Gift Guide: Best Toys for Siblings to Share
The Siblings Guide To Sharing
Finding toys that siblings can enjoy together can be a game changer for family harmony. Whether it’s building together, solving puzzles, or creating imaginative worlds, the right toys foster cooperation and shared experiences. This guide highlights the best toys that encourage siblings to play, share, and bond.
Why Shared Play is Important
1. Promotes Teamwork and Collaboration
When siblings play together, they learn to communicate, negotiate, and work toward common goals. Sharing above all else teaches them the value of cooperation and collaboration. This is a great way to boost their confidence as well.
2. Teaches Conflict Resolution
Sharing toys teaches patience, turn taking, and compromise. Whether playing with a sister or brother children will learn that they can talk through choices and decide together what the best way to play is. It also allows children to make shared decisions outside of the rules of the games. What was more fun than coming up with a new game with a sibling from an old game?
3. Fosters Stronger Bonds
Collaborative play strengthens emotional connections between siblings. Asking a sibling if they want to play a game is one of the strongest ways to build trust and foster a strong bond between a sibling. Learning how to play together also creates a string foundation for the rest of their early development amongst other children.
Top 5 Toys for Siblings to Share
1. Building Block Sets
Blocks encourage teamwork and creativity. Siblings can build cities, towers, and imaginary worlds together. They can even take turns in bringing them all crashing down. One of the most fun is our Animal Acrobat Balance Game which allows up to 4 children to take turns adding to the growing animal tower before it eventually comes tumbling down. An alternative is our set of Giant Stacking Cubes which is a gentler and younger child friendly way to build towers as well as learn all about numbers and shapes.
2. Board Games and Puzzles
Board games and puzzles promote critical thinking and cooperation, offering hours of family-friendly fun. Our Wooden Set of Dominoes can be played as a fun number counting game or for more serious players as a great way to build a fun competitive game with a sibling. The Set of Wooden Safari Puzzles on the other hand is a slower paced way to learn how to cooperate, problem solve and build together.
3. Craft Kits for Collaborative Creativity
Craft projects allow siblings to work together on artistic endeavours. They allow them to build their creative confidence while exploring how to share resources and time together. Our Plane Craft Kit Activity Box is designed for one arty child, but sharing between siblings is a great way to make sure that they can contribute to a unique toy together. For a slightly sweeter gift however, our Friendship Bracelet Kit is the best way to craft something individually but together for the other sibling. It makes for a toy, gift and moment shared between them.
4. Pretend Play Sets for Role-Playing Adventures
Pretend play fosters imagination and encourages siblings to invent exciting scenarios. It lets them play with their siblings in new and interesting ways whilst developing their own confidence and creativity. Our Little Library Storytelling Box is a great way for up to 8 children to play together and come up with new and exciting stories together. For slightly younger siblings we have the Petit Friends Finger Puppet Set which allows for easier storytelling and creative play.
5. Musical Instruments for a Family Band
From tambourines to mini keyboards, making music together promotes teamwork and fun. One of our two wooden xylophones make for the perfect band additions for young musicians. Promoting hand eye coordination, playful expression, and early musical understanding they are ideal for channelling sibling musical play. Whether it is the Wooden Xylophone or the Dragonfly Xylophone they will have hours of fun making music together.
Shared play creates lasting memories and teaches valuable life skills so finding toys for siblings to share is a great way to build stronger bonds, happier moments, and ultimately add more fun into their lives.
Explore our “For the Sharers” and “For the Biggest Kids” collections to find more toys that bring siblings closer together!