Christmas is coming! I just love this time of the year, and now more than ever we need to bring some happiness and magic into our homes. 2020 has been a crazy year for us all! I’ve chosen my ten top picks to help you shop for baby, toddler or preschooler and some fun ideas for stocking fillers too. Not all of the gifts are expensive, in fact some are only a couple of pounds, but they will all bring a big smile on christmas morning, and if you cant decide or you’re not sure what they might like, why not choose a gift voucher instead. Beautiful white card in an envelope with a code that can be redeemed whenever they’re ready to shop. I hope you enjoy browsing my selections 🙂 wishing you all a healthy and happy festive season, Anna xx
Gifts for Baby
1. Learn Well Education Rattle Roller
Watch closely as the sparkling, rainbow colours of the glass beads tumble against the sides and listen to the rain-like sounds as the beads brush against each other. A wonderfully flexible and engaging resource for the baby and toddler room; the Rainbow Rattle Roller spins, rolls and shakes. Babies are mesmerised by the tiny sparkling beads
2. The Puppet Company Nursery Rhyme Box Set
Beautifully boxed set contains the book and also finger puppets depicting the main characters in the story.
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3. TickiT Rainbow Architect Set
Beautiful natural solid beechwood nesting shape sets in the seven colours of the rainbow, with a natural finish to show the grain of the wood. The 4 geometric shapes are squares, rectangles, triangles and arches. The inner block in each nesting group is a solid 3D shape.
4. Lanka Kade Fabric Dolls
These fair trade dolls are handcrafted by skilled artisans in Sri Lanka from hand woven fabric. With different skin and hair tones these dolls are reflective of the multicultural world we live in. Suitable from birth.
5. TickiT Colour Burst Buttons
These 7 giant colourful buttons have a pleasingly rounded discus shape with smooth seamless edges. They are lightweight, smooth and compellingly tactile to handle. The hand finished mirror surface provides a slightly curved and distorted reflection in a variety of colours, which is fascinating for children to observe. Ideal for inspiring creative language, using in imaginative play and constructing fun wobbly stacking towers.
6. Le Toy Van Wooden Counting Book
A little wooden book with unique illustrations for counting 1 to 10. Each page has a different theme from bumble bees to chicks to encourage number recognition and language development, promoting learning through play. Trace the numbers to work on pre-reading skills. The book is bound together by hand sewn decorative fabric leaves.
7. TickiT Reflective Sound Balls
Every ball produces a different sound and movement effect. The hand finished shiny mirror surface provides a distorted fish-eye lens reflection which is fascinating for children to observe. They are lightweight, smooth and tactile to handle.
8. All of Petit BoumÂ
Light, colour and magic. The rainbow at your fingertips. With these bottles, inspired by the colour range of nature, kids discover colours, marvel at the light and stimulate their concentration while finding their moment of calm. Use them with light tables for a magic effect, or let the child contemplate the glitter flow, sequins and pompoms while relaxing. It is a perfect mindfulness tool.
9. Le Toy Van Wooden Teething Bead
Baby teether beads made from durable, sustainable rubberwood, this allows long lasting fun, whilst caring for our planet.
10. Le Toy Van Baby Gym
A delightful solid baby gym, made from natural rubber wood with smooth rounded edges. Decorated on the cloud and mountain theme, with colourful exciting hot air balloons jingle rattles. Finished in soft pastel and bright colours.
Gifts for Toddlers
1. KateHaa Rocker
For exciting, imaginative and joyful play there is no toy better than our handmade wooden rocker board. Designed to help develop motor skills, agility and in a safe way to unleash kids boundless energy and creativity. It helps to develop vestibular apparatus and increase child’s coordination of movements while strengthening your child’s muscles constantly.
2. Lanka Kade Ark
This beautifully handcrafted junior Noah’s ark playset is a fantastic addition to any children’s toy collection. This toy Noah’s ark is our smaller, junior size and is supplied with 18 chunky colourful characters. The animals and characters have colourful designs with a natural wood grain edge – each piece is unique!
3. TickiT Shape Twister
Beautiful solid beechwood giant bolt with seven nuts in different shapes and in the seven colours of the rainbow. Each bolt shape has a different number of edges, increasing from 1 (circle) to 8 (octagon). The chunky pieces are the ideal size for young children to manipulate and come in a natural finish to show the grain of the wood. Perfect for learning about colour and shape as well as improving manual dexterity and fine motor strength.
4. Rudi and Bear Ned
Each Ned is individually hand crafted in beautiful oak keeping the natural grain meaning each Ned has its own character. Once Ned has been assembled he is covered in a natural Cornish beeswax polish to help protect his wood and leave a soft matte finish.
5. Yellow Door Polar Stones
These chilly footprints will encourage interest in the fascinating wildlife that inhabits our frozen polar landscapes. Including animals from the Arctic and Antarctica, these stones are perfect for fostering an understanding of our fragile natural world and promoting a commitment to protecting it. Each stone features a raised footprint on one side and its owner on the other.Â
6. Play and Go Road Map
The Play & Go bag is a simple and effective solution to toy storage, and it’s lots of fun. A 2-in-1 toy storage bag that doubles as a play mat is every child’s dream. Even Lego storage is simple, and dolls, cars, balls and blocks can all be swiftly cleared away with one pull!
7. Titckit Basic Heuristic Set
This range of wooden heuristic play resources provides an opportunity to support toddlers’ curiosity about the objects that make up the world around them and provides valuable opportunities for extending children’s learning. The open-ended nature of heuristic play encourages children to explore and investigate in their own way, applying their own creative ideas and building on their own experiences.
8. Le Toy Van Wooden Blocks
ABC Wooden Blocks with 6 different faces, including numbers, letters, illustrations and shapes. A classic alphabet & numbers blocks set. Beautifully crafted from solid rubber wood, all the edges are smooth for safe and soft touch. The set features pastel designs of upper and lower case letters as well as numbers from 0 to 9. The illustrations are related to the letter on the block to support clear and easy letter & number recognition.
9. Tickit Rainbow Blocks
24 rubberwood blocks in 6 shapes and with 4 different transparent coloured acrylic inserts for building, comparing, shape recognition, colour mixing and for use on a light box.
10. Bajo Wooden Gruffalo Figures
These beautiful wooden gruffalo figures from Julia Donaldson’s The Gruffalo are wonderfully tactile and will really help to bring the story to life.
Gifts for Preschoolers
1. KateHaa Balance Board
 No matter where and when kids will always find out new ways how to use and enjoy the balance board…it is the toy that will always be in motion! This versatile and durable balance board will be enjoyed for years and is absolutely great for indoor and outdoor use.
2. Lanka Kade Play Scenes
 These beautifully handcrafted junior farm or zoo playsets are a fantastic addition to any children’s toy collection. All of the animals and characters have colourful designs with a natural wood grain edge – each piece is unique!
3. Way to Play Road Track
 The waytoplay road track is a great toy for imaginative play. Watch your children create their very own circuits and road maps for their favorite toys and vehicles. The flexible rubber road is great indoors or outdoors as it can be laid out on almost any surface. This flexible road is also wipe clean perfect.
4. Toniesbox Starter Set
 Meet the Toniebox – the new audio system for children. Turn it on, pop a Tonie on and simply let the audio adventure begin. It’s all in one box: a Toniebox in grey, a Creative-Tonie in grey with room for 90 minutes, so you can upload your MP3s, audiobooks or even narrate your own stories.Â
5. Learn Well Education Early Mastery Number Trays
 Early Mastery Number Trays support the maths mastery approach of exploring and demonstrating using objects and numbers to enrich learning and deepen understanding. Hand-crafted out of wood, these beautiful trays provide children with a place to play and build a strong sense of number. Ideal for exploring counting, number bonds and mathematical language of more than and less than.
6. Little Munchkins Playdough
 Little Munchkins Playdough is deliciously scented, long lasting and luxuriously soft; made with little hands in mind. It provides a wonderful creative, tactile and sensory learning experience whilst developing fine motor skills. Your children will love squeezing, poking, pinching, squashing and patting it.
7. Guidecraft Treasure Tubes
 Find trinkets, natural materials and sensory objects to collect in the beautiful, stackable Treasure Tubes. The round, transparent acrylic tubes with removable covers hold small objects to observe, display or rattle. Ideal for color and sound exploration and light table activities. Holds marbles, beads, twigs, leaves, small toys and more.Â
8. Woody Mood Alphabet or Number Discs
 Alphabet or number wooden slices are one of those few plays that will last for many decades and children will be willing to play with them again and again. Children enjoy this play from toddler age to boyhood. Wooden slices are handmade and unique. You woun’t find the same set. Handmade wooden play is a perfect gift for kids.Â
9. Little Coach House Alphabet or Number Boards
 Our wooden alphabet boards are the perfect hands-on resource for your little ones. Your child can learn the letters of the alphabet and they can feel the shape of each of the letters using their finger or our tracing stick. We have designed our boards to be reversible so on one side its A-Z in uppercase and on the other side its the A-Z in lowercase. Our resources are based on the Montessori self-directed, hands-on approach to learning. Number version also available.
10. Wipe Clean Writing Boards
A beautiful, natural resource that is ideal for writing and mark making activities. Boards can be written on with a non permanent (water based) marker and then wiped clean with water.
Stocking Filler Ideas
1. Colour Paddles
Translucent colour plastic paddles in primary and secondary colours, ideal for colour mixing. The larger size makes them ideal for group work as well as individual exploration.
2. TickiT Easy Hold Glitter Panels
A solid rubberwood frame with easy hold handles enclosing a panel of sparkling purple, silver or gold glitter. The panel can be twisted and turned to make the glitter liquid move and flow in fascinating ways. Ideal for sensory discovery and broadening descriptive vocabulary.
3. TickiT Wooden Nuts and Bolts
 Beautiful solid beechwood nuts and bolts in seven different shapes and in the seven colours of the rainbow. Each nut has a corresponding matching bolt for pairing by colour and shape, and each shape has a different number of edges, increasing from 1 to 8. The chunky pieces are the ideal size for young children to manipulate and come in a natural finish to show the grain of the wood. Perfect for learning about colour and shape.
4. Rudi and Bear Ned
 Each Ned is individually hand crafted in beautiful oak keeping the natural grain meaning each Ned has its own character. Once Ned has been assembled he is covered in a natural Cornish beeswax polish to help protect his wood and leave a soft matte finish.Â
5. TickiT Rainbow Arch
 Beautifully coloured natural beechwood hollow arches, in graduated sizes for nesting and in the 7 colours of the rainbow. The inner block is a solid 3D semicircle. Ideal for construction and imaginative play.
6. The Puppet Company Finger Puppet
 Finger puppet to accompany your favourite books or nursery rhymes. The big shiny star would make a fun christmas gift.
7. Tonies Christmas Songs
 A selected compilation of the most popular traditional children’s songs to use with your Toniesbox.
8. Little Hands Tambourine
 A fun set of musical bells. Easy for little hands to hold and shake. A greta christmassy sound.
9. Magnetic Wand and Chip Set
 Set of 2 magnetic wands and 100 coloured plastic counting chips ideal for primary education.
10. Lanka Kade Christmas Figures
This colourful set of natural wood Christmas figures have a beautiful wood grain edge – each one is unique! Add this to any children’s toy collection for hours of play at a pocket money price. Father Christmas, Snowman, Elf, Nutcracker, Christmas Tree and Reindeer to collect.
Still not sure what they might like? A gift card allows them to choose the perfect thing and can be posted to you for gifting or sent direct.
I hope you’ve enjoyed my Christmas selection. I have so many amazing products on the website that it was so hard to narrow it down to only ten for each age group. If you’d like any more recommendations please get in touch and i’ll be happy to help.
Happy christmas everyone xx