Toys We’d Buy Again: Gift Guides from Six Sisters
The toys we’ve owned, loved, and would happily buy all over again.
Between the six of us and all of our children and nieces and nephews, we have watched a lot of toys come and go. Some are loved for a week and then forgotten at the bottom of a bin. Others get pulled out again and again, year after year, by one child after another.
We wanted to be intentional and specific so you won’t see a countless list here. Rather a smaller collection of ones we really love and use.
Those are the toys we wanted to share. We asked each sister to choose the toys her family owns, loves, and would happily buy again, and we gathered them into gift guides you can come back to for Christmas, birthdays, baby showers, or any time you need a gift idea. If you are looking for the best toys by age, you are in the right place. Browse our gift guides below by age and interest. Just click the image and it will take you there!
Best Toys by Age: Browse Our Gift Guides
What Makes Our Gift Guides Different?
We are six sisters with children at different ages and stages, from babies to big kids. We each have our own interests, our own experiences, and our own favorite toys, which means these lists are as different as our homes are.
What they share is one simple rule. Every toy in these guides has been owned and loved by at least one of our families. These are not sponsored roundups or lists of whatever happens to be trending. They are the toys our children reach for, the ones that have held up, and the ones we would wrap up again for someone we love.
We know how much thought goes into choosing a gift, and how disappointing it is when something ends up forgotten in a closet. Our hope is that these guides help your family find gifts that are worth buying. When we put together our picks for the best toys by age, we looked for toys that invite imagination, creativity, connection, and plenty of play.
The Best Gifts Aren’t Always the Biggest Ones
Some of the most-loved toys in our homes are also the simplest. Magnetic tiles. Wooden train tracks. A pretend kitchen. A box of art supplies. None of them are flashy, and that is part of why they last.
The best part of these toys is rarely the toy itself. It is the tower that took all morning to build, the train track that winds through the whole living room, the pretend dinner served to every stuffed animal in the house, and the drawing that ends up on the fridge. Those ordinary moments are where so much of the goodness of family life is found.
Explore all our gift guides:
- Best Baby Toys We’d Buy Again (0–12 Months)
- Best Toys for 1–2 Year Olds We’d Buy Again
- Best Toys for 3–4 Year Olds We’d Buy Again
- Best Toys for 4–6 Year Olds We’d Buy Again
- Best Toys for 6–8 Year Olds We’d Buy Again
- Best Arts and Crafts Gifts for Kids We’d Buy Again
We hope these guides help you find something your family will love for years to come.
XO-Threads Between Sisters
