My little girl was 1 five days before Christmas so we had to come up with even more ideas! She got a water table for the garden from her grandparents and clothes from other family. Then from us a baby annabel with cot and pram (both wooden) and a tea set. So she is 20 months now, the water table was a total hit and she loves her dolls and we now have 6 lol! But she is really quite tomboyish in behaviour so also loves building, like stacking absolutely anything so has wooden blocks, tons of Duplo, the wooden puzzles, and pop up tent. She also went crazy for cleaning around the time her brother was born (she was 15 months) so she has a mop, broom set etc and sainsburys do a little Hoover that lights up and spins glitter while it works which she loves.
For my little boy I was recommended the fisher price garden activity centre (Amazon sell it) and little tikes car, trucks etc.