12 Creative Gifts for Kids and Teens: Christmas 2026
From squishy sensory putty and sand art to storybooks, scrapbooks and sparkly foil art, these are our top creative picks for kids and teens this Christmas.
Our top creative gifts this Christmas include Crazy Aaron’s Thinking Putty Mixed by Me Playset, FabLab Lip Jelly Station, the Spirograph Original Set and Sand-tastic Art.
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.
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.
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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Sand-tastic Art
Skillmatics · Ages 4+ · SRP £19.99
Best for: Colourful sand art without the mess
Why we love it: Peel a section off a sticker, pour on coloured sand and press it down with the sponge to bring 50+ sticker scenes to life. The tray catches the spills, and the magical rainbow pen pours sand for finer details. In Amazing Animals or Unicorns & Princesses.
Includes 50+ stickers, 4 picture boards, 7 sand bottles, a mess-control tray, a magical rainbow pen and a dab sponge.
9. Felt Fun
Skillmatics · Ages 3+ · SRP £14.99
Best for: Mess-free crafting at home or on the go
Why we love it: Press soft felt squares onto picture boards to build bright mosaic pictures. Colour cues show where each piece goes, and every square peels off, so kids can start again or make their own designs. In Amazing Animals or Unicorns & Princesses.
Includes 4 picture boards and 400 reusable felt squares. No glue, cutting or paint needed, and it is compact enough for car rides and flights.
10. Color Clingz
Skillmatics · Ages 3+ · SRP £12.99
Best for: Mess-free art at home or on the go
Why we love it: Colour 50+ static clings with paint markers, then stick them on windows, mirrors and the fridge. They peel off easily, so kids can rearrange their artwork again and again. In Animals or Unicorns & Princesses.
Colour the designs with paint markers, then peel them off and press them onto windows, mirrors or the fridge. The clings use static, so there is no glue and no sticky residue. Includes 50+ clings and 10 paint markers.
11. 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.
12. 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.
Also great this Christmas: 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
