From the moment a child is born their creative potential is just waiting to be developed and finding the best toy for the job is made easy with dedicated arts and crafts toys for babies, toddlers and older children. Encouraging them to play with toys that are good for a creative mind brings out their ability to make and create things and builds their confidence as they find out things along the way.
Childrens Craft Kits
Lets Cook
Crayola Creations
Painting Fun
Toys that are interesting and easy to play with hold their attention for longer and extend the play value and learning capacity at the same time.
Making and creating things has fascinated children of all ages, older boys and girls will spend hours with construction projects and creative toys while the younger crowd will prefer instant fun with baby crafts like In the Night Garden Aquadraw from Tomy. The no mess toy is a boon for parents who can nurture their child’s creative nature without all the mess that usually comes with inks and paints.
Tomy and Chad Valley looks after the little one’s artistic flair with an array of products like mechanical drawing sets, drawing boards, doodlers including the new Glo doodle for endless sketches that can be erased and done over again.
As a child grows older they develop better hand coordination skills and will appreciate advanced and intricate craft kits, construction sets and more difficult puzzles. Their problem solving skills and ability to work out how things are put together come to the fore with these types of toys.
Kids will be learning the importance of patience as they take on harder projects and activities like cookery, painting, sewing, knitting, carpentry, drawing and sculpting. They will soon discover what they are best at from the plenty of creative toys and games they enjoy the most. Baking their first cake, painting a water colour masterpiece or knitting a fine woolly hat will be such a rewarding experience.
Craft toys are one area where you can find cheap activity sets like crayons that offer good play value for the money. Value packs are ideal pocket money treats that can be picked up by kids themselves who will happily spend hours with them. Colouring books and crayola pens are a good example; these also make good traveling toys to take on holidays.
Children love the idea of making their own creations it’s no wonder Moon Sand Adventure Island, Spin Art, Pottery Wheel, Bindeez Aqua Beads, Bindeez 3D Studio, Bendaroos and Colour and Style Pony or Puppy have proved so popular.
Jigsaws have always been fun but now there’s more to be found with 3D puzzleball jigsaws. Favourite themes include Hannah Montana and High School Musical.
There are plenty of painting and drawing sets in the shops to encourage a child to develop their artistic side. Pencil sets, painting and water colour sets and easels make a wonderful gift for a budding artist in the family. The double sided Ben 10 Easel is fun for 3 year olds upwards it features both chalk and white board with magnetic surfaces.
Children will play quietly on their own as their imaginative minds get to work on a new project and feel a sense of achievement with creations they’ve made. It’s also nice to share the experience that’s why portable arts and crafts come in handy. Aqua Beads Carry Me Compact is perfect for 4 years old to play with friends as is the Bindeez portable activity pack.
Creative play is a good way to develop social skills especially if projects are shared with others. Girls will particularly like the Girl Tech Digi Styling Studio for a complete makeover experience or the Aromatherapy Fountain for making unique perfumes and a face mask.
Boys won’t feel left out with Crayola 3 in 1 Sticker Studio, Glo Station, junior carpentry sets, Ben 10 Hero Identity station, badge making sets and a real power workshop with safety goggles just like dads!
Future master chefs can try their hand at the Lets Cook range Funky Sandwich Maker, Fruit Factory, Slushy Maker, Smoothie Maker or Ice Cream Parlour for scrummy gourmet creations. Hasbro’s Play-Doh Magic Swirl Ice Cream Shoppe Set has all the tools to make tasty looking treats with pretend whipped cream, sprinkles and even candles to decorate a cake. Make believe ice cream never looked so real!
Jewellery and fashion design is another area covered in this section with toys such as Light up Fashion Designer, Toobie Woobies, Rock Star Jewellery, Spell and Sparkle Bracelets, Disney Princess Jewellery Box, Fashion Design Projector Set and Hello Kitty Magic Fabric Studio.