Make Christmas come to light this year with Cool Circuits

Everyone is always on the lookout for the perfect game to play on Christmas Day (and beyond, too!)

Enter Cool Circuits(tm) from Maps Toys. – It’s an award-winning puzzle that will challenge every member of the family and is guaranteed to light up your Christmas...quite literally!

Cool Circuits(tm) features a chunky white circuit board and eight fluorescent 3D puzzle pieces.

All you have to do is solve the 40 different challenges! You can begin with an easy challenge then when you think you are a Cool Circuits(tm) whiz move on to practically impossible!

Choose a puzzle card and create the circuit loop shown and watch the board flash and illuminate with lights and music if you join each circuit correctly.

Cool Circuits(tm) emphasises abstract thinking and spatial reasoning and we defy you not to get hooked by Boxing Day. It should cost £24.99 and it is available from Prezzybox.

Let your kids celebrate Christmas with the world’s most famous caterpillar!

Every child knows and loves the Hungry Caterpillar. And in this, his anniversary year, the famous caterpillar is more popular than ever.

This Christmas treat the smallest member of your family to some of the cutest Hungry Caterpillar products around.

Goldbug launch the stunning Hungry Caterpillar Neck Support. The vibrant, soft and cuddly character caterpillar not only looks cute and loveable but also provides a brilliant support for your child's neck when travelling - perfect for all those long Christmas journeys to see the family. Priced at around £9.99.

The range also includes a cool window shade that will help protect your child from the Sun's rays all year. It will also make mum's car look pretty special too! RRP £14.99.

And for an extra cuddlesome Christmas journey, treat toddlers to the Hungry Caterpillar Seat Belt Covers. Soft and snuggly, the covers make travelling more comfortable and children will love having their favourite companion along for the ride! Priced at around £6.99.

The Hungry Caterpillar range brought to you by Goldbug is available from Amazon or www.goldbug.eu.

The ultimate action toy for Christmas!

Seeking out what’s got to be the ultimate action toy for this Christmas?

Looking for a present that Mums, Dads and Grandparents will love to play just as much as the kids?

Well you need look no further, because That’s Christmas has found that ideal toy for you!

It’s the brand new Hover Shot from Maps Toys. This amazing game will test your shooting skills with pinpoint accuracy and bring out the competitor in everyone. Challenge yourself or another player but most of all have tons of fun!

The Hover Shot includes a battery-operated base which features five stands on which you place balls. Turn on the airflow and watch as they bob up and down in the air ready for you to fire at. You can control the airflow of the base to challenge players even further.

But what makes this game really fun is that when you turn the lights out and turn the game on to night mode, the balls appear like glowing stars in the air – awesome! Each gun can hold 3 foam darts and you just pullback, shoot and reload. The game is perfect for 2 players so pit your wits against every member of your family.

Expect to pay somewhere in the region of £24.99. Available from Amazon.

Give your kids the moon on a stick this Christmas!

Remember when you were a child? Taking a peep to see if you could see Santa's silhouette pass in front of the moon?

Well this Christmas, Brainstorm allows you to bring this most fascinating of all our solar system neighbours into your child's bedroom.

The Remote Controlled Illuminated Moon is an authentically detailed model of the moon that you can hang easily on your child's wall like a picture or cool wall art.

This wall art is unlike any other though as your child can control the moonlight with their very own remote control. Children will love changing the moon to light up through twelve illuminated lunar phases.

It's a stunning way to learn about the moon and makes a fantastic night light.

You can also use the manual function to set your own moon so it looks just like the moon in the night sky - from a new moon all the way to a full moon.

It features an auto shut-off mechanism to preserve battery life and making it an ideal way to light a child's room when they settle to sleep.

It's powered by just 4 AA batteries in the Moon and 2 AAA batteries in the remote; there are no fussy wires and it is super-easy to install.

The RC Illuminated Moon also comes with a detailed colour education booklet containing fascinating information about the moon. This Christmas Gift will not only look great in your child's room but will also inspire them to learn more about the world around them.

The RC Illuminated Moon will cost you somewhere in the region of £29.99 and is available from Amazon, Argos, Toymaster and all good toy stores.

Make sure your kids are well and truly Frozen this Christmas!

The unprecedented popularity of Disney's Frozen shows no sign of slowing down, and SAMBRO has a range of unique Frozen goodies that will make your very own little versions of Elsa or Anna the envy of all their friends.

The collection includes lots of arts and crafts entertainment for children of all ages including the Frozen Filled Backpack which is a must-have for any fan of the film.

Featuring the amazing characters, the bag contains a notebook, pencil case and pen so back to school after Christmas will be a doddle. Priced at around £15 available at Argos.

House getting filled with Frozen artwork?  Well why not harness and channel their inner artist with the Frozen Colouring Table?

The self-assembly table includes chunky coloured crayons and a 5 metre colouring roll which features illustrations of the Frozen characters which little girls can spend endless hours colouring in. Priced around £12.

The ice-cool Frozen Large Magnetic Scribbler will allow your children to create fun art on the go. It features a magnetic pen and two themed magnetic stamps. The scribbler also comes in medium and small so perfect for stocking fillers for every Frozen fan you know! Prices start from £2. The large Scribbler is priced at around £10.

Little girls will adore their very own Frozen Sparkle Station - a cushioned desk with its very own light so you can illuminate your artwork. It features six themed colouring sheets and six coloured markers for on the go arty fun. Perfect for long journeys to see family during the holidays. Around £15.

The collection also includes art cases, coloured pencils, a colour wheel and funky Colour your Own Frozen Bag sets starting at around £5.



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Have yourself a truly bodacious Christmas, dudes and dudettes! With the Teenage Mutant ninja Turtles!

Dudes and dudettes, get yourselves ready for the most awesome Christmas ever!

Why? Because as everybody's favourite turtles are back and they are even bigger and better than ever before!

Well prepared for a new legion of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fans, Sambro have launched a turt-ally amazing range of goodies that your kids will love.

The fabulous foursome LOVE Pizza and they would love the Catapult Pizza Game (RRP £20).

This is an epic game of skill, action and... FLYING PIZZA! Use your ninja skills to knock down villains like Shredder, Kraang Droid, and the evil Foot Clan Soldiers! With four catapults launching pizzas at the same time, it's PIES IN THE SKY, DUDE! Suitable for 2-4 players, the catapult can launch the pizzas over a whopping 60cms. Everyone plays at once in a race to be the one to knock out the bad guys first. It's a nonstop action game ideal for children aged 6 and upwards.

Become a Pinball Wizard with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Arcade Pinball Game (RRP £14.99). With cool electronic lights and sounds and a double flipper, you can truly master this iconic game. Also features an electronic scoreboard so challenge your mates to a game.

You don't get named after the most famous artists of all time without being that bit creative and Sambro's Sit & Play Creative Art Desk (RRP £29.99) will allow your child to channel their inner Michaelangelo!

The self-assembly desk features 5 colouring sheets featuring all your favourite characters as well as eight crayons and eight washable markers that can slot into the desk. Suitable for children aged between 3 and 6 years of age.

For more details on the whole TNMT range go to www.sambro.co.uk The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle range is available from leading toy retailers and supermarkets.

Space toys for your boys and girls, too

Let's face it, Space Toys ae always popular! And this Christmas Santa's Sleigh with be weighed down with enough space toys to make even a NASA Astronaut a bit green with envy!

The Deluxe NASA Spaceman costume (RRP £39.99) is made from high-quality, tough material and will probably last to infinity and beyond!

The hard-wearing, bright orange, zip-fronted suit features authentic NASA badges and is guaranteed to create Christmas costume jealousy. There is also a white spacesuit available for the ultimate astronautical adventures.

The quality costumes are more durable than most dress-up outfits costumes and will last for years to come and can even be handed down to younger siblings.

The costume comes with a cool Astronaut cap but every astronaut requires a space helmet. Wear your astronaut costume with the cool Talking NASA Space Helmet and you're all set for your next space mission. The Talking Space Helmet is priced at around £35.99 and looks just like the real thing.

It features a mission control countdown and life-like blast off sounds, too!

A spring-loaded retractable visor lets them really get into character, too.

Complete the costume with cool NASA branded boots (RRP £19.99) - for your first steps on the moon as well as must-have astronaut gloves (RRP £12.99) perfect for picking up space specimens!

 Every astronaut also needs a rocket and the inflatable NASA Spaceship Ride-On to complete their mission (RRP £29.99). Once you're kitted out, load up the Astronaut Space Backpack Water Blaster (RRP £12.99) and get squirting those Aliens...or your annoying siblings!

And if Dad (or mum!)  hasn't quite grown out of his dreams to be an astronaut, there are adult costumes available too!

Get the full Aeromax range from Amazon. The NASA Space range is available from www.spacekids.co.uk

(EDITOR: Adult costumes are available? I really must check out that web address!)