Use your imagination and get interactive. Impress your friends with your creativity with these fab presents.

1 ACTIVITY IN A BOX
Whether it's learning to sew, crafting a wooden snake or amazing friends with magic, each kit is packed with all the nostalgia and fun of the original Ladybird books.
£11.95 each www.thepodcompany.co.uk
 

2 HOME SWEET HOME
As easy to build as a Huf Haus! Assemble this cardboard playhouse and then let the decoration run wild using the stickers, pens and colour paper provided. £30 www.elc.co.uk

3 OPPORTUNITIES ARE ENDLESS
Once you get the hang of this sewing machine there will be no stopping: dolls' clothes, bags, even your own dress ... Kids' sewing machine £29 John Lewis

4 BE AN INVENTOR
Make a little penguin, a submarine, a bracelet, a ball... you can make whatever you like with Wammy, multi-coloured soft plastic pieces that fit together. We love it! For 5 years+. 100-piece Wammy set £9.99 from all good toy shops.

5 PRACTICAL SEWING KIT
A range of sewing kits from the ever popular Stitch Clubs, held across London. We love their Kitten Slippers kit. £9.99 www.stitchclub.co.uk and John Lewis.

6 GREEN FINGERS
Sunflower waterproof apron with matching bag, activity kit including kneeling mat, trowel and fork as well as Grow My First Sunflower Seeds.Mummy’s Little Gardener £25 www.againagain.co.uk

7 HANDY MAN
Junior Carpenter Set, from sustainable wood and managed forests. £18 wwwpeagreenthings.co.uk

8 YOUR VERY OWN RAG DOLL

Loads of brilliant do-it-yourself kits. One of our favourite is the Stitch-it Rag Dolly Molly Kit £18.99 www.the-little-experience.com and John Lewis