I agree with PPs about books. Some of those foam building blocks. She enjoyed (and still uses) one of those riding toys that you can also push. Balls. Crayons and paint. DD loved "painting" on cardboard boxes in the backyard during the summer. at 1 year she was just starting to play with duplos. I also started getting her some of those smaller toys that are animals. They have to be big enough for her to not be able to put them in her mouth but I found a bunch of different animals in the $1 aisle at Target and she LOVES them!
The biggest change I noticed with DD as she approached 1 yr is that she is more interested in fine motor toys now. My mom has this: https://media.discoverytoys.com/ec_tools/catalogs/DTUSCatalog.pdf. DD is so proud of herself when she stacks the pegs. She loves putting shapes in a sorter, flipping switches, etc. She is also getting into the doll/stuffed animal stage. She hugs and kisses them all the time and puts her doll in her little doll bed to go "night night".
Re: What did your LO love to play with at 12 months?
LOVES her babies and stuffed animals. She also loves books, especially the sensory ones. Oh and the Cozy Coupe!! She loves her car!
This this this! He loves his Scout.
And anything in our cabinets.... and the stairs... and anything he's not supposed to have....
Board books, wooden puzzles
FP Laugh and Learn Farm
Drumset from Target (https://www.amazon.com/B-Parum-Pum-Drum/dp/B002YIRKOK/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3HXK7TX6U1NKZ&colid=21B4SX5QK2B2E)
He loves his little Pottery Barn chair and sits in it every day.
Mr Potato Head (he doesn't play it with "properly" but loves it anyway.
The Fisher Price Little People toys. Mega Blocks. Little Tikes car (we have the police one).
DS's favorite toys have been:
Little People Farm
Laugh and Learn Mailbox
Laugh and Learn Piggybank
VTech Alphabet Train (he LOVES this toy)
The biggest change I noticed with DD as she approached 1 yr is that she is more interested in fine motor toys now. My mom has this: https://media.discoverytoys.com/ec_tools/catalogs/DTUSCatalog.pdf. DD is so proud of herself when she stacks the pegs. She loves putting shapes in a sorter, flipping switches, etc. She is also getting into the doll/stuffed animal stage. She hugs and kisses them all the time and puts her doll in her little doll bed to go "night night".
I agree with the open-the-flap books. She loves blocks and the bigger legos.
DD also loves the VTech 3-in-1 Learning Zebra Scooter that she got for her birthday. She seriously plays with it all the time.
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Cozy Coupe
DD loves this she puts things in and out, stirs and it has some really cute sayings.
https://www.amazon.com/LeapFrog-Cook-and-Play-Potsy/dp/B0038APAZO