Incredibly Fun Nature Gifts & Toys For Kids

Are you looking for some brilliant gift ideas for the outdoorsy, wildlife-loving child in your life? With some help from our expert panel of children, we’ve compiled the ultimate list of nature gifts and toys for kids.

Here at Wicked Uncle, we think that a love of the great outdoors is a wonderful thing. Time spent outside offers a wealth of lasting benefits for physical, emotional, and cognitive development, as well as plenty of opportunity for exercise. Connections with the natural world also build a sense of stewardship and environmental responsibility. By cultivating appreciation and respect for nature, we help children grow into mindful, healthy individuals who are more likely to protect the planet for future generations! Encourage mini eco-warriors with these brilliant gifts and toys.

Top Nature Gifts:

1. About the Seashore – Rockpools & Beaches
2. Flower Press – Make Art from Nature
3. Butterfly Pillowcase – Doodle your own!
4. Rock Painting – Hide & Seek Fun to Share
5. Hungry Bug Eating Plants – Grow Your Own
6. Survival Guide Mug – Seven Practical Skills
7. Kids Scavenger Hunt – Rip-roaring Fun!
8. Woodland Animal Play Set – 15 Pieces

1 About the Seashore – Rockpools & Beaches ,  £14.99 £14.99

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Explore nature with sturdy net, pot, identification cards & notepad!

Discover the wonders of the ocean with this super cool kit! Learn about the eco system and the food chain with 24 identification cards, making it super simple to see what treasures you’ve found. The set includes a sturdy net for catching and observing specimens, along with a bug pot to see them up close!

2 Flower Press – Make Art from Nature ,  £16.99 £16.99

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Traditional 15cm wooden flower press

Make arts and crafts from nature using this traditional wooden flower press. Simply gather your favourite flowers and leaves, then place them between the cardboard layers. Screw the sturdy 15cm plates together and wait just 3-4 short weeks for your pressed flowers to be ready!

3 Butterfly Pillowcase – Doodle your own! ,  £17.95 £17.95

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Create a wildlife masterpiece

This gorgeous craft set comes with ten bright wash-out pens and a cotton pillowcase featuring a nature scene brimming with beautiful butterflies and fabulous flowers. Enjoy colouring the creatures and trees, and when you’re all finished, just pop the case in the wash to start all over again. A brilliant activity to encourage mindfulness and relaxation. Sweet dreams!

4 Rock Painting – Hide & Seek Fun to Share ,  £12.99 £12.99

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Let the hunt begin

Have you noticed painted rocks at your local park or play area? They’re pieces of a fun hide-and-seek game played by kids everywhere. Now you can join the worldwide rock-painting craze with this amazing kit! The box contains six smooth river stones, acrylic paints, two paintbrushes and a 40-page book brimming with step-by-step craft projects and rock art ideas, from a spider to a ladybird. A creative way to combine arts and crafts with outdoor fun in nature. Let’s rock’n’roll!

5 Hungry Bug Eating Plants – Grow Your Own ,  £12.99 £12.99

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Sow & grow a Venus Flytrap & Pitcher Plant – an insect-eating garden!

Everything you need to sow and grow your very own insect-eating plant garden. This interesting box set has everything you need to grow your own carnivorous plants from the seeds to the compost discs, all you need to do is provide water. Comes with packets of Venus Flytrap and Pitcher Plant seeds, together with a bug eating booklet with bug based puzzles. Insects and bugs are a source of endless fascination at this age – banish those flies and make it snappy!

6 Survival Guide Mug – Seven Practical Skills ,  £14.99 £14.99

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Enamel mug with tips from lighting a campfire to making cord

Embrace the great outdoors and enjoy a cuppa in this fun enamel mug! The sides are cleverly printed with seven survival tips – you never know what might come in handy. Learn to build a campfire, fashion cord from conifer roots, make insect repellent from pine needles and more.

7 Kids Scavenger Hunt – Rip-roaring Fun! ,  £14.99 £14.99

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Can you find them first?

Get ready as the spinner decides how many cards each player has, then the race is on to to track down the pictured objects. Play indoors to collect household items from a trainer or ball to a cuddly toy or piece of fruit. For fresh air fun, use the outdoors cards to search for anything from a red flower to a twig or a garden ornament.

8 Woodland Animal Play Set – 15 Pieces ,  £29.99 £29.99

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Adorable set with nine chunky animals & a pull-along cart

Step into the forest with this lovely 15 piece play set! Featuring a delightful collection of familiar forest friends from a hedgehog to a badger, each colourful piece is made from sustainably sourced FSC-certified wood. Ideal for story telling with five pieces of foliage, nine adorable woodland animals, and one pull along cart with a string – excellent for helping little ones take those first steps.

Wicked Uncle have scoured the world to find a really useful selection of fun, unusual and different presents for children.  We test every potential present before it goes on our website – we build the robot kits, paint the fairies, doodle with the pens, play the games and yes, we even wear the t-shirt! We can gift wrap your presents, send them direct with a handwritten birthday or Xmas card and even send you a birthday reminder every year. How cool is that?

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What did the tree wear to the pool party? Swimming trunks!