Christmas Gifts for Children 2019

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Whoopee Doo

It’s a Hoot when you Toot!

For ages 4 upwards, this is a very funny – but windy – game! You take it in turns to sit on a giant whoopee cushion and you have a time limit to fulfill 1 of 70 random tasks contained on the card you are given. If you run out of time …… PAAARRRP!! Whoopee Doo is the perfect Boxing Day family game!

RRP £14.00

Jooki: Smart Music and Story Player

The screen-free entertainment you were searching for

We love the Jooki. A parent (with a spotify or deezer account) sets up playlists for their children, that can include songs and audiobooks, and they link the playlists to the Jooki characters. Then, when the child puts a character onto the speaker, it plays that audio list. It gives the child a level of control over what they want to listen to – yet it’s 100% vetted by the parent.

PackThePJs recently reviewed the Jooki, and … if you’re quick, there’s a giveaway to win one HERE

RRP £199.00

Limited Edition Solar System Print

Take a trip through the Solar System

Alex Foster is an illustrator based in Margate, Kent. Any space-loving child (or adult) would love to receive one of these limited edition prints this Christmas. Learn about the planets, moons and distances within the Milky Way. Only 500 prints have been produced. Printed on heavy matt 300gsm giclee paper, you can choose to buy framed or unframed. Unframed prints arrive securely in a tube. The artist will even include a handwritten note or a name on the print.

RRP from £19.00

Halocline Girls Festive Penguin Swimsuit

Make swimming lessons a little more festive

This fantastic festive swimsuit is exclusive to Simply Swim and manufactured by Halocline. With more families heading towards the sun for a well-earned tropical Christmas break, what a great way to remain in the Christmas spirit … a dip in the pool wearing silver sparkly penguins on your costume! It is chlorine-resistant, front padded with two-way stretch, and UV protection.

RRP £25.00

Style 4 Ever Creativity kits from Canal Toys

Wow! Easy-to-Use!

Canal Toys brought So Slime! to all our homes … and now, with their Style 4 Ever brand, you can buy creative DIY kits that are perfect this Christmas time. Kits include a Cryst-A-Gel Jewelry Studio (£19.99), where you can make 20+ pendants, rings and bracelets. There’s a Cryst-A-Gel Bijoux Kit too – perfect stocking filler. Also, there’s the Llama DIY Lama (£9.99) that you decorate with 50 stickers, gems and a marker pen … it glows in the dark too! This is just a small sample of the kits available.   

RRP from £9.99

Set of Three Storage Baskets

Quality storage solutions

Claris World is the UK’s leading online stationery and home storage supplier. What child doesn’t need additional storage for toys after Christmas? This set of three purple hampers consists of hand woven resin on a metal frame, with lid and leather-look strap and twist closure. With this set you get a small, medium and large basket. When empty they all fit inside one another. They are sturdy and look great – and are 100% practical in a child’s bedroom!

RRP £18.99

Jaques of London Wooden Puzzles

The oldest games company and sports manufacturer in the world

We are huge fans of the Jaques brand. Our leather roll-up backgammon set travels the world with us. These Quality puzzles (with a capital Q) consists of 150 chunky pieces of top-grade laminated cardboard that will last a lifetime. The designs are exclusive to Jaques and all are family-friendly, happy designs. Examples in our photo include We Love Space, Dinosaur Adventure, Jungle Friends and a 50-piece Magical Fairies jigsaw. This would be one of those great toys for a nine year old boy in particular. Join the Jaques Anti Screen Revolution to reduce screen time and make more time for real play with your family and friends.

RRP from £8.99

Personalised Photo Letter from Santa

… with a little help from Funky Pigeon

There isn’t much that can be said about this personalised photo letter from Santa, as it’s from Santa in the North Pole, of course. However, Funky Pigeon has been helping collate all the information required to ensure that each child deserves to officially be on the Good List. They will then receive a lovely letter in a special envelope that is fully personalised. A great start to Christmas

RRP £4.99

CabinZero Small Flight Backpack

Cabin Sized, Zero Hassle

We’ve travelled with CabinZero weekender-sized backpacks for a few years now. They are lightweight, practical and super-strong. Perfect for travel – and perfect for children. This small flight backpack is perfect for a child, for school, hikes with Brownies/Cubs, weekend day sacks, etc. It even has a unique tag ID – if you register it, and then mislay the bag – the ID will hopefully help it get back to you. This backpack has a bottle pocket on one side, a quick-access full-length zip pocket on the front, a top loading main compartment – and even a hidden RFID blocking pocket for valuables. 

RRP £41.00

RAF Spitfire and Red Arrows Jet Plush

Celebrating truly historic British planes 

Designed by High Resolution Design, these official products from the RAF Museum are super-realistic plush toy replicas. The Spitfire is one of the most recognised wartime aircraft ever produced. Originally designed in the UK, this British fighter plane played a key role in World War II and beyond, serving in the RAF up until 1955. The Red Arrows are the RAF’s aerobatic display team attending airshows and royal fly-pasts. Originally designed in the UK, this British BAe Hawk is a truly eye catching design and recognised across the world. A fabulous, unusual gift for any plane-crazy child!

RRP £20.00 (currently on sale at £15.00)

Swizzels Sweet Tubes

Ingenious Sweet Inventors

Surely these 108g tubes of sweets are a ‘must have’ in any child’s Christmas stocking? I mean Love Hearts, Drumsticks, a selection tube … what’s not to love?

RRP £1.00

Personalised Children’s Bedtime Story Book

Inspiring kids to be planet savers

A perfect personalised gift for any child, from WatAdventures. This bedtime story book will inspire them to save the Earth from environmental disaster. Let them be the hero of their own story book, personalised with their name and avatar; 66 pages of adventure bursting with two epic personalised eco-adventure stories and tonnes of activities to inspire your kids to become planet savers.

RRP £24.99

The Secret Life of Pets / Secret Life of Pets 2 DVDs

…Do we really know them?

Christmas is a brilliant time to catch up on some family-friendly movies. The funniest we’ve seen are the Secret Life of Pets and Secret Life of Pets 2. You can buy both in a double-DVD pack, from amazon. Enjoy!

RRP £14.99

Milk Chocolate Cheeky Reindeer

The cutest, cosiest reindeer

We couldn’t put together a gift guide for children without including some chocolate! This reindeer from Thorntons can be personalised too … who wouldn’t appreciate one of these under the Christmas tree?

RRP £8.00