Last-minute Christmas gifts: kids

A collection of colourful plasters featuring favourite characters, guaranteed to cheer up any tear-streaked face. Gruffalo plasters, £3.95, order by 20 Dec Buy online at grahamandgreen.co.uk Photograph: Staff and agencies He’s bright orange with black stripes and a white tummy, his head lights up and he doesn’t need a battery. Perfect for smuggling under the duvet. Tiger torch, £4.50, order by 19 Dec Buy online at vandashop.com Photograph: Staff and agencies A delightfully old-fashioned top made from tin that hums a faraway note as it spins. Metal spinning top, £5.95, order by 22 Dec Buy online at littlebabycompany.com Photograph: Staff and agencies A little knitting Nancy for budding designers to learn the craft in a time-tested, vintage fashion. Knitting doll, £5, order by 20 Dec Buy online at houseoffraser.co.uk Photograph: Staff and agencies Handmade in south London, this concertina-fold book is a delicate take on the age-old hand shadow game. Shadow puppet cutouts, £7.50, order by 23 Dec Buy online at presentandcorrect.com Photograph: Staff and agencies Britain’s pioneering pop artist has created a gem of a first book using toys and curios from his own collection of treasures. Peter Blake’s ABC, £7.99, order by 20 Dec Reader offer: enter the code MERRYGUARDIAN for a 15% discount on all online Tate shop products. Valid until 24 Dec Buy online at tate.org.uk Photograph: Staff and agencies Bold designs for beautiful creatures – a percentage of each sale is donated to Arizona’s Centre for Biological Diversity. Endangered species gorilla eraser, £7.99, order by 19 Dec Buy online at twentytwentyone.com Photograph: Staff and agencies An over-sized Lego brick box that comes in pink, blue, green, red, yellow and black. Lego lunch box, £9.99 Buy online at utilitydesign.co.uk Photograph: Staff and agencies A pocket version of Mattel’s iconic drawing toy. Turn to draw and shake to erase. Pocket Etch A Sketch, £9.99 Buy online at selfridges.com Photograph: Staff and agencies A peach bonnet made of the softest lambswool, with goggle eyes and a dinky pointed beak. For babies 3-12 months. Hand-knitted flamingo hat, £46 Buy online at etsy.com/shop/TheMiniatureKnitShop Photograph: Staff and agencies Anoush stands all of 50cm tall, a wisp of a knitted creature with a radical, stripy tail. Anoush the lemur, £26.35 Buy online at etsy.com/shop/MessyFishDotCom Photograph: Staff and agencies The iconic London skate shop Slam City Skates does a mean “grown-up” board designed for young dreamers who want to ride the concrete like it’s 1976. The eight-inch-wide decks come in blue, yellow and bold white on black, with a choice of wheel sizes. All the components are of a professional standard for the competitive youngster intent on learning tricks. Skateboard, £74.95 Buy online at slamcity.com Photograph: Staff and agencies