3 best toys for 8 month olds

Toys for 8-month-old babies should encourage their emerging motor skills, curiosity, and sensory exploration. Here are some types of toys that are suitable for infants around this age:

Push and Pull Toys: Toys that babies can push or pull along the floor can help them practice crawling and walking. Look for sturdy toys with a handle that they can grip.
Activity Cubes: Activity cubes or centers with various buttons, switches, and interactive elements can engage a baby's developing fine motor skills and keep them entertained.
Soft Blocks: Soft, stackable blocks with different textures and colors can be squeezed, stacked, and knocked down, promoting both sensory exploration and hand-eye coordination.
Nesting Toys: Nesting cups or toys with multiple pieces that fit inside one another help with spatial awareness and problem-solving skills.
Baby Puzzles: Simple puzzles with large, easy-to-grasp pieces and bright images can introduce babies to basic problem-solving and spatial concepts.
Shape Sorters: Shape-sorting toys encourage babies to match shapes with corresponding holes, enhancing their fine motor skills and cognitive development.
Sensory Balls: Textured sensory balls, some with bells or rattles inside, provide tactile and auditory stimulation. Babies can roll, grasp, and explore these toys.
Soft Books: Soft fabric or cloth books with simple pictures and textures can engage a baby's senses and encourage early literacy development.
Teething Toys: Teething toys made from safe, chewable materials can provide relief for babies who are teething.
Baby Drum: A small, soft drum with mallets can introduce babies to cause-and-effect as they tap and create sounds.
Stroller Toys: Toys that attach to a stroller or car seat can keep a baby entertained while on the go.Look for toys with bright colors and different textures.
Baby Mirrors: Unbreakable baby mirrors can provide visual stimulation and help babies explore their own reflections.

Remember to prioritize safety when selecting toys for an 8-month-old. Ensure that they are free from small parts that could be a choking hazard and are made from non-toxic materials. Additionally, always supervise playtime, especially when babies are playing with toys that have small components. Toys that encourage interaction, exploration, and motor skill development are ideal for this stage of infancy.

Below you can find our editor's choice of the best toys for 8 month olds on the market

Sassy Stacks of Circles Stacking Ring STEM Learning Toy, 9 Piece Set, Age 6+ Months

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Product description

Stacking rings has never been more fun with the Stacks of Circles! The center of each ring is the same size, allowing it to be stacked in any direction for frustration-free play. The Stacks of Circles promotes early STEM learning by teaching a child about sorting, size, sequencing and building.

Straight post accepts different sized rings, strengthening hand-eye coordination
Chunky rings make it easy for baby to grasp, strengthening fine motor skills
Each ring features a different texture and weight; Textural variety is great for mouthing!
Colorful beads in the clear ring allowing baby to connect the sound to sight
9 piece set
Manufacturer Age: 6 to 24 months

User questions & answers

Question:	I cancelled this order but I still got charged? Will I get a refund
Answer:	Eventually
Question:	Is it bpa free
Answer:	Yep
Question:	Can you sterilize this product in a sterilizer
Answer:	No you can’t! We put it in our baby brezza sterilizer and it melted 3 of the rings and warped the holder. Wash it by hand with soap and water instead.
Question:	Can someone provide documentation of the package that lists this as BPA free
Answer:	Thanks for your question, Margaret. As parents ourselves, the safety of the children using and playing with our products is our primary concern. Rest assured that all of our products, including Sassy Stacks of Circles, meet and exceed all safety standards including ASTM, CPSC, EN71 and Health Canada standards and pass testing for the California Prohibitions of Phthalates in Toys. Additionally, our plastic products are made from materials that are known to be BPA-free.

VTech Turn and Learn Driver (Frustration Free Packaging),Yellow

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Product description

Drive into learning fun with the turn and learn driver by VTech. Your little one will love pretending to drive using the steering wheel that causes the cute dog character to move back and forth. Press the five colorful buttons and your child will be introduced to different animals and vehicles. The fun car design encourages imaginative play with a traffic light, a signal lever that triggers fun sounds and music and a gear shifter that pushes and pulls to introduce opposites. The toy car also has three play modes so your little driver can learn in animal, driving and music mode. Requires 2 AA batteries (batteries included for demo purposes only; new batteries recommended for regular use). intended for ages 6 months to 3 years.

Your little one will love pretending to drive using the steering wheel toy that causes the cute dog character to move back and forth
Press the five colorful buttons on the learning toy and your child will be introduced to different animals and vehicles; great early education toy
The fun baby car toy design encourages imaginative play with a traffic light, a signal lever that triggers fun sounds and music; gear shifter that pushes and pulls to introduce opposites
Baby driving toy Includes 3 play modes so your little toddler driver can learn in animal, driving and music mode. 60+ songs, melodies, sounds and phrases
Makes a great baby gift for a 6 month to 3 year old boy or girl; operates on 2 AA batteries that are included for demo purposes only, use new batteries for regular use

User questions & answers

Question:	Has anyone use it in the car while child was in car seat? Looking for something to mimic the car so my son can "drive" like us
Answer:	Granddaughter loves to drive in the car with the VTech Turn and Learn Driver. Loves the sounds.
Question:	Is it possible to install in the stroller
Answer:	No it does not have a way to install it to a stroller.
Question:	how is it attatched to car seat
Answer:	It doesn't attach to a car seat. It is intended to be played with on the floor or other flat surface.
Question:	Is it BRA free
Answer:	Dear Liza,VTech Turn and Learn Driver is BPA free, all VTech toys are conformed to US Toy Safety Standard. Please contact us if you have further questions.

Product features

3 Ways to Play

Use the mode selector to explore animal mode, driving mode and music mode.

Imaginative Play

Turn the steering wheel, shift gears and use the signal lever like a real car.

Play and Learn

Press the five interactive buttons to learn different animals and vehicles with songs and phrases.

Rules of the Road

Honk the horn and introduce road safety with red, yellow and green lights.

VTech Sit-to-Stand Learning Walker (Frustration Free Packaging)

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Product description

From baby steps to big steps the Sit-to-Stand Learning Walker by VTech helps your baby develop from a crawler to a walker through adaptive technology. With a barnyard of playful friends to cheer them on, your little one will have endless fun as they learn to walk. Start out with the easy-to-remove activity panel for floor play or on-the-run fun, then step it up with the fun-to-maneuver walker. Spinning gears, five piano keys, three colorful rollers, three light-up shape sorters, three light-up buttons and a telephone handset offers endless fun that will stimulate your baby’s learning and develop their motor skills. The Sit-to-Stand Learning Walker keeps baby on track teaching shapes, colors, animals, music and more!

From the Manufacturer

Interactive learning baby Walker has a removable play panel; frustration free packaging means it comes in a plain brown box
Early learning center has 5 piano keys that play music and encourage creativity; wheels work on carpeted and hard floors
Features 2 colorful spinning rollers, 3 shape sorters, and 3 light-up buttons that develop motor skills
Pretend telephone handset and mechanical elements enhance role-play fun; 2 AA batteries are included
Over 70 sing-along songs, music, sound effects and fun phrases; meant for babies and toddlers 9 months to 3 years old. Sensory development

User questions & answers

Question:	what are the dimensions
Answer:	Green handlebars 12" wide, rear blue wheels 18" wide, front wheels 14" wide, front game thing 11" wide.....it is 18" tall from ground to to handlebars, and the length between the from and rear wheels is 17". Our daughter loves this toy. The front "game thing" can be removed and laid flat on ground to play with if you like.
Question:	What age is this toy suited
Answer:	My granddaughter is 6 months old and she plays with the detachable front and loves it. When she canwalk, we will put it back on and she can push it. Great toy but get re-chargeable AA batteries so thatyou can save money on that. Highly recommend this toy, great fun for all ages.
Question:	are batteries included
Answer:	Thank you. Read on many websites they are included and some not. Also battery size varies on different sites from 3 AAA to 2AA to 3 AA. Would really like to know for sure as mailing it to granddaughter.
Question:	My granddaughter lost the phone. How do I go about getting a replacement
Answer:	The phone itself is $3.00, but they charge an additional $6.95 for shipping.

Product features

From Sitting to Standing

Get ready to walk. Little ones can play with the detachable activity panel on the floor while discovering animals, colors, music, shapes and numbers. Attach the panel to the walker as babies grow and they’ll continue to learn as they move along.