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