Your Guide to Some Sprouting Christmas Gifts for Children with Green Bean & Friends

The countdown to Christmas is well and truly on! At Green Bean Studios we’re getting into the festive spirit and looking forward to enjoying great food, great company, and fun festivities with family and friends.

The festive season is even more exciting when you have small children around to delight in the wonder and magic that Christmas brings. We’ve curated our collection of unique books, toys, and games to bring joy and help families share precious moments at Christmas time and throughout the year ahead with Green Bean and Friends!

We were thrilled to release our new Christmas advert this year – no carnivorous plants or party hat-burning in sight! Just filled to the brim with cosy glows, magical sparkle, and the cutest, cuddliest household friend – Green Bean! Check out our advert on YouTube below.

Here’s our top picks from the Green Bean Collection for making this Christmas the most magical one yet!

1.  Green Bean's™ Christmas
Join Green Bean™ in this wonderful Christmas story with fun lifting flaps and count along adventures that kids will adore! Children will be taken on a wintry journey to find Green Bean's™ House. What will be inside the BIG red sack? 

This gorgeous board book comes complete with a beautiful red ribbon tie, adding excitement and wonder for a fun sensory reading experience that enriches the magic of Christmas! 

The perfect Christmas gift for children, or ideal as a stocking filler or addition to a Christmas Eve Box.

If you want to get your hands on one of these books then RUN don’t walk – we’ve almost sold out of this hugely popular Christmas gift!

Order Green Bean’s Christmas book

2. Snow Play Adventures – Children’s Christmas Magazine

Get into the festive spirit with our NEW children’s Christmas magazine! Snow Play Adventures is packed with fun, educational activities for children aged 2–7 years old. Includes a brand new Green Bean adventure story for cosy storytime this Christmas and each issue comes with arts and crafts activities plus FREE sticker fun sheets!

This magazine is ideal as a stocking filler or adding to a Christmas Eve Box to put a smile on your child’s face!

Our award-winning Children's magazine supports early readers in line with the National Curriculum’s Early Years Foundation Stage, perfect for helping children learn and develop whilst having fun.

In addition to this new magazine, you can order two other exciting Christmas magazines to help entertain your child over the festive period.

Order our magazines here.

3. Green Bean and Mr Bear Soft Toys

Our gorgeous Green Bean™ and Mr Bear Soft Toys make a wonderful gift for young children to take on adventures and support their learning through imaginative play.

These high quality plush toys are perfect for kids to play with alongside reading the books from the Green Bean Collection®, enhancing children’s experience of the stories and inspiring their creativity through the art of storytelling.

​With best buddies Mr Bear and Green Bean at your child’s side, they are sure to have a fun-filled festive period and plenty of screen-free, inspiring, imaginative play sessions!

Shop our soft toys here.

4. Green Bean & Friends 7 in 1 Card Games

Enjoy plenty of screen-free entertainment that the whole family can get involved with! Our Green Bean & Friends™' 7in1 card games are fun, educational and easy to play, with familiar favourites such as Pairs, Memory, and Snap.

Our card games offer excellent value for money, with a compact design that makes them ideal for bringing with you when visiting friends and family this Christmas.

These games have been carefully designed to support child development in key areas such as literacy, numeracy, communication, spatial awareness, and social skills. Suitable for children aged 2 to 8 years old.

Order our card games here.

5. Green Bean & Friends Jigsaw Puzzle

Doing a jigsaw puzzle together is a great way to get cosy and relax over Christmas! Our colourful 20-piece children’s jigsaw puzzle makes a fun family activity for children aged 3+ years old.

Join favourite characters Green Bean, Mr Bear, Beckett, and Bobby on the way to the Flower Garden as they explore around Adventure Dales.

Our Green Bean and Friends™ Jigsaw Puzzle helps children learn important skills in observation, matching, organisation, memory, colour and shape recognition, and developing fine motor skills. This puzzle makes a great gift for children’s birthdays and Christmas!

Order our Jigsaw Puzzle here.

6. ECO Kite

Make the most of a crisp, windy winter day and have some outdoor adventures with the Green Bean & Friends ECO Kite! This brightly coloured kite makes a perfect gift for Christmas to encourage outdoor play. If you’re looking for toys or games for children to step away from screens and spend more time outdoors then this is the ideal gift!

With the ongoing ecological crisis, many families are trying to find more sustainable options for children’s toys and games that don’t harm the planet. We’re proud that our environmentally friendly children’s toy is made with bamboo struts and packaged in a biodegradable bag made from cornstarch! Great fun for your family, great news for the planet

Order our ECO Kite.

7. Children’s Paperback Books Box Set
When it’s cold and dark outside, it’s the ideal time to snuggle up for some cosy storytime! 
Our beautiful box set of children’s paperback books includes three exciting stories from the Green Bean Collection®. Each story will captivate children’s imaginations, encouraging a love of reading from a young age and helping them to learn with confidence.

Join Green Bean & Friends™ on their fun adventures with Green Bean At The Park, Green Bean’s Bedtime, and Green Bean At The Pool. These lovable early reader stories give children who are learning to read the perfect opportunity to practice their skills, or make great bedtime stories to snuggle up close with your little ones!

A great Christmas gift to encourage reading for pleasure and ensure plenty of precious moments enjoying stories together!
Order our paperback books box set here.


8. Children’s Board Books Box Set
It’s never too early to introduce children to the wonderful joy of books and reading! Our board books box set includes three fun and interactive board books from the Green Bean Collection® which are perfect for children from birth up to five years old. 

With Green Bean’s Shapes, Green Bean’s Colours, and Green Bean’s Numbers, these books will help children develop key skills from the EYFS framework including observation, number recognition, mathematics, and colour recognition, whilst teaching new vocabulary. 

Give your child the best start in life with these educational books – a thoughtful Christmas gift to help your child develop confidently!

Order our board books box set here.
We hope you enjoy these exciting and unique Christmas gift ideas for children and bring the magic of Green Bean and Friends into your home this festive season to spark imagination, bring joy, and create precious moments to treasure forever!
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