The Best Christmas Gift Guide For 2+ Years

For the budding artists out there we have the My First Aqua Drawing Mat and the My First Art Set from the Early Learning Centre.

The Aqua Drawing Mat comes with one aqua mat and one aqua pen. To get started, simply fill up the special pen with water. Then, watch lines appear as they scribble and draw on the mat! With friendly jungle characters and plenty of drawing space, kids will enjoy practising their drawing skills. Then once the drawings are dry they disappear so you can start all over again.

There are 44 pieces to the First Art Set, with dough, paint, brushes, crayons, stencils and much more to encourage little ones to get creative. Roll and stamp the dough, use the cutters to cut out dough fruits or create your own 3D dough creations. 

Both sets encourage creativity and learning about colours and textures while boosting hand-to-eye coordination, fine motor and dexterity skills too.

We could not do a gift guide for this age group without highlighting some of our much loved Happyland range.

The Happyland Jack and the Beanstalk set comprises of one Giant, Jack, Jack's mum, a goose and a cow. Your little one will have great fun making up their own versions of this wonderful fairy tale, travelling  to the Giant's castle via the rainbow cloud lift and they can then make a quick escape if the giant discovers them by lifting the drawbridge and whizzing back down to the ground on the emergency chute! 

The Happyland Jack and the Beanstalk set is perfect for inspiring young imaginations and when not in use all the pieces will store neatly inside.

The Happyland Zoo is a brilliant gift option, in the box you get a pets corner, the zoo entrance building, a monkey tree swing, a penguin slide and pool, one zoo train, three characters, and ten zoo animals! 

This set will have any animal lover busy with all the jobs that are needed to do, from feeding the animals to chatting to the visitors!  Designed for little hands, the Happyland Zoo helps little ones discover the world and develop social skills.

Our next pick is for the future rock stars out there, the ELC Melody Guitar is perfect for imaginative play, this bright-coloured guitar features four different modes of play and lots of fun melodies and sounds. You can press the buttons, change the volume and give the whammy bar a tug to watch the circle spin round and round. Carefully designed to boost your little ones' fine motor skills while stimulating their senses.

The Early Learning Centre Zoomer scooter is the perfect introduction to scooting and riding fun, coming in two vibrant colours of blue and also pink.  They will be able to hit the pavements in style while also keeping safe with its non-slip footplate, back foot brake and 3 wheels for extra stability.

With added features of adjustable and removable handlebar making it a very practical option for storage as well as for your growing child.

Our final pick for this gift guide is another set of wheels, the Early Learning Centre My First Pedal Trike available in red and a very fetching pink.  Little Ones will love learning to ride a bike with this brightly coloured Pedal Trike. They can push along using their feet at first, then try the pedals as they grow in confidence. Plus, there’s room in the baskets for all their toys and teddies!!