Creative Kids' Christmas Gift Guide 2025
Buying gifts for the children in your life can be a difficult task, especially if sustainability is an important factor to you and your family. We’ve all been there. That walk down the stairs on boxing day, excited to see the kids playing with their brand-new presents you spent hours looking for, still just 24 hours old and shining new. Only to find their attention having already turned to…
the packaging.
We hear this all too often. How kids are more often interested in using the box their toy came in, wanting to get creative and use their imagination. Even artistic gifts are ‘completed’ in minutes and left for the rubbish pile (and don’t get us started on how unsustainable that feels!).
That’s where eatsleepdoodle comes in - we make reusable, washable and educational colour-in gifts for kids of all ages, with fun designs to suit every childhood interest and fascination. And the best part? They last much longer than 24 hours.
And all our products include their own set of 10 magic wash-out pens, perfect for getting the imagination bubbling. Our washable fabric pens are designed to colour with beautiful vibrancy and then disappear completely in the wash, ready to start the creative process all over again!
Perfect for Christmas Eve Boxes – colour your own pyjamas!
Over the last decade, Christmas Eve Boxes have become incredibly popular across the world, allowing families to create their own holiday traditions, including cute matching pyjamas that everyone sleeps in the night before Christmas.
Our colour-in PJs are the perfect two-in-one gift for your kiddos! Once opened, they act as a cosy Christmassy evening activity before becoming cosy new bedtime attire. Made from 100% single jersey cotton, our pyjamas are available in two designs to choose from: majestic dinosaurs or heroic fairytales & legends.
The perfect present for animal lovers – woodland placemat to go!
What better way to teach your children about the creatures that live in your neighbouring woodland, than a cosy mealtime colouring session? Our woodland placemat to go features all your favourite forest critters, big and small, ready to be discovered by your tiny animal-lover.
Picture this, you’ve explored your local woodland as a family, built dens with sticks found along the way, listened to not-so-distant birdsong and spied a few cheeky squirrels scampering up trees. The local pub has a cosy table by the fireplace, everyone has a toasty beverage and the chunky chips are on the way. This is the perfect place for your kids to wind down with some colouring and chat about the adventure you’ve just shared.
Gifts for kids that love story-time – Beatrix potter placemats!
Wind down with their favourite characters from Beatrix Potter’s whimsical tales. Begin story time before bed with one of our Peter Rabbit™ & friends placemats, the perfect way to transition from a busy day to evening relaxation. Allow them to become more immersed within the stories, whilst they fill the characters with colour from their own imagination.
Thanks to the handy bag all our colour-in placemats to go come in, you can also easily bring Jemima Puddle-Duck™ and Tom Kitten™ along with you on your very own adventures!
Perfect for Boxing Day walks – colourable bags!
Getting out into the fresh air on Boxing Day gets the whole family moving and helps to burn off any built-up energy from the excitement of the day before. Whether you opt for a coastal stroll or forest adventure, our selection of colour-in bags not only perfectly fit our washable fabric pens, but also any treasures your kids find along the way! And because they’re colour-in, they double as the perfect creative canvas for lunch break and travel entertainment.
Whether your child prefers a backpack or is more into crossbody bags, we have the perfect choice for their adventure. What’s more, once the treasures have found their new home, simply pop the bag in the wash to remove the ink and any muck, then you’re ready to start again!
Perfect for character creators – colour in teddy bears!
Dressing up your toy but with full creative control? Sign us up! Our very own doodle Artie Bear® is both a friendly companion and washable creative canvas. His design can change for any mood, from a cheeky Christmas Elf to a bear-y jolly Santa Claus.
Take Artie anywhere as an on-the-go colouring pal! His grid design makes drawing to scale super easy and helps budding artists to hone their craft whilst expressing their wildest imaginations.
For young illustrators – doodle your own tablecloth!
Have you ever bought or considered a giant roll of paper for larger-than-life drawing sessions, but worry about waste when you tear off the latest bout of creativity? Our doodle grid tablecloth might just be the sustainable solution you’re after!
Measuring at 250cm x 150cm, it can be spread out over almost any dining table with full coverage or even laid on the floor for a more casual colouring setup. Once the creative juices have been used for the day, throw the tablecloth in a warm wash and it’s ready to go for the next spur of imagination. Perfect for Christmas dinner doodling!
For hosting big families – colour-in placemat bundles!
Hosting the whole family, including all the cousins? Balancing the perceived worth of gifts among a group of children can be a difficult task. Every kid has different interests but almost every child loves to colour, which makes our placemat to go bundle the ideal solution!
Each bundle contains one of each of the 10 different placemat designs in our core range, meaning everyone can have a different design to suit their personality. You’ll even save over £20 when you buy as a bundle rather than individually, what’s not to love!
Perfect as stocking fillers – washable fabric pens!
For further creativity, we have our all our wash-out fabric pens available to buy separately! You can choose from a set of 10 classic colours, set of 10 pastel colours or the dreamy gift box artist set of 20 pens. With these fantastic, super wash out pens there’s no limit to creativity. Simply colour, draw and doodle then wash and start again!
Perfect for those last-minute stocking fillers, Christmas morning surprises or added extras to your festive gifting.
So, there you have it, our creative kids’ Christmas Gift Guide for 2025! We hope we’ve given you some extra gift inspiration to find the perfect goodies for your kiddos this Christmas!
Love the concept but not sure if you’ve found exactly what you’re after in this guide? Check out the full range of fun, sustainable, colour-in gifts we have on offer!