Pat Avenue

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Exclusively distributed by Pat Avenue in the UK and Ireland, Hama is the original arts and crafts bead brand that offers a creative challenge for ages three and over, with an ever-growing collection of fun and affordable products to pick from.

The possibilities are endless with Hama as kids can play in multiple ways – the most popular is to place Hama beads on reusable pegboards to form creative patterns, then fuse them together using an iron.

New lines this season include the 2,500-bead new Pet Salon Gift Set, the 4,000-bead Fashion Girls Large Set and the 6,000-bead Hama Art Bouquet and Succulents Sets. Each allows budding artists to create a host of beautiful designs. For that next-level artistic set, there is the 10,000bead Hama Art Paul Klee, inspired by the works of the Swiss-born German artist.

Also new this year are the Large Blister Packs, which come with two pegboard designs. At pocket money prices, Hama blister packs make great starter sets or projects for a rainy day. They’re available in fun designs such as dolls, dinosaurs, cars and butterflies.

Meanwhile, Hama Maxi beads are the ideal size for smaller hands, with each bead measuring 10mm. Hama’s newest Maxi Green Tub set comes with 400 beads, two pegboards, design sheets, instructions and ironing paper in a reusable storage tub – everything needed to create long lasting designs. This activity helps pre-schoolers tune their fine motor skills, logical skills and stimulate creativity.

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Hasbro’s popular Play-Doh Kitchen Creations range continues to expand, and this year Play-Doh fans can create pretend cakes, cupcakes and cookies with the Play-Doh Kitchen Creations Magical Mixer Playset. Aspiring pastry chefs can pretend to bake by placing one of the two PlayDoh treat mould trays into the removable bowl, filling each mould with Play-Doh modelling compound and pulling the handle to stamp kooky cookies and crazy cake shapes. Kids can also add swirly pretend frosting with the extruder or spatula tools, form make-believe sprinkles with the holes in the spatula’s handle and create even more Play-Doh candies, toppings and decorations with the half-moulds on the side of the toy mixer. This Play-Doh playset includes 10 ounces of non-toxic modelling compound in assorted colours and makes a fun arts and crafts activity or gift for kids three years and up.

Continuing to shape children’s imaginations around the globe, the Play-Doh brand has introduced the Play-Doh Starter collection consisting of shape sets and playsets. The Play-Doh Picnic Shapes Starter Set is aimed at kids aged 3+ who can enjoy 12 tools, six Play-Doh colours and a toy picnic basket to store everything. As kids explore basic shapes like squares, circles and triangles, they can use their imaginations and stack those shapes into Play-Doh sandwiches. They can imagine pretend picnics with silly snacks and bugs on the picnic blanket side of the playmat or flip it around for fun shapes sequencing activities. Kids three years and above can hop into imaginative activities with the Frog ‘n Colours Starter Set. Pre-schoolers can grow a long silly tongue for the toy frog and make Play-Doh bugs with the moulds underneath. Lilypads and butterflies can be produced with the cutters and four fun size one-ounce Play-Doh modelling compound colours. Parents can engage them in fun sorting and matching activities by sorting the bugs by colour on the playmat.