4M Toys

Since its inception in 1993 4M has specialised in producing creative play things for curious kids. The 4M team, based in Hong Kong, is dedicated to the development of fascinatingly creative and stimulating educational toys that enliven kid's natural curiosity, giving them the opportunity to experiment in an exciting, but safe way. 4M children's art, craft and Kidz Lab kids science kit range have won numerous awards and many have received the recognition and approval of the world famous British Science Museum (no mean feat!).

4M care about the environment, for example their packaging is almost entirely PVC free and to encourage environmental awareness among the children who enjoy their creativity craft products, 4M have included a wide variety of recycling tips that they can use and share with others.

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Alex Toys

Alex Toys have a mission - to provide children with quality creative products that foster personal expression and build self-esteem. Working on the philosophy that the best children's activities provide lots of fun and open a child's mind to new skills, new ideas and new worlds their range has become recognised as a leader in the field of kids arts & crafts products and the Alex Toys My First Sewing Kit is a worldwide hit.

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Berol Pens

Berol Felt Tip Pens are widely used in schools because children and teachers alike love them. Berol pens offer great colour, they last a long time and if you accidently leave the cap off the pen will not run dry for up to 14 days. Crafts4Kids offers a range of Berol 12 pen packs including Berol Fabric Pens with a variety of themes and nibs for different effects.

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Airfix Kits

Airfix Kits have been around for several generations now first emerging in the early 1950s and grandfathers and fathers alike will probably have fond memories of these from their childhood days. Fully updated and modernised for today's savvy kids Airfix Car, Plane and Boat Kits still make a great creative toy gift, especially for boys, and require thinking skills, manual dexterity and creativity to be applied. Making an Airfix kit is also a great fun project to work on with a child too (why should they get all the fun!)

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Aladine

Aladine Art Stamps are huge in continental Europe and rightly so - these fabulous creative products are loved by children as they can create their own unique story pages, make home made cards, decorate books, letters, scrapbooks, diaries and the like as well as use them for drawing and painting fun.  Kids Art Stamping is a staple of childhood creativity and Aladine Stamping Sets and Create A Story Kits make great kids gifts and they even do the Aladine Baby Stamps for ages 18 months upwards.

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Buttonbag

Buttonbag craft kits are a delightful way to introduce children to sewing and the thrill and satisfaction of making their own toys and fun accessories. These lovely contemporary kids sewing and puppet making kits are designed and made in the UK using UK sourced quality fabrics, wools and trimmings. Button bag activity toys have everything needed in the box and well laid out instructions that are child friendly. Their contemporary designs coupled with their simplicity mean they will appeal to children of all ages. All Buttonbag kits come in simple, quality brown recycled cardboard packaging which is recyclable too.

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Egmont Toys

Egmont Toys aim to provide original toys of a good quality at reasonable pricesmwith a strong focus on play value - the bright colours and original styles engage children immediately and the quality of Egmont Toys means they stand the test of time. Made in Belguim by traditional toy manufacturers, you will not find Egmont Toys in supermarkets or big retail chains so you can be sure you are giving a unique toy gift with true play value.

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Canova

Crafts4Kids spotted Canova and their lovely ranges of grow your own kits for children and were instantly hooked - Canova was launched in 2006 out of a desire to design and manufacture functional, fun, environmentally sound products; Crafts4Kids offers the Canova Grow My First Ever flowers, fruit and vegetable range aimed at younger children aged up to 11 and Save the Planet grow your own tree kit which is a fun way to engage children in the debate around globally warming. All designed and manufactured in the UK and ideal gifts to get children of all ages gardening!

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Clever Box Club

The Clever Box Club range of cardboard toys are in Crafts4Kids humble opinion unique and wonderful and beloved by the Obama's in the warehouse following a recent trip to Ireland! Designed by an architect with children of her own, the concept of these very clever boxes is to take simple but very strong cardboard boxes of different shapes, sizes and bright colours and team them together with packs of creative materials to that they can be transformed into unique and wonderful playthings. Clever Box Club cardboard toys are a fantastic way of stimulating children’s minds, encouraging creative and imaginative play and don’t worry there are extensive ideas with each kit of things to turn your box into! All Clever Box Club boxes can be flat packed after play and stored in the packaging box provided – a super idea taking traditional fun and adding a contemporary twist!

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Crafty Kids Puppets

Crafty Kids Ltd was launched in November 2003 by TV puppeteer Sally Preisig specialising in producing puppet and craft kits for children. Crafty Kids Ltd came about as a result of a desire to produce interesting kits for children that contained more than a few pieces of paper and a sequin (a philosphy which sits very well with our own at Crafts4Kids).

The delightful Crafty Kids string puppet kits come in their own colourful spotty tub, complete with a brush, paint, glue and full instructions and are great for gifts, craft party activities and rainy day projects. Nearly everything used is from recycled materials and is recyclable making this an environmentally friendly toy too.

Crayola Model Magic

For over 100 years, the Crayola name has stood for creativity, imagination, innovation and family fun. It is an icon of childhood, and a name parents trust. The Crayola brand has grown into one of the most respected and recognized brands in the consumer marketplace. Crafts4Kids love Crayola Model Magic - this soft, easy-to-use air dry clay modelling material for children is available in buckets of white or mixed colours perfect for kids to create colourful models of what ever they like.

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Creativity for Kids

Creativity for Kids have been around for well over 25 years and are owned by the famous art company Faber Castell - this means their products are always high quality and their kids arts and crafts kits have stood the test of time. All Creativity for Kids creative toys kits allow children to create, explore, imagine and pretend making them educational learning toys and lots of fun all at the same time.

Creativity for Kid's mission is to provide children with experiences that stimulate and encourage their natural creativity. They strive to be the most innovative, highest quality creative activity product provider for children. With many Award Winning Toys under their belts Creativity for Kids products speak for themselves!

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Das Clay and Newclay

Das Clay is highly malleable, comes sealed in an aluminium packs to keep it moist and once dry it can be painted with just about any type of paint - New clay is a reinforced air drying modelling clay that provides all the attributes of airdry clay with the convenience of being non-sticky with low shrinkage during drying - both are ideal for children clay modelling projects.

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Djeco

Djeco toys started in Paris over 50 years ago by a gentleman dedicated to the development and sale of high quality, developmental toys for children. Djeco produce simply exquisite children's art and craft kits, games and toys that genuinely inspire learning through play and Djeco Puzzles are truly original. Djeco use professional artists and designers to create their unique childrens products, then produce and package them to a very high quality making them ideal educational childrens gifts loved by parents as much as the kids. Djeco toys become treasured memories so if you are new to this brand we urge you to try it out!

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Eeboo Toys

The EeBoo vision is to produce beautiful, useful and well-made products for children to a sustainable agenda. Using only the original art of well-known and well-loved children's book illustrators, Eeboo create vibrantly original toys and gifts that children will affectionately remember. Made using sustainable resources, such as recycled cardboard and printed with non-toxic vegetable based inks these delightful toys are an environmentally sound choice too. Choose from Eeboo educational board games for preschool children, beautiful kids art gift sets, lockable diaries for girls and magnetic paper doll playscenes.

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Fashion Angels

Fashion Angels was originally set up by Goldi Miller a fashion designer herself and they now produce fashion design sketch portfolio stencil drawing kits, paper fashion dolls, girls stationery products, magnetic dolls playsets.  Fashion Angels arts and crafts products are all highly appealing to creative girls in the 6 to 12 years of age bracket.

Fashion Angels products are innovative, educational and have the cool factor (pretty important to a tween girls!) and are all carefully designed to educate through play, so children are taught the basic skills of fashion design and the Fashion Angels Make Up Artist Sketchbook has been a worldwide toy success. Recent additions to the ranges have included the Project Runway series of Fashion Design kits for older girls and the Fashion Design Sketch Portfolio range.

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Flights of Fancy

Flights of Fancy is the brainchild of Deryck Henley who set out to produce quality gifts at affordable prices within an overall theme of the sights and sounds of nature.

Crafts4Kids offers a diverse range of Flights of Fancy educational science and nature kits for children and traditional kids games that have stood the test of time all gifts that are a pleasure to give and to receive. We hope you and the kids will find them fun, informative, intriguing and appealing!

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Kid-Eco

Kid-Eco Cardboard Playhouse Kits for Kids are the environmentally play house toy that is just wating to be decorated to your children's very own style (you could even do it yourself for a very special home made gift!). KidEco is the creation of a family firm based in the Midlands who manufacture retail and industrial packaging, so great has the demand for these eco-toys been that Kid Eco had to build another factory to cope! Crafts4Kids is pelased to offer a wide range of these fab cardboard playhouse toys for boys and girls including a cardboard wigwam, cardboard igloo, cardboard theatre and many more innovative designs.

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Interplay My Living World and Wild Science

Wild Science and My Living World Nature Kits for children began life when Managing Director, Ross Ainsworth, a keen amateur naturalist, had a hunch that formicariums (Ant Farms) would be a popular educational product with children; at the time no such product was available in the UK market. From humble beginnings in his garage Interplay has grown rapidly to become the British Toy Industry’s leading Science and Nature supplier offering the multi award winning Wild Science and My Living World kits for children.

Interplay design fun and fascinating children’s toys and gifts with an educational or creative bias and their determination to provide quality products has paid off with numerous industry awards and satisfied customers so give them a go if you have yet to try one! New to the Interplay range are My Style Craft Jewellery and creative kits for girls and 4D Cityscape Puzzles

Sunny Patch

Sunny Patch is a highly successful TV show for pre-school children that aims to teach children about the world they live and how to protect all within it through a group of friendly, animated insect and bug creatures. In support of the Sunny Patch team Melissa & Doug have created the Sunny Patch Toys branded range of Outdoor Toys for Kids - high quality toys that will encourage children outdoors to play and to examine and learn about the beautiful world outside!

Klutz

Klutz creates kids activity products including books and kits that stimulate children's growth through creativity and here at Crafts4Kids we can't get enough of them! Klutz products combine clear instructions with everything you need to give kids a hands-on learning experience that ranges from the artistic to the scientific and beyond. Klutz books use high quality supplies that inspire children and their design and imagery never fails to captivate or engage children.

Founded in 1977, Klutz has been stimulating kids creativity and imagination for over 30 years and today more than 200 100% KLUTZ Certified products are on sale including the best selling Klutz Paper Fashions range, Klutz Paper Airplanes, Klutz Fancy Friendship Bracelets and the award winning Chicken Socks range of children's activity books for kids aged 4 to 6 years old. As Klutz say "we think people learn best through their hands, nose, feet, mouth and ears. Then their eyes."!

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KSG Sequin Art

KSG Sequin Art and Sequin Art and Beads kits have long been a favourite of children and adults - these beadwork kits build a dazzling picture through pinnning sequins to a fabric covered board following a pattern. KSG Sequin Art projects are absorbing and a great craft kit for children who like detailed work.

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One Earth Games

One Earth Games are an emerging games company with an ethical agenda and we couldn't resist their new fun family board game when we saw it; all about living sustainably, Go Green The Game does come very highly acclaimed by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales as well as a host of other opinion formers. Using your wheelbarrow to collect fruit, vegetables, chickens and pigs and with 'Green Fingers' cards that bring a few twists and turns along the way, the winner is the one to fill their wheelbarrow and allotment with the most animals and produce.  Crafts4Kids loved the Sunday Times viewpoint: 'Don't encourage the kids to become greedy bankers with Monopoly - keep them green with this Good Life game' - here, here!

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Little Pals

Little Pals is the brainchild of the Gardener's Pals team - predominantly a grown up gardening tools company they spotted the opportunity to provide proper gardening tools and equipment for children so they designed them...all on a smaller scale of course!

Little Pal kids garden tools and kids gardening set products are all high quality, colourful and have an added educational and creative bent (like the gardening book that accompanies the Little Pals Gadening Kits) making them some of Crafts4Kids favourites. Perfect for helping kids to understand the growing cycle and to kick start a life long passion for gardening.

Melissa & Doug

Melissa and Doug toys are one of the best ranges of educational, developmental learning toys to emerge out of the USA. Melissa & Doug are in fact a husband and wife team who set out to create a beautifully crafted range of products focused on fostering childrens natural development and delivering a strong sense of accomplishment through play.

Melissa & Doug have high standards and use only quality materials and design with the result that they are now an award winning, leading brand name across the globe and Crafts4Kids is pleased to carry one of the widest selections of their range in the UK including Melissa & Doug Play Food and kitchen play toys, the new Melissa and Doug Role Play Sets dressing up costumes, Melissa & Doug Stamp sets and Scratch Art, a wide range of other kids art and craft activity toys and the very popular Melissa & Doug Magnetic Dress Up Dolls range. Oh and by the way the Melissa and Doug Deluxe Easel is the best selling kids easel in the US as is the Melissa and Doug Puppet Theatre

Great Gizmo's

Great Gizmos was established in 1997 born out of frustration of the owners who had young children and noticed a clear lack of toys out there focusing on the important stuff such as inspiring kids creativity, expanding childrens knowledge and building their skills base - whilst having great fun at the same time of course – much the same reasons that Crafts4Kids got going too! Now recognised as an overall brand name in their own right Great Gizmo's offer educational toys such as 4M toys, Window Mosaics and the ever popular Mould & Paint range - rest assured they all make great kids gifts.

Minicraft Sewing Kits

Minicraft Soft Toy Sewing Kits were a favourite of several of the Crafts4Kids team when they were children so have clearly stood the test of time! A great way to introduce girls and boys to sewing all Minicraft Sewing Kits are perfect of beginners as they come with ready to sew pre-cut fabric pieces and the accessories needed to complete a cuddly soft toy. Crafts4Kids sell the Minicraft Soft Toy Filling, felt packs and a great starter sewing kit too so everything needed is right here. Choose from Minicraft Big Softies, Mini Kits (perfect party bag alternatives) and Medium Soft Toy sewing kits.

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Mudpuppy Toys

Mudpuppy the exclusive design led children's toy brand from US publishing house Galison Press offer beautifully illustrated, stylish childrens puzzles, kids sticker playscenes toys, magnetic dress up dolls and childrens games. Mudpuppy creative and imaginative toys are manufactured with an eye to the environment using recycled and recyclable materials and the retro styling of their tin puzzles and magnetic dress up dolls make them highly contemporary toys.

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Orb Factory Sticky Mosaics

The Orb Factory are award winning designers and manufacturers of innovative toys, craft kits, puzzles, and educational products. Based in Canada Orb Factory work directly with parents and children to develop their international award winning products which are now sold all over the world. Their mission is to offer customers a clear alternative to existing toy offerings through the quality of their designs, the play value, and the educational content of their products.

Crafts4Kids love the Orb Factory Magnetic Mosaics, Sticky Mosaics and My First Sticky Mosaics ranges so much we are now have the widest range available online in the UK.

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Oskar & Ellen

Oskar and Ellen are a Swedish company (and we know how good Scandi Style is) who produce beautiful heirloom role play and pretend play toys for children to enjoy up to age 7 or so. The business concept at Oskar & Ellen is to develop innovative, fun and colourful products to stimulate play and learning and to produce these in a sustainable, positive way.

Oskar and Ellen Toys are designed with children in mind and fully tested by little ones, they are then handmade by carefully selected sewing studios in the Philippines that are Fair Trade enterprises. The range covers dressing up clothes, tea set toys, play food, and adorable play sets and all of the toys are made of soft, padded and washable cotton materials which are appealing to children. Oskar & Ellen are premium quality toys that make fabulous gifts.

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Quay Woodcraft Construction

Quay Imports produce an extensive range of woodcraft construction kit activity toys that are highly popular with children and adults alike. These sturdy wood craft kits are made from pre-cut plywood sheets that come ready to push out the pieces and assemble. Each wood model is built by slotting the individual pieces together following the easy to use numbering system included in each wood craft kit. Quay Woodcraft Construction Kits offer great educational value and are an environmentally friendly too making them a great creative gift choice for children.

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Scribble Down

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Ridley's House of Novelties

Welcome to Ridley's House of Novelties children’s gifts that don't require batteries or a plug and that are all about having active fun whether indoors or outdoors – the Ridley’s toy range contains traditional toys, games, magic and jokes magic card tricks and the nostalgic retro packaging is so very hip and cool!

Ridleys House of Novelties - great for gifts, stocking fillers and all round fun!

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Rosie Flo's

Rosie Flo’s colouring books range evolved through artist Roz Streeten's hours of sitting and drawing with her daughters when they were small as they gave her instructions as to what to draw.

Fast forward and a unique collection of Rosie Flo's character colouring books has been created that have taken the globe by storm (very popular in Japan and the US!). The designs are all intricate and beautiful and all the characters share a similarity - they lack the head and limbs ready for children to express their own individuality.

New to the Rosie Flo and Johhny Joe range is the Rosie Flo's Sticky Colouring Book, Rosie Flo Colouring Posters and the Rosie Flo's Postcards which won the children's best new product of the year at the 2010 Top Drawer trade fair.

Read more about Rosie Flo's here

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The Cooking Club for Kids

Launched in to the UK in late 2011 Crafts4Kids is the first online Toy Shops in the UK to stock the award winning Australian Toy brand the Cooking Club for Kids - this fabulous range of Childrens Cooking Sets are genuine child sized Kids Baking Sets and learn to cook kits that can be used to teach children to cook.  The philosophy behind the Cooking Club for kids is to provide opportunities for parents and children to cook together, spend time learning to love food and to transfer the skill of cooking to the next generation - here, here!

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Sparrowkids

Sparrowkids sewing kits for kids are designed to a sustainable, environmentally friendly agenda and are great, contemporary kits for introducing kids to sewing. Sparrowkids is the brainchild of a London based mum who sources high quality recycled felt, wool cloth and other materials, all locally supplied, to develop her inspiring craft kits.

Sparrowkids craft kits aim to introduce children to creativity whilst developing an awareness of their environment and they are oh so stylish too! Sparrowkids kits are true eco toys and their new range of Make at Home Cushion Kits will really appeal to older children, teenagers and quite probably adults as well!

Style Me Up

Recently launched into the UK, the Style Me Up a range of contemporary and stylish jewellery kits and fashion design sketch portfolios for girls offer contemporary packaging and contents making these craft gift sets that will definitely appeal to modern young teenage girls - ie they will get used and the end products worn!

Thames & Kosmos

Launched into the UK toys market in late 2011 Crafts4Kids was once of the first online Toys Shops to see the huge potential in Thames and Kosmos Science Kits and Science Gifts for children - T&K offer award winning science toys cover real areas of interest in an indepth way through kits full of hands-on science experiments and backed up with really good literature.  These are genuinely educational toys and will be loved by all children with an interest in how the world around them works - covering Thames and Kosmos topics as diverse as global warming, genetics and DNA and perfumery there is a title to suit boys and girls alike and Crafts4Kids thoroughly recommend them!

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The Little Experience

Tai Broadhurst set up her business, The Little Experience, in 2002 from a small office in Arundel with the aim of creating and supplying great quality creative activity kits with a modern look and feel for today's market savvy kids. The company's mantra revolves around rejecting the big company practice of pumping out mass products that fail to cater for the individual needs of each child.

The Little Experience champion good old fashioned, thought-provoking activities that simply stimulate receptive imaginations whilst encouraging plenty of parent to child interaction. We are sure you will like their range - choose from Little Experience Stitch It and Knit It, Build It and Create It ranges.  All designed and assembled in the UK to ensure their quality Little Experience Creative Toys make excellent childrens gifts.

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Timberkits

Timberkits Automated Woodwork Kits are both a gift and a hobby; whereas many gifts are subject to the whims of fashion, the creative delight in constructing a Timberkit working wood models is something that can be passed on from one generation to the next and is a welcome alternative family activity in the age of keypad, screen and electronic bleep.

Timberkit Models are designed in Wales and made with wood from sustainable sources. All completed Timberkit models will move when finished via a series of wheels and cogs so they make great kids science and creative learning projects for children. All Timberkit wood craft models can be painted or left in their natural state.

Walachia Wood Constuction Kits

Walachia Wood Models kits are made by hand in the Czech Republic by a father and son team who work to a sustainable agenda - each Walachia kit is modelled on a tradtional building and uses real mini wood logs. These eco toys are a great construction project for kids but we have been told are great buildings for outdoor model railway enthusiasts too!

A lovely building toy for children and the ever popular Guildhall, Windmill and Watermill models continue to delight.

Worldwide Co toys

Worlwide Co produce design led creative gifts for children of all ages including the great quality kids Finger Printing Art Set range, kids origami paper modelling kits, Bobble Heads papercraft kits, the best selling Friendship Bracelets Kit and the ever popular T-Shirt Grafitti as well as much more. Worldwide Co creative toys are all guaranteed to have the 'cool factor' making them a great childrens gift option.

Zoob

Zoob by Infinitoy is an award-winning, educational building toy with a difference - the pieces move after they have been put together so children can play with their creations.

Zoobs open-ended building encourages kids to learn, explore, and create using their imagination. The five basic Zoob pieces snap, click, and pop together 20 different ways ready for inventing and discovering new ways to build and construct models and each Zoob kit works with all the others so you can build up to the full Zoob set. There’s no limit to what they can build: from animals to aliens, from dinosaurs to DNA - top kids construction kit fun!

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