Great Gifts for Lockdown
Astronauts – The Ultimate Space Game
Avoid the Asteroids, beware of the Black Hole, watch out for the Wormhole and survive the Super Nova in this astronomically great race around the Solar System
Mapominoes Europe
This portable award winning game is fun, easy to learn, educational and highly addictive for both children and adults.
It’s like dominoes but with maps, as you build a map of Europe by connecting bordering countries. First to play all their country cards on the table wins.
Block opponents by holding on to France or Germany or sail through the North Sea to the United Kingdom.
Excitement builds as you have fewer cards left to play, but less space to play them in as you reach the table’s edge.
No knowledge required. Learn as you play.
Times Tables Plus Snap
6 x 8 = 12 x 4 – Snap!
Make learning the Times Tables fun with this great Snap/Pairs game. Practise multiplications with answers from 36 to 108 by matching equivalents. Combine with other Snap packs in the range for a mental maths skills mashup!
Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is an original family board game. Plant your seeds, stock up on sunlight while avoiding the shade. Grow and expand your own tree variety ti impose it as the most respected in the forest.
Ah-Harr!
A pirate-plundering, parrot-pinching, treasure-taking, memory-mastering fun game for all!
Springy
Springy! The traditional metal spring that will walk downstairs.
Schleich Wild Life Puzzle
Animals gather at the watering hole in this 60 piece jigsaw from Schleich with hippo and crocodile figurines
Dixit
Dixit is a lovingly illustrated game of creative guesswork, where your imagination unlocks the tale! The “storyteller” uses a selection from the deck of cards, illustrated with dreamlike images, to create a title or tale while other players attempt to guess which card the “storyteller” selected.
Stikbot – Mega Dino – Carnotaurus
Who needs Jurassic World? Download the free animation software and create amazing Jurassic animations with Stikbot Mega Dinosaur Stikcarnotaurus. Random colour supplied.
Stikbot – Action Pack – Series 1 – Hairstyle Dark
Style your StikBot with this brilliant Series 1 hairstyles accessory action pack. Download the free animation software and create amazing animations.
Lottie Astro Adventures Outfit Set
When the night skies are clear, Lottie loves to gaze at the beautiful stars with her best friends, Mia and Finn. And sometimes, especially when they spot a shooting star, she remembers what it was like to be an astronaut in real-life when she visited the International Space Station in 2015 with Tim Peake.
StikBot Castle Movie Set
Bring your imagination to life with Stikbots. Download the free mobile app Zing Studio for iOS and Android and set the scenes against this great castle set.
Shakespeare’s Love – Magnet Set
“I do love nothing in the world as well as you. Is that not strange?” (Much Ado About Nothing)
Never be at a loss for sweet words with this set of 33 fridge magnets, each containing a love quotation from one of Shakespeare’s plays.
Ticket to Ride – Europe
Ride across 1900s Europe on a grand train adventure, visiting great cities and collecting points along the way.
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