Best Toys for 1-Year-Old Girls

Toddlers love to play and explore new things as they start to grow and find their way in the world. Engaging in hands-on play allows young children to build essential motor skills and learn more about the world in a fun and exciting way.

If you’re looking for the perfect set to encourage learning and fun through playtime, our carefully selected list of toys for 1-year-old girls is a great place to start!

Number Train - Learn to Count

All aboard the colorful and fun-filled LEGO® DUPLO® My First Number Train – Learn To Count (10954)!

This train set is a fantastic introduction to numbers for toddlers, designed to spark imaginative learning while improving fine motor skills. With 10 brightly colored number bricks, toddlers can load, unload, stack and sort as they explore counting in a hands-on way.

The set comes with three adorable LEGO DUPLO figures—including a boy, a girl and a dog, allowing for endless storytelling possibilities. The train features moving wheels and an opening roof, making it perfect for interactive play. This exiting train is perfect for toddlers and brings fun and learning together in one set!

Brick Box

If you're looking for the perfect way to encourage your toddler’s creativity while supporting their developmental skills, the LEGO® DUPLO® Brick Box starter set (10913) is an excellent choice.

From cars with moving wheels to number-learning bricks, colorful flowers and even LEGO DUPLO people figures, each piece is designed to spark your young child's curiosity and build their creative thinking, problem-solving abilities and fine motor skills.

With 65 toddler-friendly pieces stored in a sturdy, easy-to-carry box, the set is perfect for on-the-go fun and makes a great gift for any occasion. Best of all, this battery-free toy is powered purely by your child’s imagination, making playtime both engaging and developmental!

Animal Train

Little animal lovers will adore the LEGO® DUPLO® My First Animal Train (10412) set. A fun and educational building toy that combines creative play with animals, this colorful train set introduces young builders to the joy of color-matching and hands-on learning.

With four adorable, buildable animals – a rooster, horse, lamb and cow – toddlers can set off on imaginative journeys as you introduce them to the joys of creative role play.

As they follow the instruction cards to build the animals and match them with their colored carriages, toddlers can naturally develop problem-solving skills and improve their hand-eye coordination.

Plus, with extra bricks included, young children can explore their creativity by inventing their own animal figures! Whether through building or rebuilding, this set encourages open-ended exploration and self-expression, making it a great way for you to share your child’s developmental milestones.

Alphabet Town

The LEGO® DUPLO® Classic Alphabet Town (10935) set is a fun and colorful way to introduce your toddler to the world of letters.

This learning set comes with all the letters of the alphabet from A-Z, a drivable car and adorable figures, including a boy, a girl and a pug, to encourage hours of creative play. Designed for curious toddlers, it’s the perfect first LEGO set, allowing little builders to create, knock down and recreate colorful buildings while they gain early exposure to the different letters of the alphabet.

Whether driving the car through their town or rearranging the figures and structures, young toddlers will love the limitless possibilities this set has to offer – especially in revisiting it over the years as they continue to learn!

Cars and Trucks Brick Box

For toddlers who love vehicles, the LEGO® DUPLO® Cars and Trucks Brick Box (10439) is an exciting way to build both creative and developmental skills! Packed with 80 colorful bricks and 3 wheelbases, this educational toy allows toddlers to construct a wide range of vehicles, from a race car and tow truck to a family car and countryside scene.

Along the way, they can develop problem-solving abilities, hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills. As little builders follow the simple picture instructions, they can practice patience and focus while creating vehicles they see in the world around them. This set also encourages free play, giving toddlers the chance to experiment with the bricks and design new creations of their own.

Growing Carrot

Toddlers will have a blast learning about growing plants with the LEGO® DUPLO® My First Growing Carrot (10981) set!

This colorful and educational building toy is the perfect way to introduce young children to how plants grow. With stackable bricks, toddlers can watch their carrot "grow" taller while they take control of the weather, using the sun and rain-cloud bricks to help the plant thrive. And when it’s time for a little extra care, they can give the carrot a drink with the watering can.

Packed with storytelling possibilities and bright colors, this set can help toddlers develop essential stacking and problem-solving skills all while learning about nature. Featuring 4 carrot slice bricks, a leafy top, a plant pot and playful weather elements, this set encourages imaginative play that makes way for creativity.

Bath Time Fun: Floating Animal Train

Make bath time a splash with the LEGO® DUPLO® My First Bath Time Fun: Floating Animal Train (10965)!

This delightful developmental bath set turns bath time into a fun and educational experience. The set features an adorable hippo, duck and polar bear, as well as three brightly colored, attachable floating rings for each animal to sit in. Toddlers will love washing the animals with the included bucket and creating rain with the playful cloud piece.

Additionally, the floating rings open up for easy cleaning to keep them hygienic bath after bath. This bath-time toy offers hours of joyful exploration for your toddler and allows you to share your child’s precious developmental milestones. It’s perfect for making bath time a fun and exciting part of the day!

Daily Routines: Eating and Bedtime

Help toddlers explore their emotions and daily routines with the LEGO® DUPLO® My First Daily Routines: Eating & Bedtime set (10414).

This fun, hands-on building toy encourages toddlers to express how they feel about bedtime and mealtimes through interactive play. The set includes two adorable animal families – a cat with its kitten and a bear with its cub. The unique face bricks feature a happy and sad expression on either side, making it easy for toddlers who aren’t yet talking to explore emotions.

This early-learning set is a great way for parents to introduce the importance of routines in a playful, stress-free environment. As toddlers build and rebuild the colorful bricks, they can strengthen their fine motor skills and learn more about socializing.

For extra developmental skills, check out the separately sold Daily Routines: Bath Time (10413) set, which helps teach kids about washing routines as they pretend-wash an adorable baby elephant figure.

These engaging playsets are perfect for encouraging early emotional learning while providing endless opportunities for creative play. They make a thoughtful gift for any toddler ready to learn about the routines that shape their day!

Big Feelings & Emotions

Help your toddler explore their emotions with the LEGO® DUPLO® My First Big Feelings & Emotions (10415) set! Featuring four diverse characters with different facial expressions, this set can help young children express and understand a wide variety of moods.

With 2 different faces for each character, toddlers can easily swap the expressions to match how they’re feeling, bringing fun and interactivity to emotional learning.

The playful wigs and unique brick shapes provide curious young builders with freedom for open-ended creativity, while keeping their little fingers engaged. Whether they’re learning about diversity and feelings, refining motor skills or simply having fun with building, toddlers will love this endlessly customizable set that keeps playtime fresh and engaging.

Organic Garden

ntroduce your toddler to the wonders of nature with the LEGO® DUPLO® My First Organic Garden (10984) set! This hands-on educational building toy is full of features that can spark curiosity about how plants grow and how ecosystems work.

From cute tomato, carrot and watermelon figures to trees, flowers and playful wildlife figures like a ladybug and a bee, there’s plenty of interactive fun for tiny hands to explore. Kids can even role-play different types of weather with rain clouds and rainbow bricks, adding to the imaginative play.

The friendly-faced plant toys inspire self-expression and can help kids recognize diversity as they engage in endless creative fun. This set can not only teach little learners about gardening and nature, but also inspire imaginative play and development. It makes a perfect choice for parents who want to encourage early learning in a playful way. Pair it with the Fruit and Vegetable Tractor (10982) set for even more fun, which teaches kids about fruits, vegetables and the magic of plant growth!

Looking for more toys for your 1-year-old?

There’s more to discover in the world of LEGO® DUPLO®! From space adventures to cool vehicles or adorable animals, there’s a set available for everyone. Plus, children can continue to build as they grow with LEGO sets designed for kids and adults of every age and interest.