Top 10 Toys for Babies and Toddlers for 2015

Baby Toys which develop your baby and toddlers skills whilst entertaining them are our focus for this year's Top Baby Toys list and have been chosen for their ultimate appeal to babies and toddlers. If you're looking for the best toys for babies and toddlers for 2015 in Australia, look no further, we've compiled the top 10 toys for Babies and Toddlers in one place.

So here we go, in no particular order are our picks for the Top 10 Baby & Toddler Toys :

1. Fisher Price Smart Stages Scooter - the Smart Stage range from Fisher Price has been designed to grow with your child. The Fisher Price Smart Stage Scooter will take your child from 12 months right through to 24 months +. The scooter teaches numbers, colours, shapes and more whilst the scooter helps to get gross motor skills rolling.
2. Vtech Toot Toot Animals Farm - the Vtech Toot Toot range is an award winning toddler toy range which includes a Garage, Fire Station and this latest release Animal Farm. With 9 Smartpoint locations which interact with the animals this toy provides babies and toddlers with an interactive toy that they can trigger. A perfect toy that teaches cause and effect and increases fine motor skills.
3. Skwooshi Mouldable Stretchable Doug - toddlers love to create with dough, PlayDoh has certainly stood the test of time and is still a hugely popular toy for toddlers. New for 2015 is Skwooshi, a mouldable dough that is so stretchy you can stretch it until it's almost see through and then mould it back into shape. Skwooshi also doesn't fall apart or make a mess and never dries out. For all you scientists out there it is a "Non Newtonian Fluid" which means it goes from a solid to a fluid and back again easily. Skwooshi is simply awesome.
4. Melissa & Doug Jumbo Car Carrier - Wooden toys are a classic choice for babies and toddlers, and this Jumbo Carrier from Melissa & Doug is our pick from the 100's of wooden toys available. First of all it's huge, which means kids feel like they have a really BIG toy to play with. It includes 6 wooden racing cars as well as their Jumbo Carrier so kids have lots of opportunities for open ended pretend play. Smooth wood and high quality non toxic finishes make this toy a winner for 2015.
5. Tiggly Shapes by Kidtellect - babies and toddlers in 2015 are considered technological natives, they use devices from an early age and find it natural to pick up a tablet and play. The Tiggly Shapes toy from Kidtellect combines this natural curiosity with devices with real world toys, whilst teaching kids early shape recognition, creative development, gross motor skills and storytelling. This is one of our all time favourite toys for kids from 18 months to 3 years.
6. Move & Groove Game by ThinkFun - this awesome game from ThinkFun is your toddler's first dance game. Toddlers are full of beans and love to get down for a boogie, this game taps into that love of movement and combines game play with moves that are both fun and develop co-ordination and balance. There is no right or wrong way to move so this game encourages freedom of expression and confidence.
7. Duplo Creative Building Cube - We love this open ended set from Duplo which is perfect for children from 18 months old and will last and entertain until they are 5 years old. With 70 bright coloured bricks and 2 mini figures this set has both boys and girls covered and can be used to create a myriad of construction projects.
8. Ready Set Go Book, Car & Playmat - we love the range of books available for babies and toddlers in 2015. Reading ignites your child's imagination and increases vocabulary and this Ready Set Go Book set is a perfect reading toy that will encourage your toddler to a love of reading. Great value with 4 books and 8 toy cars which feature in the books along with a playmat means kids can bring the stories they read into reality.
9. Slime Baff - oh the joy of bathing in a bath of slime, puts a smile on any child's face, girl or boy. Don't panic Mum and Dad this stuff is easy to clean up, gentle of the skin, doesn't stain fabric or bathroom surfaces it simply awesome fun. Each pack is enough to fill up a standard bath with slime and it comes in three colours, blue, green and red.
10. Fisher Price Glow and Soothe Seahorse - last but not least our all time favourite newborn toy is the Fisher Price Sooth & Glow Seahorse. This lovely soft seahorse is rated for newborns and older, this seahorse glows and plays 8 soft lullabies to soothe your baby to sleep. A best seller for over 5 years this toy makes it onto our Christmas List for the third year in a row.

That's the Top 10 Baby & Toddler Toys for 2015 in Australia so far.. there's more arriving before Christmas so sign up to our newsletter and check out the awesome range of kids toys we have available at great value prices.

Magda de Berg, a successful online business entrepreneur based in Australia, is the founder and owner of Toys Online Store - ToyUniverse.com.au