#1Mattel
KPop Demon Hunters Rumi Singing Doll
Rumi from the KPop Demon Hunters film, as a doll that sings.
Ages 4+£34.99usual price
Added to 14 Wishorium lists
On 3 top lists
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Bigger builds, strategy games, gadgets and the book series they can’t put down: this year’s top-list picks for 8, 9 and 10 year olds.
Checked 18 October 2026. Buy one now, or add it to a wish list so nobody buys it twice.
These are the UK’s picks, with UK prices. Shopping in the US or Canada? See America’s picks
78 gifts for 8–10 year olds
#1Mattel
Rumi from the KPop Demon Hunters film, as a doll that sings.
Ages 4+£34.99usual price
Added to 14 Wishorium lists
On 3 top lists
#2Spin Master
Put the egg in water and a roaring, light-up megalodon hatches out, again and again.
Ages 5+£55.00usual price
Added to 12 Wishorium lists
On 4 top lists
#3MGA Entertainment
A mini collectible record player that plays real music.
Ages 8+£19.99usual price
Added to 12 Wishorium lists
On True Toys’ True List 2026
#4Fujifilm
An instant camera that prints small photos in a couple of minutes.
Ages 8+£75.00usual price
Added to 11 Wishorium lists
On 2 top lists
#5Real FX
A 40cm Pikachu puppet with touch sensors and more than 120 sounds and moves.
Ages 8+£69.99usual price
Added to 9 Wishorium lists
On MadeForMums’ Christmas toys 2026
#6Squishmallows
Five tiny Squishmallow plush animals in a pack.
Ages 3+£12.00usual price
Added to 9 Wishorium lists
On Mumsnet’s best stocking fillers for kids 2026
#7Mattel
Zoey from the KPop Demon Hunters film, as a doll that sings.
Ages 4+£34.99usual price
Added to 7 Wishorium lists
On 2 top lists
#8Tonies
A soft, screen-free audio player that plays stories and songs when a figure sits on top, with a Bluey Tonie.
Ages 1+£109.99usual price
Added to 7 Wishorium lists
On 2 top lists
#9ZURU
A tiny record player that really plays its mini vinyl records.
Ages 3+£20.00usual price
Added to 6 Wishorium lists
On 3 top lists
#10tonies
A soft speaker that plays stories and songs when a character figure sits on top.
Ages 12 months+£109.99usual price
Added to 6 Wishorium lists
On 2 top lists

LEGO
A 962-piece Star Wars set with three SMART minifigures and two SMART Bricks.
Ages 9+£139.99usual price
Added to 6 Wishorium lists
On Which? gift guides 2026

Mattel
Mira from the KPop Demon Hunters film, as a doll that sings.
Ages 4+£34.99usual price
Added to 5 Wishorium lists
On 2 top lists

VTech
A kids’ guitar with touch strings, light-up keys, 12 ways to play and Bluetooth to play along.
Ages 5+£50.00usual price
Added to 5 Wishorium lists
On Argos Top Toys 2026

Lisciani
A projector that shows Disney princess pictures to trace onto paper, with coloured markers.
Ages 5+£24.99usual price
Added to 5 Wishorium lists
On True Toys’ True List 2026

LEGO
Two little LEGO pot plants with faces that rock, built for a shelf or desk.
Ages 9+£18.00usual price
Added to 4 Wishorium lists
On 3 top lists

Marvin’s Magic
A wooden box of magic tricks for a first magic show.
Ages 6+£39.99usual price
Added to 4 Wishorium lists
On John Lewis’s Top 10 2026

LEGO
A 315-piece set: build Spider-Man’s and Ghost-Spider’s mechs, and Doc Ock to battle.
Ages 6+£24.99usual price
Added to 4 Wishorium lists
On Which? gift guides 2026

Armorsaurs
A T-Rex action figure with seven removable armour pieces and a jaw that chomps when you press its tail.
Ages 6+£44.99usual price
Added to 4 Wishorium lists
On Argos Top Toys 2026

Decotime
300 dual-tip alcohol-ink markers, each with a brush and a fine tip, in stackable trays.
Ages 6+£74.99usual price
Added to 4 Wishorium lists
On True Toys’ True List 2026

Science Mad
A beginner microscope with three zoom settings up to 100x, a light and ready-made slides.
Ages 6+£15.99usual price
Added to 4 Wishorium lists
On Which? gift guides 2026

Asmodee
A fast card game: spot the one symbol two cards share before anyone else.
Ages 6+£10.00usual price
Added to 3 Wishorium lists
On 2 top lists

Mattel
The classic colour-matching card game for two to ten players.
Ages 7+£6.00usual price
Added to 3 Wishorium lists
On Mumsnet’s best stocking fillers for kids 2026

Exploding Kittens
A fast, silly card game where everyone matches moves and slaps hands.
Ages 6+£12.99usual price
Added to 3 Wishorium lists
On Mumsnet’s best stocking fillers for kids 2026

Scrunchems
A squishy sticky cube of blocks to build up and pull apart.
Ages 5+£4.60usual price
Added to 3 Wishorium lists
On Mumsnet’s best stocking fillers for kids 2026

Funtime Gifts
A kit for mixing and moulding your own bouncy balls.
Ages 6+£9.90usual price
Added to 3 Wishorium lists
On Mumsnet’s best stocking fillers for kids 2026

Natural History Museum
A torch that projects sea creatures onto the wall.
Ages 3+£9.99usual price
Added to 3 Wishorium lists
On Mumsnet’s best stocking fillers for kids 2026

Galt
A kit of seven bubble experiments, with a wand.
Ages 5+£8.99usual price
Added to 3 Wishorium lists
On Mumsnet’s best stocking fillers for kids 2026

abeec
Twelve rainbow scratch art pads, with tools to scratch the pictures.
Ages 4+£11.99usual price
Added to 3 Wishorium lists
On Mumsnet’s best stocking fillers for kids 2026

Pokémon
A big 30cm Pikachu figure with battle action moves.
Ages 4+£50.00usual price
On 2 top lists

Clickeez
A big pack of mystery Clickeez figures to unbox and click into their keyboard case.
Ages 6+£30.00usual price
On 2 top lists

LEGO
Build Derpy the tiger and Sussie the bird from the KPop Demon Hunters film.
Ages 9+£60.00usual price
On 2 top lists

Cosatto
A car seat that swivels to face the door and grows with the child from birth to about 12 years.
From birth£224.95usual price
On 2 top lists

Mattel
UNO where you can bluff about the cards you play, in a tin.
Ages 7+£11.99usual price
On MadeForMums’ Christmas toys 2026

LEGO
A 440-piece Star Wars set with SMART Yoda and Luke figures (the SMART Brick is sold separately).
Ages 8+£59.99usual price
On Which? gift guides 2026

Minions
A blaster that shoots real fog fart rings up to six feet, with eight stink settings.
Ages 4+£29.99usual price
On Argos Top Toys 2026

Hasbro
A 15cm Doctor Doom figure from the Avengers: Doomsday film, with extra hands.
Ages 4+£29.99usual price
On Hamleys’ Festive 15 2026

Make It Real
A bracelet maker with a rotating carousel and about 2,000 heishi beads in 16 colours.
Ages 8+£24.99usual price
On True Toys’ True List 2026

Katie Kirby
Twelve festive short stories from the Lottie Brooks diary series.
Ages 8+£14.99usual price
On Amazon UK’s children’s book bestsellers, October 2026

Jeff Kinney
Book 21 in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, published 20 October.
Ages 7+£14.99usual price
On Amazon UK’s children’s book bestsellers, October 2026

Jamie Smart
A comic-book adventure in Jamie Smart’s Bunny vs Monkey series.
Ages 7+£12.99usual price
On Amazon UK’s children’s book bestsellers, October 2026
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