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Tuesday, 2 December 2025

Gifts for curious children

Fun and fantastical surprises to unlock the big imaginations of the little ones in your life

Illustrations by Alma Haser

Illustrations by Alma Haser

Phone-free childhoods, sure, but what to hand them instead of those pesky rectangles? How about a silver space suit; an adventure story like they used to write ‘em; a trio of paper kittens and an excuse to go out in the muck?

Silver astronaut costume £40, shop.sciencemuseum.org.uk

Tartan nightie £58, ifonlyif.co.uk

Organic Zoo x Main Sauvage knitted bunny £35, organic-zoo.com

Knot Skills by the Den Kit Company £10.50, thedenkitco.com

Paper cat origami £10, boostology.co.uk

The Strange House by Raymond Briggs £19.99, manderleypress.com

OkoNorm beeswax crayon set £19.95, babipur.co.uk

Djeco Animambo piano £69, djeco.com

Lego Fauna collection tiger £44.99, johnlewis.com

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