Boredom Busters

Every kid love making potions! Take The Den Kit Co's Potion Making Kit on an outdoor adventure and make potions in the wild!

Collect any special petals, leaves, grasses or soil to create a marvellous mixture of your own making. Add a pinch of natural colour, a splash of water, a sniff of a summer's day - and just imagine the spells you could cast.

Ad the beauty of making potions outside - no mess in the house!

This set is a perfect addition to any school, holiday club, scout group or home.

Set Contains:

• 250ml measuring beaker
• sieve
• stirring stick
• wooden tea spoon, to scoop up the powders
• mini funnel
• 3 reusable potion bottles
• tin of beetroot powder
• tin turmeric powder
• dried flower petals in a jute bag
• dried rosemary in a jute bag
• dried lavender in a jute bag

Safety

Warning! Not suitable for children under 3 years. Small parts. Choking hazards .Adult supervision necessary due to small parts and sharp tools. Recommended for children 6+

This clever crocodile balancing game uses strategy and skill: use the colourful wooden blocks to correctly balance the friendly crocodile. A fun teaching tool to aid hand eye coordination, fine motor skills and shape recognition

Classic World have a straight forward philosophy, 'Happy Playing, Happy Learning!'

Their commitment goes beyond just making great toys, they practice an environmentally safe production process and do more than their part in making a safe and clean world for children to grow up in.

• Suitable for children aged 3 years +
• Made from natural, eco-friendly wood
• Non-toxic
• Item dimensions: 23 x 3 x 11cm

This beautiful set of Beeswax Dinosaur shaped Crayons from Jar Melo make a perfect gift.

Presented in a cardboard box with 12 brightly coloured dinosaur shapes, they'll be loved by any crafty kids.

Their chunky shape makes them easy to hold and draw with, but their strong composition makes them hard to break.

• 12 dinosaur shaped crayons
• Presented in a cardboard box for easy storage
• Made with pure, non-toxic beeswax
  
• 18 months plus
  

Teach them essential life skills with these mini kits from The Den Kit Co. Contains two lengths of cord to practise on, a guide to six of the most important knots to master, plus a handy bag to keep them together - making a useful and diverting little kit for any young explorer.

How to tie 6 essential knots guide
An easy-to-follow pictorial and written guide to six of the most important and useful beginners knots.

Cordage
Two 1m length pieces of polypropylene cordage in different colours for easy differentiation when knot tying.

Mini Hessian Bag
The perfect size for your mini kit, this useful natural hessian drawstring bag keeps everything where it should be.

Set Contains:

• Two 1m length pieces of polypropylene cord
• How to tie 6 essential knots guide
• Hessian Storage Bag

Safety

Warning! Not suitable for children under 3 years due to long cordage. Strangulation hazard Adult supervision necessary. Recommended for children 6+.

A best seller from Plan Toys. This fun and colourful set comes with 6 beehives, 6 bees and a set of forceps.

There's so many ways to play with it; stacking, sorting, colour matching - it's a great multi-functional toy for age 3 upwards.

Game: Stack the beehive and take turns either putting the bees in or taking them out. Who can do it without knocking them over? Great for co-ordination, patience practising turn-taking and concentration.

Colour matching: Perfect for learning colours, match up te correct bee to their colour beehive. Perfect for learning colours

Plan Toys using create stunning wooden toys, using sustainable materials and principles.

Details:

• Age: 3+ Choking Hazard small parts
• Materials: Rubberwood 

These Animal Block Sets from Classic World are made from 14 wooden blocks that can be combined in various ways to create different objects and animals, they help to develop imagination and intellectual ability.

Comes with 5 double sided cards with fun prompts of what to create.

Helps to develop children's imagination, visual discrimination, spatial awareness, hand eye coordination and problem solving skills.

• Age range 18 months +
• Made from sustainable wood
• Non-toxic paint
• Safe and robust
• Wipes clean

Button and Squirt's Alphabet of amazing dinosaurs flash card set is filled with fascinating dinos from a variety of eras as a fun and educational way of not only teaching the alphabet but also introducing some truly amazing prehistoric creatures.

As with their other fact cards this pack features 36 cards, there are 26 letter cards, 9 number cards and 1 key card.

Each letter card features the letter on one side in upper and lower case with a close up of the dinosaur behind it, then when you turn it over you get to see the full dinosaur illustration with is name along with how to pronounce it and a little symbol to show what type of food they ate.

The background colour of the card shows what time period the dinosaur lived in meaning you can see which ones would have lived together. The number cards work the same but have the same number of dinosaurs on it as the card shows meaning you can count them.

• Approx size 78mm x 108mm
• Each pack comes packaged in its own fully printed box. So they make ideal gifts.
• Our cards are printed in the UK, on FSC certified card stock.
• CE tested.
• Design Registration 6071219

Hang out with all the garden friends. Simply play with the figures or use as a fun game to try and stack them all up on the tree without falling down!

The Stacking Garden Friends is made from sustainable sourced solid wood and painted with cute garden motifs, it also comes with a printed drawstring bag for easy storage. Encourage logical thinking and inspire imaginative play and fine motor skills.

Comes with 10 wooden animal figures, 1 wooden tree, 1 wooden plant pot and flower and 1 wooden wheelbarrow and vegetable. Cotton drawstring storage bag included.

Age range: 18 months +
Product size: 1.69" x 4.53" x 0.79"
Weight: 0.66 lbs

The fun colouring book has 36 pages to colour, featuring all 35 of the dinosaurs in the Button & Squirt flash card set, and an extra page with a few of the favourites featured together.

Each Page features a dinosaur, their name and the letter or number to go with it (on the number pages you get the same amount of dinosaurs as the number)

• A5 Sized
• Printed in the UK on recycled paper stock with veg based ink.
  
• Featuring Button & Squirts original illustrations.

Get even more adventures out of your Seekers game with additional magnet packs. 

Make even the dullest of days by the sea even more fun with this additional magnet set to go on your Seekers board. 

NB: Board is not included in these magnet sets. Buy the starter board here >

Seekers' scavenger hunt game is the perfect way to encourage kids to get outdoors. Keep kids occupied, and explore the outdoors with their innovative magnetic game.

The aim of the game is very simple, head out with your board and try and find as any of the items as possible. Once you've found it, turn around that magnet. Try an find all 12 to 'win'. Playable with just 1 board or turn it into a competition to see who can find them first with multiple boards.

Each magnet set comes with it's own pouch to keep the magnets in when not using them.

Magnet sets includes:

• 12 SEEKERS reversible magnets
• 1 x small drawstring bag

This cool Robot Construction set from Tender Leaf Toys includes 3 brightly coloured retro style robots that all come apart and can be reconstructed to make endless variations.

Presented in a pretty window box - perfect for gifting.

Age range: 3 Years And Older
Product size: 4.92 x 12.6 x 5.12”
Weight: 0.64 lbs

This first puzzle tube from Floss & Rock is perfect for toddlers.

As children master the 3 piece puzzle they can then progress to the 4, 6 and 8 piece. 4 puzzles are included.

Puzzles feature foiled elements and have a gloss finish. They come in a handy storage tub with carry handle and a ‘to & from’ gift tag.

• Age: 3+
• Tub Box: 15 x 11 cm
• Puzzle Size: 5.9 x 6.6 cm

Pick a Brick is a great strategic thinking game and is easy and fun for all ages. Take turns removing one brick at a time, but be careful, if the wall collapses the game is over!

• Recommended age range: 3 years +
• Made from sustainable wood
• Non-toxic paint
• Safe and robust
• Wipes clean
• Item dimensions: 24.5 x 7.5 x 21cm
• Develops fine motor skills

This first puzzle tube from Floss & Rock is perfect for toddlers.

As children master the 3 piece puzzle they can then progress to the 4, 6 and 8 piece. 4 puzzles are included.

Puzzles feature foiled elements and have a gloss finish. They come in a handy storage tub with carry handle and a ‘to & from’ gift tag.

• Age: 3+
• Tub Box: 15 x 11 cm
• Puzzle Size: 5.9 x 6.6 cm

Teach your little ones about music and rhythm, whilst stimulating all their senses with these funky maracas from Classic World. 

You can create lot's of beats and rhythms whilst watching the beads shake. 

**Price is for 1 maraca, colours vary**

• Suitable for 10 months +
• Made from sustainably sourced wood
• Non-toxic paint
• 6 colours available
• 16 x 5.5 x 5.5cm

This Magic Ball from Classic World features a range of colours and can be stretched and compressed.

Stretch it, squeeze it, shake it. Excellent for stimulating imagination, colour and shape recognition and helps to develop motor skills.

18 Month +

A staple for all toddlers learning to make their mark. Jar Melo's crayons are non-toxic, easy to hold and durable. They'll also wash off skin, clothing and painted walls. Perfect for younger kids who haven't quite learnt pencil control.

A perfect gift for young artists.

• Comes in a cardboard storage box
• 48 colourful crayons
  
• Age 2 +

Hang out with all the farmyard friends and stack them all up!

Encourage logical thinking and inspire imaginative play and fine motor skills with this wonderful toy from Tender Leaf Toys.

Did you know that stacking and colourful toys are essential for child development? Learning through plan is such an easy fun way to help develop our children's young minds.

Play and pack away as this 13 piece set comes with a handy little farm bag with drawstring.

Set includes:

• Pig
• Cow
• Bull
• Chick
• Chicken
• Goose
• Goat
• Donkey
• Sheep
• Shepherd dog
• Wheelbarrow
• Hay bale
• Farmyard bag for storage

Details:

• Made from sustainable rubber wood, coloured with a soft non-toxic water stain for a contemporary style.
• Presented in an illustrated colour box
  
• Age range: 3+
• Product size: 13 x 13 x 13 cm

36 pages of bird facts, colouring and activities featuring Button & Squirts beautiful illustrations.

The book introduces you to 12 different birds that you can commonly see in gardens across Britain, including:

• Robin
• Starling
  
• Jackdaw
  
• Blackbird
  
• Magpie
  
• Wren
• Blue Tit
  
• Long Tailed Tit
  
• Goldfinch
  
• Greenfinch
  
• Great Tit
  
• Woodpigeon
  

For each bird there is a fact file page saying its name, its scientific name, where you can spot them, what they eat, their conservation status, wingspan and a fun fact, along with a colourful illustration. Then the following page is a colouring page so you can colour your own version of that bird.

The book also includes a 'This book belongs to' page, two bird spotting lists, a wordsearch, a dot to dot, a spot the difference, a put them in size order activity, a maze and a colouring page

A great colouring, activity and fact book that can be kept and referenced back to again and again. The A5 size makes it easy to carry around with you on a walk, and the wire binding makes it easy to lay flat for colouring and for flicking through to the bird you want to look at.

Up your chalk game with these cool chalk markers from Jar Melo. It's chalk but not as you know it! Create stunning designs with these felt tip like markers, and then just wipe them off again like regular chalk.

These pens are great at creating fun artistic signs for parties, birthdays, weddings, or any event. Why not write your weekly menu? Or create a welcome sign when you've got friends coming over.

They can be used on chalk boards, glass or other non porous surfaces.

Comes with 6 markers in a sturdy cardboard storage box: Red, yellow, blue, green, purple and white.

Wipe with a damp cloth to remove.

Shake well before use and push tip down for 10 seconds before 1st use.

A classic toy for all ages! Pass down your yoyoing skills to your children with these colourful wooden yoyos from Rex London.

Perfect for party bags or stocking fillers.

• Size: 5.5 x 5.5 x 3cm
• Age: 3+

These fact cards are the perfect gift for any animal lover, young or old! 

Each Card features one of Button And Squirt's original animal drawings, along with their common name and scientific name, where they live, what they eat, their conservation status and 3 fun facts and, the background colour of each card represents where in the world they live.

Use the cards to learn more about some of the amazing animals that we share the earth with. Each card is also colour coordinated in a range of colours to show which area of the earth they are found in. On the back of each card are amazing facts about the animals.

They also make a fantastic home education resource providing a fun educational activity that will allow them to learn through play about amazing unusual animals from around the world. 

There are lots of different ways to play and they really do appeal to all ages.
Some ways we play:

• Match up toys to the cards
• Play snap with the coloured backgrounds
• Find the carnivores and the herbivores
• Identify the animals
• Remember facts to win the cards
• Use them as resources at drawing time or inspiration for writing stories.

We love hearing how you play with yours too.

Contains: 36 cards (1 key card plus 35 animal cards)

Animals in Set 1: Atlas Moth, Rockhopper Penguin, Raccoon, Manatee, Thorny Dragon, Alapaca, Aardvark, African Elephant, Walrus, Narwhal, Proboscis Monkey, Atlantic Puffin, Panda Ant, Snow Leopard, Sun Fish, Pygmy Three Toed Sloth, Pink Fairy Armidillo, Orca, Okapi, Canada Lynx, Leatherback Turtle, Scallop Hammerhead Shark, Bowmouth Guitarfish, Giant Anteater, Gelada, San Francisco Garter Snake, Echidna, Dumbo Octopus, 8 Spotted Crab Spider, Brwon Long Eared Bat, Blue Footed Booby, Blue Dragon Sea Slug, Blob Fish, Beluga Whale and Axolotl

• Approx size 78mm x 108mm
• Each pack comes packaged in its own fully printed box. So they make ideal gifts.
• Our cards are printed in the UK, on FSC certified card stock.
• CE tested.
• Design Registration 6071212

These fact cards are the perfect gift for any shark lover, young or old! 

Ria from Button & Squirt wanted to create this set of cards to bring some much needed love to the sharks that swim in our oceans. They are a very misunderstood group of animals that get some very bad press (Jaws I'm looking at you). Sharks are truly amazing creatures that we need to keep our oceans healthy, so its about time we all learnt a bit more about them and realised how much love they really deserve.

Each Card features one of Button And Squirt's original shark drawings, along with their common name and scientific name, where they live, what they eat, their conservation status and 3 fun facts and, the background colour of each card represents where in the world they live.

Use the cards to learn more about some of the amazing animals that we share the earth with. Each card is also colour coordinated in a range of colours to show which area of the earth they are found in. On the back of each card are amazing facts about the animals.

They also make a fantastic home education resource providing a fun educational activity that will allow them to learn through play about amazing unusual animals from around the world. 

There are lots of different ways to play and they really do appeal to all ages.
Some ways we play:

• Match up toys to the cards
• Play snap with the coloured backgrounds
• Identify the sharks
• Remember facts to win the cards
• Use them as resources at drawing time or inspiration for writing stories.

We love hearing how you play with yours too.

Contains: 36 cards (1 key card plus 35 animal cards)

• Approx size 78mm x 108mm
• Each pack comes packaged in its own fully printed box. So they make ideal gifts.
• Our cards are printed in the UK, on FSC certified card stock.
• CE tested.
• Design Registration 6071218