Birthday Gift for a Toddler Boy

Best Friend's Birthday Gift

Not long after our daughter started going to the daycare, she made a friend. They clicked even without talking! 

He is about 4 months older than her, but they enjoy each other's company. They go on little expeditions and both get amazed by the littlest things. 

The boy toddler's birthday was right around the corner and our family got invited. His parents are study abroad students that didn't have many friends who are married or have kids. 

It was so exciting that we got to do some real parents things like going to child's birthday party!

Biggest Challenge: Picking a Gift

Our daughter has very unique taste when it comes to toys. She likes things like locks, buckles, or tissue papers. It's difficult to figure out what our own child likes or wants. How are we going to pick out what another child likes?!

We had to be very stereotypical and think about what boys like at that age. Wells.. it's been almost 30 something years, so I don't remember. I haven't had any boys around that age who I had to buy a gift for. Hmmm.. play balls, cars, or robots. I'm sorry for being so typical, but we barely know this kid!

Research

I went on gift hunting to Target, Walmart, and Amazon whenever I had a second to spare. Our whole family went to Target and spent almost an hour exploring different options: Lego, blocks, musical toys, board games, kinetic sand, etc. 

We narrowed our choices down to the items mentioned above: ball, cars, or robots. They had so many cool things, but we wanted to stay on the safe side.

Finalist!

We laid our eyes on this. Our daughter was first one to get excited about this. She sometimes likes cars (not always). But she went "Woaaaahh!" over this one. So Hot Wheel it is!

We did quick search on Amazon for price comparison. And we also knew if we bought it and carried it, our daughter wouldn't leave it alone. So, we decided to get it delivered via Amazon. 

You can find it right here on this link:

Amazon Link to Fisher-Price Little People Hot Wheels

It's $24.99 plus tax with option for free return. 

Toy Specs

This is intended for toddlers 18+ months. 

It comes with 2 large hot wheel cars and a starting pad for the cars to roll down. If you press the green lever, it sends the cars down the rail. It produces sounds.

It includes drive-thru tunnel, lift gate, and gas pump. Kids at this age loves to pretend play. 

Did He Like It?

When we got to the party, we found out that he owns tons of toys, mostly trains, trucks, and cars! His parents told us he loves cars so much. And fortunately, he did not already have the one our daughter handed to him. 

He was the happiest toddler in the world the moment he found out his favorite friend brought him gift. She even wrote, or drew, him a card! (Little tip: don't just give a gift alone. Make a card. Draw along your child's hand and let him or her color it!)

Little hugs and they shared a cake. They both were really happy. 

It was stereotypical, but it works. Don't think too hard. Kids will like anything new and as long as it's somewhere in the ballpark. Good luck finding these gems!