Best educational toys for 3-year-olds

Best Educational Toys for 3-Year-Olds

Looking for skill-building, imagination-boosting toys for your child? 

Our educational toys for 3-year-olds are specially designed to help improve physical, emotional and creative independence in kids all whilst they learn how to become creative builders. 

Playsets range from simple to more challenging builds to keep all children entertained.

LEGO® DUPLO® - Steam Train

Steam Train

Average rating3.4out of 5 stars
Price£59.99

Step back in time with your little conductor! The Steam Train makes it even easier to control and interact with classic train play. 

Children will love choosing between forward and backward motions and the colours and sounds will keep them engaged for hours.

All aboard! Kids can play full steam ahead with this interactive train set.

LEGO DUPLO - Truck & Tracked Excavator

Truck & Tracked Excavator

Average rating4.6out of 5 stars
Price£17.99

Get digging with the Truck & Tracked Excavator! This set creates an immersive construction-site scene, encouraging little builders to explore open-minded play. 

With the toy truck, digger and two construction workers, 3-year-olds can develop valuable physical and cognitive skills that last a lifetime.

Make kids feel like real-life builders as they scoop up toy boulders, operate construction-site vehicles and get the job done!

LEGO DUPLO - Parking Garage and Car Wash

The Parking Garage and Car Wash is a car-care playset with a surprise around every corner! 

This versatile, LEGO DUPLO vehicle playset includes a drive-through car wash, charging station, vehicles, characters and more to inspire endless imaginative play. While kids are exploring the endless play possibilities, they’re developing essential skills that will last a lifetime.

Teach kids how to care for cars with the fabric ‘cleaning’ curtain, a movable boom barrier and a ticket machine.

LEGO DUPLO - Cargo Train

Cargo Train

Average rating4out of 5 stars
Price£114.99

It’s never a dull day on the Cargo Train… 

With a harbor, boat, café, loading station, two cranes, three DUPLO figures plus an animal figure and lots of cool track pieces included in this LEGO DUPLO set, the possibilities are endless.

With this set, young children can become train drivers! They’ll learn how to turn the lights on and off, pause and refuel, change direction and stop the train wherever they like.

LEGO DUPLO - Airplane & Airport

Take children’s imagination to a different destination every day with the Airplane & Airport toy! 

With removable sections and hidden space for even more discovery, this hands-on educational LEGO DUPLO toy puts open-ended fun, self-expression and joyful learning into children’s hands.

Get ready for take-off! Join a dad and a daughter as they fly off to see family and friends.

LEGO DUPLO – Happy Childhood Moments

With the Happy Childhood Moments, your child will soon be building a three-dimensional world of celebration and fantastic creations. 

Introduce your 3-year-old to two exciting events – Chinese and Lunar New Year celebrations and the first day at kindergarten. You’ll role-play real-life events and share important knowledge with your child. 

Let the celebrations begin! Children can play out family traditions and practice and prepare for future routines as they start school too.

LEGO DUPLO – Amusement Park

Join seven LEGO DUPLO characters for a fun trip to the fair. Designed to entertain and stimulate growing minds, this set allows your child to explore a colourful and captivating mix of attractions. 

This toy features slides to whizz down, a mechanical carousel to ride, a large Ferris wheel and a train to drive around the park. There’s even a colour-changing ‘rainbow’ light to create an authentic funfair atmosphere. 

Hot dogs, balloons, teddy bears – this exciting set will keep children captivated for hours as they explore the feature-packed funfair.

LEGO DUPLO – Space Shuttle Mission

This toddler-friendly space toy has got it all. Little astronauts launch into a universe of open-ended play as they build the space shuttle, blast astronauts into space and act out endless stories of exploration and discovery. 

And, as kids’ imaginations take them out of this world, their cognitive thinking, spatial reasoning and fine motor skills will soar. 

Watch imaginations and developmental skills skyrocket with the Town Space Shuttle Mission.

LEGO® Education – Tubes

Tubes

Average rating4.4out of 5 stars
Price£174.99

Let your 3-year-old explore a world of fantasy animals and other creative builds – using tubes. With 6 building-inspiration cards, kids can create an egg-laying hen, a dragon, or their dream animal, all at their own pace! 

Your little ones will learn through play, developing skills in problem-solving, symmetry, fine motor skills and 3D shape recognition. 

Build what you want, stack what you want and transform it again and again. Let your kids' imaginations run wild with tubes.

LEGO Education – My XL World

LEGO® Education My XL World

Price£299.99

Transform the real world into a My XL World adventure! This LEGO® Education set teaches kids about the world around them with a colorful collection of 480 LEGO® DUPLO® bricks and more! 

With special elements like an airplane, car, submarine and buildings including a restaurant and a hospital, kids can let their imagination run wild as they create their own fun stories!

Through playful learning experiences, this set helps children to develop confidence and essential social skills including collaboration and communication.

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