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Christmas gifts for kids who love books: Gruffalo, Hungry Caterpillar and Zog playsets
Christmas gifts for kids who love books: three PlayPress story playsets that let children rebuild The Gruffalo, The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Zog.
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Match the set to the book they already love: The Gruffalo Playset for the full cast, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Garden Playset for a shorter build with reusable stickers, and Zog Playset: Play the Story for the dragon-school scenes. Compare prices on PriceHaggle AI before you buy.
Looking for Christmas gifts for kids who love books? If they already know a picture book by heart, a story playset lets them rebuild the scene after you close it. These three current PlayPress sets are marked 4+, so they also suit Christmas gifts for 4 year olds ready to press the pieces out and tell the story.
The woodland retelling: The Gruffalo Playset
The Gruffalo Playset is ideal for a child who can already recite the walk through the wood. PlayPress includes all of the seven original characters from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's storybook, from mouse and owl through to the Gruffalo, so they can retell the whole encounter rather than play with a single monster. The 44 pop-out pieces are FSC certified Playboard (FSC-C004309) that connect and slot together, and PlayPress marks the set 4+ and made in the UK.
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The Gruffalo Playset · PlayPress Toys UK
The stocking-sized garden: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Garden Playset
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Garden Playset is ideal when you want a quicker first build alongside the book. It has 17 pop-out pieces and reusable stickers, so they can change the garden after the pieces are out, which the other two sets here do not mention. PlayPress lists it as 4+ and made in the UK; at 170g it is the lightest of these three and slips easily into a stocking.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Garden Playset · PlayPress Toys UK
The dragon school: Zog Playset: Play the Story
Zog Playset: Play the Story is ideal for a child who wants to act out that particular tale, not fly a generic dragon. The 25 pop-out pieces build Zog, his classmate, Madam Dragon, Sir Gadabout and Princess Pearl, so they can recreate scenes from the book or invent a new flight. The pieces are FSC certified Playboard (FSC-C004309) that connect and slot together, and PlayPress marks the set 4+ and made in the UK.
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Zog Playset: Play the Story · PlayPress Toys UK
Quick answers
What are good Christmas gifts for kids who love books? A playset of a story they already know, so the characters stay in play after you finish reading.
Are these suitable as Christmas gifts for 4 year olds? PlayPress marks all three sets as 4+.
Which set is the biggest build? The Gruffalo Playset has 44 pieces; Zog Playset: Play the Story has 25; The Very Hungry Caterpillar Garden Playset has 17 plus reusable stickers.
Save yourself a surprise
Your quick buying checklist
- Check they already love that specific book, so the characters mean something on Christmas morning
- Check the age mark: PlayPress lists all three as 4+
- Check the build you want: 17 pieces with stickers, 25 pieces, or 44 pieces
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