Toddler Girl Gift Guide

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Here you’ll find a curation of the best toddler gift ideas for girls ages 2-4! Explore princess toys, dolls, and pretend play favorites that your little girl will love. If you want to splurge this year for a birthday or holiday gift, we’ve got you covered, too.

We hand-picked each of these toys to foster imagination, build skills, and help your toddler learn through play. Find our favorite toys by age and category, and read more about why we love them.

Top Gifts for 2 Year Old Girls

1. Do a Dot Markers: Dot markers are a great first writing tool to introduce to your little one. Dab and dot them around, and color with them, too. We love these for so many arts and crafts. 
2. Baby Doll: So many of the toddler girls we know love baby dolls! Especially for toddler expecting siblings, baby dolls make a great gift. Your little one will love taking care of the baby! Feeding, changing, rocking, soothing – a great toy for imitation and pretend play.
3. Melissa & Doug Pots and Pans: These are great for all ages, and they’re the perfect addition to a play kitchen. Use them for endless pretend play. Cook and bake, add play food and stir up some soup. They last for years!
4. Green Toys Pink Dump Truck: I love the Green Toys brand. They make great quality toys for kids that last forever. We have this cute pink dump truck and my daughter loves to fill it up and dump it out. 
5. What Should I Wear? Soft Book: This interactive soft book for toddlers is so cute. We love traveling with it, too! Dress the little doll on every page.
6. Melissa & Doug Birthday Cake: One of our favorite Melissa & Doug toys, the birthday cake is great for practicing social routines! Increase fine motor skills as your toddler constructs the birthday cake. Then, engage in pretend play together by singing “Happy Birthday”, blowing out the candles, slicing, and serving the cake to each other.
7. Ladybug Cozy Coupe: Your toddler will love driving around in this ladybug car! It’s perfect for gross motor skills, “driving” around outside or inside, too. 
8. DUPLO Flower Set: With large pieces and simple structure, these are a great introduction to building for toddlers. Work on pushing the pieces together, pulling them apart, and building a garden. Add them to your DUPLO collection!
9. LeapFrog Picnic Set: With bright colors and engaging shapes, this toy invites toddlers to have a picnic. Play pretend and set the picnic, or use the basket as an interactive shape sorter. This is great for learning through play!
10. Play Sink: This is the best play sink! This interactive sink has actual running water! Engage in pretend play with your toddler as you practice washing, rinsing, and drying dishes. Don’t want the mess? This sink is also fun and engaging without the water, too.

Top Gifts for 3 Year Old Girls

1. Toniebox Princess Set: The perfect screen-free toy for toddlers. Tonieboxes play your child’s favorite stories in an easy-to-operate audio player. Listening to stories read aloud strengthens your child’s attention, listening and comprehension skills! We love ours. 
2. Melissa & Doug Vanity: A great toy for toddler girls who love doing hair and makeup. This vanity is so cute and comes with great accessories for pretend play. 
3. Kinetic Sand Ice Cream Set: Kids love kinetic sand! Pull it and mold it, play with it, then put it back in the bag for another day!  
4. Melissa & Doug Cookie Set: Practice safely cutting with this wooden knife as your little one slices the cookies apart. Then bake, serve, and eat the cookies together. The velcro on these is really strong so it’s great for toddlers developing hand strength through play!
5. Melissa & Doug Ice Cream Counter: This is one of the best toys for toddlers, hands down. We love the Melissa & Doug Ice Cream Counter. It keeps kids entertained for hours. Learn through play by modeling phrases and using descriptive words like, “Oh, my ice cream is so cold!” Additionally, it’s great for practicing taking turns and taking orders. Have your own pretend ice cream shop right at home!
6. Sticker Book: These are our favorite sticker books for toddlers. They come in lots of different themes, so you can grab whatever suits your toddler girl’s interests. The perfect gift for busy hands and working fine motor skills, too. 
7. Melissa & Doug Foldable Dollhouse: Toddler girls will love this pink folding dollhouse to play pretend. It comes with two doll figures and 11 pieces of furniture. I love this dollhouse because it comes with everything you need to get your little one’s imagination running wild. And, it closes up with all included parts inside for easy storage!
8. Minnie & Daisy Dress Up: Melissa & Doug’s magnetic dress-up sets make wonderful gifts for toddler girls. They combine the fun of dress-up with fine motor skills and decision-making skills, too! I love the Disney set with Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck.
9. Town Building Blocks: You can stack these like regular blocks, or build a town with them. I love this type of toy because it’s made to grow with your child for years. It’s a toy that combines developmental skills and creativity. Stack the pieces to build the hospital, supermarket, hotel, and more. The set comes with cars and other fixtures to really bring it to life. 
10. Tender Leaf Tea Set: This is such a great age for having tea parties together. Let your toddler set the tea and serve it. It’s a great toy for role-playing how to use manners and acting out social routines.

Top Gifts for 4 Year Old Girls

1. Tender Leaf Toys Tea Stand: The perfect set of pretend food to have at your next tea party! This is such a cute set that can also be used while playing with a play kitchen. 
2. Disney Princess Dress Up Clothes: This dress up set is a perfect gift for a 4 year old girl who loves princesses! Preschoolers can engage in pretend play while also incorporating color matching and self-dressing skills.
3. Melissa & Doug Puffy Stickers: These stickers are also reusable! They’re great for imaginative creative play. I love them for traveling and on-the-go. There are 3 different sets offered at an affordable price.
4. MAGNA-TILES Castle Set: This is a great set for the princess-loving toddler. While building the castle, your child will work on problem solving skills, fine motor skills, and following directions. Once it’s built, add in your princesses and play pretend. 
5. Melissa & Doug Stamp Set: Stamps are fun for 4 year old arts and crafts! They are low-stakes and don’t create a ton of mess. Stamps help to increase hand and finger strength. 
6. Hair & Makeup Pretend Play Accessories: The best toy for little girls who love to play with hair and makeup! Set up a pretend salon and enjoy some pampering from your tiny stylist. 
7. Play-Doh Cookie Creations Set: Play-Doh provides fun sensory play while working on fine motor skills! Use the rolling pin, spatula, and other tools to decorate cookies. Let your child’s imagination run wild with creativity.
8. Scribble Scrubbies: A gift for toddlers that combines art and imagination. This set comes with 4 color-and-clean pets, washable markers, and a kid-powered bathtub. Decorate the pets and then wash them off to color again. It’s like pretend play mixed with arts and crafts. 
9. Flower Building Toys: This garden building toy is such a hit! Build the flowers and have fun creating your own garden while working fine motor skills.
10. Melissa & Doug Alphabet Puzzles: These self-correcting puzzles are a great learning toy for preschool-aged children. Your child can work on matching and letter identification with capital and lowercase letters.

Best Princess Toys for Toddlers

1. Disney Magnetic Dress Up Toy: Toddlers will love dressing their favorite princesses. This toy offers a great way to practice fine motor skills and following directions. Ask your little one to put on the pink dress or white gloves. 
2. Princess Dress Up Set: This dress up set is perfect for multiple children to play with. Toddlers can engage in pretend play while also incorporating color matching and self-dressing skills.
3. Paint & Decorate Princess Wand: An affordable arts and crafts activity for the creative princess. Increase fine motor skills through peeling & placing stickers, practice pre-writing skills by holding and squeezing glitter, and engage in pretend play when the wand is finished!
4. Little People Castle: This castle comes with lights, sounds, and the Little People princesses are easy to hold for young toddlers. You can begin by practicing imitation and taking the princesses up the stairs or walking them through the doors. Then, transition to more open-ended pretend play as your child grows. 
5. Take-Along Tabletop Kingdom: If you’re short on space or looking for toys to travel with, this is the perfect option! This set unfolds into a tabletop kingdom. Take turns driving the carriage around the track and taking the princess on an adventure. 
6. Castle Fort: A play tent fit for a princess. Your toddler will love having their own special area for pretend play or to relax with a book when they need some quiet time.
7. Princess Matching Game: Matching games are perfect for toddlers to start working on their short-term memory skills. Depending on your toddler’s age, start with fewer cards. For example, when teaching how to play, set out 3 matching sets only so they can learn the concept of the game. As they get the hang of it, add more pairs until you’re playing with all the cards.
8. Disney Princess Figurines: Your toddler can engage in pretend and open-ended play with all the Disney princesses. These figurines are also great for hide-and-seek! Hide the princesses and give your toddler verbal cues to figure out where they are hidden.
9. Disney Princess Stamp Set: This stamp set is a great gift for 4 year old girls who love the Disney princesses. Use the 9 stamps and colored pencils to make princess art! While your toddler creates, they’ll also be honing their fine motor skills. 
10. Tonies Elsa Figurine: You know we love Tonieboxes for screen-free play and entertainment! If your toddler has a Toniebox, this Elsa Tonie is great for Frozen lovers. It includes 4 songs and a story.

Best Dolls & Dollhouses for Toddlers

1. Tender Leaf Toys Hummingbird House: This large dollhouse is beautiful! It’s a great “canvas” for pretend play. When you are finished playing, put all the dollhouse pieces inside and close up the back for easy storage.
2. Dollhouse Furniture Set: A great set of furniture for any dollhouse. You can lay the pieces outside of your dollhouse and help your toddler categorize the furniture. Then have them “decorate” and place it in the appropriate room of the house. I recommend this set for 3 year olds and older. 
3. Hape Dollhouse: I’m convinced this is one of the best dollhouses you can buy. We have it and love it! Dollhouses are awesome for imaginative play. The Hape dollhouse is wooden, colorful, and comes furnished!
4. Happy Family Dollhouse Set: Engage in open-ended play with these dolls. They have bendable arms and legs! You can make them walk, jump, sit, and dance. Imitate different actions and play scenarios in the dollhouse. 
5. Le Toy Van Wooden Doll Car: This has to be the cutest dollhouse car for toddler girls. It’s wooden, hand-painted, and has an open roof to easily put dolls in. It comes with a suitcase and trunk that opens and closes, too! Your little one can take their dolls on road trips in style!
6. Doll Stroller: Every toddler girl needs a baby stroller for their dolls! This best-selling doll stroller on Amazon is affordable and perfect for pretend play. Go with your toddler for walks around the block and bring their favorite doll in the stroller.
7. Baby Doll Carrier: Every little girl’s dream involves wanting to be just like mommy! Practice imitation and open-ended play skills as your little one carries around their baby doll just like mommy! After they secure their doll into the carrier, ask them where they want to go or do. Follow their lead in pretend play. This is also a great toy for toddlers who have new baby siblings. They can still feel included in taking care of the baby!
8. Baby Doll High Chair: A perfect addition to role-playing scenarios while your toddler plays with their babies. I bought this wooden high chair for my daughter to play with her babies. It’s a great gift for toddler girls who love being little mamas.
9. Baby Food and Bottle Play Set: Pair this baby food and bottle set with a baby doll high chair for the ultimate pretend play. The bottles are disappearing, so you toddler will “see” the baby doll drinking as they feed them! If you have a picky eater, you can pretend to feed the baby doll the food and then let your toddler try it!
10. Diversity Dolls Basket of Buddies: Pretend play is endless with these soft baby dolls! Additionally, these dolls are great for talking about diversity. You can talk about what makes us all different and the same. Help your toddler point out the unique characteristics of each doll, as well as the features they all share.

Best Big Gifts for Toddler Girls

1. LALO Play Kitchen: A play kitchen is a great gift for toddlers! It offers so many imaginative play opportunities. We love our LALO kitchen. It’s sturdy, well-made, and my kids play with it every day. Just add play food, pots, and pans!
2. Easel: Did you know writing and coloring on a vertical surface increases hand and wrist strength?! This easel is perfect for holding paper steady while your little one creates.
3. Melissa & Doug Fresh Mart: This toy comes highly-rated. Your child can stock their grocery mart with play food. Then, act as a cashier. The grocery belt is kid-powered and the scanner makes a realistic sound. The pretend play is endless.
4. LALO Play Kit: The cutest table and chairs! We got this right before my son turned 2 and it was perfect. It’s durable and easy to clean. And, it looks good in any room! Your toddler will get tons of use out of this during playtime, snack time, and arts and crafts. 
5. Pikler Triangle & Climbing Set: Increase gross motor strength and coordination as your toddler engages with this indoor climbing structure. It provides the perfect tools for creating a fun obstacle course.
6. Balance Beam: You can configure this balance beam in many ways! Make it a straight line, or zig-zagged. It’s great for working on balance and coordination. I love that each stepping stone has a different texture to give sensory input to those little toddler feet.
7. Wooden Market Stand: For little entrepreneurs, this wooden market stand is the perfect gift. It’s simple yet customizable. Let your toddler run their own play store! It comes with 6 bins, a chalkboard, and price stickers. This toy will grow with your toddler and can evolve with their interests. 
8. Step2 Cottage Playhouse: This is the toddler playhouse that dreams are made of. It has everything for endless pretend play and fun! Do dishes in the pretend sink, plant flowers in the flower boxes, receive mail in the mailbox, and ask guests to ring the doorbell.
9. Strider Balance Bike: We love these for outdoor play! Practice balancing and steering to get the feel of riding a bike. Using a balance bike can make transitioning to a pedal bike easier.
10. Figgy Play Couch: This open-ended play couch allows for hours of fun and pretend play! Make a fort, an obstacle course, or a comfy space for reading. The covers come off for easy washing, too. You’ll have this for years! CODE: EATPLAYSAY saves 10% off any order.

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