Art for all
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Nurture your child’s inner artist! There’s nothing more satisfying than creating your very own artwork, so let them dabble and have fun with colours and textures. Here are some inexpensive art and craft toys to help them on their way.
MY FIRST FINGERPRINT PAINT ART FUN
Price £14.99
From SES Creative
Age 12 months +
Create adorable animal art with this high-quality set which encourages imagination and fine motor skills through mess-free painting activities. It includes 10 colouring sheets with animals and three colours of fingerprint paint. Safe and easy to use for little ones, it’s ideal for creative early learning.
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FIRST STICKER PICTURES
Price £7.99
From Galt Toys
Age 3+
Children will love making up their own stories as they add themed reusable stickers to the picture backgrounds.
Ideal for travel, this set stimulates imagination and encourages manual dexterity. It includes six picture backgrounds (size 20 x 20cm), six sheets with 100 reusable vinyl stickers and a play guide.
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OODLE COPY, DRAW & PRINT SET
Price £13.99
From Canal Toys
Age 3+
This creative pad lets kids bring their imagination to life in artwork— and then print it instantly! With its easy-to-use drawing board, colourful carbon paper and 50 reusable stencils, children can sketch, trace and doodle whatever they dream up. Then, with the press of a button, their masterpiece prints out — ready to be coloured with the included crayons.
3 x AA batteries are required (not included).
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ART LAB FLUFFY PAINT STUDIO
Price £22.99
From Canal Toys
Age 5+
Explore colour and texture using bright watercolours and fluffy dimensional paints to create vibrant, tactile art. Simply select a poster or design from scratch, paint with watercolours, then add 3D fluffy paint textures. The set also includes six surprise bags of deco charms to personalise your art. With a complete set of tools, paints, posters, and charms, the studio is neatly designed for organised creativity.
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SIMBRIX THEME PARK GLOWING GALACTIC
Price £15
From Character Options
Age 5+
This pixel art building system lets you create 2D and 3D designs, artwork and puzzles using interlocking colourful bricks. Build, take apart and rebuild endless times using the 1500 Simbrix and 9 Simstix, with help from the instruction booklet. Simbrix combines elements of STEAM learning and is totally mess free – no iron, glue or water.
Create rockets, spacemen, shooting stars – whatever or wherever your imagination takes you.
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