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Christmas gift guide: 90 excellent ideas from the Observer

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From homeware to self care, top fare to knitwear, via toys, games and perfect presents for arty people – 90 ways to brighten everyone’s big day from the Observer Magazine

Kids

Cool kits, cheery clothes and clever games for clever kids

Beanie baby

Knitted beanie. £9.99, mango.com

Block party

Buildable crayons. £6.50, notanotherbill.com

Good natured

Foraging pockets. £19.50, thedenkitco.com

A-roar-able

Lion baby booties. £25, merimeri.co.uk

Happy days

Recycled paper calendar. £16.50, onceuponatuesday.co.uk

Weekend wonder

Sweatshirt. £30, whistles.com

Chain reaction

Djeco Zig & Go circuit construction set. £45, tickety-boo.co.uk

Fish food

Submarine plate. £9.99, zarahome.com

Read between the lines

Library puzzle full of literary riddles. £15, bigpotato.co.uk

Happy feet

Colour-block trainers. £23, marksandspencer.com

Teens

Neat treats to tune into the young adult world

A load of carp

Sounds Fishy game. £19.99, argos.co.uk

Curl power

Heatless hair curlers. £42, silkelondon.com

Ear, ear

Philips headphones. £32.99, amazon.co.uk

Face value

Happy Days cleansing foam. £20, wildsciencelab.com

Time machine

Campus wristwatch. £69, gant.co.uk

The all clear

Acne patches. £9, restoredskincare.co.uk

What’s your flavour?

Water bottle and flavour pods. £34.95, air-up.com

Sock and roll

Bed socks. £10, seasaltcornwall.com

Read the future

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. £16.13, guardianbookshop.com

With a pinch of salt

Salted caramel hot chocolate. £6 for 14 cups, trouva.com

Women

Smart winter warmers and cosy night-in kit

Bag for life

Photograph: PR

Repurposed nylon mini tote bag. £50, hunterboots.com

Witch please

The Virago Book of Witches by Shahrukh Husain. £13.04, guardianbookshop.com

In the hood

Foldable rain hood. £49.99, l-hood.com

Glow up

Dior lip glow oil. £30, johnlewis.com

Big wick energy

Scented candle in reusable pot. £54, neomorganics.com

Neck-tacular

Fair Isle scarf. £99, toa.st

Brief encounter

Biodegradable knickers. £15, stripeandstare.com

A fine drop

Sterling silver earrings. £96 each, kinraden.com

The right note

Personalised note cards with bespoke calligraphy. £40 for 10, memopress.co.uk

Socks and the sitting room

Woollen house socks. £45, navygrey.co

Flowerbed

Floral cotton pyjamas. £68, jigsaw-online.com

Men

Mellow yellow and glittering gold gifts for the guys

Ibiza classic

Paula’s Ibiza Eclectic Eau de Toilette. 50ml £68, loewe.com

Walking on sunshine

Socks. £12, wolfandbadger.com

Got the bottle?

Be Home bottle opener. £10, selfridges.com

Keen as a beanie

Knitted beanie. £22.99, mango.com

The wick of it

Candle. £65, paulsmith.com

Bauhaus chic

Wassily Kandinsky forme rouge poster. £25, conranshop.com

Maillot jaune

Cycling jersey. £80, rapha.cc

Signeture style

Harris Reed x Missoma signet ring. £98, missoma.com

High-key

Key organiser. £49, carlfriedrik.com

My round

Circular drawing tool. £80, makerscabinet.com

Interiors

A treasure trove of happy homeware

Eat your greens

Leaves clay bowl. £50, greeksbearingifts.com

Tea party

Enamel teapot. £30, falconenamelware.com

When art imitates life

Interior Portraits: an artist’s view of designers’ living spaces. £21.75, guardianbookshop.com

Leaping willow

Jo Hammond willow hare. £15, themerchantstable.co.uk

Change your stripes

Cushion. £48, lateafternoon.co.uk

Hey Joe

Coffee mug. £9.49, trouva.com

Mat weave

Madagascan place mats. £37 for 4, merchantandfound.com

In check

Linen napkins. £9 for 2, zarahome.com

Take a tumbler

Tumbler, blown in recycled glass in a Mallorcan workshop. £48, vaisselleboutique.com

Stirring silver

Personalisable sterling silver cocktail stirrer. £100, hamiltonandinches.com

Culture

Inspiring ideas for arty types

Zip it

Louise Bourgeois zip pouch set. £16, shop.tate.org.uk

Go wes

Accidentally Wes Anderson postcards. £11.99, theoldbankvault.com

The sole of wit

Hamlet socks. £12, thelondonsockexchange.net

Shelf improvement

A book subscription in fiction, current affairs, poetry and popular science handpicked by the Guardian Bookshop team. From £55, guardianbookshop.com

Cardreader

Rik Wouters card holder. £85, essentiel-antwerp.com

True colours

The Heartstopper Colouring Book. £6.38, amazon.co.uk

Palm readers

Leather bookmark. £10, shop.vandadundee.org

Paint in back

Photograph: PR

Retro 1920s watercolour set. £25, choosingkeeping.com

Soundbreaking

MusicQuake: the most disruptive moments in music history. £11.30, guardianbookshop.com

Gardens

Get growing with gorge gifts for the green-fingered

Aesthetically peas-ing

Embroidered vegetable decorations. £12 each, vam.co.uk

Shear brilliance

Shears. £15 for set of 3, notanotherbill.com

Salt of the earth

Verden Herbanum botanical bath salts. £50, verden.com

Urban arbour atlas

Great Trees of London map. £8, selfridges.com

Botanical boost

Herboo purple echinacea seeds. £4.95, trouva.com

Touch and grow

Fingerless wool gloves. £25, genevievesweeney.com

Smells like green spirit

Wood Land incense sticks. £30, perfumerh.com

Bee here now

Bee wall plaque. £12, shop.nationaltrust.org.uk

Garden to table

The Kew Gardens Cookbook. £17.40, guardianbookshop.com

Bowl of plenty

Studded ceramic bowl. £8, gardentrading.co.uk

Beauty

Pretty-in-pink makeup and skincare picks

Coming up roses

Rosewater balancing mist. £26, jurlique.co.uk

Eye of the tigers

Embroidered eye mask. £22, anthropologie.com

Rise and shine

Dawn tea bags. £20 for 20, cosmossbykatemoss.com

Tickled pink

Autograph nail colour in Plush. £7, marksandspencer.com

Laver en rose

Rose Absolute refillable shampoo and conditioner pouches. £12 each, or from £8 with subscription, fiils.co

Crystal clear

Rose quartz beauty restorer. £42, hayoumethod.com

Pink pouter

Gucci Rouge a Lèvres Voile lipstick in Millicent Rose. £36, johnlewis.com

Glow on

Let It Glow cracker. £10, qandaskin.com

Beachy keen

Cool Girl texture mist by Sam McKnight. £25, cultbeauty.com

Saving face

Restored: The Face Oil serum. £24, restoredskincare.co.uk

Wellbeing

Soothing hues and wellbeing bits

All at sea

Molton Brown coastal cypress and Sea fennel bath and shower gel. £25, johnlewis.com

Tie-dye for

Sports top. £45, whistles.com

Snooze operator

Aromatherapy eye pillow. £25, anthropologie.com

Winter warmer

Microwavable Hot-Pak. £10, grannygetsagrip.com

Balance bar

Yin and Yang soap. £7.99, shopfromcrisis.org.uk

Lavender fields forever

Lavender seeds. £3.99, shop.kew.org

Sweet dreams

Soothe and sleep duo cracker. £9, boots.com

Knead deep

Bian stone self-acupressure massager. £49, hayoumethod.com

Sea salutation

Mikkoa travel yoga mat. £69, mikkoa.com

Make waves

Speedo swimming goggles. £21, selfridges.com

All prices correct at time of writing

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