Welcome to our ultimate guide to the top toys for babies, expertly curated by Ruth, a primary school teacher with a diploma and master’s in Special Education and Educational Studies, and a proud mother of two boys and a baby girl. At Cogs Toys and Games, we understand that choosing the right toys for your little one is crucial for their development.

Our carefully selected list features toys that not only entertain but also promote essential developmental and educational benefits. Each toy sparks curiosity, encourages exploration, and supports early learning through engaging play. Whether you're shopping for a special occasion or just because, you can find all of these incredible toys both in-store and online at Cogs Toys and Games. Explore our collection today and give your baby the gift of joyful learning!

Hape Penguin Musical Wobbler

Delight your baby with Hape’s Penguin Musical Wobbler! This charming roly-poly toy wobbles, spins, and makes soothing tinkling sounds, introducing little ones to the joy of music. Its playful design allows for batting without rolling away, while the amusingly shaking wings encourage hours of interactive play.

Crafted from sturdy wood with a child-safe paint finish, this musical toy is perfect for babies aged 6 months and up. The gentle sound volume is designed to protect sensitive ears, ensuring safe and joyful play for years to come.

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Lamaze Baby Foot and Wrist Rattle Set

These adorable bug rattles easily wrap around baby’s wrists and ankles with secure Velcro tabs, providing a gentle rattle sound that stimulates and soothes as they move. The brightly coloured ankle socks encourage interactive play, letting baby and bugs engage for hours. Featuring noisy rattles, soft fabrics, and contrasting patterns, they promote vision and discovery for little adventurers. Made from baby-safe materials, the bug wings and antennae double as teethers, perfect for soothing sore gums. This delightful bundle makes a fantastic gift for baby showers or baby’s first Christmas, ideal for newborns aged 0+ months.

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InnyBin

One of our best-selling baby toys at Cogs, the InnyBin offers a unique shape-exploration experience for babies aged 10 months and up. This engaging toy features six chunky shape blocks—cube, diamond, sphere, triangle, flower, and the cheerful Fat Brain logo — each designed with fascinating textures to delight little fingers.

As babies push the shapes through the elastic bands of the cube, they spark curiosity and encourage exploration, experimentation, and discovery.

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Hape Stay-Put Rattle Set

Shake up playtime with the Hape Stay-Put Rattle Set! Perfect for newborns, this set features three brightly coloured wooden rattles—each with an adorable aquatic character: a turtle, octopus, and whale. These friendly faces encourage grasping and holding, promoting your baby's fine motor skills.

Each rattle has a suction cup for easy attachment to smooth surfaces, making them ideal for high chair play. Made from non-toxic materials, Hape toys ensure safety and quality for your little one. Explore sounds and animals while having fun!

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Hide and Squeek Eggs

This engaging educational toy features six colorful eggs, each with a unique facial expression. Crack them open to discover vibrant colors for your little one to identify and match.

Designed for versatile play, it encourages activities like hide-and-seek, shape sorting, and color matching, making it perfect for your baby's growth and development.

An ideal gift for Easter, a baby’s first Christmas, or a first birthday, it promises fun learning opportunities.

Age: 6 Months+

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Sensory Spinners - Aussie Animals

Shake, rattle, and swirl with this delightful trio of Aussie animals: a wombat, koala, and cockatoo! Each sensory spinner features a two, three, or four-paddle design and a strong suction cup for easy attachment, perfect for high chairs, baths, or travel.

These engaging toys not only entertain but also promote sensory play, introducing new textures, enhancing cause-and-effect learning, and developing fine motor skills. An ideal gift for baby showers!

Age: 6 months+

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Tummy Time Mirror

Delight your little one with this multi-sensory, double sided upright XL mirror book from Taf Toys. Featuring a huge baby-safe mirror & high contrast & colourful illustrations that stimulate baby’s senses & emotional intelligence. The XL mirror helps baby to learn self-awareness, visual observation and develop communication skills. Incorporating 2 developmental stages:

Side 1: High contrast colours. Simple visual stimulation. Helps develop baby’s senses and emotional intelligence.

Side 2: Rich colours and a huge baby-safe mirror that helps baby to learn self-awareness, visual observation and develop communication skills.

The mirror is covered by the flaps of the book which can be used for a great Peek-A-Boo game between parent and baby. Star shaped holes in the flaps that cover the mirror sparkle and capture baby’s attention. The book upright angle helps encourage tummy-time play

Suitable for 0m+ this is the perfect gift for babies, allowing them to dive straight into the world of play and learning.

Tummy Time Mirror

Playnest ® & Gym - Farm Galt

Create a soft, multi-sensory world for baby with a farm scene below and sky above. The fabric-covered, inflatable Playnest® supports baby during play, while the Gym offers four textured toys to explore. Eight activities help develop hand-eye coordination and manipulative skills. This engaging environment encourages baby’s physical growth and sensory discovery. Both the covers and toys are machine washable, making clean-up easy. Suitable from birth to 12 months.

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Taf Toys Newborn Develop And Play Gift Set

In the first few months after birth, your newborn is just beginning to understand how to use their senses to process the world around them. Our newborn kit was specially designed to provide parents with the most needed developmental toys that will assure baby is getting all the needed support in a fun & healthy way.

The kit contains 12 must have newborn developmental products in 1 box, Great as a gift or for self-purchase. Comes with a developmental guide which provides newborn developmental tips and explains how using each toy inside this kit helps the baby.

Encourages and nurtures development in visual stimulation, tummy time, learning about cause & effect and transitional objects in emotional development. Engaging all.

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Hape Rattle and Teether Collection

Roll, bounce, toss, and discover!

Each of these three, high-quality silicone spheres features a unique design that mesmerizes the eyes and captures the imagination.

Hands of all ages reflexively reach, grab, and explore their fascinating, rubbery textures before inevitably rolling them along a table or floor.

And when they do…

Ears perk up. Minds are soothed yet excited. Curiosity and wonder unravel as the charming chimes hidden inside sing beautifully with each and every movement.Enliven your child’s playtime expeditions with the cleverly captivating Sensory Rollers.

Hape Rattle and Teether Collection