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Party games, tech, books and things to make for 11 year olds and up: the picks from this year’s gift guides that older children really ask for.

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

59 gifts for ages 11 and up

  • Miniverse Real Music Record Player#1

    MGA Entertainment

    Miniverse Real Music Record Player

    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

  • Fujifilm Instax Mini 12 Instant Camera#2

    Fujifilm

    Fujifilm Instax Mini 12 Instant Camera

    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

  • Pokémon Pikachu Puppetronic#3

    Real FX

    Pokémon Pikachu Puppetronic

    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

  • LEGO Star Wars SMART Play: Throne Room Duel & A-Wing 75427#4

    LEGO

    LEGO Star Wars SMART Play: Throne Room Duel & A-Wing 75427

    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

  • LEGO Botanicals Rocking Plants 11506#5

    LEGO

    LEGO Botanicals Rocking Plants 11506

    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 Treasured Tricks Wooden Set#6

    Marvin’s Magic

    Marvin’s Magic Treasured Tricks Wooden Set

    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

  • Decotime 300 Twin Alcohol Markers with Stackable Tray#7

    Decotime

    Decotime 300 Twin Alcohol Markers with Stackable Tray

    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 100X Microscope#8

    Science Mad

    Science Mad 100X Microscope

    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

  • Dobble#9

    Asmodee

    Dobble

    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

  • UNO Card Game#10

    Mattel

    UNO Card Game

    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

  • Happy Salmon

    Exploding Kittens

    Happy Salmon

    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 Sticky Squishy Puzzle Cube

    Scrunchems

    Scrunchems Sticky Squishy Puzzle Cube

    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

  • Science Museum Make Your Own Bouncy Ball Kit

    Funtime Gifts

    Science Museum Make Your Own Bouncy Ball Kit

    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

  • LEGO KPop Demon Hunters Derpy Tiger & Sussie Bird 72537

    LEGO

    LEGO KPop Demon Hunters Derpy Tiger & Sussie Bird 72537

    Build Derpy the tiger and Sussie the bird from the KPop Demon Hunters film.

    Ages 9+£60.00usual price

    On 2 top lists

  • LEGO Super Mario Donkey Kong Arcade 72051

    LEGO

    LEGO Super Mario Donkey Kong Arcade 72051

    A 1,371-piece LEGO model of a Donkey Kong arcade cabinet, made for big fans.

    Ages 18+£150.00usual price

    On 2 top lists

  • Cosatto All in All Ultra 360 Rotate Car Seat

    Cosatto

    Cosatto All in All Ultra 360 Rotate Car Seat

    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

  • Liar’s UNO

    Mattel

    Liar’s UNO

    UNO where you can bluff about the cards you play, in a tin.

    Ages 7+£11.99usual price

    On MadeForMums’ Christmas toys 2026

  • LEGO Star Wars SMART Play: Yoda’s Hut and Jedi Training 75422

    LEGO

    LEGO Star Wars SMART Play: Yoda’s Hut and Jedi Training 75422

    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

  • Marvel Legends Series Doctor Doom (Avengers: Doomsday) 15cm Figure

    Hasbro

    Marvel Legends Series Doctor Doom (Avengers: Doomsday) 15cm Figure

    A 15cm Doctor Doom figure from the Avengers: Doomsday film, with extra hands.

    Ages 4+£29.99usual price

    On Hamleys’ Festive 15 2026

  • LEGO Marvel Doctor Doom Bust 76345

    LEGO

    LEGO Marvel Doctor Doom Bust 76345

    A 379-piece display bust of Doctor Doom, with a moving neck and jaw, a cape and a minifigure.

    Ages 18+£44.99usual price

    On Hamleys’ Festive 15 2026

  • Articulate! Under Pressure

    Drumond Park

    Articulate! Under Pressure

    A fast-talking guessing game with an electronic timer and three ways to play.

    Ages 12+£25.00usual price

    On Hamleys’ Festive 15 2026

  • Make It Real Swift Clicks Heishi Bracelet Maker

    Make It Real

    Make It Real Swift Clicks Heishi Bracelet Maker

    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

  • LEGO Holiday Express Train 10361

    LEGO

    LEGO Holiday Express Train 10361

    A LEGO Christmas train and track to build and display.

    Ages 14+£109.99usual price

    On John Lewis’s Top 10 2026

  • Lottie Brooks’s Twelve Disasters of Christmas

    Katie Kirby

    Lottie Brooks’s Twelve Disasters of Christmas

    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

  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Fight or Flight (Book 21)

    Jeff Kinney

    Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Fight or Flight (Book 21)

    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

  • Guinness World Records 2027

    Guinness World Records

    Guinness World Records 2027

    The yearly book of world records, with photos and facts to read out.

    Ages 8+£22.00usual price

    On Amazon UK’s children’s book bestsellers, October 2026

  • Tom Gates Is Not Famous (Yet)

    Liz Pichon

    Tom Gates Is Not Famous (Yet)

    The newest Tom Gates story, told in Liz Pichon’s doodles and diary style.

    Ages 9+£12.99usual price

    On Amazon UK’s children’s book bestsellers, October 2026

  • Wreck This Journal

    Keri Smith

    Wreck This Journal

    A journal that asks you to scribble, tear and spill on its pages.

    Ages 9+£12.99usual price

    On Mumsnet’s best stocking fillers for kids 2026

  • Ticket to Ride

    Days of Wonder

    Ticket to Ride

    A family board game: claim train routes across the map to join up your cities.

    Ages 8+£39.00usual price

    On Mumsnet’s best family board games 2026

  • CATAN 6th Edition

    Catan Studio

    CATAN 6th Edition

    A strategy game of trading resources and building settlements.

    Ages 10+£32.00usual price

    On Mumsnet’s best family board games 2026

  • Ravensburger Labyrinth

    Ravensburger

    Ravensburger Labyrinth

    A sliding-maze game: shift the walls to reach your treasures first.

    Ages 7+£14.99usual price

    On Mumsnet’s best family board games 2026

  • Exploding Kittens Original Edition

    Exploding Kittens

    Exploding Kittens Original Edition

    A card game of drawing cards and trying not to draw the exploding kitten.

    Ages 7+£19.99usual price

    On Mumsnet’s best family board games 2026

  • Carcassonne

    Z-Man Games

    Carcassonne

    A tile-laying game where players build a medieval landscape together.

    Ages 7+£32.00usual price

    On Mumsnet’s best family board games 2026

  • Herd Mentality

    Big Potato Games

    Herd Mentality

    A party game where you try to give the same answer as most of the group.

    Ages 11+£19.00usual price

    On Mumsnet’s best family board games 2026

  • Throw Throw Burrito

    Exploding Kittens

    Throw Throw Burrito

    A card game that mixes collecting sets with throwing soft burritos.

    Ages 7+£22.99usual price

    On Mumsnet’s best family board games 2026

  • Ravensburger Scotland Yard

    Ravensburger

    Ravensburger Scotland Yard

    A detective game: hunt the hidden Mr X around the streets of London.

    Ages 8+£28.00usual price

    On Mumsnet’s best family board games 2026

  • P for Pizza

    Big Potato Games

    P for Pizza

    A fast-paced word card game for two to four players.

    Ages 8+£14.99usual price

    On Mumsnet’s best family board games 2026

  • Chicken vs Hotdog

    Big Potato Games

    Chicken vs Hotdog

    A party game for families and groups, from the makers of Herd Mentality.

    Ages 8+£24.98usual price

    On Mumsnet’s best family board games 2026

  • Pictionary Air: Takeover

    Mattel

    Pictionary Air: Takeover

    Draw in the air with a light pen while your team guesses what it is.

    Ages 8+£23.99usual price

    On MadeForMums’ Christmas toys 2026

  • Monopoly Deal Card Game

    Hasbro Gaming

    Monopoly Deal Card Game

    A quick card-game version of Monopoly.

    Ages 8+£6.00usual price

    On Mumsnet’s best stocking fillers for kids 2026

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