£19.99
This family spotting game is part of the popular 'I Saw It First!' series. 300 ocean creatures populate the board of this carefully engineered game, illustrated by Caroline Selmes. Pick a counter from the box and be the first to spot that animal on the...
£14.95
This amazing 500-piece shaped puzzle is a beautifully detailed photograph of a marble bust based on Michelangelo's David. It is supplied with two sets of adhesive sheets that enable you to stick the puzzle together and frame as a piece of art. Completed puzzle measures 59 x...
£12.99
Did you know that wombats poo in cubes? Which animal does sparkly poo? In this fun and slightly irreverent game kids can match twenty-seven animals to their droppings while satisfying their endless fascination for poo. Also comes with a booklet full of fun poo facts! Box...
£5.99
The lives and contributions of 54 exceptional women are celebrated in this deck of playing cards. Produced to commemorate the 50th anniversary of BBC Radio 4's 'Woman's Hour', these cards feature a range of scientists, poets, rebels, musicians, pioneers, artists and more including Austen, Stopes...
£14.99
The Grammar of Ornament was an extraordinary publication; 112 colour plates showing examples of decorative styles throughout history and the world, from Byzantine to Celtic to Moorish. Groundbreaking when it was published in 1856, it was intended to inspire and improve modern decoration by showing...
£19.95
64 species of insect appear this brilliant illustrated bug bingo. From the Giant Hawker Dragonfly to the Kissing Bug and the Orchid Bee to the Sacred Scarab there is a great variety, and the chance to learn the names and colourings of familar and exotic...
£14.99
Wondering what to do on a long rainy afternoon? Looking for a way to spark some creativity? Simply pick a subject card and a technique card to create a drawing adventure - with 80 cards, there are hundreds of possible combinations for hours of creative...
£16.99
By 1937, when he painted Purple Robe and Anemones, Henri Matisse was painting extraordinary, almost perspective-free scenes containing bright patterns and colours taken from the exotic fabrics he loved. The model is his wife and great muse Amélie. Puzzle Size: 63.5 x 51 cm. Box...
£14.95
This amazing 500-piece shaped puzzle is a gleamingly detailed photograph of a Monstera deliciosa leaf. It is supplied with two sets of adhesive sheets that enable you to stick the puzzle together and frame as a piece of art. Completed puzzle measures 59 x 40 cm.
£14.99
In this carefully-engineered game. three hundred jungle animals roam the board. Some are familiar - the leopard or the hippopotamus - others less so, like the eyelash viper or giraffe weevil. Take a counter from the box showing one of the 300 animals in this game....
£16.99
From getting past that difficult opening line to rounding out characters, this kit will guide you round the creative obstacles on your literary path. These activities focus on a 'right-brain' creative approach to keeping productive. Includes: 64 page booklet, 4 plot twist spinner pallettes, 60...
£19.99
Not just monkeys - lemurs, chimpanzees, even tamarins and a tiny tarsier. Sixty-four remarkable primates fill the cards of this unique bingo game (illustrated beautifully by Marcel George). A fun game full of interesting primate facts. Box measures 26 x 23.5 cm.
£14.99
Do you remember Dirty Harry's weapon of choice? Or the kind of flower given to Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games? Does a severed horse's head mean anything to you? Or what about a pair of sparkling shoes with magic powers? Film magazine Little White...
£16.99
Scientific illustration of 'minéraux' by French painter, lithographer and entomologist Adolphe Philippe Millot, from Le Petit Larousse. 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle Finished Puzzle Size: 99cm x 33cm Linen Style Finish to reduce glare
£19.95
This unique set of five puzzles from graphic designer Moritz Zwimpfer has only two shapes of pieces - circle and square. The images are compositions of materials like crushed tiles, shredded paper and broken glass, and with no clues from the shape of the pieces it becomes a fiendish test...
£14.99
Ancient Egypt is at your fingertips with this children's matching game. Developed with the British Museum, match up the pairs and learn more about how the Ancient Egyptians lived. Put the mummy in the sarcophagus and the internal organs in the canopic jars, learning fun...
£14.99
This colour set contains everything a space traveller needs to create the ultimate Mars colony, from astronauts and space vehicles to adorable astro-pets. Pop out pieces can be assembled without scissors or glue, for hours of extraterrestrial fun. Easy to put together and full of...
£14.99
Lose yourself in a world of abstract equilibrium with 57 tiles inspired by the Modernist painter Piet Mondrian. Arrange the tiles to create De Stijl compositions of perfect balance, large or small. With millions of possible arrangements, Make Your Own Mondrian will delight would-be Modernists...
£16.99
A brilliant jigsaw of A. J. Johnson's highly decorative 1864 chart of the world's flags and national emblems. The vexillophile's ideal puzzle. Puzzle measures 67.5 x 44.1 cmBox measures 39.9 x 26.2 x 5.8 cm
£14.99
Spice up your dinner parties with amazing tricks and challenges using wine glasses, candles, knives and other readily available objects. Each one of this set of 21 cards provides an illustration and step-by-step instructions along with an explanation of the science behind the trick. From sabring...
£14.95
This amazing 500-piece shaped puzzle is a beautifully detailed photograph of an antique globe. It is supplied with two sets of adhesive sheets that enable you to stick the puzzle together and frame as a piece of art. Completed puzzle measures 59 x 40 cm....
£8.95
Who was the most shocking rock band in history, the Sex Pistols or Black Sabbath? Did Led Zeppelin destroy more hotel rooms than The Who? Was anyone more influential than The Beatles? This fun trump game rates 32 bands by criteria ranging from Commercial Success,...
£8.99
Which is faster, the hammerhead or the basking shark? Which is more dangerous, the great white or the tiger shark? Which shark hides from predators by wedging itself into a crevice and filling itself with seawater? Stage the ultimate shark attack with these 32 fun...
£7.99
Your remember the singer, you remember the lead guitarist and perhaps even the bassist --but the drummer? Test your knowledge of the people who provide the foundations of your favourite songs, learn a little, and reassure yourself that they do in fact have legs. The...
£9.99
A set of playing cards with illustrations and facts about wild plants, berries, nuts and fungi, each of which features on the cards of one suit. Includes stats about which ones are edible and how easy they are to find and recognise. A great gift...
£10.00
I think… therefore I am who…? This ‘guess who’ game features 52 great thinkers from Da Vinci to Freud, Machiavelli to Woolf. Players take on the personas of leading figures from the worlds of anthropology, architecture, art, design, literature, philosophy, political theory, psychology, science and...
£9.95
Do you know your Helvetica from your Arial? If you do, you need to a) get out more and b) buy Type Trumps. As you’ve probably guessed, the idea is to compare the (irrationally ranked) attributes of various famous fonts - you know, things like...
£8.99
This brilliant reinvention of Rock Paper Scissors with a twist! This game has 40 playing cards including 4 'bomb' cards which beat everything! Beautifully designed in am early-20th-century Futurist style. 40 colour illustrations.41 cards.Measurements: 11.5cm x 7cm.
£8.99
Which has the widest wingspan, a California Condor or a Magnificent Frigatebird? Who lives longest, a Wandering Albatross or an Emperor Penguin? This avian trump game rates 32 birds by criteria including Clutch Size, Rarity and Courtship Display. 32 illustrations.34 cards.Measurements: 9.9cm x 3.4cm.
£14.99
52 rock stars feature in this Happy Families card game. Players must group them into their bands which include The Beatles, The Sex Pistols, Led Zeppelin, Blondie and Sonic Youth. Learn your music history effortlessly - the perfect gift for rock fans of age 6...
£7.99
These 48 knowledge cards contain difficult, clever and always fun mathematical puzzles, from the famous Scientific American column of Martin Gardner. Brilliant for those who like a challenge and creative thinking. 48 Knowledge cards. Measures 11cm x 8cm.
£8.99
A stylish set of playing cards featuring illustrations of musicians by Rik Lee from each of four major music genres: Pop (Hearts), Soul, Blues and R&B (Clubs), Folk and Country (Diamonds) and Rock and Roll (Spades). Includes Madonna, Prince, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash,...
£9.99
44 influential and inspirational women from history and the present day feature on the cards of this happy families card game. Players must group them into categories including aviation, sport, art, activism and science. With charming illustrations by Laura Bernard. Box of 44 cards with...
£8.95
The Art Game allows artists and art lovers the ability to pit their favourite artists up against each other! Compare their scores for 'influential', 'shocking', beauty, auction price and so on. Any number of players. 32 colour illustrations.Set of 34 cards.Measurements: 9.9cm x 6.5cm.
£7.99
These 48 knowledge cards are a mine of information about life on earth, asking and answering fascinating questions such as "Were there really giant sloths?", "Are sponges animals or plants?" and "Why can't dogs be vegetarians?". On one side of the card is a question...
£20.00
Anatomically correct, and aesthetically pleasing - this quirky embroidery kit contains everything you need to create two separate works of art. Focusing on the veins, arteries and nerves in the head and hand, this makes a very unique gift idea and a perfect craft project...
£17.99
For puzzlers and Warhol fans of all ages - a puzzle version of Tomato, the first of Andy Warhol's iconic Pop Art Campbell 's soup can paintings. Canister measures: 14 x 11 cm made of 70% recycled paper.300 pieces, made of 90% recycled paper.
£16.99
In his later life Monet devoted himself to painting the lily pond in his garden at Giverny. By the time this was painted a few years before his death, he was painting large canvases concentrating on the surface of the pond, the reflections and the...
£60.00
An incredible 121-piece wooden block set featuring the entire Periodic Table of Elements. A mere 147 years after Dmitri Mendeleev began it, the table was completed in 2016 and this set includes the most recent additions. Each block measures 2.9cm x 2.9cm x 2.9cm.Printed with...
£9.99
Build your own harmonica - assemble the pieces to make your own instrument. Requires use of a miniature Phillips screwdriver (not included). Box measures 13 x 6 x 3.5 cm. Finished harmonica measures 10.5 x 3 x 2 cm.
£14.99
Bored of the same-old dinner party routine? Struggling to put together yet another easy listening playlist? Step into a brave new world of entertaining with this set of musical postprandial experiments using cutlery, vegetables and other dinner party staples. The 21 techniques, each illustrated on...
£14.99
Common British and American trees as well as notable trees from other countries feature in this "pairs" memory game, where players must match the tree to its leaf by remembering where each is located among the face-down cards. Suitable for children aged 6 and over...
£13.99
This beautiful (and fun) memory game is based on artist Bryan Nash Gill's best-selling book, Woodcut. Twenty-six distinctive woodcut prints (fifty-two pairs) in a handsome keepsake box make a challenging mental game and a lovely addition to your home. 52 cards, 26 pairs.Comes in a...
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A remarkably simple and effective means for inspiring creative thinking and problem solving in all of us. Simply toss all the dice, examine each of the nine face-up images and let them guide your imagination through a story that begins with “Once upon a time…”....
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From the British Library and Bodleian Library shelves comes a game to challenge your literary acumen and test your writing skills. To play, one player takes a card and reads out the title, author and plot of a novel. The other players then have to...
£17.99
This beautiful chart of Wildflower specimens comes from a late 19th-century teaching aid and includes a range of plants such as Foxgloves, Calendula, Ragwort and Thistles. A must for any plant-loving puzzle fan! 1,000 piece puzzle 55cm x 70cm Packaged in a 10" tube, with hand sewn muslin...
£19.99
Build your own bumblebee...(or ladybird, or spider, or beetle) with this gorgeous set of wood-backed rubber stamps. Depict your favourite creepy crawlies, or invent a brand new species - the possibilities are endless. Twenty-five wooden-handled stamps, with two inkpad colours.Box measures 27.7 x 9.8 x...
£17.99
This brand new card game, developed by musicians for musicians, is fun for anyone with or without any musical knowledge: the aim of the game is simple to grasp, and the clearly laid out and intuitive game cards teach musical terms and notation along the...
