! When you’re shopping for toddlers, you want to make sure you’re looking for toys, games, and gifts that are inspiring their creativity, encouraging them to learn, and keeping them entertained and engaged. Toys that feature their favorite characters; provide hours of play; and encourage role-play, imaginative, or tactile and development playtime are sure to be hits.

From educational and fun CoComelon toys to ones that will keep kids up and active, we’ve got the full gamut of things toddlers love. Check out our favorite picks for 2 year olds below — and check out our Holiday Gift Guide for ideas for every kid on your list!


BABY CUDDLES

This soft-bodied, 14-inch doll has a vinyl head and limbs. She is dressed in a floral-themed outfit, comes with a bottle accessory, and features open-and-close sleep eyes. The doll is available in dark, medium, and light skin tones.

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  • MSRP:
  • $49.95
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

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BARBIE LITTLE DREAMHOUSE BY LITTLE PEOPLE

This playset features three floors of play, including a moving elevator; a rotating closet; a light-up pool with a slide; and four activation points that trigger lights and more than 45 songs, sounds, and phrases.

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  • MSRP:
  • $49.99
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

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COCOMELON ULTIMATE LEARNING ADVENTURE BUS

Toddlers can learn and play with JJ across two modes of play: Music and Learning. The interactive bus features lights, sounds, and songs and teaches counting, shapes, and more.

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  • MSRP:
  • $61.99
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

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JURASSIC WORLD 6V T-REX QUAD

This T. rex-inspired ride-on features easy-to-use, push-button acceleration on the handlebars, chomping action, and dino roar effects. It travels up to 2 mph and holds up to 40 lbs.

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  • MSRP:
  • $74
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

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TUGL CUBE

Each side of this rounded cube features a soft, silicone bubble with a tab to grab and pull. Toddlers will develop fine motor skills as they push, pull, and pop the tabs.

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  • MSRP:
  • $15.95
  • Age:
  • 2+

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CABBAGE PATCH KIDS STYLE N’PLAY TODDLER

Kids can change the length of the doll's hair by pulling the hairbrush down to make it grow, then press the flower on her dress to shorten her hair again. The 11-inch doll comes with hair extensions and barrettes for styling.

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  • MSRP:
  • $27.99
  • Age:
  • 2+

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MAGNA-TILES DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD — SO MANY FEELINGS!

This interactive, magnetic building set encourages social-emotional learning with Daniel Tiger and friends. Kids can learn to identify their feelings, including feeling more than one feeling at the same time.

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  • MSRP:
  • $44.95
  • Age:
  • 2+

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POP & SPIN MOWER

Enhance kids' motor skills with this pretend mowing machine. Learn gardening basics, lawn mower safety, and colors, which features phrases, lights, and music. Kids can pull the cord to start the engine, or sit and spin the attached roller.

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  • MSRP:
  • $29.99
  • Age:
  • 2+

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SMART CHART MEDICAL KIT

This kit includes 15 pretend medical tools and accessories for little ones to care for others. They can use the touchpoints on the tablet to explore medicine, perform a check-up, or listen to wellness tips.

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  • MSRP:
  • $27.99
  • Age:
  • 2+

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COCOMELON MY FIRST SING-ALONG BOOMBOX

Press play to hear 24 built-in CoComelon songs, including “The Wheels on the Bus,” “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star,” and more. Kid-friendly buttons make it easy for little ones to control and sing into the working microphone.

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  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

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GLO FRIENDS WIGGLEBUG

Kids can work to understand their emotions and energy levels with this huggable friend. With Wigglebug's motion-sensing technology, it will respond to how kids play with it.

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  • MSRP:
  • $44.99
  • Age:
  • 2+

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WORKOUT BUDDIES BAG

This six-piece set comes with pretend gym equipment, including a brightly colored dumbbell, a textured ball, a water bottle rattle, a crinkly towel, and a music player. When toddlers press the buttons on the music player, it will play three energizing songs, and 20 melodies and smart phrases that introduce numbers, objects, colors, and more, with volume…

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  • MSRP:
  • $27.99
  • Age:
  • 12 MOS+

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LOCK & LEARN ACTIVITY CUBES

This set of oversized nesting cubes features numbers, letters, and shapes. Kids can stack them, sort them, and play matching games while they improve their fine motor skills.

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  • MSRP:
  • $16.95
  • Age:
  • 2+

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NUMBERBLOCKS ONE & TWO PLAYFUL PALS

Toddlers can snuggle up with soft, plush versions of Numberlocks One and Two, the playful pals from the Numberblocks series on Netflix and YouTube.

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  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

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TOOMIES PEPPA’S BOAT ADVENTURE SET

Pull gently on the attached string, let go, and watch as the paddles rotate on this Peppa Pig-themed Pull & Go Pedalo. There are four movable parts aboard this vessel and it includes five characters to dunk.

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  • MSRP:
  • $29.99
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

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MUSICAL DIEGO DINO

This wooden toy features multiple musical instruments and activities, including a five-key metal xylophone and a detachable maraca tail. Toddlers can learn cause-and-effect when they use the wooden mallet to make musical sounds.

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  • MSRP:
  • $58
  • Age:
  • 1+

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LEAPSTART LEARNING SUCCESS BUNDLE

Explore exciting new ways for kids to learn with the LeapStart Learning Success Bundle interactive system. This system with a sleek, new design grows with kids and gets them excited about learning with interactive touch-and-talk pages. Activities that include games, puzzles, and creative challenges enhance learning to help kids build math, reading, problem-solving skills, and…

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  • MSRP:
  • $47.99; $59.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 2+

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MONSTER BOWLING

This bowling set includes six monster pins with weighted bottoms for stability and a soft monster ball to bowl them over with. The pins have detailed stitching and touchable textures. The set also comes with a mesh storage bag.

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  • MSRP:
  • $32.99
  • Age:
  • 2+

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EMOJEEZ

Kids can match how they're feeling to their plush animals, which emote two different moods for a more animated imaginative play experience. Kids can lift the Emojeez's removable head piece to flip it around and reveal a new, goofy emotion.

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  • MSRP:
  • $13.99
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

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LITTLE TIKES TOTALLY HUGE SPORTS

This collection features four types of inflatable sports games, including soccer, T-ball, football, and basketball. Each set comes with the materials needed to play the inflatable activity, such as inflatable balls, bats, goal posts, hoops, and more.

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  • MSRP:
  • $24.99+
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

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MUSICAL FARM PLAYSET

This toy barn playset plays two songs and animal sounds and comes with a farmer and five animal figures to explore a day at the farm. Kids can place the fences wherever they like, spin the weathervane and food circle, slide the balcony out, and move the egg beads up and down the wire to…

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  • MSRP:
  • $29.95
  • Age:
  • 2+

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PIA THE FILL & SPILL PINATA

Inside this pretend piñata, kids will discover 10 colorful, textured counting treats numbered one through 10. Drop the candy into Pia's head, then open her stomach to spill them out again. Kids will practice color identification and fine motor skills as they grab the candies and the piñata's ears.

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  • MSRP:
  • $16.99
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

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BABY SHARK’S BIG SHOW! MIX AND MATCH BATH SWIMMER

Turn bath time into the best part of the day with this fun, interactive Baby Shark bathtime set. Wind up Baby Shark and watch him move his tail side-to-side. Kids can attach nine different accessories to Baby Shark, such as his detective hat, a magnifying bubble, scuba goggles, and more.

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  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 2+

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COLORINO

Kids can use complete pictures by placing the extra-large pegs on the pegboard, while strengthening fine motor skills and improving sensory perception. Kids can also color the black-and-white drawings.

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  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 2+

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ROLLPLAY FLEX PEDAL DRIFTER

Young aspiring pilots can use the Pedal Drifter to pedal away as the wind spins the twin propellers. The ride-on features two rear caster wheels that deliver the thrill of drifting and spinning at safe speeds. It is easy to fold and expand to play.

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  • MSRP:
  • $99.99
  • Age:
  • 2+

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Ali Mierzejewski

Ali Mierzejewski

Ali Mierzejewski is the editor-in-chief at The Toy Insider and The Pop Insider. With more than a decade of industry experience, Ali is a trusted source for parents, gift-givers, manufacturers, retailers, and more on the latest trends and hottest products. Whether you’re shopping for the best toys for kids — or looking for the latest in geek culture and entertainment for yourself — Ali’s expertise has you covered. When she’s not building LEGO sets or unwinding with a puzzle, Ali is obsessing over the latest season of The Bachelor, scrolling through Gritty’s Twitter, or rewatching The West Wing (for the 100th time). She is also a self-proclaimed expert on the history and lore of the entire Bachelor franchise. Ali has been featured on TODAY, The Wendy Williams Show, Yahoo Finance, Fox & Friends, HLN, The Weather Channel, ABC World News Now, and more. You can follow her on Instagram @hashtagtrendy.

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