Many children have strong personalities by the time they reach 8 years old. It becomes tricky to make general suggestions about the most suitable toys to buy them. Sporty kids will almost certainly enjoy the timeless classics such as Swingball, Aerobie and basketball hoops.
The creative children may be really getting into photography, painting or even modelling and many girls will now be firmly into fashion and want to dress up their dolls in the latest frocks. There are also lots of personal beauty products on sale for children of this age such as make-up bars and jewellery boxes.
Each of the smelly little characters is supplied in its own pot of rancid and putrid slime.
This little animatronic marvel inspires a caring attitude from his owners.
Provides children with hours of fun as they see their favourite characters come to life in beads.
This 100 piece Construction Bucket aims to be the ultimate starter construction set.
Described as a shell on wheels, there’s plenty of room inside for up to eight characters.
These cleverly designed articulated toy figures perfectly mimic almost any human action.
Realistic toy vacuum cleaner is a direct replica of Dyson's highly regarded Ball model.
Add fruit juice and flavoured jellies to create some amazing colour combinations.
Featuring an easy folding action it can be ridden in any one of six different ways.
There are lots of great toys available for 8-year-old children but this one is particularly good.