By the way, although I have my eye on these for Hunter, they are certainly gender-neutral gifts!
1. Vilac Birthday Race Car -- Hunter already has one small wooden car from this French company. Great design and quality.
2. Project Pomona Little Hipsters -- These diaper-friendly, adjustable jeans come in three sizes. A more petite 1-year-old could probably wear size two (9 months to 18 months) for a while. Made in USA.
3. Green Toys Shape Sorter -- Made of recycled plastic milk jugs in San Francisco, CA. Hunter has a tugboat and stacking toys by this company. Great colors and lots of fun!
5. Uncle Goose Spanish Alphabet Blocks -- The target age for these blocks is two (because even thought the paint and wood are non-toxic, they don't exactly encourage babies to gnaw on them), so I would totally display these in Hunter's room until he's past the put-everything-in-my-mouth stage. Check out the other languages, too. They're beautiful! Made in Michigan.
Do you have any go-to kid birthday gifts?
so true about the cardboard box, haha!! these are really great ideas :) my mother in law made a book that talked about when she visited and had pictures - it was SO COOL!