Gifts for kids under £10

So today sees the start of gift guide week! Woo! I love a good gift guide, mainly because I find myself wondering what to buy for friend’s kids, stocking fillers and I just love shopping sooo… yeah, winner winner.

Every day this week I will be sharing a different gift guide, starting with gifts under £10, gifts under £50, gifts over £100, gifts for grown ups and gifts for babies. I think this gift guide is more of a stocking filler guide than anything, but I find that buying random stocking fillers is one of my favourite parts of Christmas! For each item I will add a little explanation of why I’ve chosen it and, if necessary, what alternative styles there might be? Let’s do this!

Starting at the top let and moving clockwise:

• Animal monster hand tattoos

We had these for the boys last Christmas, alongside the nail transfers and all of the kids loved them. They are a little bit big on your hands but oh so fun and just generally really cool as a stocking filler.

• Grow your own blue crystal set

I love grow your own sets, and so do the boys. It is a fab way to chuck a little bit of science into play time and they are completely unisex. This particular gift was inspired by our recent trip to the Natural History Museum, which is where you can buy it from (alongside some AWESOME toys).

• Smiggle scented paints

We’ve bought these for the boys after a recent press event at Smiggle in Leeds – when they say scented, they mean scented and this was one of my favourite products in the shop.

• Smiggle phone case

So I’ve picked the dinosaur one of these BUT there were 4-5 options to suit any little case lover. What I liked about this was that the case turned into a holder too so that the kids could set up youtube or a movie on my phone and then rest it on the table. Plus it looks cool af. Just sayin’.

• Djeco pirate stickers

Pirate stickers are always cool right? I love Djeco stickers because they are such lovely designs and, well, although I still object to having them put in random places around the house, these bad boys soften the blow of finding a sticker on yet another piece of furniture. Almost.

• Schliech figures

I’m never entirely sure whether or not it is the kids or me that loves Schliech. I think it’s me you know. Still, these figures never fail to delight and, yeah, they are expensive for what they are BUT I still have figures from my childhood and these are a better, more detailed version. You can’t beat them. There are thousands of different animals, characters and buildings ranging from £2.99, so there is something for everyone and they are widely available so not too much of an ask for Great Aunt Doris to find.

• Mini Lego sets (Star Wars and more!)

My boys, especially Toby, really like Star Wars at the mo, so that is why I chose this BUT there are so many different lego kits in Star Wars, Superhero, Friends and more. They are anything between £5 and £10, which makes them a really lovely gift.

• Nano block Stegosaurus

I saw these at The Natural History Museum too, but you can get them in so many different places. For the purpose of my guide I went with the dino one as Toby loves dinos but they make these little block kits for pretty much every animal. You think lego and those annoying bead sets and you’re pretty much there with these.

• Monster glow dough set

Oh how I love this! It’s fab! I rarely see a complete set of playdough that can glow in the dark and has extra features like the monsters for under £10 so I think this is a steal!

So there you have it, the first gift guide of the season!

H 🙂