BEST EASTER GIFTS FOR KIDS & GROWN UPS

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Our Tried & Tested Guide to the most egg-cellent Easter gifts of 2026

Give the Easter Bunny a day off, and check out our cracking Tried and Tested guide to this year's best Easter gifts.

From kids to big kids, we've got you covered with everything from Peter Rabbit nappy cakes, to Yoto Spring treats, Italian Easter cakes, bunny games, Easter arts and crafts, lamb, chick and bunny Care Bears, and edible dragon eggs.

Plus amazing gifts to keep them entertained this Easter, from the amazing Connetix Rainbow Ball run, to waterproof cameras, video walkie talkies, Tamagotchi, and airbrush art kits.

It's oefully good...

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bumbles & boo - Vintage Deluxe Peter Rabbit Baby Nappy Cake

Words have not been invented to describe how beautiful this handcrafted, luxury nappy cake is.

It’s a very special Easter gift for lucky sproglets who are too young for eggs, but the perfect age for Beatrix Potter’s legendary radish-pilferer.

Layered with essential baby items in timeless shades of blue, this stunning gift is topped with a vintage Peter Rabbit plush, along with a matching ring rattle.

It is BRIMMING with immaculately presented goodies, including a 100% cotton, super soft plush Peter Rabbit comforter blanket (which can be personalised with the baby’s name) asa well as a Peter Rabbit wooden ring rattle; a soft knit blanket wrap; two Muslin cloths, two baby hats in white and blue; three pairs of baby socks; two anti scratch mittens; eight size 3 nappies (so parents can display the gift for a few weeks before using the nappies) a wooden jersey heart plaque and baby brush and comb set.

And it arrives beautifully wrapped in cellophane and bow inside a little keepsake basket.

BUY FROM BUMBLES & BOO £149.50

CONNETIX - Magnetic Tiles Rainbow Ball Run

We've found something round and far more exciting than eggs, this Easter.

This beautiful 92-piece ball run is brimming with stairs, tubes, slides and colourful, wooden balls which you can watch hurtle around your creations through the transparent tubes and walls.

The possibilities are endless with this STEAM Learning, screen-free box of goodies, which allows them to explore motion, gravity, magnetic force, weight, stability and balance, while inspiring creativity and imagination.

Brilliantly, it's also compatible with the entire Connetix range as well as other leading magnetic tile brands, so the scale and possibilities never end.

It has earned MESH Accreditation with high ratings in skills of Problem Solving, Perseverance, Adaptation, and Cognition.

And our little testers have been playing with it non-stop, so it will be a massive tool in our Easter entertainment arsenal over the holidays.

BUY FROM JOHN LEWIS. £85

YOTO Mini & Easter Audio Cards

The Yoto Mini will save your Easter Holidays and beyond.

The award-winning, multifunctional, Yoto Mini audio player is an ingenious, screen-free solution, supporting independent play, listening and learning from ages 0-12+.

And for Easter, they have a selection of fabulous Spring-themed audio cards, including the brand new Ladybird Stories for Easter, Enid Blyton’s Springtime Stories and the 5-Minute Spring Holiday Stories.

Our testers have found it invaluable at bedtime, on long car journeys and trips away, sharing one Yoto with Yoto Heaadphones, which have a daisy chain feature to allow two sets to listen together.

It also has a gaggle of (child AND grown-up pleasing) functions and features, including a clock; OK-to-wake settings (can I get an amen?) its own daily podcast; family radio stations; as well as endless hours of free stories, music, podcasts and sleep sounds.

BUY FROM YOTOPLAY.COM Yoto Mini Player (£59.99) Yoto Headphones (£24.99) 5-Minute Spring Holiday Stories (£7.99) Ladybird Stories For Easter (£9.99) Springtime Stories (£9.99)

Photo Creator - Digital Waterproof Camera

Make a splash this Easter, with this 12 MP waterproof camera.

Made for little hands and big imaginations, our testers were amazed that they could capture videos and images up to three meters deep.

Handily, for slippery little mitts, the camera floats when dropped and has an easy grip design, so can't be lost on your Easter hols. It boasts a flash, rechargeable batteries and a nice big screen.

And they can also jazz up their pics with 20+ cool frames and filters. It even comes with a 16GB SD card, so you don't need to worry about running out of storage space - often an issue with snap-happy sproglets.

A cracking Easter gift.

BUY FROM VERY. £34.99

Wickedly Welsh - Easter Delights Hamper

This is the ultimate Easter choccie hamper, for a pair of very lucky sprogs, or the special person in your life.

It features three, dreamy gourmet chocolate bars, in Welsh Sea Salt & Caramel, zesty Orange & Honeycomb, and our personal favourite, the aromatic Hot Cross Bun Bar.

There are also two decadent hot chocolate sachets, with mini mallows packs to top them with, along with a pack of creamy, chocolate puddles. Phwoar.

Our testers were most taken by the adorable pack of chocolate Easter shapes, from bunnies and chicks to ducks and eggs.

An egg-cellent Easter treat.

BUY FROM WICKEDLY WELSH. £26.99

Canal Toys - Video Walkie Talkies

This ingenious toy takes walkie talkies to the next level - now you can see as well as hear your chums.

Our testers also loved the 20 hilarious video filters - from dogs and unicorns to astronauts - and the five bonkers voice-changing effects, from robot and monster to baby.

And they can switch between video (for up to 300M) and speaker mode, for long distance laughs.

Handily, it doesn't require any internet connection and comes with rechargeable batteries.

It's the ultimate tool for a pair of Easter egg hunters to maintain radio contact during the big, Easter morning search.

BUY FROM AMAZON. £29.99

Pop Pop Bunny Hop - Educational Insights

This fun, popping and colour matching game is the perfect, choc-free Easter gift.

Two to four players must race to pop and collect the colourful bunnies, building colour recognition/matching, observation and memory skills, along the way.

Spin to start your turn - if you land on a colour, place a matching colour bunny in the carrot patch launcher. If it pops, you keep it. The first player to collect a bunny in every colour wins the game.

It's a simple but addictive game for little ones, and will keep them entertained - and last longer - than the choccie eggs.

BUY FROM AMAZON. £22.71

SEGGIANO - Colomba Easter Cake

No traditional Italian Easter table is complete without La Colomba, a light and fragrant leavened cake made with candied fruit and baked in the shape of a dove, the messenger of hope, peace and renewal.

We're not Italian, but after trying this naturally leavened masterpiece - flavoured with candied orange and real vanilla - we are adding this to all Easter traditions going forward.

The dough uses a 40-year-old mother yeast and is mixed with a richer dough, made with local honey, organic eggs and sulphite-free fruit peels. Left to rise twice more, the final touch is a traditional crunchy almond glaze topping with whole nuts, before the cakes are ready to bake.

This is the real artisan deal to add to your Spring table.

BUY FROM SEGGIANO. £20.55

Skillmatics - Foil Fun Easter Edition

Our little bunnies can't get enough of Skilmatics' Foil Fun sets - and this is the perfect Easter update.

Keep them entertained over the holidays with this mess-free foil art and craft activity, to make gorgeous Easter decorations and cards.

It's simple and satisfying to use, and is also a great activity to keep them busy at restaurants - simply peel, press your chosen foil, remove and watch your images come to life.

It comes with 100+ Foam Stickers, 100 Colourful Foil Sheets, 10 Picture Canvases, Googly Eyes and Instruction Manual.

BUY FROM AMAZON. £19.99

Skillmatics - Poke-In Art Easter Fun

This mess-free set allows children to create their own Easter art and decorations, using fabric squares that are poked into foam.

Decorate eggs, bunnies and baskets with 700+ fabric squares, 5 foam pieces, two poke-in sticks, 5 stands and one poke-in pad. It's wonderfully satisfying and kept ours entertained for hours.

Brilliantly, no scissors, glue or paint is required, so it's all of the creative fun without the mess, for happy kids and parents.

BUY FROM AMAZON. £19.99

Tamagotchi - The Orginal VR Pet

These little critters were an essential part of our Nineties fabric, and are loved just as much by today's kids.

And what more fitting Easter gift, than new life hatching from these little eggs, for your sprogs to care for... and clean up their poo?

Our tester immediately fell in love with his VR Pet, feeding it food, turning its light off and putting it to bed, giving it medicine and keeping it entertained with games - it also gave him a rare glimpse into our lives...

They come in a gaggle of fun designs, and their virtual pet turns into different adult forms depending on how well it is cared for.

The chain also means it can be attached to bags and coats, to look after on the go.

BUY FROM AMAZON. £19.99

Hoppy Floppy's Happy Hunt - Learning Resources

This impossibly cute, bunny-themed fine motor game teaches strategic thinking, matching, colour recognition, and more.

The rabbit-themed plastic squeezer helps build a young child’s hand strength and pre-handwriting skills.

Hoppy Floppy needs help hunting colourful carrots. Use the Hoppy Floppy squeezer to collect the carrots and the firts to fill their basket wins.

It's a great game for ages 3+ - our eight-year-old also enjoyed it, particularly the more naughty rules, like stealing from your opponent or knocking over their basket - and it's simple and fun to play.

BUY FROM LEARNING RESOURCES. £18.95

Official Care Bears Easter Edition

Stop all the clocks - the Care Bears have had an Easter glow-up.

These gorgeous plush toys are available in ridiculously cute, seasonal costumes, including bunny, lamb and our personal favourite, the grumpy chick.

The 22cm toy is the perfect size for bedtime cuddles and would make a fabulous surprise for the bunny to leave for them, this Easter.

BUY FROM TESCO. £14.99

Wickedly Welsh - Bryn the Dragon Egg

Looking for a magical (and delicious) twist on the standard Easter egg?

Enter stage left: Bryn, the Dragon Egg. These are painstakingly handcrafted from Wickedly Welsh's award-winning milk chocolate, so supplies are limited, meaning they're as rare as a dragon egg should be.

Crack through the shell to discover Bryn, sculpted from white chocolate and nestled in the solid half of the egg, protecting a 'secret' salted caramel truffle hidden just behind him.

There were joyful shrieks when our testers cracked through the shell and discovered - and then ate - him. Sorry, Bryn.

BUY FROM WICKEDLY WELSH. £9.99

Canal Toys - Airbrush Art Kawaii Poster Kit

Bring your drawings to life in adorable Kawaii style, using this fun electronic airbrush tool to spray vibrant colours.

Simply pop in a marker, press the button and spray. The kid‑friendly airbrush tool makes it easy to mix, blend and layer colours for magical Kawaii effects.

It comes with super cute stencils - including the Easter bunny herself - and the airbrush is compatible with refill pens, so your mini Banksy can make endless graffiti pieces.

BUY FROM AMAZON. £9.99