22 Products That Parents Can Use To Keep Their Kids Entertained For Hours
From indoor games to outdoor activities.
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1. This colourful fidget bubble popper that's great for both adults and children and is a bestseller on Amazon.
Price: £3.99
2. This inflatable basketball hoop that can be used in a pool or inside.
Price: £5.55
3. A litre bottle of bubble-making liquid with a wand, because sometimes simple fun is the best.
Price: £5.80 for a bottle
4. Or use it to refill this cute frog machine that blows continuous bubbles and delights babies and children.
Price: £14.95
5. This 26-piece sandcastle building kit that's ideal for summer beach days.
Price: £18.98
6. This classic card game that has been keeping children (and their parents) occupied since 1971.
Price: £4.65
7. This brilliantly priced inflatable pool that children will love splashing about in this summer.
Price: £27.40-£37.95 depending on size
8. This cute, cheerful magnetic clock that will help younger children learn to tell the time.
Price: £2.81
9. These biodegradable self-sealing balloons that fill up quickly thanks to their bunch design.
Price: £18.99 for 280 balloons
10. This visual speed matching game that is as addictive for adults as it is for kids – and equally tricky for both, so no need to let anyone win.
Price: £8.99
11. This crafting kit based on a really popular CBeebies show that is suitable for children three years and older.
Price: £6.67
12. This sprinkler pad that will keep both kids and pets cool this summer, and is ridiculously fun to run through.
Price: £17.09
13. This three-in-one LEGO set that creates multiple different posable dinosaurs.
Price: £9
14. A set of felt tip pens that are brilliantly colourful but still easily wash off skin and clothing.
Price: £2.45 for a 12 pack
15. This cuddly plush toy dragon that's suitable for children 12 months and older – it lights up and plays sounds!
Price: £9.97
16. This miniature butterfly garden that lets children raise caterpillars and then release them when they transform into butterflies.
Price: £17.99
17. This sprinkle doughnut inflatable tube that looks delicious and will be a big hit on pool days.
Price: £6.99
18. This really lifelike remote control car that has working lights and is great for racing.
Price: £13.98 – it comes in two colours.
19. This set that lets children make sweet-smelling slime inside tiny perfume bottles that can be decorated with gems.
Price: £3.99
20. This set of nostalgic water shooters that are great fun for kids.
Price: £17.89 for one Super Soaker and two Zipfire shooters.
21. This egg-shaped sorting sensory toy for toddlers that comes with an equally fun and educational bath toy.
Price: £12.11
22. This high quality chalk that can be used for everything from at-home drawing to designing summer games on pavement.
Price: £1.49 for 12