Every parent needs that clutch toy, that perfect product that keeps kids entertained for hours. And when it comes to keeping kids busy, there’s truly nothing better than sticker books. Not only do the best sticker books for kids engage them creatively, but children also hone their motor skills as they pick their favorites, peel them off, and decorate surfaces. The best sticker books for kids are those that tell a story or immerse your child in a different world, whether that involves roaming the jungle with wild animals, or swimming in the depths of the ocean with sharks and dolphins.
One piece of advice: Stickers are, well, sticky. So you want sticker books that guide kids on where to place them, or reusable sticker pads. Otherwise, get ready to spend hours scraping sharks and princesses and minnows and elephants off walls, tiles, floors, you name it.
The Best Sticker Books for Toddlers
This book boosts literacy and object recognition by introducing toddlers to 100 words, via stickers. Kids look for and match stickers to the right spaces on each page, be it a farm animal or a toy.
For the toddler animal lover: Kids match 500 stickers with the corresponding pets, farm animals, and undersea creatures.
This sticker book tells the story of Fox, Rabbit, and Bear as they bring readers along with them on their oddball adventures. Kids use the stickers to help Fox find his missing socks, join Bear in sending letters to his friends, and play hide-and-seek with Pig and her friends.
Toddlers learn about shapes and colors through stickers.
Toddlers play house on this reusable sticker pad, placing objects in rooms and thus learning to identify specific items and shapes.
Kids can find hidden objects in the busy scenes, with more than 100 reusable stickers from the beach and market and beyond.
The Best Sticker Books for Preschoolers
Preschoolers look for and match the stickers to the objects they see on the page, thus learning about With shapes, colors, and numbers.
This photo sticker book includes more than 100 photos of animals. In addition to stickers, the book also includes coloring pages and entertaining prompts to help preschoolers learn more about the animal kingdom, so it's somewhat more complex then the offering above for toddlers.
Zoom into space with this reusable sticker book, which is loaded with more than 60 galactic stickers.
What's cuter then babies? Baby animals, that's what. And this educational sticker book is loaded with them. We're talking pandas, piglets, wolf cubs, ponies, polar bears, elephants, bunnies, kittens, puppies and so many more.
You've got a budding paleontologist on your hands, you say? Kids place stickers in the right spots to create sticker paintings, showcasing specific creatures.
Ah, for the unicorn enthusiast in your life: Kids create their own masterpieces as they choose stickers, peel them off, and place them exactly where they want.
Yes, workbooks can be fun, as this one proves. Kids solve mazes, play matching and counting games, and decorate pages. All while honing their fine motor skills.
With 120 stickers in each book, kids can place stickers on hidden objects as they find them. The artistic black-and-white illustrations show lively activities like snowball fights, sand castles, and family car washes.
The Best Sticker Books for Kids Ages 5-9
Budding astronauts explore outer space via stickers. They learn about Earth, awesome asteroids, weird aliens, comets, and a ton of other stuff. The book is full of puzzles, mazes, and drawing activities. And more than 1,000 stickers.
Full of weird but cool facts, this jungle-themed sticker book is perfect for any kid who's into Mother Nature. Which is all kids. Kids explore the world's tropical forests by helping explorers prepare for their voyage, color exotic birds with bright feathers, and direct themselves through the Amazon maze, one sticker at a time
Kids who love anything rock-related (which is most kids) will 'rock' out to this book. It's for 1,000+ stickers that help kids learn the difference between rocks and minerals and see how gems are cut and polished.
This reusable sticker pad is perfect for kids who can't get enough of boats, trains, and planes. They create busy construction sites, airports, train tracks, and farmers markets.
These reusable stickers are the perfect activity for kids wanting to teleport anywhere from prehistoric ponds with dinosaurs to the depths of the ocean alongside sharks. The pack comes with 150 easy-to-peel vinyl stickers that can be lifted off and repositioned anywhere.
The Best Sticker Books for Kids 8-12
The motherlode of stickers: This set is loaded with cute animals, cute aliens, cute food, rainbows, and cute expressions. In other words, it covers every sticker base.
For the ultimate sticker fanatic: This book features 50 pages with 50 stickers per page = 2,500 stunning stickers for any moment or event.
Another standout: This book uses stickers to convey feelings. Think of them as emoji on paper.
While not technically a book, this is every bit as cool. Kids get seriously creative by decorating three wood robots with all manner of stickers.
This gorgeous 32-page sketch book has six sticker pages, so kids can get really and truly creative. Over and over again.
Be it an elephant or a giraffe, artists get 12 animal portraits to complete using geometric sticker shapes.
While placing stickers across the globe, your kid will learn fun factoids, like where in the world you can stay in a hotel entirely made of ice. Seriously.
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