The holidays can be a whirlwind of excitement and stress, especially for parents trying to find the perfect gifts for their kids. But what if there were presents that could spark creativity, promote calm, and even help with those inevitable travel days? This gift guide is here to help you find the perfect presents for your little ones and a few treats for yourself too.

Best Gifts For Kids Who Love to Draw

Imagination Colour + Draw Set

The reusable Imagination Colour + Draw Set features a double-sided silicone mat designed for colouring and drawing.  On one side you get a captivating illustration to colour and, on the flip side, there’s a framed space for budding artists to draw their own masterpieces!  The mat is silky smooth, dishwasher-safe and durable for endless creative fun.  Each set comes with 12 non-toxic markers, a sustainable cloth wipe and a handy storage pouch, making them ideal for travel or at-home fun.

Ultra Fine Magic Marker Sets

These versatile markers are perfect for little artists who love to experiment with colour. They're non-toxic for safety yet deliver a rainbow of vibrant colours so your child's imagination can run wild without worry.  Magic Markers are formulated to work on non-porous surfaces, such as silicone, glass and plastic but best to keep away from fabrics and walls!  These Ultra Fine Tips are great for detail and best for children with developed fine motor skills.

How To Draw Everything: 300 Drawings of Cute Stuff, Animals, Food, Gifts, and other Amazing Things

This best-selling book introduces kids to drawing with easy step-by-step instructions for sketching and colouring cute creations.  It’s an ideal gift to complement your child’s drawing set and support their drawing skills.

Best Gifts For Crafty Kids

Crazy Clay Kit

Crafty kids will love the endless fun that awaits with the Fun-And-Then-Some™ Crazy Clay Set! Perfect for kids new to modelling and sculpting, this set includes soft, pliable, reusable non-toxic clay and 6 handmade wooden sculpting tools.

The soft and pliable clay is designed to be reused, allowing mini-makers to refine their sculpting skills without lots of waste. Unlike other modelling materials, Crazy Clay won’t crumble or dry unless baked, giving kids the freedom to create again and again!

Crazy Clay is ideal for making Christmas decorations, jewellery, ornaments, figurines and more.  It can be painted and embellished after baking so kids can let their imaginations run wild.

Packaged in an eco-friendly reusable case, it’s perfect for gifting and great for playdates or crafternoons.

A Kids Book About Creativity

This empowering book is perfect for sparking imagination in kids and adults alike.  Designed for children and parents to read together, this book reveals that creativity isn’t just for artists - it’s a superpower in all of us.  For creative kids especially, A Kids Book About Creativity is well worth a read and provides an opportunity for parents and children to bond and explore their own artistry.

A Subscription Box for Crafts

There are many subscription boxes available that deliver a variety of crafting supplies each month. Craft subscription boxes are a great way for kids to try new crafts and keep their creativity flowing.  One of our favourites is My Creative Box.  Brimming with sensory, inventive and cognitively rewarding activities, a world of creative wonder awaits in each box.

Best Gifts For Kids Who Like To Build

Re-CRAFT-able™ Creativity Set - Black

As boys enter the tween-age years, it’s a good idea to look for screen-free gifts to spark their imagination.  Activities that involve building with their hands, such as model-making, are ideal.  To complement these crafty activities, we recommend the Black Re-CRAFT-able™ Creativity Set.  With its in-built cavities for screws and stickers, plus a non-stick surface for gluing, it’s the ultimate work surface for junior engineers!

A Kids Book About Design

Budding designers will delight in exploring this engaging book written by a real designer, educator and entrepreneur.  A Kids Book About Design explains how design shapes our world, from everyday objects to digital interfaces.  Ideal for kids and parents to read together, this book is sure to spark the imagination of children interested in design.

LEGO Classic Bricks

LEGO bricks are a timeless toy that can be used to build anything your child can imagine. They're great for developing creativity, problem-solving skills, and fine motor skills.  This collection of Lego bricks in 33 different colours provides the perfect creative toolkit for budding builders of all ages to enjoy some classic Lego construction.  With many different windows and doors, along with other special pieces, kids will stay busy for hours with all of the building options!

Best Gifts For Kids Who Like Art

Re-CRAFT-able™ Creativity Set - White

This generous-size craft mat and cup set is packed with surprises.  Firstly, its bright white surface and in-built palette is perfect for painting.  Paints remain true to colour and really pop on this surface.  The mat has a silky smooth top side and a non-slip underside, which also lends itself to many crafts.  But, that’s not all - this mat is a giant, reusable drawing surface!  Forget piles of paper, mini Picassos can draw, erase and draw again…and again with Little Change Creators’ Magic Marker Pens.  Plus, the set (and any pens or paints you’re using) can be stored in a convenient mesh carry bag made from discarded water bottles.  Great for creative minds and green for our planet!

Fun-And-Then-Some™ Playful Paint Set

Designed for budding artists, this beginner painting set includes 8 professional acrylic paints and 2 premium quality artist brushes in a colourful, eco-friendly gift box.  It’s the perfect set for nurturing your child’s artistic talent without frustration and overwhelm.  These paints work well on paper, cardboard, wood and clay so will suit most kids’ art and craft projects.  The storage case makes it handy for travel too!

Fun-And-Then-Some™ Arty Apron

This easy-fit apron is a must-have for creative kids.  Its clever design features no-tangle straps and a generous front pocket, making it practical for little artists to pop on and start painting with ease.  Made from 100% cotton canvas, it’s durable and machine-washable, with a name tag for easy identification, double-stitching, and a handy tab for hanging.  Beautifully-packaged in a colourful, eco-friendly container, it’s a thoughtful and useful gift for children who love painting, clay modelling and all kinds of crafts.

A Kids Book About Imagination

This book empowers kids with knowledge and skills to be creative thinkers.  Designed for children to read with their parents, the layout features vibrant colours, diverse fonts and a unique style to capture and maintain kids' interest.  A Kids Book About titles have been recognised for their educational and inspirational value and this one about Imagination is sure to inspire your child to dream big!

Best Gifts For Toddlers

Re-CRAFT-able™ Creativity Set - Confetti

Toddlers are curious and playtime is how they learn and grow, which includes putting everything in their mouths!  For this reason, we don’t recommend our best-selling doodle mats for colouring.  Instead, we suggest our multipurpose Confetti Re-CRAFT-able™ Creativity Set as this lends itself to a wide variety of interactive activities for toddlers.  This large wipeable silicone messy mat is perfect for fingerpainting, playdough and all kinds of sensory play.  A handy, foldable cup fits each side of the mat for water and tools.  But the best bit?  Clean-up is a breeze!  Dried paint peels straight off or you can pop the mat in your dishwasher or washing machine.  The colourful Confetti pattern adds fun to their play and keeps them engaged too!

Honeysticks 100% Beeswax Crayons

For little artists, these natural beeswax crayons for toddlers are a favourite of ours.  They’re shaped especially for little hands and coloured with food-grade pigments for your child’s health and safety.  The unique chubby shape of these toddler crayons makes them easier for small hands to hold yet impossible for them to break!  This means your toddler can enjoy creating for longer.

Connetix Rainbow Starter Pack

Magnetic tiles offer endless ways to play and this open-ended toy will grow with your child as they learn and develop.  Whilst your toddler may not be ready to build complex structures, they will learn colours and shapes while experimenting with the tiles.  As their skills develop, you’ll notice them forming patterns and, eventually, basic structures such as boxes and pyramids.  With many different magnetic tile kits and accessories available to challenge kids’ creativity, what they build is really only limited by their imagination.  The more creative they become, the more they unlock the potential of what they can build.

Best Gifts for Kids Who Love Animals

Animal-themed Reusable Colouring Mats

Kids are captivated by these top-quality reusable colouring mats from Little Change Creators.  Each mat includes double-sided, detailed designs that keep kids engaged for hours!  Children fascinated by creatures of the deep will love the best-selling Underwater Re-FUN-able™ Colouring Set featuring fish, turtles, whales, dolphins, sharks and more. 

For kids obsessed with dinosaurs, the Jurassic Re-FUN-able™ Colouring Set is our pick!  This dinosaur-themed reusable colouring mat features two sides of exciting prehistoric scenes and dinosaur designs that kids will love to colour and discover.

Take a trip to the zoo from the comfort of home with the Safari Re-FUN-able™ Colouring Set.  This exciting colouring mat lets kids journey into the wild and explore lions, elephants, and more while colouring their way through the animal kingdom.  A delightful gift for little animal-lovers!

Have a bug-lover in the family?  The Crawlies Re-FUN-able™ Colouring Set showcases nature’s creepy critters on a reversible silicone mat.  The double-sided design allows kids to immerse themselves in a world of beetles, butterflies, spiders, scorpions and snakes.  As they colour and discover, kids become curious to learn more about our amazing planet.

Speaking of critters, check out the Kutopia Re-FUN-able™ Colouring Set featuring artwork by Kasey Rainbow.  Kutopia is magical land full of cute and colourful characters and this design complements Kasey’s best-selling book, Kindness Rocks.  This Kutopia reusable colouring mat was voted one of the Hottest Toys For Christmas!

Little Change Creators’ colouring mats are easy to clean, making them perfect for repeated use. Every Re-FUN-able™ Colouring Set includes 12 non-toxic markers, a reusable cloth wipe and a handy fabric carry bag.  They’re a great sustainable gift for kids and ideal for family travel!

Best Stocking Stuffers for Kids

Spark Pop Gift Cards

When it comes to filling your family’s Christmas stockings, it can be difficult to find eco-friendly gifts for kids.  However, you can’t get much more eco-friendly than real-life experiences!  Giving your child a trip to a wildlife park, a day at an amusement centre or movie passes will provide them with memories that will last longer than any throwaway toy!  Spark Pop is THE place to find a collection of awesome experiences to suit kids of all ages.  And, if you can’t decide on the best experience for your child, you can give them the gift of choice – a Gift Card!  It’s quick, convenient and kind to our planet.

Magic Markers – Fine Tip

These versatile markers are a handy addition to every child’s stationery stash.  With a rainbow of vibrant colours and quick-dry ink, these marker pens are perfect for using on silicone, glass, plastic and other non-porous surfaces.  Let your child’s imagination run wild with these quality, low-odour felt-tip pens.

Magic Clean Cloths

The best gifts for kids are the ones that grow with them and minimise clutter and waste, such as Re-FUN-able™ Colouring Mats.  These versatile products can be painted and drawn on but, when it comes to cleaning them for reuse, we discourage disposable wipes.  Instead, we recommend machine-washable cloths, such as these Magic Clean Cloths.  They dry quickly, fold up small for packing and make a sustainable gift in your child’s Christmas stocking.

Best Gifts For Mums And Dads

A Kids Book About Mindfulness

Mindfulness is beneficial for kids and adults and this book by A Kids Co is designed for parents and children to read together.  Written by Mindfulness expert, Caverly Morgan, this book explores thoughts and emotions so you and your children can get a deeper understanding of who you really are.  A Kids Book About Mindfulness makes a great conversation-starter and provides a rare opportunity for you to switch off, be present and connect with your kids.

A Kids Book About Gratitude

Gratitude is such a powerful attitude to have.   We can choose to focus on what we don't have, which leaves us feeling empty and wanting more.  Or, we can choose to focus on what we already have, which fills our spirits with abundance and appreciation.  However, in today’s modern world, we sometimes struggle to focus

Perhaps we don't have much, but even then, we learn that the little we do have is enough.  And, the more we tap into this attitude, the richer our lives become.  We can teach our kids that being rich has nothing at all to do with money.  It has to do with living a life where our inner selves are fulfilled and joyful.

Little Change Creators' Re-CRAFT-able™ Collapsible Cups

Whilst these versatile cups are made to fit Re-CRAFT-able™ Creativity Sets, they’re handy for many things beyond arts and crafts.  Use them for baking, storing stationery, watering plants or drinks on-the-go.  They collapse flat to pop in your lunchbag and are dishwasher-safe for easy cleaning.  A clever little gift for the parents who have everything!

Best Gifts For Families Who Travel

Re-FUN-able™ Value Packs

Reusable colouring mats are perfect for keeping kids entertained on long car rides or plane trips.  The best value colouring sets are the Mini Value Packs and Mega Value Packs from Little Change Creators.  Each bundle pack lets you choose your favourite three or four designs, including all the best-selling colouring mats from their range!  To fit with the travel theme, we recommend Australia, Our World and On-The-Go.  Each set comes with a double-sided silicone colouring mat, 12 child-safe markers, a sustainable cloth wipe and a plastic-free storage pouch.  Plus, every purchase contributes to some very worthy charities and causes.  They’re a gift that’s screen-free, sustainable and keeps on giving!

Portable Games

There are many portable games available that are perfect for travel. Look for games that are easy to learn and can be played by people of all ages.  Popular choices include Boggle, Guess In 10 and The World Game.

A Kids Book About Community

Books are a great way to pass the time on a long journey. This book teaches kids the importance of community and how to find where they truly belong.  It’s a book worth reading as a family to spark interesting conversations, especially as you travel through new locations.

Best Gifts For Eco-Conscious Friends

Re-CRAFT-able Value Pack

These multipurpose sets include a washable silicone mat and collapsible cup, perfect for painting, sculpting, model-making and more. They're great for messy projects and even come in a breathable mesh bag made from recycled water bottles!  Available in 3 styles – White, Black and Confetti – there’s a suitable colour for every activity.  This Value Pack gives you one of each style with a generous discount too.  That’s three gifts in one awesome bundle plus savings in your pocket!

Reusable Water Bottles

Help your friends reduce waste by giving them quality drink bottles that’ll last for years.  There are many stylish and durable options available but we’re fans of Aussie-owned Moon Bottles.  Not only are these bottles a practical and sustainable gift, but every time your friend uses it, they’ll think of you!

Recycled Plastic Gardening Tools

Enhance your friend’s green thumb with these eco-friendly gardening tools made from recycled plastic.  Each tool diverts 75 plastic lids from our landfills, contributing to a cleaner, greener world.  Also available in a kids’ size so little gardeners can join in the fun!

Wooden Bee House

This cute little bee house gives nature's tiny pollinators a place to call home while they take care of our planet.  It’s a unique gift that looks great in any garden or backyard and is good for the environment too.  Your eco-conscious friends will love it and think of you each time they watch the bees buzzing!

How To Find The Perfect Christmas Gifts For Your Family

When it comes to finding the perfect Christmas gifts, it's important to consider your child's interests, age, and personality. By choosing gifts that are both fun and educational, you can help your child develop their creativity and imagination. And remember, the best gifts are often the ones that bring the whole family together.