#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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Toys, books, games and stocking fillers from this year’s top lists that cost less than £20 at their usual price.
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#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
#2LeapFrog
A touch-and-hear picture book where Turtle, Tiger and Monkey say more than 100 words.
Ages 12 months+£19.99usual price
Added to 9 Wishorium lists
On 2 top lists
#3Squishmallows
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
#4Crayola
Twist-up crayons that never need sharpening.
Ages 3+£4.00usual price
Added to 6 Wishorium lists
On Mumsnet’s best stocking fillers for kids 2026
#5Play-Doh
A Play-Doh pizza oven playset for making and topping pretend pizzas.
Ages 3+£19.99usual price
Added to 5 Wishorium lists
On Hamleys’ Festive 15 2026
#6LEGO
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
#7Science 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
#8House of Marbles
The classic Go Fish card game in a small box.
Ages 3+£4.99usual price
Added to 4 Wishorium lists
On Mumsnet’s best stocking fillers for kids 2026
#9Julia Donaldson
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s new rhyming picture book, in which Gruffalo Granny comes to visit.
Ages 3+£14.99usual price
Added to 3 Wishorium lists
On 2 top lists
#10Asmodee
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

Fisher-Price
Chunky wooden animals to stack on their stand and sort.
Ages 12 months+£12.00usual price
Added to 3 Wishorium lists
On Which? gift guides 2026

LEGO
An 18-piece DUPLO set with Peppa Pig and Pedro Pony, a red tractor and a farm-shop stall.
Ages 2+£17.99usual price
Added to 3 Wishorium lists
On Which? gift guides 2026

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

Melissa & Doug
A 24-page sticker pad with a stamper and hundreds of stickers.
Ages 3+£10.00usual 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

Sophie la girafe
A squeaky natural-rubber giraffe for babies to chew and cuddle.
From birth£16.00usual price
On 2 top lists

TOMY
Squeaking eggs that hide in their egg tray: a first shape sorter.
Ages 6 months+£11.49usual price
On 2 top lists

VTech
A light-up ball with songs and sounds that rolls away for babies to crawl after.
Ages 6 months+£18.00usual price
On Which? gift guides 2026

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

Lamaze
A clip-on fabric firefly with a rattle, crinkly wings, a teether and a mirror, for the pram or pushchair.
From birth£15.00usual price
On Mumsnet’s best baby toys 2026

Tommee Tippee
A soft silicone teether with textured parts to chew and grip.
Ages 3 months+£9.50usual price
On MadeForMums’ best teethers 2026

Nuby
A teething ring of soft, textured loops that are easy for small hands to hold.
Ages 3 months+£7.50usual price
On MadeForMums’ best teethers 2026

Manhattan Toy
A squashy frame of wooden beads and elastic that is a rattle, a teether and a grasping toy.
From birth£16.00usual price
On Mumsnet’s best baby toys 2026

Mega Bloks
A train of 60 big letter blocks on rolling bases.
Ages 12 months+£14.95usual price
On Which? gift guides 2026

LEGO
A DUPLO truck and tracked digger with two figures and a boulder brick.
Ages 2+£18.00usual price
On Mumsnet’s best toys for 2-year-olds 2026

Scuttlebug
A foldable ride-on that a toddler scoots along with their feet.
Ages 1–3 years£17.99usual price
On Mumsnet’s best toys for 2-year-olds 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

Tom Fletcher
A videogame-themed adventure story for 7 to 11 year olds.
Ages 7+£14.99usual price
On Amazon UK’s children’s book bestsellers, October 2026

National Geographic Kids
A family game book of would-you-rather questions about the world.
Ages 6+£6.99usual price
On Amazon UK’s children’s book bestsellers, October 2026

Julia Donaldson
The classic rhyming picture book about a mouse who invents a monster, then meets him.
Ages 2+£7.99usual price
On Amazon UK’s children’s book bestsellers, October 2026

Julia Donaldson
A rhyming picture book about a keen young dragon at dragon school.
Ages 2+£7.99usual 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

Andy Griffiths
A comic-style story about a treehouse with a bowling alley, a shark tank and more.
Ages 6+£7.99usual price
On Amazon UK’s children’s book bestsellers, October 2026
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