Christmas gift guide for children aged 4+ *win*
This year more than any other, at four and five, Eva and Megan are ridiculously excited for Christmas. They’ve had their lists ready since September, counting down the days, and although I’ve had no issues whatsoever finding plenty gifts for them and other children we buy for, I thought I would share our favourites for those who might be struggling!
Top of Eva’s list this year are roller skates, and this gorgeous pair from Skatehut are exactly what she described! These semi-soft Vinyl Quad Roller Skates with a High-top upper for ankle support not only look great but I’m sure they will see her whizzing around in no time! Currently on offer at £34.95, I have snapped them up and stashed them away!
If your children enjoy subscription boxes then look no further than Fred’s Box. They have boxes aimed at 3-12 year olds and as well as subscriptions you can also purchase one off gifts. Fred’s mystery subscription box is just £11.99 and yet contains all sorts of goodies such as an age appropriate reading book, trading cards, Fred’s Box pencil, design your own postcards and stickers. There are themed boxes for girls, boys, unisex, even twins and siblings! We are huge fans so impressed with both the website and service.
We recently discovered Lightseekers and they quite literally blew my mind! Lightseekers is a groundbreaking action adventure role playing video game that seamlessly connects smart action figures, physical trading cards, comics and more. The game is free to download with no in-app purchases and works on mobile phones and tablets, figures and accessories connect via Bluetooth. There are various figures available to buy including this one, Tyrax, which I know my children will love to add to their collection! RRP £29.99.
Pitter Patter Wiggle Jiggle Pets are the perfect stocking filler and utterly adorable too! Wiggle Jiggle Pets are wobbly bundles of fun! From Mohawk hamsters to pandas and guinea pigs, they will make you smile with their wiggling smiles! Collect all six and create your own furry family! Currently on offer at The Entertainer at just £3.50.
Alongside the Wiggle Jiggle pets is this Pitter Patter Pets Hamster Roll playset. The playset gives you your very own furry hamster family and then the box turns into a playset for hours of fun! There’s a tunnel, play area and even a ball that your furry friends can take turns rolling around in. With three hamsters, a playball, a hamster house and beds this is a fab playset and currently just £12.50 at The Entertainer.
A store we haven’t seen before is www.how-store.com who have the most fabulous range of quirky gifts from jewellery, stationery, accessories and homewares. I love these pin badges, earrings, temporary tattoos and stick on nail decorations, just to name a few! My girls love anything to do with unicorns and this store has so many amazing unicorn products! They really do make the perfect stocking fillers and with items starting at just £1 they are so affordable!
For months now Eva has been asking for a camera, a phone and a video camera….and the Vtech Kididcom Max has all three and more! Available in blue and pink the Kidicom Max is so much more than just a messaging device. Using a wireless connection your child can exchange messages with family and friends, take photos and videos, play a variety of fun games with popular characters, listen to music, watch their favourite cartoon shows and browse the internet through the kid-safe, parent controlled browser!
I love that it also connects to V-techs learning lodge so your child can access learning apps, e-books and a whole host of games and videos. RRP £89.99 and, having already had a play of it myself, I can honestly say it’s worth every penny. This is definitely going to last Eva for years to come!
Is there anything that children love more than mermaids? I know my girls would go crazy for these mermaid blankets, just £14.99 at coolstuff.com.
These cosy tube shaped blankets are finished off with a fin and will keep you lovely and warm at the same time! 100% acrylic they are machine washable and even better, they also come in adult sizes!! I know exactly what’s going on my list!!
Another great gift idea is something which encourages young children to get active, even in the winter months. My girls love to swim so these swimming costumes from Halocline are the perfect present! I love this Pop Fizz Sparkle chlorine resistant print which is exclusive to the Simply Swim website. They have some gorgeous designs including some festive styles featuring snowmen, santa and penguins too! At £22 they are really good quality and a great fit, I recommend them!
I love the look of this Fiesta Crafts Magnetic Faces Activity Box where endless fun can be had making wild and wacky customised faces! With 78 chunky wooden facial features and adornments, dry wipe pen, chalks and eraser, as well as 7 printed cards and 14 pictures for inspiration, this set has it all! As a parent I love that it can all be stored away in the box which is perfect for travelling too! At £19.99 I just know we are going to have so much fun with this together!
We love any kind of science play set and this one from Magnoidz, Magnet Science is a fab one for children. With the set you can play 7 exciting games and activities, build a compass, draw with iron and use a horseshoe, bar and ring magnets! RRP £11.75, aimed at ages 6 years and over.
As much as I like my girls to play with toys and stay small for as long as possible, when it comes to nail polish they are obsessed! During the school holidays they love to wear nail polish and especially sparkly nail art and stickers! Although the Unique Boutique nail art set is aimed at 7+ I think with adult supervision, and assistance, it’s a lovely set for budding nail technicians! It includes 2-in-1 nail art pens, 3 x nail polish, Pot of sparkling gems, Pot of glitter, Nail file, Applicator, Colour mixing dish, Stick-on gems and is currently just £7.50 at The Entertainer!!
The Addo Busy Me till is such a fantastic till for little ones. It’s got all the features of a real cash register including a working microphone, calculator, a chip and pin reader for pretend card payments and even weigh and scan the groceries then ring up the final total on the till. The Busy Me Electronic Cash Register also comes with pretend money for imaginative shop keeper and customer role-play.
With 10 shopping category buttons, seven different sounds and 30 items included, this is the ideal toy for budding little business owners! Currently just £19.99 at The Entertainer this is definitely one of the best tills we have come across.
I was in-sure where to place these items in my gift guides as I think as much as Harry and the girls will love them, I think at 13 Lewis would enjoy them too! From Wicked, these outdoor toys have scope for so much fun and as a family I think they may well be the first “toy” we have come across which will suit all four of the children across the ages.
This Glow in the Dark Booma is made of unbreakable phosphorescent polymer and looks truly amazing as it lights up the night sky. It comes with a chemical glow stick which is inserted into the centre of the boomerang for maximum effect. With a flight range of 15-20 metres it looks like fun!
The Ukick was voted Best New Toy at London Toy Fair and is tipped to be the biggest playground craze of the year! Fusing elements of badminton and street football, the aim is to keep UKick off the ground for as long as you can using your hands and feet.
The Mega Bounce XTR is amazing! Drop it onto a hard surface and it’ll bounce 85% of its original height!Throw it down hard hard and watch it soar way higher than a 2 storey building!
With prices starting at £5.99 these are fantastic toys for all age ranges!
We are huge fans of the Great British Bake Off and Nadiya was my favourite winner by far. Nadiya has created this book, Bake Me a Festive Story to share festive stories and delicious bakes for children. This unique combination of recipes and stories brings families into the kitchen, takes the on adventures and teaches them to make all sorts of desserts from treacle ice cream to lemon choux buns! For just £5.99 it’s a gorgeous book!
You can also get your own free recipe card from Nadiya right here.
The Little Book of Ocean Animal Sounds is a lovely nature book for children to learn more about our world. Not only does the book teach our children about the animals of the ocean, but you can also press the buttons to hear the noises they make too! With 12 animals featured it’s a really fun and informative book for adults and children to enjoy together. RRP £12.99.
This is a Christmas gift which I plan on giving to the children in their Christmas Eve box this year. This Royal Worcester Wrendale Deer Santa Mug and Coaster Set is adorable and the perfect mug for Christmas Eve and leaving our for Santa, as well as using throughout the year. Presented in a beautiful red gift box the set is designed in Stoke on Trent and displays the quality and craftsmanship that Portmeirion Group is known for. At £15.50 it’s a real quality item which will become a huge part of our Christmas Eve traditions as they grow.
I love this Sands Alive Animal Set from John Adams which the children have been asking for all year! If you haven’t heard of Sands Alive it’s pretty amazing, you can squish it, shape it, mould it and make it! With Play Stuff Sands Alive you can bring all the fun of a sandy beach to your bedroom but without the mess. The seriously-soft modelling sand is easy to mould and produces amazing detail, allowing you to build impressive 3D creations. Lighter than any modelling sand you have ever used before, Sands Alive is also proven to never dry out so you can play with it again and again!
I love this Animal Set which comes with 675g of sand, 6 animal shaped moulds (Elephant, Monkey, Lion) to make 3 3D animals, paw print roller and play tray. I have always dreaded the children bringing sand inside the house but this really is all the fun without the stress! RRP £19.99.W
My girls are huge fans of Gel-a-Peel and have loved being creative with it this past year. This Gel-a-Peel Fashion Maker looks amazing and provides everything you need to create gel silkscreened designs, fabrics and clutches. It comes with five colour gel tubes, has a gel stand and storage for your tools and accessories, as well as templates, stencils, designer tips and accessory hardware.
Also Gel-a-Peel is aimed at 8 years and over, my girls have been using it, supervised, for the last year and are very much capable of creating their own designs. RRP £29.99.
The Drone Force Angler Attack is the most epic sea predator, the Angler Fish! The Angler Attack drone is perfect for first time flyers and professional pilots alike. Easy to fly, at day and night, with the LED lights studded on its body, plus the iconic bright LED light hanging down over its face like a real Angler Fish.
With a 45 metre flight range, glowing eyes and an estimated 6-7 minutes play time, it’s the ultimate drone and fantastic fun! Currently on offer at Toys R Us for £44.98 .
And lastly, after Hatchimal’s completely selling out last year, the Hatchimal Surprise Eggs have been released in time for Christmas! Hatchimals Surprise Eggs give you two loveable twins inside a magical speckled egg. As with the standard eggs your Hatchimals will hatch under your love and care and when they do you will discover that each twin has a unique personality! One twin loves to move, while the other twin can repeat whatever you say. You can raise them from baby to toddler to kid and they’ll learn new things at each stage. It’s safe to say that my girls have gone crazy over these eggs and both have them on their Christmas list! RRP £74.99.
To win a Hatchimal Surprise Giraven Egg simply enter via the link below. One lucky reader will be chosen at random at close of competition on 17th December and receive the egg the following day in time for Christmas. Good luck!
Vtech Kididcom Max to go with the vetch toys
I would love the Royal Worcester Wrendale Deer Santa Mug and Coaster Set as I collect their crockery!
Pitter patter Pets, she loves anything that features animals
The hatchimal
the Lightseekers and Wiggle Jiggle Pets would be the most sought after!
My son would find the Drone Force Angler Attack fascinating to watch in action and play with
My daughter is reading this at the same time as me and is yelling SHOPKINS. She also loves unicorns and artwork so how-store goodies (will have to take a look when she goes to bed). She loves anything in a blind bag or surprise egg and his hatchimals surprise is on her Christmas wishlist but not sure Santa will have enough room on his sleigh this year so please count us in for his AMAZING prize. Thank you for the opportunity xx
The Hatchimal because she thinks they’re so cute.
My daughter would love the Hatchimal
The Hatchimal because they are adorable
The hatchimal
Little one be begging for hatchimal as he thinks their real and wants to look after them like his own family he is a cutie
My little boy would love the modelling sand because he loves crafty modeling things x
Hatchimals Surprise Eggs as they missed out last christmas when they were immposible to get
My girl would love the roller skates….Just to scare me I think. hehehe x
My daughter Heidi would love the Sands Alive set because she played with her friends kinetic sand and really enjoyed it, she had lots of fun making shapes! Playing with sand in the winter indoors is perfect 🙂
She adores the hatchimals too she really wanted one last Christmas but unfortunately they were all sold out.they are very cute and she loves that they hatch
my son would love the drone he would think its cool
Vtech Kididcom Max as it looks like it has lots of fun games
Vtech Kididcom Max , my granddaughter would love this to help learn
I have no choice has to be the Hatchimals as she finds them adorable and in her own words ‘super cute’! So many thanks for the opportunity to enter this lovely giveaway.
The Hatchimal
So adorable
The Hatchimal surprise egg x
Would love a hatcnhimal for my little one
I think that the Drone Force Angler Attack would be a definite favourite with the children in our family. It looks very entertaining!
I really like the Royal Worcester Wrendale Deer Santa Mug and Coaster Set, I’d love to give it to my mum
the mug and coaster for my daughter because she collects mugs
My daughter would love Sands Alive
my grand daughter Meg would love the Unique Boutique nail art set
I think my son would quite like the rollerskates, although he’s clumsy like his mum so may not be the best idea lol
I’d love something saying Mummy on it as it’s my first Christmas as a Mummy to little Noah who will be 10 weeks Christmas Day
my daughter is really wanting roller skates this year
The gel a peel as my daughter loves to decorate things but also likes to change them regularly
The hatchimals
My son would really like the Mega Bounce XTR!
Gel-a-Peel – My granddaughter loves making things and dressing up
My granddaughter would love the Gel a Peel. She loves creating works of art 🙂
My younger sister would love the pitter patter animals – she really likes animals and caring for them as she wants to be a vet in the future!
Sands Alive Animal Set as its lots of fun and my kids love creating things
The deer mug, it’s lovely
My year old daughter has been pleading for a Hatchimal, so I would say that
My niece would love the Hatchimils as they are so adorable
My son would love the Drone Force Angler Attack however I think his daughter would be ecstatic if she had a Hatchimal
Sands alive, it looks like you can make loads of things and will keep everyone entertained, even me
I’d like a Hatchimal for myself!
The Hatchimal
THE DEER MUG – VERY APPROPRIATE
My granddaughter would love the Unique Boutique nail art set and it would save mine from being used.
I think my son would love the drone but my daughter would be more than happy with the hatchimal.
Think he wants a bike what kid don,t
The drone for Patrick
Great to entice the whole family out into the fresh air
Vtech Kididcom Max for my little girls as it has lots of fun games
My daughter would love the roller skates
My youngest daughter would love the skates or the hatchimal !!! She wanted a hatchimal last year but I couldnt find one for love nor money
The Pitter patter pets she loves animals
The hatchimal for my daughter
I can see the Drone Force Angler Attack being right up my son’s street but i myself would choose the lovely Wrendale Deer Santa Mug and Coaster Set.
They’d love the Hatchimals Surprise Egg!
I think my niece would absolutely love the Addo Busy Me till. She is really into role play toys. Her little kitchen is constantly in use.
Id love the Hatchimal for my Niece!
Definitely the hatchimals, my friend’s little girl would love it 🙂
The mug and coaster for my mother in law
the Drone Force Angler Attack would be perfect for my boy
gel a peel because thats what my daughter has asked for this christmas
a gel a peel is high on the list
I have to buy gifts for my nieces and nephews so you have given me some great gift ideas of what to look out for.
Other than the Hatchimals my two have also been talking about roller skates are at the top of their list too ?
My Granddaughter would love the Hatchimal, simply because she is fascinated by them & I would love Nadiyas cookbook as I think she is a great personality & cooks from the heart.
Hatchimals becasue shes wanted one for ages
My boy would love The Drone Force Angler Attack. It’s a fish that flies! No other explanation needed.
I’d choose the Hatchimals for my older daughter as she’s been nagging me to get them.
The Little Book of Ocean Animal Sounds what a lovely idea and we love the sea and all its creatures
Definitely a Hatchimal! We missed out on getting our hands on one last year, so this has been top of the Christmas list since October for Little Button 🙂
the Gel-a-peel look fun. My granddaughter Missy loves designing well anything really. lol
The sands Alive. My daughter will love it and have a lot of fun with it.
The Hatchimal, they all HAVE TO have one!
Gel a peel , looks funky
My Niece would go bonkers for the Gel-a-Peel Fashion Maker – she loves all things beauty
my nephews would love sands alive
My granddaughter would love the skate shoes, she loves to go fast!
My daughter would love Hatchimals xx
The Nadia book – i LOVE Nadia! I think my kids would have a different fave however!
My son would love the Drone Force Angler Attack as it’s so vicious looking, and my daughter would enjoy Sands Alive!
Love the Santa mug and coaster set. Also the Vinyl Quad Roller Skates! :)x
The Hatchimals as my daughter would love one x
My son would love the hatchimal as he keeps seeing it advertised on the tv!
My five year old daughter would love most of these, especially the wiggle jiggle pets, the skates and the sands alive, I’m hoping she likes her gel a peel santa has got her too, she always asks for it on the adverts, although to be fair she wants every toy advertised lol xxx
Definitely the Hatchimals! My daughter has put them on her xmas list!
The Hatchimal as my granddaughter has already said how much she would love one
Gel-a-peel looks fantastic! My 11 year old would like this for Christmas, I’m sure. I’ve not heard of it before either so thank you for posting!
The rollar skates as they will keep everyone active!
Has to be the Hatchimal too dam cute
the Vtech Kididcom Max, all my children keep asking for their own phone but they are much to young, this looks like the perfect compromise
My niece would love the Busy Me cash Register. She loves numbers and money!
So many great toys here my boys would be happy wirh anything but i would love the roller boots if they did them in my my size
the drone looks fab! would be a good first drone for my boys x
The wiggle jiggle pets look so cute
My daughter would love the drone force angler attack she loves remote control vehicles
My boys (4 and 7) are sharing a Hatchimal Surprise egg for Christmas. Other gifts include; magnets, paw patrol, and roblox figures!
The hatchimal
my daughter would love a hatchimal x
My son loves the look of hatchimals surprise he gets very excited to see it on adverts and I think its on his list ?
Drone Force Angler Attack
My five year old daughter really wants roller skates but I’m a bit scared she’ll damage herself!
My son and husband would love the drone as they both are into flying. the girls would be happy with the hamsters, they both have been asking for a real one but unfortunately we can not have it 🙁
My granddaughter loves anything scientific so the Magnet Science kit would be perfect for her
The Drone Force Angler Attack would provide loads of fun.
My daughter would love the Freds Box, shes always looking for new things to collect, this would be a great way to discover new brands
The hatchimal because my Niece would love it!
The roller skates because my daughter is desperate for a pair
My daughter would love the Pitter Patter Pets Hamster Roll playset they are very simular to the zhu zhu Pets she had.
Hatchimals, my daughter as been asking all the time
My little boy is obsessed with getting a Hatchimal this year, no idea why but the tv adverts have him hooked!!! lol
I would love the Royal Worcester Wrendale Deer Santa Mug
My nieces would love the Pitter Patter Pets Hamster Roll playset!
The hatchimal because they are cute and look fun to play with
The drone would go down very well in our house
I’d love the Angeler Drone as it looks good fun and I can eventually pass it on to my son once he is able to control it
The till as my middle daughter keeps going on about wanting a till.
My five year old daughter Eden-Rose would most love the Hatchimal Surprise! 🙂
The Hatchimals, I dont see the appeal but I have heard about them endlessly from younger family members. They seem to be all the rage…
It would be the hatchimal as my daughter loves them x
I would love the Wrendale mug
The pitter patter pets because my children love anything pet related!
I think my daughter would love the hatchimal as she loves anything cute.
the hatchimal please
The Little Book of Ocean Animal Sounds for my grandson
Both my kids would love the vtech Kidicom Max because they love interactive learning
Children would love Pitter Patter Hamster Roll Playset. They love animals, and would enjoy the playset. Though gift for one, would encourage sharing / turn taking. As know they all would be keen on this toy.
The Hatchimals Surprise because she can’t get over the fact that it’s TWINS!
Hatchimal surprise for my little boy whose 8 as he says then he will be able to share with his 4 year old brother.
The Drone or the Egg would be the most entertaining and age appropriate for our little people.
The Pitter patter pet toys look amazing and good fun.
My daughter would love the Hatichimal
The roller skates would be fun. It’d bring back memories of my roller disco years
Magnetic Faces because it would provide hours of creative fun
Would have to choose the Hatchimals, my daughter was going mad about one of these last Christmas but I couldn’t get her one as they were sold out everywhere and she still wants one this year too ! 🙂
My son would love the Drone force angler attack. He loves drones.
Vtech Kididcom Max to go with the vetch toys
The deer santa mug and coaster I do love home ware with stags on.
My sons would love a drone as they would love to see it fly
I think my granddaughter would love the hamster playset, it looks like great fun.
Kidicom as i’d like to get my little one used to technology
The hatchimal as my daughter loves gthem
The Sands Alive Animal Set 🙂 because we love things like this and it looks great fun!
Love the Roller Skates
my daughter would love the Gel-a-Peel Fashion Maker
She’s love the Gel-A-Peel as she loves having her nails painted. However the Hatchimal would be her ultimate prize!
My eldest son would love the Drone Force Angler Attack
The Skatehut boots
My daughter would absolutely love the Hatchimal Surprise. For me, I would love the Royal Worcester Wrendale Deer Mug and Coaster set – it is such a beautiful design and an ideal size for the fruit tea I enjoy drinking.
my son would choose the Kidicom max but my daughters would definitely go for the Hatchimal Surprise
My twin girls would love the hatchimal
I would be ignored over Christmas if I didn’t choose the Hatchimal
My daughter would love the hatchimal surprise
My daughter really wants Gel-a-Peel
Ooh the hatchimal – its top of everyones list in our house
The gel a peel would be a big hit in our house. They love doing each others nails!
The sands alive animal set for grandson, he’s had similar in the past and loved it
the hatchimal and sands alive for my daughter
Our youngest daughter would love the roller skates. She was invited to a roller disco having never skated before and took to it like a duck like water and really enjoyed it so I know she would be over the moon to get a pair.
My daughter would love the roller skates. she has been asking for while. x
Hatchimal for my daughter
My grandsons and their grandad would love a Drone for Christmas because they are fascinated when they see our neighbour flying his!
The Hatchimal my daughter has wanted one for two years now but sadly we just couldn’t afford it
The hatchimal. They think they are cute
My daughter would like the swimming costume.
Hatchimals for my granddaughter as she loves them
the roller skates – I started roller skating and learning roller derby back in April and its so much fun we love going to a local family skate night but H uses the skates they have for hire
The Vinyl Quad Roller Skates or the Gel-A-Peel – never mind the kids though – I would love either of these for myself 🙂
The Hatchimal Surprise for my nephew. Thanks for the competition.
my nephew would love the sands alive. he loves being creative
I would love the hatchimal for my nephew
MY god daughter would love pitter patter pets as she loves all animals!
The roller skates for me!!
Love this Royal Worcester Wrendale Deer Santa Mug and Coaster Set. I would like to have something a bit “posh!”
Hatchimal because my daughter love Hatchimals x
Definitely the Hatchimal!
Vtech Kididcom Max as it looks fun for the kids xx
Granddaughter would love this
My daughter would love the Vtech Kididcom Max because shes been asking for a phone and I dont think shes ready so this would be a perfect inbetween for her
I think my great niece would love the Vtech Kidicom Max as she would love to be like everyone else.
i would say Hatchimal she asked for one 🙂
The Hatchimal would be a huge hit with both children but my son would also love Sands Alive, he’s just at that age now where he’d find it so fascinated and he would really enjoy it xx
My daughter would like Sands Alive, she keeps talking about it 🙂
Would have to be the Hatchimals Surprise Eggs because it gives me an excuse to play with them
THE KIDDICOM MAX BECAUSE THIS WOULD BENEFIT MY DAUGHTER IMMENSLY AS IT IS A GREAT LEARNING PLATFORM MIXED WITH UP TO DAT TECHNOLOGY
The Hatchimal, my Grandson has this on his wish list
My little Grandson would love the hatchimal
my daughter would love the hatchimal!
The VTECH phone! They are getting too big before my eyes and would love their own phones.
Jake would love the Freds Box as he loves all the suprise bag/mystery bag type things and would love getting new things each time
Well, since my daughter has been asking non stop for a hatchimal for the past two months I will go with that lol
Kidicom Max in pink…she wants to be doing what her mum & older sister do & she’d love having her own little phone / camera & it sounds like a Great learning item too …so definitely a win win
My daughter would love a Hatchimal. She’s been talking about them for ages.
All my daughter wants for Christmas is the Hatchimal!
My little niece would love the Pitter Patter Pets Hamster Roll playset, because she doesn’t have a pet of her own.
I love the idea of Twin Hatchimals, they had totally passed me by!