A 1 year old’s birthday is a special birthday.

It’s special because as special things go, the first of anything is the most special.

It’s special because your 1 year old has now graduated from babyhood.

But more importantly, it’s special because you have survived one of the hardest years of parenting.

In the past, Etsy.com was the main place for parents to source personalized goods for their little ones. However, Amazon.com has now expanded so much that we were pleasantly impressed to find the amount of quality personalized gifts that you can find in Amazon.com.

What’s some advantages of shopping on Amazon.com instead of Etsy.com? Well, if you are a Prime member, you get access to free shipping for most products. On top of this, Amazon.com is very experienced with supporting customers for any product defects and returns. If you are an Amazon.com fan, you may find it easier to get your stuff from Amazon.com since you are already familiar with the site.

So if you are looking for a special personalized gift for a 1 year old, here are our top recommendations from Amazon.com.

Toys

NameTrain (6 letters)

If you have a 1 year old who loves trains, they will absolutely love this gift! It’s a train that can be used both as a toy, a display or paper weight. You can personalize the train so that it spells their name in colourful alphabets. The alphabets are connected by magnets so that they can be easily taken apart and mix and matched to form other words. This toy is also a great way to teach your 1 year old how to spell his or her name.

The finishes are all non-toxic so you don’t have to worry about these ending up in your 1 year old’s mouth.

There are options for 5 letter name trains and 4 letter name trains too if your little one has a shorter name.

Colorful, fun and aesthetically pleasing, your 1 year old will love this!

Miles Kimball Personalized Box Of Blocks

We love blocks as a toy for a year old. Not only do blocks develop hand-eye coordination, finger dexterity, arm control and creativity, but they are also so durable! We love that these are made of wood and also have alphabets and pictures on them. Personalized blocks are even more fun as you can now teach your 1 year old how to spell his or her name among other things.

You can also use these blocks as a birthday party decoration spelling your child’s name.

When your child is older, these blocks can serve as cute paperweights or placeholders too.

Large Plush Personalized Teddy Bear Baby Blanket

If your 1 year old does not have a favourite toy or blanket that he or she is very attached to, the Large Plush Personalized Teddy Bear Baby Blanket is a great option.

Attachment toys have both advantages and disadvantages. The main advantage is that they can provide a lot of comfort to your 1 year old during unfamiliar or stressful situations, in place of the mother. This is HUGE as it reduces the amount of clinginess that a 1 year old may have towards you.

The main disadvantage is if the attachment toy gets lost or destroyed, your 1 year old could have major meltdowns until you are able to get an ACCEPTABLE replacement for it. You would have noticed that we capitalized the word ACCEPTABLE because not all kids will accept a replacement. They of course, do eventually get over it but it can be incredibly tiring for you as the parent.

However, when you analyze the advantages and disadvantages, we feel that helping your 1 year old to have a comfort toy is valuable enough to outweigh disadvantages.

However to counter some of the possible disadvantages, we suggest that once your child has chosen an attachment toy, then quickly buy several more of the same toy (exact same toy, color etc). Introduce them all immediately to your child and rotate them until your child accepts them all. This will make your life much easier if you ever lost one of the toys, had to take one of them away for washing or one got simply destroyed due to overuse.

We like this Large Plush Personalized Teddy Bear Baby Blanket because it comes in several choice of colors, it is both a combination of a soft toy as well as a soft blanket, it is made of plush soft material and generally, very huggable!

Melissa & Doug Personalized Beginner Wooden Pattern Blocks Educational Toy

We like Melissa & Doug’s stuff and we think that a personalized puzzle is a great toy for a 1 year old. Puzzles teach kids analytical skills and it’s also great for hand-eye coordination and finger dexterity.

This puzzle will have your kid’s name printed on of the puzzle pieces. It won’t completely stop fights between siblings but it may help!

 

Storage

There never seems to be enough storage space for your 1 year old’s stuff, right? And what a great way to encourage your child to put his or her things away by giving him or her special storage, right? Sneaky…

Personalized Hearts and Blooms Toy Box

We love this toy chest because it looks absolutely beautiful! With sweet pink and white patterns, it’s perfect for a little girl. It also comes with safety hinges to prevent jammed fingers. It doubles up as a bench when your little one gets big enough to sit on it.

DIBSIES Personalization Station Premium Edition Toy Box


We also love the DIBSIES Premium Edition Toy Box. It is a little dearer that the Personalized Hearts and Blooms Toy Box but this one comes with wheels underneath the toy chest that will make it easier for you and your little one to move it around. It is also a little bigger and has a more gender neutral style and is white in color. This can only take a maximum of 8 letters for any name personalization.

DIBSIES Personalization Station Modern Essentials Toy Box with Book Storage

For a style that will probably appeal to boys more, we recommend the DIBSIES Personalization Station Modern Essentials Toy Box with Book Storage. It is dark brown in color and looks like a little vehicle with wheels. Unlike the DIBSIES Premium Edition Toy Box, the wheels here don’t move but it has a very cool book or magazine rack on either side of the toy chest. Do note that that it can only take a maximum of 9 alphabets for the name personalization.

Personalized Dibsies Kids Bookshelf (Pastel)


Do you have a child who loves pulling all your books out of your shelves?

This is why we love the idea of a personalized book shelf. You can teach your 1 year old to be responsible for putting away his or her books after reading or pulling them out!

Comfortable Furniture

Personalized Kid’s Recliner

We realize that some may see this gift as spoiling a child but to each his own we say. If you think that your child will love it, why care what other parents think right?

What we love about this recliner is that you can use it as a special spot to encourage your child to read or spend quiet time or whatever. The arms of the recliner open up so that it can provide a little more support for your child. There is also space to store books on the side of it. It is made of easy-to-clean material which is a major plus!

The only downside if if you have more than one child, we suggest that you get them each their own one to avoid fights!

Bean Bag Chair


If your 1 year old is more of an easy-going ‘all over the place’ type, you can opt for a personalized bean bag gift instead! Let’s be honest, some of us parents would love to curl up on a bean bag with a good book anyday!

Books

Amazon.com has an amazing selection of personalized story books for young children.

Our favorites are these.

I Can Change The World


We love this book because it teaches such a positive message about self-esteem, being kind to others and believing that you can make a difference in the world right from where you are. We wish that more adults would read this! You can personalize the name, hair color, gender and skin tone of the child in this book.

My Magic Name Books

This is a really fun book! It is personalized according to your 1 year old’s first name! The story changes according to the letters of your child’s name and at the end, it spells out your child’s entire name. If you want to, you can also add in your child’s street name and house number. You can also add in a personal message from you to your 1 year old.

Totally special.

ABC What Can I Be

This is another special book that uses each letter of the alphabet to showcase a different career option. Your child’s name will be added to the story and you can also add a personal dedication message on the front page. A great way to get your 1 year old to start thinking about the different things he or she can do when they grow up.

Eating

Your 1 year old will hopefully be loving his or her solid foods journey. One way to make it more fun would be to get him or her personalized eating utensils.

We recommend these personalized plates which can make a child feel special at the table. You may also find it useful for use in daycare.

Blue Tractor

Firefighter

Owl

Medical ID Bracelet

Last but not least, we would like to give a quick mention of Road ID Medical Alert Bracelet. This is not really a gift but it is still a useful personalized thing to get for your child if he or she has any food allergies or other illnesses that may require immediate medical attention.

You can have your child’s allergies, your phone number and other important details printed onto this bracelet. It’s also useful if your child attends daycare to serve as a useful alert and reminder for his or her caregivers.

So there you have it! Our top recommendations for a personalized gift for your 1 year old from Amazon.

Last note, if you are looking for something special not only for your little one but also for you, check out our recommendations for personalized gifts for Mother’s Day.