This is the best gift you can buy for kids in London this Christmas – and it costs less than £10

Black Friday has been and gone, London’s festive markets, Christmas shops and department stores are buzzing with activity, and the big day is less than three weeks away. So if you haven’t already made some serious headway on your gift shopping, you might be starting to feel a little panicked.

But don’t worry about it! Time Out’s 2025 Christmas Gift Guide just landed, and it’s packed full of great pressie ideas, from nifty gadgets and stylish accessories to covetable homeware and fun stocking fillers.

And we’ve also got some excellent ideas for what to get the small people in your life. Landed your primary school-aged cousin in the family Secret Santa, or got a boisterous little niece or nephew you usually get a little something for? Time Out’s Theatre Editor and resident kids’ expert Andrzej Lukowski has picked out the perfect thing; these cutesy little things from the venerable toymakers Ty (of Beanie Babies fame). 

Setting you back less than the price of a central London pint, the Ty Beanie Bouncers have topped renowned toy shop Hamleys’ list of the most in-demand toys for Christmas 2025. If you’ve walked past the Regent Street shop in recent weeks, you might have noticed that its window display is dedicated to the colourful little spherical plushies. 

Essentially a cross between a Beanie Baby and a bouncy ball, they come in a huge range of different designs, including the cheerful snowman pictured above, some adorable little animals, both real (we’d die for Banana the Monkey) and fantastical.

‘It’s being billed as part of shift back towards soft toys and away from electronics and gizmos,’ Andrzej says of the little bouncing varmints. But they should be of interest to even the most screentime-pilled children too, as they’ve also done tie-ins with a bunch of popular kids’ TV shows and film franchises, from Peppa Pig, Bluey and Paw Patrol to Harry Potter, Disney and Marvel (we’d probably commit actual murder for the Hulk Beanie Bouncer too). 

Essentially, there’s a design that would be perfect for pretty much every kid you know. And at £6.99 a go, you can afford to gift them all one.

The best gifts to buy in London for Christmas 2025, according to Time Out.

In need of even more gift inspo? Check out our roundup of London’s best Christmas hampers

And this chic festive fair with real reindeer is the most underrated Christmas market in London