Celebrity Parents Holiday Gift Guide: Great Gifts For Kids 1-5 Here's something you can cross off your to-do list! We've found the best new toys sure to please the toddlers and preschoolers in your life. By Danielle Friedland and Kristen Ryan By People Staff Published on November 21, 2008 06:00 AM Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos 01 of 18 CUTTING FRUIT SET Healthy habits begin at home. When toddlers can safely cut this colorful wooden fruit alongside the family chef, they'll be more likely to eat the real thing!Age Range: 3+ yearsGet It: Melissa amp Doug, $20We Also Like:thinkativity Imagine and Learn Mixer, 18+ months, $25 02 of 18 JUNGLE GIRAFFE BAND This giraffe is a one-man band, with five different musical instruments: a whistle, maraca, tambourine, rattle and guitar.Age Range: 1+ yearsGet It: Infantino, exclusively at Target, $17We Also Like:Yo Gabba Gabba Grooves Guitar, 2+ years, $27 (plus save 20% on all Yo Gabba Gabba items through 12/31/08) 03 of 18 MAGNETIC PUZZLE With 78 colorful wooden pieces and three different backgrounds, this puzzle will provide hours of fun. The price is a little high, but it's made by one of Europe's oldest toy makers with natural materials. Age Range: 3+ years Get It: Sevi, Giggle, $50 We Also Like:Imagiplay Puzzleplay Dinosaurs, 3+ years, $20 04 of 18 ROCKY ROCKET ROCKER Baby can blast off on space adventures with the Rocky Rocket Rocker. It features classical music and a vibrating pull toy.Age Range: 18+ monthsGet It: Dayla Baby, $89We Also Like: Okiedog Fropper, 18+ months, $75 05 of 18 COLORBACK SEA TURTLE Kids use the magnetic pen to move colorful balls around the turtle's maze. This bright critter isn't just cute: It also enhances fine motor skills.Age Range: 2+ yearsGet It: HaPe, Fat Brain Toys, $28We Also Like: Selecta Variola, 3+ years, $118 06 of 18 MELODY EXPRESS MUSICAL TRAIN If your child loves trains and music, this is the gift for him! This train plays notes as it chugs along a track that you build. There's also a songbook to help you compose popular songs.Age Range: 3-6 yearsGet It: Learning Resources, Learning Resources, $43We Also Like: LEGO Thomas Starter Set, 2+ years, $50 07 of 18 KARITO KIDS TRAVEL CHARMERS Travel Charmers are smaller, soft, lower-cost versions of the original Karito Kids dolls. These little globe-trotters are dressed in international fashions and come with a Jibbitz-style charm that your little girl can add to the bracelet (sold separately) or her Crocs!Age Range: 3+ yearsGet It: Kids Give, Karito Kids, $20We Also Like: Corolle Calin Naïma, 18+ months, $31 08 of 18 POLAR BEAR A-B-C GAME Your child can practice spelling by fishing in the frozen lake and reeling in the letters to spell a word. When you complete a word, your polar bear pal takes a dip!Age Range: 3+ yearsGet It: Cranium, Hasbro, $10We Also Like: Peaceable Kingdom Press Spin and Go Milk and Cookies Game, 4+ years, $16 09 of 18 BLACK & DECKER JUNIOR ELECTRONIC WORKBENCH This workbench comes equipped with a vise, cell phone, hammer, screwdriver, saw and wrench – everything a budding builder needs (except perhaps the saggy jeans!).Age Range: 3+ yearsGet It: Creative Designs, Toys'R'Us, $70We Also Like: Fisher-Price Elmo's Restaurant, 18+ months, $98 10 of 18 HANDY MANNY FIX-IT-RIGHT TV REPAIR With this pretend broken television and Turner the Screwdriver's help, your kid can be a TV repairman just like Handy Manny.Age Range: 3+ yearsGet It: Fisher-Price, $18We Also Like: Fisher-Price Handy Manny's 2-In-1 Tool Truck, 3-5 years, $50 11 of 18 50TH ANNIVERSARY BUILDING SET If LEGO is 50 that makes us… well… we won't say. This set comes in retro packaging, with a single gold brick in honor of the 50th anniversary. It's a timeless toy that will entertain the generations together.Age Range: 4+ yearsGet It: LEGO Shop, $40We Also Like: Royal Guards Skittles Set, 5+ years, $89 12 of 18 TRUE TO LIFE CRAYONS Have your kids ever wanted to draw a sunset but have been disappointed their traditional crayons don't quite cut it? These twistable crayons will help them capture lifelike colors that they see in nature.Age Range: 3+ yearsGet It: Crayola Store, $3We Also Like: For toddlers: Crayola Beginnings TaDoodles First Marks, 18+ months, $6.50 13 of 18 MONSTERS AND CUTIES For kids who can't yet read, this set of more than 50 cool magnets from the Magnetic Poetry folks are fun to arrange on the fridge and use to make up stories.Age Range: 3+ yearsGet It: Magnetic Poetry, $8We Also Like: Magnetic Poetry Pirate Ship, 3+ years, $10 14 of 18 BOOKS: WILD WEST BANANZA and WEE LITTLE CHICK Paul Frank's iconic monkey, Julius, is shaking up a Wild West town where everything's the same. It's completely bananas. Wee Little Chick proves that you don't have to be the biggest of the spring chickens to accomplish a lot. And that's no chicken feed.Age Range: 3-6, 2-6 yearsGet It: Chronicle Books, $13 (save 25% and get free shipping with code CELEBBABY through 12/31/08)We Also Like: For ages 2-5: In Town All Year Round, $17, Farmer Brown's Barnyard, $19, Giant Play and Learn Book, $20, Predators: A Pop-up Book with Revolutionary Technology, $28For ages 4-8: Dora's Magical Adventures: A Carry-Along Boxed Set, $11, Madeline and the Cats of Rome, $12, Usborne Sticker Dolly Dressing Princesses, $9 15 of 18 JUNGLE GIRAFFE BAND This giraffe is a one-man band, with five different musical instruments: a whistle, maraca, tambourine, rattle and guitar.Age Range: 1+ yearsGet It: Infantino, exclusively at Target, $17We Also Like:Yo Gabba Gabba Grooves Guitar, 2+ years, $27 (plus save 20% on all Yo Gabba Gabba items through 12/31/08) 16 of 18 DISNEY HANNAH MONTANA AWESOME ADVENTURES STORYBOOK & MUSICAL MICROPHONE For the girl who can't get enough of Miley Cyrus or her alter ego, this book has four episode-based stories and a microphone pre- programmed for some sing-along fun.Age Range: 5-12 yearsGet It: Reader's Digest, $16 17 of 18 FLOWER POWER BEAD SET For the little jeweler in your house, this bead set is easy for little fingers to thread thanks to a stiff string that doubles as a needle.Age Range: 3+ yearsGet It: Melissa amp Doug, $6We Also Like: For older kids: Fisher-Price Color Me Gemz Necklace or Bracelet Set, 5+ years, $8 18 of 18 CUTTING FRUIT SET Healthy habits begin at home. When toddlers can safely cut this colorful wooden fruit alongside the family chef, they'll be more likely to eat the real thing!Age Range: 3+ yearsGet It: Melissa amp Doug, $20We Also Like:thinkativity Imagine and Learn Mixer, 18+ months, $25