Angel Tree Gifts for Babies and Toddlers: 23 Ideas

Gerber bodysuits give a baby a whole pack of everyday basics rather than a single outfit.

Check the size on the tag before you buy, so the bodysuits fit the baby receiving them. Babies go through outfits fast, so the extras wait in a dresser drawer for busy days.

A Carter's snowsuit gives a baby or toddler something to wear outdoors once winter sets in.

Buy the size printed on the tag, so the snowsuit fits the child who unwraps it. It goes on for every cold walk this winter, with the child bundled up in the stroller.

A Burt's Bees Baby blanket sack is a simple wearable gift for a baby you will never meet.

Buy the size printed on the tag, so the sack fits the baby who receives it. On a chilly stroller walk, a parent can pull it on over a bodysuit.

This Burt's Bees Baby pajama set is a simple clothing gift for any baby or toddler.

Buy the size on the tag so the pajamas fit the child receiving them. Once unwrapped, they go straight into use after an evening bath.

This matching sweatshirt and sweatpants set gives a baby a full outfit in cozy French terry.

Buy the size printed on the tag so it fits. The scalloped edge looks sweet unwrapped, and the pull-on waist keeps dressing simple.

Gerber footed pajamas give a baby or toddler something easy to wear around the house through the colder months.

Pick the size printed on the tag so the pajamas fit the child who opens them. With the feet covered, the child can crawl or toddle along without socks slipping off.

This Aurora giraffe pairs soft plush with a rattle, so it suits infants and toddlers alike.

The maker labels it for all ages, so you can give it without knowing the child's age. Once the baby starts to grab, small hands can squeeze and shake it on the play mat.

The Aurora Mini Flopsie frog is a plush friend for a baby or toddler to hold close.

The maker labels it suitable for all ages, so you can give it from birth onward. It rides along in the stroller now, and once small hands start to grab, it gets squeezed and carried.

GUND's Abby Cadabby plush gives a toddler aged one and up a Sesame Street friend to hug.

A familiar character is an easy pick for a child you will never meet. On the play mat, the little one can hug Abby and prop her up beside the toy box.

Baby Einstein's Go Opus Go makes a floor-time gift for a baby now and the toddler later.

You simply switch the setting when the baby is ready for something new, instead of hunting for another toy. On the living room rug, it stays out for the next round of floor play.

The Baby Einstein Curiosity Table is a play table for a toddler pulling up to stand.

Busy hands get a whole top to pat and explore while wobbly legs lean in close. After breakfast, the toddler can cruise over to it on the playroom rug for some standing play.

These Infantino water teethers are an easy pick for a baby nearing the teething months.

Teethers come with no size to guess, so you can wrap them without knowing how big the baby is. From a few months on, a parent can hand one over during time on the play mat.

Philips Avent Natural bottles arrive together as a gift set, so a new baby's family gets more than a lone bottle.

A set stretches your money further, since parents can swap between the bottles through the day. As a gift set, it looks like a proper present once you wrap it and hand it in.

Pampers Pure diapers put a familiar name in a newborn's diaper caddy, ready for the next change.

Diapers never go unused, so your gift is put to work the day it is unwrapped. Check that the pack matches the size written on the tag, then wrap it up.

The HABA rainbow ball gives a baby something bright to reach for once those hands start grabbing.

Later, once crawling starts, the baby can roll it away across the floor and go after it. So it stays in play well past those early grabs.

The Melissa & Doug Geometric Stacker gives a busy toddler a pile of shapes to match and stack.

Small hands sort the pieces by shape, then pile them up in order on the floor. Afterward everything comes off again, so the next round starts right away.

This Fisher-Price Corn Popper car gives a crawling baby something to push off and chase.

Rolling it ahead and crawling after it makes a game the baby can repeat over and over. It stays in use once walking begins, as a car to push along the floor.

The Forest Friends puzzle from Melissa & Doug gives a toddler woodland animals to find and place.

Save it for a toddler's tag on the tree rather than a baby's. On the living room rug, the child can name each animal and then find its home on the board.

This Learning Resources color-sorting produce set gives a walking toddler a pretend market stall to run.

Each play fruit or vegetable goes into its color pile, then gets sold to a grown-up shopper. Later, the same pieces can stock a play kitchen shelf for make-believe shopping.

This VTech Zoo Jamz tiger guitar hands a music-loving toddler their very own instrument for living-room concerts.

The maker labels it from a year and a half, so choose it for a child that age or older. The child can hold the tiger in both hands and play along while a grown-up sings.

For the baby on your angel tree tag, this is a book for lap reading together.

A grown-up reads it with the baby on a knee while small fingers pat the pages.

Dragon's First Taco is a board book a parent can read aloud to a baby during cuddles.

Its dragon and taco make easy pictures to point at again and again.