Toys for 8 Year Olds

Hatch your own live Aqua Dragons from hibernated eggs and watch them grow in their specially designed underwater world

Explore nature up close with the magnifying Bug Viewer!

Create window glow art including suncatchers and peelable window decorations.

Build your own 3D model shark from pre-cut card pieces and glue.  Environmentally friendly set.

Build your own 3D model elephant from pre-cut card pieces and glue.  Environmentally friendly set.

Build your own 3D model Santa from pre-cut, numbered card pieces and glue.  Environmentally friendly set with plastic free packaging.

Build your own cute 3D model Reindeer from pre-cut, numbered card pieces and glue.  Environmentally friendly set with plastic free packaging.

Build your own 3D model Snowman from pre-cut, numbered card pieces and glue.  Environmentally friendly set with plastic free packaging.

Build your own 3D model tyrannosaurus from pre-cut card pieces and glue.  Environmentally friendly set with plastic free packaging.

Build your own 3D model hedgehog from pieces of pre-cut card and glue.  Environmentally friendly set.

Build your own 3D model koala from pre-cut, numbered card pieces and glue.  Environmentally friendly set with plastic free packaging.

Build your own 3D model humpback whale from numbered pre-cut card pieces and glue.  Environmentally friendly set with plastic free packaging.

Quick thinking, fast speaking game - for children to adults

Very strong rope ladder easily attaches to trees and climbing frames.

Create 80 delicate glittery designs on your skin, books and accessories using this original Glitza Art set.  Apply the sticky design sticker to skin or chosen surface and peel off the coating, leaving behind a sticky surface, brush your chosen glitter onto the design, mixing the colours for special effects!  Includes 3 pots of glitter and brush.

A science kit that explores why seeing isn’t always believing!  Explore different types of optical illusions with over 12 exciting experiments including movement illusions – is the picture moving? Distorting illusions – is this really a straight line?  Set includes the necessary equipment, in a storage tin but the addition of some common household items is required.

Master times tables from 2 to 12 with these exciting games.  Practice 2, 5 & 10 times tables with Multiplication Bingo, or flip of the board and save the city with the Times Tables Heroes!  The perfect balance between education and fun.

A brain teasing dominoes-style word game for the whole family to enjoy.  Race to build a winding line of wiggly worms, each card with parts of a word, making the perfect balance between education and fun.  45 double-sided cards, for 2-4 players.

Learn to knit with this easy to follow kit from Galt

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A NEW DESIGN, AWAITING NEW IMAGES.

Make cool plaited headbands, decorated with flowers and beads with this simple, no-sew kit.  Fun to make and wear, a great activity for sleepovers, parties and festivals.

Make 1 large eyeball and 3 small glow-in-the-dark eyeballs and find out how balls bounce with this entertaining and educational kit.  Explore the science behind bouncing balls and learn Jazzy Juggling too!

Create 8 sparkly pictures in a variety of styles.

Paint and embellish 4 beautiful keyrings using easy squeezy tubes of glitter paint, beads and sequins.  Set includes everything you need to create 4 shimmering suncatcher keyrings.

Make your own cool stickers by screen printing onto sticker sheets, cut them out and use to decorate your favourite things.  Craft set contains: wooden screen-printing frame, inks, stencils, squeegee and 4 large sticker sheets.

Sudoku game with wooden board and coloured, numbered pegs.

Fascinating and mesmerising infinity loop flow ring, a tactile kinetic marvel

Fantastic glowing and flashing light device that easily fits to bike spokes, making your bike more colourful and safer too.  Water resistant.  This is not a toy.  Batteries included.

Follow the random sequence of flashing lights for a brain workout challenge.  Requires 3 x AG12 batteries, included.

Scandinavian natural wooden skittles game with 12 numbered skittles and Mölkky – the baton you throw instead of a ball! 

Giant wooden weaving loom, that’s adjustable to create different sized weaves and an illustrated booklet.

Create a snuggly fleece blanket, with a bright patchwork of patterns and colours and no sewing!

Accurate handbow and target especially designed for children, for indoor and outdoor use. Supplied with target.

Accurate crossbow and target set especially designed for children, for indoor and outdoor use. Supplied with target.

A first sewing project with a cuddly end result!  Use the stuffing provided to fill the pre-sewn dog through the gap in the puppy’s back, sew the slot up using the safe plastic bodkin and thread and when puppy is sewn he’s ready to play!  Set includes a fleece blanket and the tin can be used as a bed.

Make 8 cute fairies and a fairy door with this sweet craft set in a tin.  Complete with wooden bead faces, pipe cleaners, thread and petal dresses, pre-cut wood and glue for hours of fun.  A brilliant gift in a tin!

Use this simple kit to build your own window bird feeder, great fun for adults and children.  This enjoyable project creates a feeder that attaches to the window so you can feed and view birds from within your own home.  All wood, glue, window suckers and instructions included in a neat tin.  A perfect Gift in a Tin.

Create a home for solitary bees and other insects with this easy to build kit.  A satisfying project to build a wooden bee hotel using wood, dowels and glue, all contained in a neat tin that also contains a fascinating fact sheet.  The perfect Gift in a Tin.

Encourage the joyful pastime of potion making in the great outdoors with this thoughtfully assembled set.

Our Classic Pen and Pouch Set is a perfect gift for any occasion!
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A lockable secret diary with a bright cover of comic caper words and blank pages to start writing at any time and keep your secrets safe!

A lockable secret diary with brightly coloured pictures of dogs and cats on the cover, blank pages to start writing at any time.  The perfect gift for an animal enthusiast!

A lockable secret diary with a pretty cover illustration with glittery unicorns and rainbows and blank pages.

A lockable secret diary with a pretty cover illustration with glitter rainbow and flowers and blank pages.

A lockable secret diary with a cheerful cover illustration or animals and flowers and blank pages.

Enthusiastic young magicians will be enthralled by this awesome magic set!  With full instructions and over 40 props to help you perform 35 tricks, you’ll be in the Magic Circle in no time!

A refracting telescope with x 12 magnification, a sturdy metal focuser and comfortable soft eye cup.  A great way to explore the surface of the moon, search the night sky or study nature close up.

Build a robot that walks along a tightrope thanks to a motorised gyroscope unit – it will even walk along your arm!  Learn about physics, robotics and how gyroscopes are used in everyday life.  Set includes 43 pieces to complete 8 experiments and a 24-page manual.  Requires 3 x AAA batteries, not included.

Play anywhere!  A pair of drumsticks, tap any surface to make a sound, with drum, snare and cymbal sounds, background melody music, built in speakers and light up tips.  

A 200-piece illustrated map of the world puzzle to build and place 50 endangered animal markers on the map, to learn where they come from.  Beautifully illustrated puzzle and large animal pieces (with stands), all made from sturdy card, complete with guide book and wall poster.

Use your mind to keep the penguins on the ice!

Guide your frogs across the pond and block other players from doing the same.  The first player to get their frog family to the other side wins the game, but beware – the fish can scare the frogs back to the start.  An exciting game of strategy for 2 or more players with 2 levels of play.