Gift Ideas for 4-5 Year Olds

Many of our toy recommendations are cross a range of different age groups so make sure to check our other gift guides.

Please note that our age group recomendations are based on development and are for guidance only, children using toys under the age recommended by the manufacturer should be supervised at all times.

1. Sticker Maker

Children love stickers and a sticker making set is fun way to practice fine motor skills and improve concentration.

Our daughter was given this Holographic Sticker Set for Christmas when she was 4 and it’s an activity she loves doing independently and she also takes it out to do with friends when they come over.

2. Dollhouse

Dollhouses are a wonderful way for children to explore and act out real life scenarios. It can be a place for them to act out social situations, imagine different perspectives and personalities and to practice working out social conflicts. They are also great for developing imagination, language skills and fine motor skills.

This gender neutral bookshelf dollhouse is a great size and has enough floor to ceiling height to fit most Maileg furniture.

3. Maileg

We absolutely love Maileg, there is something so whimsical about the little mice that come in matchstick boxes. Whether you choose to collect mice or bunnies or a mixture of both, you can build up your collection to represent each member of your family.

Before you start your collection, we would recommend you read the interview with Little Wrens Nest on The Magical World of Maileg, as well as the size guide they put together.

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4. Ball Runs

Ball runs are great for building cognitive and motor skills. They help encourage creativity, build spatial awareness, develop engineering skills, problem solving and hand eye coordination.

We love the Swiss made Cuboro Ball Runs. They are made from natural timber and are excellent for developing spatial planning and concentration. It became very popular in Japan when the youngest-ever Japanese Chess Master disclosed that he had been playing with Cuboro for years. Neuroscientists and psychologists in Japan confirmed that 3D block puzzles stimulate the same area of the brain that works to understand spatial structures and long-term planning.

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5. Puzzles

We are huge fans of jigsaw puzzles in this house. There are countless learning benefits including fine motor skills, hand eye-coordination, observation skills, sorting, classifying, problem solving, focus, patience, strategic and logical thinking.

We are huge fans of the Brown Bear Wood collection of books so I was thrilled to discover they came out with two beautifully illustrated 100 piece puzzles! They come with posters to assist in constructing the puzzle, and also feature 20 things to spot.

The two puzzles are Bear’s Picnic and Bunny’s Birthday.

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