Toys for 8 Year Olds

A brain teasing dominoes-style word game for the whole family to enjoy.  Race to build a winding line of wiggly worms, each card with parts of a word, making the perfect balance between education and fun.  45 double-sided cards, for 2-4 players.

Learn to knit with this easy to follow kit from Galt

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A great science kit for the younger child with lots of equipment and components to perform 20 fun experiments. Requires the addition of easily accessible household ingredients to perform some experiments.

Explore the wonders of glow in the dark and perform fun scientific experiments with this glow lab STEM set.

Learn 3 basic techniques to create your own pot!  Set includes air-drying clay, ceramic paints and tools.

Perform miraculous magnetic tricks, test out the power of magnetic forces and move a racing car as if by magic!

Make cool plaited headbands, decorated with flowers and beads with this simple, no-sew kit.  Fun to make and wear, a great activity for sleepovers, parties and festivals.

Make 1 large eyeball and 3 small glow-in-the-dark eyeballs and find out how balls bounce with this entertaining and educational kit.  Explore the science behind bouncing balls and learn Jazzy Juggling too!

Create 8 sparkly pictures in a variety of styles.

Create 10 super sparkling foil badges

Paint and embellish 4 beautiful keyrings using easy squeezy tubes of glitter paint, beads and sequins.  Set includes everything you need to create 4 shimmering suncatcher keyrings.

Make your own cool stickers by screen printing onto sticker sheets, cut them out and use to decorate your favourite things.  Craft set contains: wooden screen-printing frame, inks, stencils, squeegee and 4 large sticker sheets.

Sudoku game with wooden board and coloured, numbered pegs.

Fascinating and mesmerising infinity loop flow ring, a tactile kinetic marvel

Fantastic glowing and flashing light device that easily fits to bike spokes, making your bike more colourful and safer too.  Water resistant.  This is not a toy.  Batteries included.

Follow the random sequence of flashing lights for a brain workout challenge.  Requires 3 x AG12 batteries, included.

Pocket sized microscope with an amazing 30x magnification!

Scandinavian natural wooden skittles game with 12 numbered skittles and Mölkky – the baton you throw instead of a ball! 

Giant wooden weaving loom, that’s adjustable to create different sized weaves and an illustrated booklet.

Create a snuggly fleece blanket, with a bright patchwork of patterns and colours and no sewing!

Highly detailed map of the world on a 100 piece jigsaw puzzle.

Take aim - fire! Lightweight, fun, role play Bow and Arrows archery set for children.

Accurate handbow and target especially designed for children, for indoor and outdoor use. Supplied with target.

Accurate crossbow and target set especially designed for children, for indoor and outdoor use. Supplied with target.

Dual purpose telescope and microscope you can take anywhere!  Fantastic 8 x larger than life telescope magnification and 30 x larger with microscope!

A first sewing project with a cuddly end result!  Use the stuffing provided to fill the pre-sewn dog through the gap in the puppy’s back, sew the slot up using the safe plastic bodkin and thread and when puppy is sewn he’s ready to play!  Set includes a fleece blanket and the tin can be used as a bed.

Make 8 cute fairies and a fairy door with this sweet craft set in a tin.  Complete with wooden bead faces, pipe cleaners, thread and petal dresses, pre-cut wood and glue for hours of fun.  A brilliant gift in a tin!

Use this simple kit to build your own window bird feeder, great fun for adults and children.  This enjoyable project creates a feeder that attaches to the window so you can feed and view birds from within your own home.  All wood, glue, window suckers and instructions included in a neat tin.  A perfect Gift in a Tin.

Create a home for solitary bees and other insects with this easy to build kit.  A satisfying project to build a wooden bee hotel using wood, dowels and glue, all contained in a neat tin that also contains a fascinating fact sheet.  The perfect Gift in a Tin.

Encourage the joyful pastime of potion making in the great outdoors with this thoughtfully assembled set.

The beginner-friendly Friendship Bracelets Tube contains all you need to create stunning, colourful friendship bracelets, with simple instructions.

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A lockable secret diary with cheerful, sunny and positive designs on the cover, blank pages to start writing at any time.  Plenty of positive vibes included.

A lockable secret diary with a bright cover of comic caper words and blank pages to start writing at any time and keep your secrets safe!

A lockable secret diary with brightly coloured pictures of dogs and cats on the cover, blank pages to start writing at any time.  The perfect gift for an animal enthusiast!

A school yearbook to fill with memories, messages and signatures from class mates and teachers, with special pages for best friends and future dreams.  24 bright and colourful pages.

A lockable secret diary with a pretty cover illustration with glittery unicorns and rainbows and blank pages.

A lockable secret diary with a pretty cover illustration with glitter rainbow and flowers and blank pages.

A lockable secret diary with a cheerful cover illustration or animals and flowers and blank pages.

Enthusiastic young magicians will be enthralled by this awesome magic set!  With full instructions and over 40 props to help you perform 35 tricks, you’ll be in the Magic Circle in no time!

A refracting telescope with x 12 magnification, a sturdy metal focuser and comfortable soft eye cup.  A great way to explore the surface of the moon, search the night sky or study nature close up.

Build a robot that walks along a tightrope thanks to a motorised gyroscope unit – it will even walk along your arm!  Learn about physics, robotics and how gyroscopes are used in everyday life.  Set includes 43 pieces to complete 8 experiments and a 24-page manual.  Requires 3 x AAA batteries, not included.

Assemble the 12 pieces to build a robot that jumps using snowmobile treads and rubber bands.  This easy build STEM kit is supplied with experiment sheet and stickers.

Two mini walkie talkies with a 10m range with flexible antenna, push to talk and morse code function.  

An intelligent motion-controlled robot with an awesome 50 programmable actions to perform more than 20 functions, including dancing, speech function and flashing lights. 

A 200-piece illustrated map of the world puzzle to build and place 50 endangered animal markers on the map, to learn where they come from.  Beautifully illustrated puzzle and large animal pieces (with stands), all made from sturdy card, complete with guide book and wall poster.

Traditional wind-up jewellery box, with ballerina who dances to the music when the lid is opened.

Cute painted wooden French knitting mushroom with yarn, hook and instructions.

Use your mind to keep the penguins on the ice!

Guide your frogs across the pond and block other players from doing the same.  The first player to get their frog family to the other side wins the game, but beware – the fish can scare the frogs back to the start.  An exciting game of strategy for 2 or more players with 2 levels of play.

An ingenious mini game to test your brain, in a case so perfect for travel.  Create your own challenge by adding blockers and fill the remaining spaces, there’s always a solution!  Single player game.

Little pot of Noisy putty.

Enjoy a fantastic colourful moving light show with a kaleidoscope projector. No need to go to the Northern Lights!

Retro Space Hopper for crazy, bouncing fun!

An 80 piece jigsaw that shows the human body in incredible detail with a magic torch that reveals hidden details!

Family fun game with two levels of questions for adults and children, spin the spinner to decide if you get a question or physical challenge, with added challenges along the way!  A game for 2 or more players or teams.

Enjoy the glow of night-lights, decorated with magical designs and motivational messages, crafted using this inspiring set.  Two candle holders to decorate and two LED candles with stickers, glitter powder, charms and ribbon and more, all in a keepsake box.

Scratch the 4 panels of sea-life themed art to reveal stunning colours, then add them to frames and assemble your lantern, place the flameless LED candle light inside and voila – you have a stunning nightlight.  Includes attractive storage box with sea life imagery.

Bring the bling to crafting and create 5 colourful ‘diamond’ pictures with inspirational quotes.  Set includes 5 boards, 7 bags of coloured ‘diamonds’ and unique pick-up tool.