The Best First Birthday Gift Ideas
A first birthday is truly something special to celebrate. Your little one is officially leaving babyhood behind and entering the exciting world of discovery called toddlerhood. This milestone birthday will be one to remember, and these first birthday gift ideas will help to make the most of this precious time.
Below are 12 first birthday gifts in celebration of the number of months making up your baby’s first year.
Gift ideas are broken up into the categories of toys, clothes, birthday traditions, and experiences. Please note that if you choose to purchase one of the items featured in this post, we may receive a small commission for it.
Felt Food Set
This is a year of both food and play exploration. Felt food sets offer a fun way for your little one to explore playing with food with soft toys that are safe for throwing and snuggling. These sets come in adorable combinations like veggie pizzas, sushi combos, sandwich making sets, and baskets of fruit.
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Costume Set
Your little one will begin exploring her place in the world by trying on the identities of the people and characters she sees around her. A set of costume pieces will help her learn to express herself and to have fun making her own choices about who she is. Whether it is parts of a police officer, doctor, or Disney character’s outfit, she will love dressing up and playing new roles.
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High School Graduation Shirt
Gift your one year old with a graduation year shirt in a size that fits an eighteen year old to match her projected year of high school graduation. Each year on her birthday, you can photograph her wearing that shirt starting from when it is double the size of her body through the perfect fit seventeen years later.
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Subscription Book Service
It’s never too early to fall in love with reading, and receiving a monthly shipment of age appropriate board books will help your little one start this new journey. Each month, you will receive new books for your child to play with and for you to begin bedtime routines of reading nightly stories together. The more books you have around, the more your birthday child will start to explore the world of reading.
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With a whole new world and developmental stage to explore, any of these birthday gift ideas will be treasured over time. Have fun as you enter the world of toddlerhood with your child, and enjoy the whole new level of play and interaction that comes from these gifts together.
