Vendor: Thames & Hudson
Type: Books
Price: 12.99

Vendor: Laurence King
Type: Books
Price: 9.99

With 20 exciting challenges inspired by great artists, experiment with art styles, build your creative confidence and maybe even create a masterpiece of your own! A brilliant book for age 7-9.

Take inspiration from some of the world's greatest creators and become a SUPER AWESOME ARTIST! With real works of art to spark your creativity, this great book features 20 art challenges for you to try, as well as helpful 'know-how' features on how to shade with pencils, get creative with collage and make the most of colour.

Channel the artistic genius within and you'll be painting like Pollock, doodling like Duchamp and creating like Kahlo in no time!

Vendor: Laurence King
Type: Books
Price: 12.99

Let's make mini-magazines (or 'zines' for short)! From animal safaris and recipes to you and your family, pick your favourite topics and get going!  A brilliant creative gift for age 7-11.

This book contains 10 zines for you to write, illustrate, and put together. Each one has a distinct theme, with lots of ideas for stories, features and pictures - the rest is up to you!

With fully-illustrated instructions and hints and tips along the way, this book from zine publisher and comic artist Kristyna Baczynski will get you making your own brilliant zines in no time.

Vendor: Magic Cat
Type: Books
Price: 20.00

Join marine biologist William Jones and his niece Millie on a thrilling journey, searching for signs of life in the planet's largest unexplored habitat: the deep sea. Use the magic torch to take part in their adventure and discover weird and wonderful creatures in the ocean.

The third in the 'Shine Your Magic Torch' series, this book visits 15 famous locations, blending the world's oceans and mythology in a beautiful package. Shine the UV flashlight to illuminate mysterious creatures on each page.  With more than 50 marine animals from around the world to find, this collection is perfect for ocean lovers aged 7+.

You'll discover: 
- a dugong lurking in the seagrass in the Great Barrier Reef
- super seaweed growing in the Tasman Sea
- red footed boobies dancing on the Solomon Islands
- a prickly porcupine in a mangrove forest
- a semi transparent salp in the Antarctic sea ice
- a manta ray swimming in the Indian Ocean
- ringed seals resting on the Arctic ice
- hatchetfish shimmering in the Atlantic Ocean

Vendor: Design Eye
Type: Toys
Price: 19.99

Vendor: Pipsticks
Type: Stationery
Price: 11.95

This cute and colourful sticker book has it all: things to colour, things to draw, things to sticker!

Packed with over 400 of the cutest kawaii stickers, you'll find loads of space-themed designs inside, from alien cats and UFOs to astro bunnies and space popsicles… Plus, fun scenes to decorate and lots of step-by-step drawing instructions so you can create cute artwork yourself. This super-cute book is perfect for on-the-go entertainment and will keep sticker lovers of all ages feeling creative and totally inspired.

Includes: 10 pages of kawaii stickers, 10 pages of colourful scenes to decorate, 8 pages of draw-along instructions to draw your own Kawaii characters, 8 pages of fancy frames to showcase your creation and a 2-page Kawaii scene to colour.

Pipsticks is a super-fun sticker and stationery company, launched in 2014 by Mo Vazquez (a sticker-loving child of the 80s and mother of four). What started as a subscription sticker club, with thousands of subscribers in over 60 countries, has grown into a sticker revolution! Pipstickers are the best stickers on the market - fun, fresh, on trend, but a bit quirky too. 

Vendor: Pipsticks
Type: Stationery
Price: 11.95

This cute and colourful sticker book has it all: things to colour, things to draw, things to sticker!

Packed with over 400 of the cutest kawaii stickers, you'll find loads of food-themed designs inside, from sushi and hotdogs to tacos and doughnuts… Plus, fun scenes to decorate and lots of step-by-step drawing instructions so you can create cute artwork yourself. This super-cute book is perfect for on-the-go entertainment and will keep sticker lovers of all ages feeling creative and totally inspired.

Includes: 10 pages of kawaii stickers, 10 pages of colourful scenes to decorate, 8 pages of draw-along instructions to draw your own Kawaii characters, 8 pages of fancy frames to showcase your creation and a 2-page Kawaii scene to colour.

Pipsticks is a super-fun sticker and stationery company, launched in 2014 by Mo Vazquez (a sticker-loving child of the 80s and mother of four). What started as a subscription sticker club, with thousands of subscribers in over 60 countries, has grown into a sticker revolution! Pipstickers are the best stickers on the market - fun, fresh, on trend, but a bit quirky too. 

Vendor: Pipsticks
Type: Books
Price: 11.95

This cute and colourful sticker book has it all: things to colour, things to draw, things to sticker!

Packed with over 400 of the cutest kawaii stickers, you'll find loads of rainbow-themed designs inside, from mushrooms and snail mail to junk food and dinosaurs… Plus, fun scenes to decorate and lots of step-by-step drawing instructions so you can create cute artwork yourself. This super-cute book is perfect for on-the-go entertainment and will keep sticker lovers of all ages feeling creative and totally inspired.

Includes: 10 pages of kawaii stickers, 10 pages of colourful scenes to decorate, 8 pages of draw-along instructions to draw your own Kawaii characters, 8 pages of fancy frames to showcase your creation and a 2-page Kawaii scene to colour.

Pipsticks is a super-fun sticker and stationery company, launched in 2014 by Mo Vazquez (a sticker-loving child of the 80s and mother of four). What started as a subscription sticker club, with thousands of subscribers in over 60 countries, has grown into a sticker revolution! Pipstickers are the best stickers on the market - fun, fresh, on trend, but a bit quirky too. 

Vendor: Skittledog
Type: Books
Price: 19.99

This practical set of yoga positions, movements, breathing exercises and meditations lets you create a routine that's perfect for you. The 60 illustrated cards and accompanying booklet give clear instructions so that you can practice alone, and with confidence.

The cards are divided up into five useful sections, helping you navigate quickly to the ones you need: Inversions and balancing; Back arches and twists; Standing poses; Supine and seated, and Breath and meditations.

The different postures and exercises (asana) include variations and modifications to suit all abilities, body types and ages. Each card includes a graphic icon to highlight the main qualities of the pose or exercise being shown: calm, energy, focus, mobility and strength – so you can zone in fast on the ones that suit your needs on any given day. Also included is a section of breathing and mindfulness exercises (pranayama) giving advice and bite-size information on the science of breath for stress release, sleep and wellbeing.

Vendor: Hardie Grant
Type: Books
Price: 16.99

Vendor: Hardie Grant
Type: Books
Price: 25.00

Finding use, meaning and satisfaction in crafting everyday objects.

Sometimes you need an idea and inspiration more than a detailed project. Making Things is a celebration of the art and ritual of crafting by hand that encourages a practice in mindfulness, a celebration of skill, and a return to materiality.

Through easy-to-follow tutorials for approximately 50-60 projects that are both accessible and aspirational, Rose and Erin invite readers to take a toe-dip into simple, time-honoured craft traditions. The projects celebrate the satisfaction that comes from slowly and carefully crafting something oneself. Example projects include Fabric Scrap Bunting, Cloth Checkerboards, and Sewn Cardboard Toys.

Requiring little to no skill, and no special equipment, Making Things is the crafting book for all skill levels.

Vendor: Quadrille
Type: Books
Price: 16.99

Feline fans will love this collection of 50 a-miaow-zing cat-themed creations.

Bake Me a Cat showcases the cutest bakes you will ever see, all celebrating our favourite pet. With brand new recipes for cakes, cookies, desserts, breads and more, plus vegan and gluten-free options, it's the kitchen essential for every kitten-cuddler.

Kim-Joy is an expert in creating gorgeous animal-themed bakes, and her adorable feline characters have a purrsonality all of their own. Catering for a range of skills levels, whether you fancy baking Tiger Buns, Meow Bao, Kit-tea Scones or a Happy Purrrrthday Cake, bring joy to your cooking and a smile to every cat-owner's face with Bake Me a Cat!

Vendor: Skittledog
Type: Books
Price: 19.99

Find out how to care for indoor plants and watch your home come to life with flowers and foliage, thanks to expert advice from the Houseplant Gardener in this box set of 60 illustrated cards. 

What sort of plants love a bathroom? How can you bring an orchid back into flower? What needs regular watering, and what doesn't mind if you forget? What can you put on a sunny windowsill, and what will send foliage tumbling attractively from a shelf?

Author, journalist, podcaster, and now houseplant-gardener-in-a-box, Jane Perrone answers all these questions and hundreds more. Drawing on years of experience and research, her cards provide sensible, practical and inspiring advice. The accompanying book will guide you through the process of selecting plants, and Cody Bond's beautiful illustrations will inspire you along the way.

Vendor: Chronicle
Type: Books
Price: 17.99

Discover 50 amazing, bubble and creative science experiments to do with the whole family!

Emily Calandrelli, MIT engineer and scientist, shares exhilarating experiments for junior scientists and their lab assistants, ranging from homemade ice cream to disappearing ink. The book features 50 experiments using easy-to-find grocery store items. Each experiment includes a scientific explanation, a Hypothesize section to record the scientist’s assumptions, science vocabulary that applies STEM research to real life (did you know that ketchup is a non-Newtonian fluid?), and Try This! prompts with even more ways to experiment with your experiment.

Let the science spark curiosity and critical thinking; grab your goggles and your trusted assistant and get started!

Vendor: Chronicle
Type: Books
Price: 17.99

Discover 50 brilliant science experiments to do with the whole family!

MIT engineer Emily Calandrelli, host of Netflix's Emily's Wonder Lab, is taking curiosity to the next level with 50 big, bold, brand-new experiments that sparkle, bubble, and explode in the follow-up to the original, bestselling Stay Curious And Keep Exploring.

Scientists of all ages will have a blast learning about STEAM concepts, playing, discovering spectacular 'Did You Know?' facts, and being introduced to diverse biographies of rock stars in the science and technology world.

Using easy-to-find items you'll learn to think like a scientist and conduct jaw-dropping experiments, including:
- Colour-changing slimes to discover if dogs really do see the world in black and white - Ag low-in-the-dark jellyfish to explore the science behind bioluminescence
- An un-poppable bubble to learn about why toothpaste never dries out
- Egg geodes to play with supersaturated liquids and crystallization

Get ready to explore subjects like Superhero Science, Kitchen Science Lab, and Science in Color. This latest installment of the Stay Curious and Keep Exploring series is sure to light sparks of curiosity and fuel a passion for science.

Vendor: Magic Cat
Type: Books
Price: 9.99

Welcome to Brown Bear Wood! Come and meet Bear and all his friends in this fun-packed activity book. Each charming double page spread includes a list of things to find and colour, then prompts you to colour in the rest of the scene to bring the woodland world to life.

Each sheet is perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display, featuring a colouring and spotting activity on the front and a beautiful acorn-inspired pattern on the back.

There are 20 pull-out colouring sheets featuring all the favourite characters from Brown Bear Wood, from Professor Owl to Papa Bear. This colouring and spotting book is a great gift for any child – and ideal for rainy days and holidays.

Vendor: Laurence King
Type: Books
Price: 9.99

You're in charge! Let your mind run free and draw, paint and scribble your way through this fun and imaginative activity book from award-winning illustrator, Marion Deuchars.

With over 20 activities, prompts and step-by-step drawing activities built in throughout, children will learn how to draw a whole host of animals, from foxes and rabbits to owls and elephants, and then create visual stories for their creatures to come to life in. Perhaps the rabbit wants to be a superhero, or fox has a party to attend. Each spread features easy-to-follow steps and plenty of space for children to experiment and practise in.

Check out Marion Deuchar's other activity books, including Let's Make Some Great Art: Animals and Let's Make Some Great Art: Patterns. 

Vendor: Laurence King
Type: Books
Price: 16.99

Make your own vision boards, birthday cards, and more with Extraordinary Things to Cut Out and Collage!

If you want to discover the fun of collage then this fabulous book is the perfect kit. Highly respected collage artist Maria Rivans has gathered hundreds of beautiful, quirky, and downright daft images, and they're all here for you to cut out and stick.

Whether you are making a mood or inspiration board or just want unique art for your wall, there is no need to endlessly flip through old magazines to find appealing images. And you don't have to ruin your beloved books by chopping them up. With 1500+ objects included, the possibilities to cut out and collage are limitless. Flowers, birds, cats, and butterflies can be combined with buildings, eyes, moustaches, and men in dubious pants to create extraordinary original artworks and talking pieces!

Separated into categories like people, industrial, art & culture, domestic life, nature, world, ephemera, and alphabets, the book is filled with images ranging from fruit to architectural details to planets and beyond. While the book includes multiple background options, you can also add layers to existing photos or images you have at home. No matter what you choose, it will be completely one-of-a-kind.

With an introduction to collage styles and tips on techniques and composition, this is an ideal activity for artists of all ages and abilities. A perfect gift or self-purchase for anyone seeking arty fun and a great deal of sticky silliness! An easy and fun activity for a hen weekend, or craft day with your girlfriends.

Collage is undergoing a revival among artists and hobbyists seeking a mindful activity that also produces a beautiful end product. Grab your glue stick and join the fun!

Vendor: Laurence King
Type: Books
Price: 16.99

Making a vision board is one of the most powerful manifesting tools for creating
the life you want.

Make a Vision Board provides you with everything you need to get started now. Author CanDace Johnson guides you through step-by-step instructions to create a vision board and manifest from a place of abundance. Whether manifesting a dream partner, new home, peak health or new heights in your career, the practice of creating a vision board collage allows you to tap into your intuition, clarify your desires and begin to call in your best life.

Includes:
· An introduction to manifestation and guidance on creating a vision board ritual
· 1000+ carefully curated images, plus backgrounds, to cut out and collage
· A list of tools and techniques to create a manifesting vision board
· Journaling prompts and goal-setting advice

Vendor: Laurence King
Type: Books
Price: 10.99

With garments to draw and colour in, textile patterns to create and designs to complete, Make It Fashion will inspire creativity and spark fresh ideas.

Covering clothing, shoes, bags, jewellery and accessories, this fashion-forward activity book explores contemporary design and vintage fashions through the ages. Celebrate style from around the world by doodling and colouring fabric patterns from Nigeria, berets from France and Japanese kimonos, plus many more. Express your own unique style using the step-by-step guides to create your own fashion pieces, including a tie-dye T-shirt and a safety-pin charm bracelet.

Vendor: Laurence King
Type: Books
Price: 9.99

Kids will love completing their very own book about themselves! The Me Book is a brilliant art activity book that's full of creative ideas and inspired prompts. Young artists will fill the pages with all kinds of wild and wonderful things about themselves.

It's perfect for self-expression and building confidence through creativity. From where you live and what you look like, to your favourite hobbies and your wildest dreams, let’s get making and creating.

Check out Marion Deuchar's other activity books, including Let's Make Some Great Art: Animals and Let's Make Some Great Art: Patterns. 

Vendor: Skittledog
Type: Books
Price: 19.99

Create four beautiful collages of your own with this excellent book by British collage artist, Maria Rivans. Celebrating the imagery of the changing seasons, each of the four stunning collages looks beautiful framed and hung on your wall. The book includes a collage technique masterclass, backgrounds, images for each season and numbered diagrams. It's a brilliant introduction to the art of collage. All you'll need is scissors and glue!

Vendor: Skittledog
Type: Books
Price: 14.99

Create awesome collages and artworks of your own with the Collage Kit series. There are over 1000 images, including backgrounds so you can create dramatic scenes – and a practical introduction to teach you the tricks of colour, composition, and juxtaposition that will fill your work with meaning and intrigue. Just bring scissors, glue and your imagination!

Make shadowy skeletons dance before ruined churches, lilies bloom against apocalyptic cloudscapes, or serpents wind through empty eye sockets... there's no limit to the visions you can conjure.

There are backgrounds, textures, images large and small – all ready for you to cut out and combine in expressive new ways. Just bring scissors, glue and your nightmarish reveries.

Vendor: Skittledog
Type: Books
Price: 14.99

Create awesome collages and artworks of your own with the Collage Kit series. There are over 1000 images, including backgrounds so you can create dramatic scenes – and a practical introduction to teach you the tricks of colour, composition, and juxtaposition that will fill your work with meaning and intrigue. Just bring scissors, glue and your imagination!

Imagine mindbending new worlds with this collection of surprising images. It's a trip down the rabbit hole which will blow your mind and add new life to your collages.

Vendor: Skittledog
Type: Books
Price: 14.99

The Ransom Note Sticker Book is a chunky sticker book with thousands of individual letters that can be turned into unique messages or decorations of all kinds.

Everyone loves the cool graphic look of the classic ransom note, and letters cut from newspapers make any message a little edgy yet playful. The Ransom Note Sticker Book makes it easy to spell out anything you like and capture that unique look. There are thousands of stickers (A to Z, plus accents, numerals and punctuation ) in a host of fonts and typefaces, ready for your messages. With a grungy, vintage letterpress vibe, the letters irresistibly recall print newspapers - and the collection includes type ornaments, woodblock illustrations and a range of accents for elegant, multilingual ransom notes.

Use them to add colour to your journals, name your stuff, or give a valentine's card or note a mysterious anonymous touch... Stationery, wrapping paper and collages will all benefit from these stickers. This book makes the perfect gift for the crafter, journal-keeper or scrapbooker.