The best toys for eight-year-olds this Christmas

**Need to know:**L.O.L. Surprise! is the gift that keeps on giving year-after-year. Children are obsessed with their collection, and you can now add a Dobble L.O.L. Surprise Card Game into the mix.**Kids will love:**How excited is it going head-to-head in a game? Little ones will love racing one another to find the one matching image of their favourite character.

**Need to know:**Crack the codes, beat the clock and break out of the room - sounds easy, right? This incredible escape room in a box will put your family to the test as you work together to pull off the ultimate heist.Although this interactive game can only be used once, we recommend re-gifting it to family or friends afterwards. Perfect for big kids and little ones aged eight and up. **Kids will love:**Your children will enjoy working together as a family to crack codes because it encourages all participants to think outside of the box. If you get stuck, there's plenty of clues to help you out. As well as the Art Heist, you can also choose from Bank Job (which is really hard) or the Carnival (an easier option).

**Need to know:**Encourage imaginative play in children up to the age of eight with this sparkly VIP Pet hair salon. It works with water, so it can get a bit messy. Make sure to grab a mat or use it in your kitchen or bathroom. This set comes with an exclusive VIP Pet called Kiara, styling chair, glitter comb, glitterizer and more. **Kids will love:**Not only will your little ones go crazy for all the glitter, but they'll be shocked by the 15 surprises inside. We're talking everything from cute head band accessories to stickers.

**Need to know:**This LEGO set contains 674 pieces, which will teach your grandchild all about problem-solving as well as being a bit of fun.It's themed around the popular Marvel Avengers superheroes franchise.**Kids will love:**Boys and girls will love building the Guardians' Ship and then using it for creative play.

**Need to know:**To make Barbie's hair sparkly, the comb must be attached to the glitter gel. This washes out easily with water. Kids will love: Transforming their Barbie's colourful hair and making it glittery.

**Need to know:**This incredible pack includes a ramp tower, five trampolines, three trampoline curves, a stunt ring, three stunt walls, a flapping goal, eight metal balls and instructions.This comes with a manufacturer's one year guarantee.**Kids will love:**Spending hours creating stunts, which they can show off to the family or even get Mum or Dad to upload a video of their skills to share on social media.

**Need to know:**This fairy tale drawing projector comes with six easy-to-change caps so that kids can easily trace over the shadows and colour them in.To get this projector to work it requires two x AAA batteries which aren't included in this set. **Kids will love:**Making their favourite fairy tales come to life with this adorable projector.

**Need to know:**The kids will love spending time in the garden playing on the slide. This set also includes two ground stakes and one repair patch.Works best when attached to a garden hose.**Kids will love:**Slipping and sliding around on this fun water slide on a hot day. Plus, it's pretty big as it's 16ft long.

**Need to know:**If it's your grandchild's birthday, make it a bubble party with this 16 oz. bottle of bubble solution.This bubble machine requires ten x AA batteries to work.**Kids will love:**Playing in the garden and spending hours popping bubbles. The family dog will like this one too.

**Need to know:**This unique gardening gift consists of a tin planter, two wooden plant makers, twine string, seeds, a miniature gardening shovel, miniature garden rake, notebook and pencil.We would advise adult supervision when this gardening set is being used.**Kids will love:**Helping Mum or Dad plant pretty flowers and having their own miniature tools.

**Need to know:**Team up with Mum or Dad and get them accessories for their new bike or roller skates, like this helmet and pad set. This includes a helmet, two wrist guards, two elbow pads and two knee pads.The recommended age to use this set is 3-13 years old. The helmet is a medium size and approximately 55-57cm.**Kids will love:**Getting kitted out for their new favourite activity while they're not at school.

**Need to know:**This pretty pink camera comes with a 16GB memory card and from one charge will work for three to four hours. Although, this isn't just a camera as kids can also play games and take photos with cartoon frames.**Kids will love:**Being able to capture fun moments from their perspective. Whether that's a birthday party or dance performances in the garden.

**Need to know:**This den set includes a green haversack bag, camouflage tarpaulin, green groundsheet, mallet, mug, camouflage face paint, tent peg bag and instructions. As this comes with a wooden mallet, make sure parents are happy to supervise (and build) putting this up. Kids will love: Creating a hideout away from their parents, even if the den is just in the back garden.

**Need to know:**This gorgeous set allows kids to customise up to 125 nails.The kit includes a GO GLAM nail stamper, five pattern pods, two GO GLAM nail polishes, a top coat, GO GLAM nail stamper bag with a nail file and an instruction sheet.**Kids will love:**Playing salon and doing their nails and all of yours.