Gifts for Kids Who Love Vehicles

Rush Hour Junior STEM Kids logic game close up of brightly colored plastic vehicles

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Delight Them With Gifts That Celebrate Their Love of Go

Rush Hour Junior STEM Kids logic game close up of brightly colored plastic vehicles
  • What: Gifts For Kids Who Love Vehicles
  • When: 2 to 10 years
  • Why: Fun, affordable, entertaining
  • Where: At home

At our house, Christmas wouldn’t be complete without a train running around the bottom of the Christmas tree. Though our kids have long outgrown the wooden train stage, they still love trains, planes, and automobiles of all sorts. If vroom vroom makes your little one’s heart go pitter patter, check out this list chock full of things that go.

Vehicle picture books for kids Little Big First Big Book of Things That Go, Cars and Trucks and Things That Go, Little Excavator, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, The Construction Alphabet Book, Hide and Seek Things That Go, Hop Aboard, Here We Go

Vehicle Picture Books: Find the perfect reading material to share with your child. These books all have the same vehicle theme, with multiple different focuses. Learn the alphabet with a vehicle for every letter. Or practice their searching skills with a Look and Find book. From classic stories to books packed with facts, you’ll find something for every little vehicle enthusiast.

Hot Wheels Monster Truck Race Monster Truck Kinetic Sand Matchbox Military vehicle launcher Hot Wheels Sweep and Keep Truck color changing car toys

Best Hot Wheel Toys: From color changing cars, to trucks that can handle any terrain, find the perfect Hot Wheels gifts for your child. Expand their play with changeable tracks that attach to the walls and take up zero floor space. Or race through a giant loop-the-loop. Finally, help them keep everything off the floor with a big truck that makes cleanup a breeze.

wooden vehicle toys Service Station Garage Play set from Melissa & Doug Skid steer and steam roller on flatbed and other transport trucks

Wooden Vehicle Toys: If you prefer wood to plastic, these cars and trucks can’t be beat. Load the flatbed with a variety of construction vehicles. Or send the car to the service station and make sure it gets washed along the way. These choices will keep kids vrooming along for hours of play.

Vehicle board books Slide and Find Trucks Mighty Dads Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? I'm Dirty! in a stack

Board Books for Kids Who Love Vehicles: Small hands will love flipping the sturdy pages to discover all the varieties of things that go. Diggers, dump trucks, and dozers fill the pages of these short stories made for tiny tots. With big daytime action to saying goodnight, these books have something for every reading moment.

Tonka Tinys Construction play set Rush Hour Jr logic puzzle game Nerf Nitro foam car launcher Driven Pocket Series trucks and connected road pieces

Vehicle Toys: From tiny cars that pack plenty of horsepower to games with every type of vehicle, these toys make the grade. Race lightweight cars anywhere you can imagine. Or build your own connecting roads to drive. All of these toys make excellent gifts for small drivers with big imaginations.

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