3-5 Year Old Gift Guide – Preschool Gift Guide
The ultimate Preschool Gift Guide perfect for 3-5 Christmas gifts, 3-5 year birthday gifts or ANYTIME! This Prek gift guide comes with background of an educator and boy mamma who is ready to share the best preschool gifts and how these worked in our house.
I’m a momma to a 5 and 3 year old right now and have observed developmentally what the best 3-5 gifts so we can cut out all the rest and give the preschooler in your life a learning + engaging gift that the parents will love too!
What to get a Preschooler as a Gift?
When thinking about the best gifts for a 3 year old to 5 year old, certain criteria are typical:
- Open-ended gifts are best for preschoolers. This is tough! I love characters and pieces my boys love but building sets, exploration, simulations of real life win out long term BY FAR!
- Growth – birthday and holiday gifts for preschoolers need to be able to grow with them.
- Exploration – not just flashy and lights but a gift that can be used MANY ways increases longevity.
As a former teacher, I’m always looking for educational, easy to use (and organize!) gifts that serve many purposes over their lifetime.
What are the best gifts for a 3-5 year old?
Whether it’s a 3 year old birthday gift or 5 year old Christmas gift this list exudes THE. BEST ideas for 3-5 year old gifts!
Artistic 3-5 Year Old Gifts:
How to Draw books!
These are great for young artists! My kids love incorporating their new found art skills and found these easy to follow along!
A rocket ship, ice cream truck, cottage, pirate ship and more – inspire creativity and imagination that lasts FOREVER! We colored one that lasted years and still play with it!
This may seem like an outdated gift but I’m here to tell you – IT IS NOT! These are the perfect preschooler gift – they love the art the the cool mystery surrounding them shrinking!
Hours of entertainment and keepsakes they can use or give to others!
The former teacher in me LOVES that these are such a favored 3-5 birthday or Christmas gift!
My son will spend hours coordinating numbers and placing stickers appropriately and watch the picture come together. Plus – they are great to keep as mementos, for travelling, or to use as a chart to complete a reward!
Coloring on walls no more! These have so many uses: great for parties, put up in a dining/living room – for a preschool artist it’s a grand masterpiece!
This is great for 3-5 gift for siblings as well because they can work together to create!
Take your tic tac toe, drawing, spelling words, letter practice ANYTHING to the next level by writing on the windows/mirrors!
Seriously such a fun “pull it out of the hat” 3-5 year old gift that will be awesome for parents and kids!
Water-Themed 3-5 Year Old Gifts:
Spicing up bath and water play! These cubes only glow when in liquid and stop when they are not.
Glow Baths are so popular in our house! I was in awe the first time we broke these out and realized our bath time nearly tripled and without complaint. Can’t wait to bring this great gift to the summertime as well!
Hello – water fun! Best Prek gift ever HERE! These are great for bath but also are a substitute for food coloring in science experiments (not for eating!)
A fun way to kick up any water tables for kids, bath time, or prek science!
I love these as an adult and so do kids! With options like dinos, Pokemon’, unicorns and more – these are a fizzy surprise toy that any 3-5 year old would love.
For the 3-4 year old gift can’t beat these! You write with a water pen and it dries and you do it over!
Teaching wise – I love the things to find, count, and the letter, shape and number books as prek gifts.
Building 3-5 Year Old Gifts:
Blown Away! These are always getting brought out! With so many combinations and just plain fun – running the ball through the “coasters” it really is hours of entertainment.
We have the smaller set but honestly am putting this one on list already as a gift for the 3 year old to expand our collection!
Don’t let the looks fool you! These are SO GREAT as a prek gift. With other magnet items but with cookie sheets, the fridge and how they connect with each other.
The possibilities are endless on ways to use these versatile 3-5 year old gift.
Buffalo Games has some AWESOME games that promote learning and togetherness!
A kick up from the old version of our favorites – we have Silly Street but have multiple ones on wishlists for our 3 and 5 year old birthday gifts throughout the year!
**Bonus** Adults really love these too!
Fine Motor or Sensory Bins – or even just tools and playdoh these tools have you covered as a great 3-5 year old gift!
I love how these promote tough grabbing skills but are also fun!
There it is your 3-5 year old gift guide! All the Preschool gift ideas you could need! Tried and true options for every prek birthday or Christmas gift you could need.
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