20 Wonderful Multicultural Toys Every Kid Will Love (2024)

Why snuggle one baby doll when you can snuggle six? The dresses on these diverse dolls are removable, so your kids can care for them by rocking them, hugging them, and getting them all dressed. Ages: all ages

The creators of this game aim to build empathy and compassion: The cooperative game gives players tokens for helping out the different characters on the board. It teaches kids to recognize and name different emotions and give others a boost if they can. Ages 3+

The Once Upon a World Collection puts a new twist on tried-and-true fairy tales by illustrating each one in the style of a different country. The set includes Snow White (Japan), Cinderella (Mexico), Rapunzel (India), and The Princess and the Pea (Russia). There's also a Little Mermaid book, not included in the set, that's done in a Caribbean style. For fans of the idea, the Penguin Bedtime Classics does something similar, adding diverse illustrations to stories like The Wizard of Oz or Jack and the Beanstalk. Ages 2+

Make way for Mia! She's a singer who loves the spotlight and always has the coolest outfits.Mia is part ofThe Fresh Dolls line of fashion dolls, which are known for cutting-edge clothes, natural hair, a range of skin tones and sculpts with realistic facial features and body proportions. Ages: 4+

Not only does this game tests kids' memories for faces of children from around the world, the back of the came box identifies each home country, so you can use it as a jumping-off point to explore different cultures. There are 24 countries in all. Ages 5+

Creatable World fashion dolls are so fully customizable, they don't even come with a name or gender; your kids are free to fully imagine the dolls' stories, and switch them up as they see fit. Each of the five dolls comes with a short and long hairstyle and enough clothes to create more than 100 looks. Ages 6+

Kids are endlessly fascinated with nesting toys. This set of five cloth dolls is snuggly, and each layer features an image of a child that looks a little different from the last one — no more of the matchy-matchy matrushka dolls. To get to the next layer, kids have to undo a bow, button, or zipper, so it works on fine-motor skills, too. Ages 2+

These six sturdy, vinyl toys depict people with differing abilities. They're meant for kids ages 3 and up, but if you want something similar for even littler ones, Lakeshore Learning's similar set can be used by kids as young as 6 months. Ages 3+

The Wonder Crew was designed to offer both the adventure of an action figure and the emotional connection of a stuffed animal — a great option for boys who may otherwise not be encouraged to care for or empathize with a doll. There are four different superhero buddies, and you can also get different outfits to dress them in. Ages 3+

With just 36 pieces, kid can take a jigsaw tour of 18 different countries and see the different ways kids look and dress. It's a big one, measuring 20" x 27", so kids can really take a good, detailed look at each country. Ages 3+

We're way past the era of having one "fleshtone" crayon. Now, Crayola's multicultural set comes in crayons, markers, and color pencils, and they represent a range of skin tones. (See also: Faber-Castell's World Colors crayons, pencils and clay.) They're perfect for using on coloring books like The Big Book of Faces. Ages: 4+

Fill the dollhouse with wooden figures from different cultures around the world, and let the adventures begin! The set includes 17 nearly-three-inch-tall figures who could be equally at home mixing in with blocks as they would with action figures. Ages 2+

Don't just teach kids the alphabet — use it to pump kids up! The affirming alphabet cards by Darlying & Co have positive messages like "G is for Genius: I have so many genius ideas."

Little Likes Kids specializes in toys that capture diverse scenes, from a puzzle featuring families of different backgrounds playing together in the park, to another of kids doing double dutch outside of a house, to a "day at the barbershop" memory game. This jumbo floor puzzle is tough enough to be manhandled by preschoolers. Ages 3+

This soft, cuddly, rosy-cheeked doll is 16 inches tall (the perfect size for toddler snuggles!)andcomes with three scarves for dress-up (pink, blue, and purple). Ages 6 mos and up

These tiles have letters on one side, and then the American Sign Language representation of that letter on the reverse.Kids can practice stringing them together and spelling out words. Ages 2+

Mix-and-match pieces let kids "build" their own little families and communities. (You can even build them up — magnets keep the pillars from toppling over.) Sets come with 16 pieces or 48 pieces to play around with. Ages: 2+