Looking for the perfect present for a child who loves animals? With help from our expert panel of children, we’ve compiled the ultimate list of gift ideas, from fun playsets and mind-boggling puzzles to cuddly soft toys. Here are our top picks for the best cat and dog toys for kids who love their pets!
Best Cat & Dog Toys for Kids Who Love Animals:
- Shapes & Colours Wooden Dog
- Mini Dog Lamp
- Cat-Opoly
- Drawing School – Learn to draw your pets
- Polka Face – Six Dotty Odd Socks!
- Meow Cat Mug – Purr-fect!
- Cat’s Cradle – Made Easy!
- The Dog Ate My Homework – Really!
- Roly The Laughing Dog – Very Funny!
- Pup Stars – Six Odd Socks at your Heel!
1 Shapes & Colours Dog – Sweet Cocoon , £21.99 £21.99
Adorable beechwood dog with turning wheels to match and line up.
This lovely chunky sized dog helps develop little one’s knowledge of colours and shapes. Simply turn the smooth gliding wheels to match and line up the same shapes or the same colours. Made from beechwood and chinese cherry wood, this 26cm long sausage dog has soft felt ears and a wobbly spring-mounted head and tail. Educational and fun, learn through play.
2 Mini Dog Lamp , £12.99 £12.99
Adorable 7cm light
Fun light shaped like a cute dog and packed with personality! Simply push the button on the back of his head to turn on the warm LED. The neck and legs are completely poseable – just bend him into shape and he can sit, lie down, or even pretend to pee on your potted plant! Perfect for a bedside table or desk, this fun light comes in a trendy shade of baby blue and will bring a touch of style to any room. Labradorable!
3 Cat-Opoly – Classic Game made Purrfect , £29.99 £29.99
A purr-fect present
All the excitement of the famous board game with a witty twist, a feline frenzy of fun! Rather than properties in Monopoly, collect cat breeds, from a Manx to a Siamese and the more expensive Persian (very Park Lane), with each cat card filled with fun facts. Choose your favourite playing piece, from a ball of yarn to a sardine tin and set off, collecting litter boxes and trading them in for fish bones (of course). But try to avoid the cat-astrophe squares – you might be fined for chasing mice or have to pay dog tax to get past the bulldog. Definitely don’t fall in the water and be out for three turns – nobody likes a soggy moggie! The perfect gift to leave any cat lover feline good!
4 Drawing School – Step By Step , £16.99 £16.99
Learn how to draw animals the easy way
Start by assembling the step by step puzzle piece guides and learn how to draw animals by copying them on the wipe clean board. The special board comes with a draw and erase felt-tip pen and stencil to aid drawing. Each of the ten animals has a four piece puzzle to put together in the correct sequence, which makes copying so much easier. Every child loves to draw animals, now they can!
5 Polka Face – Six Dotty Odd Socks! , £16.99 £16.99
Super fun Spotty socks
Funk up your feet with these six odd socks to mix and mismatch. These boldly patterned socks are sure to raise a few eyebrows! Perfect for making a statement, each one features a different spots and stripes design, with a different coloured cuff and heel. Creates no less than 15 different pair combinations – that’s a different pair every day for over a fortnight. Who wants to wear boring matching socks? Size UK 4-8 and made from super-soft 76% cotton. Put your best fashion foot forward!
6 Meow Cat Mug – Purr-fect! , £12.99 £12.99
High quality mug with a colourful cat design.
This super fun fine bone china mug measures 8cm and is covered in adorable cartoon cats, birds and flowers. Perfect for enjoying a cup of delicious hot chocolate, milk or juice and completely dishwasher and microwave safe too! Colourful and bright, it features beautiful illustrations from award-winning Rachel Ellen Designs, as well as a flowery handle motif. Supplied in a smart gift box, making it a perfect gift for cat lovers. Meow!
7 Cat’s Cradle – Made easy! , £6.99 £6.99
A playground favourite!
Master the art of this classic game with this easy to follow set. Twist the loop to impress your family and friends and take your finger dexterity to the next level!
8 The Dog Ate My Homework – Really! , £19.99 £19.99
The fun and interactive dog that loves to eat your homework!
Perfect for 2-4 players, this clever game features a naughty pooch that loves to eat homework. Simply feed him a drawing, twist his ear and watch as it comes out of his rear end in strips. Start the timer and race to unscramble the image before the time runs out! From a cake to a rocket, a toothbrush to a goose, choose from the included 100 homework sheets to feed to your cheeky dog. Fast-paced fun for all ages. Paw-sitively perfect!
9 Roly The Laughing Dog – Very Funny! , £21.99 £21.99
Hilarious laughing rolling dog
The most adorable plush dog that rolls along the floor, with a very wicked laugh. Roly is a very cute interactive dog with a light sensor in his head to activate him. Walk in front of Roly or wave your hand near the sensor to start him laughing. Once he’s activated he rolls around giggling his head off, whilst his big ears and soft feet flop around in helpless laughter. Measuring 30cm with a moving tail and mouth, he’s sure to entertain and amuse – very infectious and adorably silly!
10 Pup Stars – Six Odd Socks at your Heel! , £16.99 £16.99
Puptastic!
Step out in style in these mix and match odd socks featuring adorable dogs and colourful patterns creating 15 barkingly good combinations!
This is just a selection of the best cat & dog toys for children, we have lots more over on our website, covering all ages from birth through to teens.
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What do you do if your dog chews a dictionary? Take the words out of his mouth!