#1MGA 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
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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
#1MGA 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
#2Fujifilm
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
#3Real 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
#4LEGO
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
#5LEGO
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
#6Marvin’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
#7Decotime
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
#8Science 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
#9Asmodee
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
#10Mattel
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

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

LEGO
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
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

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

LEGO
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

Drumond Park
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
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
A LEGO Christmas train and track to build and display.
Ages 14+£109.99usual price
On John Lewis’s Top 10 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

Guinness World Records
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

Liz Pichon
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

Keri Smith
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

Days of Wonder
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 Studio
A strategy game of trading resources and building settlements.
Ages 10+£32.00usual price
On Mumsnet’s best family board games 2026

Ravensburger
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
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

Z-Man Games
A tile-laying game where players build a medieval landscape together.
Ages 7+£32.00usual price
On Mumsnet’s best family board games 2026

Big Potato Games
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

Exploding Kittens
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
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

Big Potato Games
A fast-paced word card game for two to four players.
Ages 8+£14.99usual price
On Mumsnet’s best family board games 2026

Big Potato Games
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

Mattel
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

Hasbro Gaming
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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