33 Best Toys for 3-Year-Old Girls That Are Educational and Endlessly Fun

The stems, pistils, petals, stamens and leaves of these flowers are all interlocking and interchangeable, so kids can build the garden they've always imagined. Snapping them together will help work on their fine motor coordination. Ages 3+

For kids who want their own "device," this lets kids type in a letter and hear the sound and see a little animation of an animal whose name begins with that letter — a great pre-reading toy. In addition, it plays songs, does guessing games and gives animal facts. Ages 3+

This remote-control vehicle for princess fans is easy for a little girl to send forward, backward or turn around. Their favorite small dolls can even ride inside. “My daughter loved the remote control and creating imaginary scenes with the carriage and her dolls,” a parent told us. Ages 3+

True story: This is the first toy a girl ran to on the day that the Good Housekeeping Institute hosted in-Lab toy testing. She figured out how to pop a record on the player and start the tunes immediately! It's a needle-less player — the toy can read what record is on, and will even know to play the music for the side facing up — so little kids can be a bit sloppy without doing any damage like they might with real vinyl. Comes with five records. Ages 3+

Get her role-playing as her favorite Disney princesses with this one-stop royal wardrobe. It comes with four full outfits, plus necklaces, headbands, stickers and even a soft tiara. This trunk features outfits themed to Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora and Belle, but there's a second version with outfits for Tiana, Ariel, Jasmine and Rapunzel. The clothes fit sizes 4 to 6x, so they'll be a little big on your 3-year-old, but she'll grown into them. Ages 3+

You get two puzzles in one with this set, with a beautiful illustration of a splash park on one side and a counting grid on the reverse. At 24 pieces, it's the perfect amount of challenge for this age, and the pieces are the right size and sturdiness for preschoolers. Ages 3+

Kisd will love mixing up the pieces of this LEGO set's various plants (a carrot, a watermelon and a tomato) and animals (bee, snail and ladybug). Along the way, they might learn a thing or two about how plants grow, because it also has pieces related to water and sunshine. Toy testers liked how this wasn't too challenging for the little builders to use on their own. Ages 18 months+

The Gabby doll can ride the Cat-A-Vator to get around this 25-inch-tall dollhouse, complete with six rooms and a hidden attic up top. A button sets off 10 sounds and phrases from the show. It comes with 10 accessories to unbox, plus the doll. Sold separately: many inexpensive room sets to fully furnish the dollhouse, like the Primp and Pamper Bathroom with Mercat and the Bakey with Cakey Kitchen featuring a cat-shaped fridge. Ages 3+

Caring for baby dolls develops empathy, and Baby Annabell makes it even easier with her interactive nature. She babbles, gurgles, laughs, cries, sucks on her pacifier and snores when she sleeps. She even cries real tears! Ages 3+

There are some kids who, when you give them Magna-Tiles, will always build a castle no matter what. Give them more of what they want with this set, which comes with a drawbridge, spiral staircases, balconies, windows and even a dragon so they can build the palaces of their dreams. Toy testers say they loved the special pieces, including sparkling ones, and used them for both castle-building and open-ended construction. We recently named it the best overall magnetic toy for kids. Ages 3+

In this game, kids play as Ruby the Dragon, who has to fly across the kingdom and collect gems of different colors. To pick them up, players use a dragon-shaped scooper that works the same way a scissor does, getting them ready to learn scissor skills in a safe way. "She loved the scissor tool!" a parent of a toy tester told us. Ages 3+

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Little builders will love playing with the 15 tools included in this set, which comes with a Phillips screwdriver, a flat screwdriver, a hammer, a saw, a wrench, pliers, two two-hole connectors, two nails, two bolts, two nuts and toolbox to put it all in. Parents will love that it's all made from recycled, dishwasher-safe plastic, too. Ages 2+

Six musical buttons provide 10-second clips of the famous score from The Nutcracker, which gives kids another dimension in which to enjoy to the story. It's perfect for people who want to gear up to go see the famous ballet. “I want to take my son to see The Nutcracker this year, since he enjoyed the book so much,” said one parent. Ages 3+

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Looking for a great gift for a 3-year-old girl? For this mission you'll need ... Skye! This set lets her become her favorite Mighty Pup with a backpack with fold-out wings, a mask, cuffs, a pup pad and patches. It's great for sparking imaginative adventures, and Good Housekeeping Institute testers said their kids love putting on all the gear and pretending to fly. Ages 3+

Good Housekeeping Lab pros and kid testers alike have long been wowed by Crayola's Scribble Scrubbie pets, which lets kids color designs onto the flocked fur, wash them off and color again. These arctic friends add an extra dimension of fun: They have color-changing effects, turning white in warm water, and blue in cold water. The set comes with three pets, markers, two tubs and an arctic vehicle that doubles as storage. Ages 3+

Good Housekeeping Institute testers gave this one high-fives all around. The body is soft, but it also has a light-up hand that activates 12 songs and phrases about the number five. "This toy accompanies us on car rides and to appointments, and is a popular daily toy," one parent tester reported. Ages 3+

She'll love pretending to serve and sell up delicious ice cream cones from this cart so much, she won't even know she's practicing math (by counting the scoops) or learning sequencing (by following the directions on the order cards). She can reinforce those math concepts with the play money that's also included. Ages 2+

Kids still love to collect these soft, squeezable plush toys that, due to their bulbous shapes, can also be used as pillows. Squishmallows come in lots of shapes, so you can find their favorite animal or food and give it to them in huggable form. We love this crazy, colorful stack of unicorn pancakes; a 3-year-old girl might also like the pink donut with sprinkles. Ages 3+

These toys, which come in 12 different fun shapes, are filled with beads and other objects. Kids can use them as a fidget toy and just push the beads around, or use them as an "I Spy" game and try to find specific items in the beads. They're useful for car rides, waiting rooms and any other time when you want to keep them occupied for a minute. Ages 2+

You can almost smell these cookies baking in the pretend oven. Kids really get to play out lots of parts to the cookie-baking process: They can "slice" the dough with the pretend spatula, arrange them on the cookie sheet (with velcro), put them in the oven (wearing the oven mitt, of course) and then decorate with toppings and sprinkles (which also attach with velcro). When they're done, the cookies can be stored in a tube. Ages 3+