Toys for 8 Year Olds

A brilliant crafting kit to make friendship bracelets in beautiful colours and patterns.

Create cute animal fridge magnets and badges in moulded plaster, then paint them.  

Create a 3-D card dressing up mask by bending and slotting together pre-cut card pieces to make a shark mask. 

Create a 3-D card dressing up mask by bending and slotting together pre-cut card pieces to make a T-Rex mask. 

An easy introduction to the game of catch using Velcro pads to catch with. Catch ball set for two players with two catching pads and 1 ball.

Retro Space Hopper for crazy, bouncing fun!

A set of 48 maths challenge cards with different levels of skill required covering Key Stages 1 & 2.  Cards are illustrated by Tony Ross with a theme of characters from David Walliams popular children’s books.  For two or more players.

A great boredom busting book for children.  Personalise with a name of up to 12 characters and the name appears on every page and on some of the 3 stickers too!

Allow 14 days for delivery. See our Terms & Conditions for personalised items.

Create super swirly spiral patterns simply with this great little 7-piece set!  Select a disc and place it against the inside of the larger ring and off you go!

Imagine, design and build multiple different moving machines, including cranes and cars using this Gears, Gears, Gears Building Set. 116 colourful interlocking pieces for endless combinations and see the other sets on our website!

Classic toy soldiers – 32 soldiers in various poses.

Prepare for lift off!  Take a journey through the constellations and discover the wonders of the universe with this brilliant Space Lab.

Create 6 awesome dinosaurs and mould n paint them into ferocious glow in the dark fridge magnets or badges!

Flip a letter card and race to be the first to find something beginning with that letter from the playing board. 

Build a pop up miniature garden with real cress seeds to grow

Assemble and decorate your own wall mounted or free-standing flamingo room light.  Requires 2 x AA batteries – not included.

Learn how to sew with an easy- to-follow beginners' kit from Galt.

Make & Paint pretty fairy fridge magnets or badges.

Create your own beautiful string of working lights with this imaginitive origami set.

Create 6 pretty plaster unicorn fridge magnets and badges and paint them.

Appreciate and explore the simple beauty and art of bubble while having fun with this amazing set!  Play lots of bubble tricks - blow a giant bubble, an unbreakable bubble, a bubble film and more!

Robust, richly detailed, fascinating wall map of the world with 3D additions to make, landmarks to label with special markers and 36 activities to help your geographic knowledge.

A personalised activity book with a Christmas theme and the child’s name on each page, including the cover – 28 activity pages.  Also includes a set of assorted Christmas stickers, some with the child’s name.  Activities include colouring, word search, letter to Santa.  Calming activity to keep children entertained at Christmas! Would be enjoyed by younger children with adult supervision. Max 12 characters length for name.  

Allow 14 days for delivery. See our Terms & Conditions for personalised items.

First woodwork set for budding carpenters, create and make vehicles, furniture, complete with safe nails and rubber handled hammer!

Create a selection of gummy, slimy and gloopy experiments with this STEM learning scientific set.

Make a clock from a lemon – a brilliant way to learn about batteries!

An exciting rainbow laboratory with 12 colourful experiments including creating a rainbow of colour in a test tube - Fascinating!

Domino Rally. Addictive fun - knock the first one down and watch the chain reaction!

Foldaway, lightweight pocket kite. No sticks, no assembly but great flyer with 35 metre line.

Rearview Spy Glasses, ingeniously designed with mirrored outer inserts so you can spy on people without them knowing!

Wooden Shut the Box is a challenging traditional mathematical game of skill and chance.

Smart little submarine with clever clockwork wind-up action is a best seller

Gorgeous creative kit to decorate 10 satin headbands with lots of pretty accessories.

What's Up? Is a children's version of the timeless guessing game. Pop an unseen card in the headband and ask questions to guess who or what you are.

Wooden weaving loom and accessories with detailed instructions on box.

Create this multi-function weather station from this inspirational kit and never need the forecast again!

Simple and effective rocket experiment using household ingredients to create a chemical reaction! Great fun!

Superb Skipping Rope with Pink Flower designs on the handles.

Solid wood rubber band gun with rubber bands!

Brilliant den kit for outdoor adventure and escapades!  

Tough durable pogo stick in black and silver with heavy duty spring.

Traditional playground game of Cat’s Cradle with soft cord and full instructions

So easy to use with large clear readable face and 3 chunky buttons - Go, Stop, Clear!

Make and fly 18 stunning paper planes.

A wooden tray full of cubes with times tables from 1 to 12 in a rainbow of colours, sums on one side and answers on the reverse!

Create 6 under water plaster fridge magnets and badges and paint them.

Calling all Amateur Sleuths! Collect and record your suspects fingerprints!!

Build a wooden insect hotel for the garden and watch how the insects inhabit it!

The Cottage Garden Den Kit is the gift of adventure!  Everything you need to create a den in the great outdoors, including a purple tarpaulin, packed into a sturdy haversack.

Attract, feed and observe birds with this easy to fix bird feeder.  The large portal with one-way mirror allows you to observe the birds without disturbing them. Supplied with Garden Bird Guide.  Bird food not included.

Build an ant habitat and observe their fascinating life.

Make a beautiful two hoop dream catcher, using your creative skills and materials in this clever craft set. Hang the finished dream catcher in your bedroom to catch bad dreams.

Magical art set with stampers, ink pad and colouring pencils, with a fairy garden theme!

Pop, pop, pop a unicorn popper!

A teacher tested, fun first reading game with two ways to play!

A wide viewing periscope with LED light for night exploration.

Build an amazing moving jungle set with this ingenious gear construction kit and watch the mischievous monkeys hang, spin and swing!