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Galison - World Of Mushrooms jigsaw puzzle - 1000 pieces

2024-09-26T12:20:07+01:00

Vendor: Galison
Type: Toys
Price: 15.99

This 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle celebrates the world of mushrooms! Plus there's a glossary of different mushroom species for nature and mycology lovers alike. This puzzle is just the right level of challenge for the whole family to join in on for hours of puzzling fun.

Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes with a colour puzzle insert, perfect for gifting, reuse and storage.

Box size: 20.3 x 20.3 x 4.1cm. Puzzle size: 20 x 20in.

Galison - Purrfect Nook jigsaw puzzle - 1000 pieces

2024-09-25T11:43:04+01:00

Vendor: Galison
Type: Toys
Price: 15.99

This 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle is a lovely shelfie of cats, books and houseplants. This puzzle is just the right level of challenge for the whole family to join in on for hours of puzzling fun!

Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes with a colour puzzle insert, perfect for gifting, reuse and storage.

Box size: 20.3 x 20.3 x 4.1cm. Puzzle size: 20 x 20in.

Galison - Occult & Curious glow-in-the-dark jigsaw puzzle - 1000 pieces

2024-09-25T11:34:20+01:00

Vendor: Galison
Type: Toys
Price: 16.99

This brilliant 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle of oddities and curiosities has glow-in-the-dark ink. Assemble the puzzle, turn out the lights and see it glow in the dark!

This puzzle is just the right level of challenge for the whole family to join in on for hours of puzzling fun!

Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes with a colour puzzle insert, perfect for gifting, reuse and storage.

Box size: 20.3 x 20.3 x 4.1cm. Puzzle size: 20 x 20in.

Flip and Find: Pet Detectives board game

2024-09-25T11:19:20+01:00

Vendor: Laurence King
Type: Toys
Price: 18.99

The pet detectives need your help! Race around the board, flipping tiles to find matching pairs of pets faster than your opponents! This brand new memory board game has a tactical twist, perfect for kids and families to play together time and time again. It's easy to learn and the mix-and-match board can be changed every time you play.

A fun family game for 2-4 players.

Suitable for age 6+.

Did You Fart? matching & memory game

2024-09-25T11:09:32+01:00

Vendor: Laurence King
Type: Toys
Price: 12.99

Did you know that herrings use their farts to communicate with each other, that seals are notorious for having the smelliest farts in the animal kingdom, or that the Sonoran coral snake uses its farts as a defence mechanism when threatened by predators?

In this simple to play, colourful and engaging matching memory game, match 26 animals to the pumps, toots and trumps they let off and turn over more pairs than your opponent to win the game! Learn all about why zebra farts are so incredibly loud and how manatees use flatulence to help them float in the accompanying booklet, packed full of animal facts.

Screen-free fun for 2-4 players, fun for all the family.

Galison - Fashionable Dogs jigsaw puzzle - 500 pieces

2024-09-25T11:02:05+01:00

Vendor: Galison
Type: Toys
Price: 13.99

This 500-piece jigsaw puzzle features irresistible stylish dogs showing off their best fits. This puzzle is just the right level of challenge for the whole family to join in on for hours of puzzling fun!

Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes with a colour puzzle insert, perfect for gifting, reuse and storage.

Box size: 20.3 x 20.3 x 4.1cm. Puzzle size: 20 x 20in.

Galison - Enchanted Nutcracker jigsaw puzzle - 500 pieces

2024-09-19T23:13:02+01:00

Vendor: Galison
Type: Toys
Price: 13.99

This 500-piece jigsaw puzzle is features a beautiful, whimsical illustration of the characters of the Nutcracker, the beloved Christmas ballet and story. This is such a lovely Christmas or advent activity!

Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes with a colour puzzle insert, perfect for gifting, reuse and storage.

Box size: 20.3 x 20.3 x 4.1cm. Puzzle size: 50.8 x 50.8cm.

Dog Day Out! 180-piece sharing jigsaw puzzle

2024-09-19T22:58:15+01:00

Vendor: Laurence King
Type: Toys
Price: 14.99

This innovative 180-piece jigsaw is for sharing! There are pieces of two different sizes, so puzzlers of different ages or abilities can work on the same jigsaw together.

We love Melissa Lee Johnson's fun illustration of dogs having the best day out ever: at the skate park, practising yoga, paddling in a fountain…

There's a self-contained scene with 48 larger pieces, which slots alongside a bigger puzzle with 132 smaller pieces. This is great for parents or older siblings to work together with a younger puzzler. Plus, there's a poster to help guide you.

Match These Bones: A Dinosaur Memory Game - Paul Upchurch

2024-09-19T22:57:53+01:00

Vendor: Laurence King
Type: Toys
Price: 14.99

Reunite dinosaurs with their skeletons in Match These Bones, an excellent matching pairs / memory game. As you play, learn about your favourite species and how they were discovered, with fascinating facts to read in the educational booklet. Which dinosaurs had feathers? What are those spikes on triceratops’ skulls really for? Everything we know about dinosaurs today comes from the discovery of bones and fossils. This is a super game for learning through play and a must for future palaeontologists!

Deep Sea Discovery: a card game for ocean explorers

2024-09-19T22:29:58+01:00

Vendor: Laurence King
Type: Toys
Price: 12.99

How deep will you go? Dive into the ocean and return 50 incredible sea creatures to their correct depths. How deep can a penguin swim, or a sperm whale dive? Explore all the way down to the seabed and learn as you play this unique new card game. It's fun and easy to play for kids and families. You'll discover fascinating facts about the beautiful and bizarre creatures down in the depths in the ocean, from the jewel squid to the headless chicken fish!

Suitable for 2-6 players, aged 6+.

Make Art: 20 free-play art projects to create - Susie Hodge

2024-09-19T10:05:32+01:00

Vendor: Design Eye
Type: Toys
Price: 19.99

Make Art promotes artistic freedom to inspire young minds aged 7 and up. Learn about 21 key art movements across history, and create unique art projects inspired by them with a bumper pack of materials for step-by-step projects including sculptures, model monuments, collages, paintings and installations.

Explore art from around the world, from prehistory to the present day, including:

Prehistoric art: Cave paintings, Venus of Willendorf
Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Rome, Indus Valley
Islamic Art: Calligraphy, Ottoman tiles, Persian Kilim, Mamluk metalwork
Aztec and Incan art: jewellery and relief carvings
Italian Renaissance: perspective, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
Optical Illusions: trompe l'oeil, impossible objects, Hogarth and Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
The art of Benin: Edo bronze work
Mughal Art: Architecture (Taj Mahal), Miniature Paintings, Sahifa Banu
Edo Period Japan: Woodblock Art and Hosukai, Nanga and Ema Saikō, formal gardens
Korean Joseon Art: art and poetry with Heo Nanseolheon, Jeong Seon, pottery
Indonesian traditional art: Batik textiles, shadow puppetry
Imperial Chinese art: calligraphy, porcelain, Yun Bing
First Nations of Western Canada: wooden carvings, chilkat weaving, formlines
Modernism: Fauvism and Henri Matisse, Frida Kahlo
Impressionism: Mary Cassat, Monet
Post-Impressionism: Vincent van Gogh, pointillism and Georges Seurat
Aboriginal Art of Australia: dot painting and the Dreamtime
American Modernism: Georgia O'Keeffe, Morgan Russell
Abstract Art: Hilma af Klint, Wassily Kandinsky
Pop Art: screenprinting and Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein
Street Art: Keith Haring, Basquiat, Banksy, Falko 1

The box kit is packed with sheets of art supplies, giving you everything you need for all the projects in the book: 3 sheets of card stencils, 9 sheets of press-out paper pieces, 3 sheets of coloured tissue paper, 4 sticker sheets, 14 sheets of patterned printed paper and 7 press-out model sheets.

Written by Susie Hodge, a British art historian, author, artist, and journalist with over 100 books to her name for both adults and children.

Match The Mermaids: memory game

2024-09-19T09:54:23+01:00

Vendor: Kaddo
Type: Toys
Price: 14.99

Discover enchanting mermaids from all around the world with this stunningly illustrated matching game.

Based on the A Natural History of Mermaids book, the cards feature naturalist illustrations of mermaid species from different regions of the world, from the Caribbean Queen to the Southern Wayfarer, and the Reef Angel to the Pacific Wanderer. The booklet, in addition to explaining how to play the game, serves as a guide to the mermaid species on the cards, with details on their habitats, dwellings, distinctive features and habits. You’ll also find out where and when to look for mermaids, and signs of their presence.

To play the game, arrange the cards face down on a table, then flip two over – do they show the same species? If they do, you collect the pair. If not, try to remember where the different mermaid species are located so you can make a match on your next turn.

Put your memory skills to the test and learn about the diverse mermaids of the world while you play. Gather more pairs than your opponent to win!

Suitable for age 4+.

Love mermaids? Don't miss A Natural History Of Mermaids book from the Folklore Field Guides series.

Deep Space Danger: Spin To Survive - Emily Hawkin

2024-09-19T09:50:56+01:00

Vendor: Wide Eyed Editions
Type: Books
Price: 20.00

This is the fourth instalment of the innovative Spin to Survive game-in-a-book series with pop-out fortune spinner.

As part of a pioneering mission to Mars, you've earned your place as one of Earth's greatest explorers. Now, become its most tenacious hero as you fight for your life and the lives of your crew when your spaceship meets with catastrophe. All systems are down, your crewmates are gone, and you're millions of miles from help.

Armed only with your scientific knowhow, a few scraps of hi-tech gear and, of course, your astronaut's Survival Spinner, it's up to you to avert the impending calamity. Will you abort the mission and set a course for home, try to bring the spaceship back online and complete your journey, or attempt to divert to a nearby asteroid mining station?

On each spread, read the story, make your choice, then use the pop-out spinner to determine if it was the lucky one... or not! With dozens of paths and unexpected disasters along the way, readers aged 8-12 will love embarking on this journey again and again.

Play your way through a host of hazards as you fight to survive, enduring solar flares, asteroid belts, space-walks and more interplanetary challenges. Prepare for adventure... and take to the stars!

The Story Orchestra: The Sleeping Beauty musical jigsaw puzzle

2024-09-19T09:36:28+01:00

Vendor: Kaddo
Type: Toys
Price: 17.99

Piece together the magical adventure of Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty ballet with this unique musical jigsaw puzzle.

Begin with a musical tray that tells the story of Sleeping Beauty - from the birth of Princess Aurora and her curse by the evil fairy Carabosse, to when she pricks her finger on a spindle on her sixteenth birthday and falls into a deep sleep - and discover how the curse is finally lifted with the help of the lilac fairy.

Using the full puzzle image on the poster as a reference, piece together the enchanting illustration showing the happy ending to this magical story. Prince Florimund awakens the sleeping beauty, Princess Aurora, with a gentle kiss, the palace reawakens, and the Prince and Princess decide to celebrate their marriage in their beautiful kingdom. As you slot the shaped pieces into place, press the musical notes to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing from Tchaikovsky's original score. Imagine the ballerinas and flowers spinning gracefully to Tchaikovsky's most famous waltz, Once Upon a Dream, the stormy notes of Carabosse's angry spell and the hopeful, rising notes of the princess's magical awakening.

Turn the poster over to find additional details on the story's happy ending, as well as a brief biography of the composer and how his music connects with the story.

This musical jigsaw puzzle is the perfect gift to introduce children to classical music.

The Story Orchestra series brings classical music to life for children through gorgeously illustrated retellings of classic ballet, opera and program music stories paired with sound clips of orchestras playing from their musical scores.

The Poetry Play Kit: Games To Get Your Poems Started - Joseph Coelho

2024-09-19T09:33:20+01:00

Vendor: Quarto
Type: Toys
Price: 14.99

Celebrate the power of poetry! Play with words and spark imaginations with this fun activity kit from Joseph Coelho, Children's Poet Laureate 2022–2024.

This fun activity set is perfect for age 6-9. Pick from more than 500 word cards to build your own poetry creations, with endless combinations. 24 games and activities provide all sorts of ways to start your poem, from acrostics and rhyming dominoes to concrete poems and consequences. Spin the letter spinner to randomise the poetic fun, or use linguistic techniques like metaphor and simile to take your poetry skills to the next level.

Includes: 500 word tiles, 1 letter/MORERAPS spinner (MORERAPS = Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, Rhyme, Emotion, Repetition, Alliteration, Personification, Simile), 12 cards with 24 activities and 1 rules and inspiration booklet.

1-6 players.

Enter The World Of The Dinosaurs: immersive 3D viewer

2024-09-19T09:26:48+01:00

Vendor: Kaddo
Type: Toys
Price: 12.99

See 30 illustrated dinosaurs in roar-some 3D with this fun immersive 3D viewer.

Choose a dinosaur card and place it in the box, then look through the lenses to enter the world of the dinosaurs! See a charging triceratops, a T-Rex mid-roar, and many other dino favourites in three dimensions. Turn over the cards to discover fun facts about each dinosaur.

The immersive 3D viewer contains 3D lenses, 30 dinosaur cards, and an instructions and games leaflet.

Screen-free fun for dinosaur fans aged 3+.

Size: 18 × 6.5 × 6.5cm.

Djeco - Cachempil mother hen wooden stacking game

2024-09-18T22:49:55+01:00

Vendor: Djeco
Type: Toys
Price: 11.97

We love Djeco's mother hen wooden stacking game. This classic developmental toy has five chunky wooden rings for young children to stack in order, then add the chicken's head. The largest ring is hiding a surprise egg!

Made from rubberwood from sustainably managed forests.

Suitable for 12+ months.

Size: 15 x 13cm.

Djeco is a wonderful Parisian toys brand, formed in 1954. They create everything from classic wooden toys and jigsaws to stationery and craft kits to spark kids' imagination. There's something for all ages and budgets, from modern dolls houses to stickers and tattoos.

Cat Family Christmas: lift-the-flap jigsaw puzzle

2024-09-18T21:13:54+01:00

Vendor: Frances Lincoln
Type: Books
Price: 14.99

Count down to Christmas with the Cat Family in this charming lift-the-flap puzzle with 12 flaps to open.

Piece together the 76-piece puzzle to create your Cat Family Christmas scene, based on the gorgeous book. Open the 12 flaps on the shaped pieces to reveal what the Cat Family have been up to as they decorate, bake and prepare the house for the holiday. Every flap leads to a heart-warming miniature scene that will fill you and your family with Christmas cheer.

Infused with the warm nostalgia of a traditional Victorian advent calendar, the puzzle image shows the adorable Cat Family decorating their Christmas tree next to their roaring fireplace, with knitted stockings hung from the evergreen garland–draped mantle.

In the enchantingly illustrated booklet, join the Cat Family as they prepare for Christmas Day, decorating their home, baking treats, writing letters to Santa, making gifts and more. Along the way, find ideas for your own family-friendly holiday activities, such as making your own decorations and gift wrap, and spreading festive cheer in the community.

Suitable for age 4-7. Puzzle size: 33 x 33cm.

Check out the books, Cat Family Christmas and Cat Family at The Museum.

Frozen Mountain: Spin To Survive - Emily Hawkins

2024-09-18T20:45:57+01:00

Vendor: Wide Eyed Editions
Type: Books
Price: 20.00

Decide your destiny with a pop-out fortune spinner!

With this game in a book, you'll embark on a dangerous adventure. Use the pop-out Survival Spinner to learn your fate as you face peril after peril in a wild, rugged landscape. Have you got what it takes to survive?

You become lost in the mountains after an emergency landing. Among the snowy peaks, you are at risk from dangers including falling victim to hypothermia, being buried by an avalanche, or stumbling into a deep crevasse. In your backpack, you have a sleeping bag, a thermal roll-mat, a bottle of water, a bag of nuts, waterproof matches, a pair of binoculars, a camera, a first aid kit and an old survival journal belonging to your grandfather.

As you confront each life-threatening challenge in this adventure-filled game book, place the Survival Spinner found inside the cover of the book on one of the circles on your current page, and spin. The place where the spinner points when it stops tells you if you have survived, are still living but injured, or that you have perished, with a corresponding page number to turn to for each fate.

On the way, you'll learn about real-life survival techniques, including how to make a snow shelter, build a fire, survive a bear attack, treat a wound, use the sun and moon to navigate and cross a frozen lake.

Harrowing tales of real-life wilderness survivors provide glimmers of hope as you deal with the consequences of your choices. One bad decision could lead to disaster…

Galison - Yoga For Cats jigsaw puzzle - 500 pieces

2024-07-11T17:44:26+01:00

Vendor: Galison
Type: Toys
Price: 12.99

This 500-piece jigsaw puzzle, illustrated by Susann Hoffmann, features a host of cats in different yoga poses, from downward dog to warrior pose. A super gift for cat lovers and yoga fans alike!

Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse and storage.

Box Size: 28.6 x 21 x 5.1cm. Puzzle Size: 50.8 x 68.6cm.

I Saw It First! Jungle: a family spotting game

2024-07-11T17:44:08+01:00

Vendor: Laurence King
Type: Toys
Price: 19.99

This is an easy to understand but addictive to play board game that all the family can enjoy together. There are 300 jungle animals on this hexagonal board (beautifully illustrated by Caroline Selmes), from the familiar leopard or hippopotamus to the more obscure eyelash viper or giraffe weevil. Take turns to pull a counter from the box and be the first to spot the animal on the board. Even better: the six board pieces are double-sided and can be configured in different ways, so sharp-eyed kids can't just memorise the locations!

Galison - Best In Show jigsaw puzzle - 1000 pieces

2024-07-11T16:16:28+01:00

Vendor: Galison
Type: Toys
Price: 15.99

This 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle is a fun shelfie of best in show cats and dogs sharing shelf space with trophies and books.

Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes with a colour puzzle insert, perfect for gifting, reuse and storage.

Box size: 20.3 x 20.3 x 4.1cm. Puzzle size: 20 x 20in.

Galison - Shrooms In Bloom jigsaw puzzle - 500 pieces

2024-07-11T16:07:30+01:00

Vendor: Galison
Type: Toys
Price: 13.99

This 500-piece jigsaw puzzle, features a vibrant collage of mushrooms from the wonderful and fascinating world of fungi. Amazing nature!

Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes with a colour puzzle insert, perfect for gifting, reuse and storage.

Box size: 23.5 x 17.8 x 5.1cm. Puzzle size: 61 x 45.7cm.

I Saw It First! Ocean: a family spotting game

2024-07-11T16:06:40+01:00

Vendor: Laurence King
Type: Toys
Price: 19.99

This is an easy to understand but addictive to play board game that all the family can enjoy together. There are 300 ocean creatures on this hexagonal board (beautifully illustrated by Caroline Selmes), from the blue whale and clownfish to the more obscure water bear, barreleye and horse-eye jack. Take turns to pull a counter from the box and be the first to spot the animal on the board. Even better: the six board pieces are double-sided and can be configured in different ways, so sharp-eyed kids can't just memorise the locations!

Check out the Jungle version, too.

The A to Z of Dogs: A Very Looooong Jigsaw Puzzle - Seungyoun Kim

2024-07-11T14:50:19+01:00

	Vendor: Laurence King Type: Toys Price: 14.99
This 58-piece jigsaw puzzle forms one big sausage dog that's almost a metre long, and features 26 different dog breeds. Big, sturdy pieces make assembling this jigsaw puzzle easy for little hands. Kids and parents alike will love recognising familiar breeds and learning new ones in Seungyoun Kim’s gorgeous illustration.