Visit Toys “R” Us Canada to find inspiration for the best gifts for 5 year olds! These energetic little ones are learning new skills – like dressing themselves and turning somersaults – and discovering new interests – like playing co-operatively and maybe even following game rules – every day. This fast-paced development opens up a wide variety of toys and games that make fun presents for 5 year olds. Consider indoor and outdoor physical activity toys like climbers, trampolines, scooters and snow toys – kids this age are getting good at hopping, skipping, swinging and climbing! But the very best gifts for kindergarteners offer lots of variety and excitement.
Cool gifts for 5 year olds
The best toys for kindergartners are ones that align with their development: helping kids hone their physical, social, cognitive, and language skills through play. Explore Toys “R” Us Canada for delightful 5th birthday gift ideas, like irresistible interactive toys that reward their curiosity with exciting lights, sounds, and music. Cool tech like beginner kids tablets and other learning toys can help teach letters, numbers, animals, colours and even languages! Key 5 year old milestones include drawing people, copying shapes, and writing some lowercase and capital letters, so art supplies and craft toys are also terrific choices to help them practice those fine motor skills. Explore fun Eid, Hanukkah, and fun Christmas gifts for 5 year olds, farm toys and like construction toys for beginner builders, or play sets with lots of open-ended elements to inspire pretend play: these are great toys to spark kids’ imaginations, especially when they feature characters from kids’ favourite movies or TV series. Good Easter gifts for 5 year olds include basket-sized goodies like colouring books and crayons, sidewalk chalk, washable markers, or paints; bubble wands; modeling clay; surprise toys for kids to unbox; and activity and sticker books. The best toys and gifts for 4 year old boys and beyond are play-date friendly, like pre-reading board games or card games, or open-ended toys like blocks, dolls, or cars – because kids this age are getting better at doing activities and having fun co-operatively with friends, rather than parallel play, where they do what they want themselves, but alongside peers in the same room or space.
Gift ideas for 5 year old girls
There is, of course, no such thing as a toy that is just for girls, but we know that lots of shoppers begin their searches with terms like “toys for 5 year old girls.” Cool gifts for girls and boys new to (or about to enter) kindergarten appeal to their sense of adventure and exploration! Think science toys like realistic dinosaur figures, marble runs, teaching clocks, magnetic building shapes, and fun tech gear designed specifically for young children, like beginner tablets and smartwatches – even lab gear like telescopes and microscopes! A traditional present for a 5 year old girl is anything related to fashion or baby dolls – we have lots of terrific gift options on those themes, including doll houses, furniture, and vehicles; pretend-play accessories and outfits for baby dolls. But also consider gifts for 5 year old girls that might once have been unusual: a beginner R/C car, a racetrack play set, or a tee-ball setup. So long as the goodies you choose are captivating and fun, they make great presents for 5 year old girls. At this age, kids love to tell stories, so world-building play sets that can be expanded with collectible figures and vehicles are popular toys, especially when they feature kids’ favorite characters! And some of the very best presents for kindergarten-age girls and boys are books: superhero stories; fairy tales; non-fiction about animals, vehicles, or outer space; activity and sticker books. So long as they can be shared with friends and family, books make wonderful presents for young kids.
Check out terrific gifts for 5 year old boys
There is also no such thing as a toy that is only for boys, but grownups do often search for gift ideas using terms like: ”toys for 5 year old boy.” We have lots of inspiration for presents for kindergarten boys (that also make great gifts for kindergarten girls), like water slides, water guns and dolls to nurture, along with kids chairs, furniture and accessories to help kids care for their own “babies.” Children this age are big fans of make-believe, so popular toys include kid-sized grocery stores, play kitchens, and other play structure sets loaded with detailed accessories that let little ones role-play all kinds of grownup jobs and storylines. Top toys for kindergarten boys and girls are designed to help these busy kids hone fine motor skills – items like kids cameras and bubble machines with little characters and furniture to arrange. And kids also need to practice their gross motor skills with outdoor toys like kiddie pools, rc cars, pool floaties – even swing sets and other outdoor games! A classic gift idea for a 5 year old boy is anything to do with slime: pop it toys, blasters, bouncy castles, skateboards, and sand boxes– there are scores of bean bag toss games, 3d puzzles, travel games, and hot toys to choose from along these lines! But also consider gifts for 6 year old boys that might once have been surprising: craft kits and music toys; pretend-play toys like backyard playhouses and pop-up play tents; and a variety of dress-up costumes and accessories. And because it’s important to build a family library, books always make wonderful presents for 5 year old boys – activity books and storybooks featuring kids’ favourite superheroes and friends from movies and TV series are particularly popular!