by Ane Olesen
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10 November 2026
From squishy sensory putty to storybooks, scrapbooks and sparkly foil art, these are our top picks for creative kids this Christmas. 1. Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty Mixed by Me Playset Vivid Goliath · Ages 3 to 99 · SRP £24.99 Best for: Sensory play and little scientists Why we love it: Mix colourful putties and effect add-ins into a clear Thinking Putty base to design your own one-of-a-kind putty. Follow the formulas on the pack or invent brand new recipes. Mix tins of clear Thinking Putty with colour and effect add-ins to create your own custom putty. Follow the recipes on the pack or invent new combinations, then label your creations. Includes 4 tins of clear base, 6 mix-ins and 4 labels. Buy at Smyths Toys 2. FabLab Lip Jelly Station Vivid Goliath · Ages 8+ · SRP £24.99 Best for: Budding beauty creators Why we love it: A complete DIY beauty workstation with a built-in mirror. Choose a colour, add a scent, then mix, mould and wear your very own lip jellies. Choose a colour, add a scent, then mix and mould your own lip jellies at a station with a built-in mirror. The kit includes 4 lip jelly bases, colour and scent droppers, moulds, cases and keychains. Full-colour instructions guide young makers through every step. Buy at Amazon UK 3. Spirograph Original Set Vivid Goliath · Ages 8+ · SRP £12.99 Best for: Creative kids of every age Why we love it: The original way to create amazing spiral art. Includes 30+ pieces, 8 pens, design paper and Spiro-Putty to hold everything in place. The original Spirograph set, with wheels, rings and a rack for creating countless spiral designs. Spiro-Putty holds the pieces in place, so there are no holes in the paper. Includes 8 felt-tip pens, 20 design sheets, a guide book and a storage tray. Buy at Smyths Toys 4. Jelly Blox Jelly Jungle Set Vivid Goliath · Ages 2+ · SRP £29.99 Best for: Toddlers and sensory play Why we love it: A 25-piece squishy building set with jungle characters and palm trees. Every block is soft and satisfying to squeeze, and kind to bare feet too! Squishy building blocks that little ones can squeeze, stretch and stack, with some filled with surprising sensory textures. The ouch-free blocks are safe to step on and easy to clean. The Jungle Set includes 25 blocks. Buy at Amazon UK 5. Aqua Puffs Skillmatics · Ages 4+ · SRP £19.99 Best for: Little artists who love a bit of magic Why we love it: Colour your designs, add water and watch them puff up into 3D keepsakes. Once dry, turn them into keychains or hang them up to show off. Includes 15 Aqua Puffs, 10 markers, 2 water pens, keychains and string. Choose from Animal Friends or Unicorns & Princesses, with more themes including Girl Power. Buy at Amazon UK 6. Shake-its Skillmatics · Ages 4+ · SRP £19.99 Best for: Making sparkly keepsakes Why we love it: Fill foam shapes with sparkly confetti, seal them and give them a shake. Clip them on as keychains and bag charms and watch the confetti swirl. Includes 8 foam Shake-its, 8 confetti packs, 8 clear sheets and 8 keychains. Available in Unicorns & Princesses and Flowers & Butterflies. Buy at Amazon UK 7. My Storybook Art Kit Skillmatics · Ages 5+ · SRP £24.99 Best for: Young storytellers Why we love it: Kids write, illustrate and decorate their own stories in two hardbound storybooks, becoming real authors along the way. Writing prompts and vocabulary lists help young authors get started, with 150+ stickers, 8 markers and 2 pencils to finish each page. Available in All My Adventures and Unicorns & Princesses. Buy at Amazon UK 8. Foil Fun Skillmatics · Ages 4+ · SRP £19.99 Best for: Mess-free crafting on the go Why we love it: Peel off the foam stickers and press on shiny foil to bring sparkling pictures to life, with no glue, glitter or mess. Includes 10 picture canvases, 100+ foam stickers, 100 foil sheets and googly eyes. Themes include World of Animals, Unicorns & Princesses and Bugs & Butterflies. Buy at Amazon UK 9. Snip Snip Skillmatics · Ages 3+ · SRP £16.99 Best for: Little ones learning to use scissors Why we love it: 25 cutting activities with child-safe scissors, building step by step from straight lines to curves, zigzags and shapes. Kids cut, fold and paste colourful paper and felt crafts they can be proud of. Includes an activity booklet, 2 child-safe scissors and a glue stick. Available in the original edition, Animals and Unicorns & Princesses. Buy at Amazon UK 10. My Artsy Stash Scrapbooking & Journaling Kit Skillmatics · Ages 10+ · SRP £14.99 Best for: Tweens and teens who love journaling Why we love it: A scrapbooking and junk journal kit packed with 600+ stickers, patterned papers, cutouts and envelopes, for tweens and teens who love to create. Packed with supplies for scrapbooking, junk journals and memory pages, from bucket lists to travel journals and mood boards. Includes 600+ stickers, 20 patterned sheets, 25+ paper cutouts and 10 envelopes. Buy at Amazon UK Also great this Christmas: Felt Fun (3+, SRP £14.99), where kids press soft, reusable felt squares onto picture boards; Sand-tastic Art (4+, SRP £19.99), sand art with a clever mess-control tray; and FabLab Glitter Lip Gloss Studio (8+, SRP £10.99), for making four glittery, watermelon-scented lip glosses. Download images: Google Drive Request samples for press features: please email us on contact@wirepr.co.uk