One of my most popular posts at this time of year is my list of top toy recommendations for children, every time I share this I am asked if I can recommend similar for older tweens and teens, so here are my top tips:
Under £10
Uno card game
Crystal art kit
Stone mandala painting kit
Sussed game
Scratch art kit
Under £20
Exploding Kittens
Throw Throw Burrito
Cryptic Killers Detective Case Files
Remote control helicopter
Beginners crochet kit
Dungeons and Dragons starter set
3D puzzle
Gemstone dig kit
Galaxy light projector
Bracelet making kit
Music puzzle game
Wreck this journal
Kanoodle
Bananagram
Pin art
Poker set
Under £30
Magic the Gathering starter deck
Aromatherapy candle kit
Body butter & lip balm craft kit
Crystal growing lab
Escape room – the game
LED light up flying disc
Bathbomb creation kit
Bedside lamp/speaker/white noise machine/alarm clock
Shashibo Shape shifting box
Outsmarted
Chocolate fountain
Under £40
Carcassonne
Lego Botanicals
Candy Grabber
Stunt kite
Plasma ball
Under £50
Lego Architecture
BookNook model kit
V8 Engine building kit
Pottery Kit
Over £50
Wooden mechanical puzzle kit
Code your own smart robot kit
Beginner sewing machine
Anki Overdrive
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Note: I have linked to Amazon products so that you can read a description of each product, but most can be bought freely elsewhere on the internet and in local shops. The links are to the UK version of Amazon, so apologies to those of you reading who are outside of the UK, in many cases you can overwrite the .co.uk with your country’s domain (e.g .com) and it will show the the page from your country.
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