Christmas is a fun, magical, and memorable time of year. Whether you have a new baby yourself or if you have a new baby in your family, you may be looking for the best first Christmas gifts for baby. Whether the baby you are buying for is a newborn or almost one, there are so many great ideas I have to share with you today about gifts for baby’s first Christmas.
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How to Make Baby’s First Christmas Memorable
There are more than gifts when it comes to making a special and memorable first Christmas for your baby. Their first Christmas is a perfect time to start new traditions that you can keep going their entire lives or just to help them enjoy all the sensory beauty that comes during Christmastime. Consider adding these things into your holiday season to make baby’s first Christmas more memorable.
Make green spinach pancakes for a Christmas breakfast. Bonus points if you can manage to make them shaped like Christmas trees. (Using cookie cutters is easiest.)
Take them to the mall to walk around and look at all the decorations in the warmth.
Take them on car rides down neighborhoods with lots of dazzling Christmas lights.
Put lots of lights up even inside your house for magical sensory fun for baby.
Get them keepsake toys or an ornament (check out the list below for some ideas.)
Bake with baby. If they are really small try baby wearing them and helping their little hands stir the ingredients. It can be quite fun and memorable for you both.
Whether you are buying for your own baby or your friend or family member’s child, you will find the perfect Christmas gift idea on this list.
I found so many great gifts for baby’s first Christmas that I am splitting this list into multiple categories. The first will be “my first Christmas items” such as handprint ornaments and things that actually say “my First Christmas.”
The next category will be gift ideas for newborns through 3-month-olds followed by gift ideas for 6-month-olds and finally gift ideas for near one-year-olds. Babies grow rapidly and their interests and needs change quickly as well.
It seems every two or three months their interests and needs completely change so I am attempting to accommodate that with this list. So that no matter how many months old the baby is that you are buying for, you will be able to find the perfect idea here.
Whether it’s for your own baby or a family member, every little one needs a special ornament to commemorate their first Christmas! If it’s a family or friend’s baby you can even choose to continue the tradition and buy them a special ornament each year.
No one can resist an adorable baby outfit. This is perfect to get your own child or for your grandchild so that you can give it to them early (maybe at Thanksgiving?) so that they can wear it all December long!
Christmas books are a special memory to bring out year after year. But one way to make them even more special (so much the child may not even believe it’s real) is to personalize it with them in the story!
A Christmas bear is another gift that will show its face every single year throughout the baby’s childhood. One special stuffed animal that they can snuggle every December and that will watch them open gifts and smile and laugh year after year.
It’s nice to have a nativity scene in your house to teach the real meaning of Christmas. But what is even better is one that your baby can play with! A fun toy that also shares the Christmas message and is perfect to let them play with any time you read the Christmas story.
Although this book isn’t personalized with your baby’s name, it is still a great gift! If storytime is important in your house, add this to your collection this Christmas!
This perfect toy says My First Christmas on top along with Santa’s Workshop. It’s like a little purse that doubles as a house and holds all your favorite Christmas characters.
If the baby doesn’t have a sound machine yet a soft, cuddly, and portable one is ideal. Darkness and sound machines are so helpful in keeping newborns resting well.
This is a gift for both mom and baby! Mom will be amazed at how much wrapping and wearing baby helps them nap and how much more she can get accomplished with two free hands again. Baby will love feeling like they are back in the womb and will be soothed and nap better than ever.
Around 4 months babies begin to sit up, their vision gets better, and they are out of the “fourth trimester.” They are ready to figure things out like this simple stacking toy.
This toy can be a stationary activity mat for your little one and converts to a portable activity center they can hold on to while they practice their first steps!
This activity table can be used from the time baby can sit up! The legs come off and the table top can be sat on the floor. Then encourage standing and taking tiny steps by putting the legs on.
When a baby is nearing one year old they are probably getting pretty mobile, if not walking already. You need super fun and engaging toys like this musical activity center to keep them in a single place for any length of time.
Your little one is ready to start putting things together about the world around them. Use this engaging learning toy to help them learn colors and animals!
A baby near one is ready for pretend play sets as their minds are working like little toddlers at this point. A barn and farm animal set is perfect for both boys and girls.
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There is something so special about photo ornaments. They are something special that will be brought out and looked fondly upon year after year.
No one can resist an adorable baby outfit. This is perfect to get your own child or for your grandchild so that you can give it to them early (maybe at Thanksgiving?) so that they can wear it all December long!
Christmas books are a special memory to bring out year after year. But one way to make them even more special (so much the child may not even believe it’s real) is to personalize it with them in the story!
This outfit is so cute it will make the baby look like a doll! This outfit is especially precious for newborns to keep them cozy all winter long.
A Christmas bear is another gift that will show its face every single year throughout the baby’s childhood. One special stuffed animal that they can snuggle every December and that will watch them open gifts and smile and laugh year after year.
It’s nice to have a nativity scene in your house to teach the real meaning of Christmas. But what is even better is one that your baby can play with! A fun toy that also shares the Christmas message and is perfect to let them play with any time you read the Christmas story.
Although this book isn’t personalized with your baby’s name, it is still a great gift! If storytime is important in your house, add this to your collection this Christmas!
This perfect toy says My First Christmas on top along with Santa’s Workshop. It’s like a little purse that doubles as a house and holds all your favorite Christmas characters.
This is a food-grade teether with lots of colors and textures, and it even rattles!
If the baby doesn’t have a sound machine yet a soft, cuddly, and portable one is ideal. Darkness and sound machines are so helpful in keeping newborns resting well.
This teether is super durable and perfect to hang from an activity center, a car seat, or in a stroller.
This is a gift for both mom and baby! Mom will be amazed at how much wrapping and wearing baby helps them nap and how much more she can get accomplished with two free hands again. Baby will love feeling like they are back in the womb and will be soothed and nap better than ever.
This soft toy is cuddly, has fun tags, and makes noise. Baby will love it!
This toy is perfect for car rides or for playing with in the stroller. It plays many different songs at a low level.
Around 4 months babies begin to sit up, their vision gets better, and they are out of the “fourth trimester.” They are ready to figure things out like this simple stacking toy.
By six months most babies are crawling or scooting across the floor. Toys they can chase after like this one are perfect.
This toy can be a stationary activity mat for your little one and converts to a portable activity center they can hold on to while they practice their first steps!
This activity table can be used from the time baby can sit up! The legs come off and the table top can be sat on the floor. Then encourage standing and taking tiny steps by putting the legs on.
Once babies can sit up they can enjoy this cute car toy! There are so many toys built into this single toy including a shape sorter.
When a baby is nearing one year old they are probably getting pretty mobile, if not walking already. You need super fun and engaging toys like this musical activity center to keep them in a single place for any length of time.
Just like those toys that kept us all engaged in waiting rooms for an hour at a time as children, you can now have a fun activity cube at home!
Your little one is ready to start putting things together about the world around them. Use this engaging learning toy to help them learn colors and animals!
You’d be amazed how athletic a baby can get when exposed to a balance bike! This one is made to begin riding at 10 months old if your baby is ready.
This is the perfect toy for a car-loving baby. It’s easy to use and endlessly entertaining.
