18 Best Toy Subscription Box for Kids in the UK

As your baby grows, one of the things you’ll be troubled with is selecting toys.
The easiest solution is to subscribe to a toy box service, but there are many services to choose from and very difficult to decide.

In this article, I have summarised all 18 toy subscription services you can find in the UK.

I am pretty much confident about how well organised the list is, and I’m sure you can find the best service from it.

What is a toy subscription service?

A toy subscription box or service is by paying a monthly subscription fee, you’ll receive a box filled with toys every month (sometimes every 2 months) right at your doorstep.

What is good about it?

Here are the reasons I recommend.

Types of the toys

There are so many options to choose from including; sensory toys, bicycles, books, and even STEM kits!
You can choose them based on your child’s age and/or preference.

Types of the services

The service you can get varies as well, such as

Table

Service

Whirli

Toy Box Club

Mini Monsters Play Well

Lovevery

Grow With Me

The Subscription Company

KiwiCo

Toucan Box

Little Hands Learning

Little Fawn Box

The Little Sensory Box

The Curiosity Box

Bike Club

Peas & Pods

Zaza’s Storybox

Tea Time Book Shop

Bring A Book To Life

Mysteries in Time

Logo

Type of the toys

All types

All types

All types

All types

All types

All types

All types/crafting

Crafting

All types

Sensory play

Sensory play

STEM

Bicycle

Nature themed learning

Books

Books

Books

History

Features

The best returnable service you can find

You also can find bigger toys

Focused on imaginations

Experts select based on the children’s age

Wooden toys

You also can find mums’ gifts

Crafting for little engineers

Crafting for little artists

Learnings through activities

Focused on sensory play

The best toys for the brain growth

Can fulfil the scientific curiosity

Bikes are delivered as the child grows

Can learn about nature through activities

Books for infants

Attractive books for all age groups

Many tricks to attract kids

Learn history through activities

Best for age

0 to 8

0 to 6

3 to 5

0 to 3

0 to 18

0 to 2

All age

3 to 8

3 to 11

0 to 3

0 to 2

4 to 11

0 to 14

3 to 7

0 to 2

All age

３ to 13

6 to 11

How the toys are picked up

Selectable

Tailored

Tailored

Tailored

Tailored

Tailored

Tailored

Tailored

Tailored

Tailored

Tailored

Tailored

Selectable

Tailored

Tailored

Tailored

Tailored

Tailored

Keep or return

Return

Return

Keep

Keep

Keep

Keep

Keep

Keep

Keep

Keep

Keep

Keep

Return

Keep

Keep

Keep

Keep

Keep

Price

£13.49

£35

£14

£40

£29.99

£33.99

およそ£18

£10.95

£21から

£14.99

£14.66

£11.95から

£4.99から

£9.50から

£19.99

£9.99

£9.16

£6.95

Delivery

Anytime

Monthly

Monthly

Monthly

Monthly

Monthly

Monthly

Monthly

Monthly

Monthly

Every 3 months

Monthly

When needed

Monthly

Monthly

Monthly

Every 3 months

Monthly

Recommendation

Highly

Recommended

Fair

Recommended

Recommended

Recommended

Highly

Recommended

Recommended

Recommended

Highly

Highly

Highly

Recommended

Fair

Highly

Recommended

Recommended

Comments

The best toys subscription service

If you are looking for a tailored box, it is for you

Low price but not engaging enough

If your budget is limitless

Average price and quality

Mums gifts are also there

For a little engineers

Good for spending time indoors

Various activities are included

The amount of toys you get is not that much

Fair price and good amount of toys

The only STEM box you can get

The best bike subscription

The only nature themed subscription box

A bit high cost

Fair price

Less frequent delivery

The only history themed box

Whirli

Features

You can choose the toys from over 1,000 lineups.

The toys can be exchanged anytime and as much as you want. If you keep the toy for over 8 months, you even can keep the toy forever!

All the toys are meeting the UK’s and the EU’s safety regulations and you don’t need to pay the fee even if your little monster breaks it.

As far as I searched, the only returnable subscription service is this Whirli. And the price starts from £13.49, which is not a bad deal at all.
We have been using this service for more than 10 months and are quite satisfied with it.

The variety of toys is massive. I’m sure you can find the right toy for your little one.
This is only one of the lineups.

You can sort by age as well.

Another thing I have to point out is, it is very well hygiened!
Initially, we are a bit hesitant to use the returnable service as we wanted to keep our baby well protected from germs or bacteria. But it was a completely unnecessary worry.

Price

The basic price starts from £13.49 and depending on the price, you can get a certain amount of tokens. If you go for Toy Sack, you’ll get 80 tokens, which are worth £80!

For instance, this TAbletop Football Game requires 25 tokens, so you can use 55 tokens for the rest.

My impression is, 80 tokens are enough to play around with, and if you found something you like, you even can buy it.
In this case, depending on how long you were borrowing, you can purchase it at a lower price than you buy from retail shops.

Hence, the smart way to use this service is, to go for the Toy Sack, which is the lowest price, borrow and return as much as you want, and then purchase the toy you love.

However, you have to take into account the parcel fee, as you need to pay £5.49 each when you send and receive the parcel.

Whirli summary

The only service you can choose by yourself and returnable service.

The basic price of £13.49 is fair and considering the services you can get from this price, I think it’s worth considering to make your child busy and stimulated.

If you are looking for a toy subscription service, but cannot decide which one to start with, I recommend starting with this.

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Toy Box Club

Features

This is also a returnable service you can find in the market.
All the toys are tailored depending on your child’s age.

The toys vary from books, sensory play, and all types.
If you struggle with choosing a toy, Toy Box Club might be an option for you.

These are the brands they have.

Price

The basic price starts from £35…it might be a bit overwelling to start with.

If you top up £10, you can play with these big toys.
This could be a good deal, as getting rid of big toys would be always trouble.

Toy Box Club summary

It’s good to have a returnable service since you can keep your home nice and tidy. What I like is the big toys option.

However, the basic price of £35 is a bit pricey in my opinion. You can get quite a lot of toys with that spending.
If you are interested in trying new toys every month, Toy Box Club might be an option for you.

Webpage: Toy Box Club.co.uk

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Mini Monsters Play Well

Features

You can get interactive toys depending on your child’s age.
Many toys promote your child’s creativity and keep them active. It is suitable for home education before being an age to go to school.

Monsters are everywhere.

Price

If you pay yearly, the monthly fee is £14, which is a reasonable price to start with.

Mini Monsters Play Well Summary

The price is £14 and it makes us easy to start.
Although, because of this low price, the toys might be a bit uninteresting compared to other big players ones.
If you want to start with a low-price service, this is for you.

Webpage: Mini Monsters Play Well.co.uk

Lovevery

Features

The toys are tailored by experts and researchers that will promote your child’s brain growth.

Indeed their toys looks interesting and can make your child obsessed.

These are for ages 0 to 1.

These are for ages 1 to 2.

These are for over 2.

Price

Their confidence in the toy selection makes the price as high as £40 per month.

Also, the toys will not be delivered monthly, but
ages 0 to 1 be every 2 months
ages 1 to 2 be every 3 months
over 2 be every 3 months

Lovevery summary

If you don’t care how much money will be spent on your child as long as they will get the best toys, Lovevery is for you.

Webpage: https://lovevery.co.uk

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Grow With Me

Features

Grow with me provides you with sensory toys all made of wood.
The best age range is up to 18 months, and you can see the toys are painted in eye catching colours.

The colours and the design do look attractive for babies.

Price

They only provide one plan, which is £29.99 per month.

Grow With Me summary

Average pricing and all the toys are made of wood. If you want to give toys to your baby anything that works for a fair price, Grow with me is for you.

Webpage: Grow With Me.co.uk

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The Subscription Company

Features

This service provides you with boxes that are the best for babies up to age 2.
They are painted in colourful colours and are safe for baby designs.

Not only goodies for babies, but you can also get some gifts for mums.
Self-care creams during pregnancy, bath salt, etc. If you want to enjoy more of the time of the pregnancy, these are for you.

Price

The box for kids is £33.99 per month. Relatively in a high range compared to the other services.

The gift box for mums is £27.99.

The Subscription Company summary

This service covers a wide range of having a baby including the time of pregnancy and kids until 2 years old. The pricing is relatively high, but what’s inside can bring you satisfaction.

Webpage: The Subscription Company.co.uk

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KiwiCo

Features

Crafting kits are delivered by this service suitable for all age groups, including adults!
Not only your child but also parents can subscribe to the plan together.

Panda Crate is the best for the age of 2, and gradually change the plan depending on your child’s age. Eureka Crate includes more challenging tasks, which are suitable for ages 14 and above.

These are what you can find for Panda Crate. Depending on your child’s age in months, what’s inside differs. The crafting kits are relatively less than other crates and they will be delivered every two months.

These are what you can find for Koala Crate, which is the best for ages 2 to 4 years. You can see the content is getting more challenging as the kids grow.

This is one of the examples of the Eureka Crate. This indeed looks challenging.

Price

The pricing varies depending on the age and how long you subscribe, but roughly £18 is the money you will be paying. By this price and what is inside the box, it looks like quite a good deal.

KiwiCo summary

KiwiCo focuses on crafting boxes for all age groups. If you or your child are engineering enthusiastic, this service is for you.

Webpage: KiwiCo.com

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Toucan Box

Features

While KiwiCo is focusing on the engineering aspect of crafting, toucan box is more to paintings. Every month, you will receive a box with crafts and a magazine including puzzles and games.

Price

There is only one option which costs you £10.95.
There are also one-off boxes which cost you £14.95.

Toucan Box summary

Crafting subscription boxes for creative play. The pricing is fair and you can use this service as an add-on to your everyday play.

Webpage: Toucan Box.com

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Little Hands Learning

Features

This service aims to boost learning through crafting and cooking.
The area of learning is vast including sensory play, arts, STEM, cooking, and gardening.

If you want to have fun with your child while they learn, this is for you.

These are what you can find.

Price

Single box subscription starts from £21 and sibling box is £26 for 2 kids.

Little Hands Learning sumamry

This is the best subscription box for your child to learn while they play.

Webpage: Little Hands Learning.co.uk

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Little Fawn Box

Features

This subscription service focuses on sensory plays to boost your child’s brain growth.
Through sensory play, your child will be stimulated by fine finger movement and sensations.

As they aim, you can find a lot of sensory play toys inside.

Most of them are colourfully painted so that your child can be stimulated and encouraged to play more.

They also have boxes for mums during pregnancy.

Price

The boxes for kids are £14.99, which is a fair price to start with.

Little Fawn Box summary

The subscription box focuses on sensory play. The price is fair and it would be worth trying when your baby needs sensory stimulations.

Webpage: Little Fawn Box.co.uk

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The Little Sensory Box

Features

This service focuses on relatively smaller age groups from newborn up to 21 months and delivers sensory play toys.

The age groups are selectable every 3 months, which you can find for 0 to 3 months, 4 to 6 months, 7 to 9 months, 10 to 12 months, 13 to 15 months, 16 to 18 months, and 19 to 21 months.

Price

The price is £14.66. If you can get this amount of toys at this price, it might be worth considering.

The Little Sensory Box summary

With this decent amount of toys at a fair price, I am sure you wouldn’t regret starting this service.

Webpage: The Little Sensory Box.com

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The Curiosity Box

Features

This subscription focuses on STEM education and can fulfil your child’s scientific curiosity.
Every month, you will get a scientific kit to run simple experiments or crafting.

This is an example of a 4 to 6 year olds box. The theme looks like for this month was electric circuits.

Price

The pricing depends on the box size, and the smallest one starts from £11.95. If your child gets more interested, you might think about a bigger box, which is £24.95.

The Curiosity Box summary

If you are looking for experimental and crafting kits based on STEM education, this is for you.

Webpage: The Curiosity Box.com

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Bike Club

Features

You can get a bicycle as your child grows. If you think back to your childhood, you should have constantly been getting new bicycles as you grew, and your parents should have been annoyed by how many bicycles they had to get rid of. Well, this subscription relieves all the burdens that might be caused by getting new bicycles, even repairing them.

The options range between the age groups, and even in the higher age and adults, you can borrow mountain bikes.

among the same category, and you even can choose the design and colours that you love.

Not only bikes, you can also have scooters.

You don’t need to pay for the small scratches, but you have to pay the repair fee if the bike is not able to cycle.

Price

The lowest price starts from £4.99 for scooters and the mountain bikes are £25.99 per month. You need to pay £19.99 for returning, but if you use it for more than 18 months, the cost will be free.

Bike Club summary

The price you pay is much cheaper than buying a brand new one, and moreover, you can swap the bike if you want. If you are looking for a bike subscription, Bike club is for you.

Webpage: Bike Club.com

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Peas and Pod

Features

Your child will learn about nature and how to preserve them through nature themed play. Every month, you will receive a box with crafting and experimental kits which your child can enhance learning.

For example, April’s topic was earth preservation and the box was filled with games and crafting kits for climate change and nature preservation.

Price

The lower price allows you to download a PDF file for £9.50 and run activities. The upper grade gives you a box filled with kits for £20.

Peas and Pod summary

Nature preservation is an inevitable topic for the future generation and it’s worthwhile for both parents and children to start learning about this topic at an early stage.

Webpage: Peas and Pods.com

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Zaza’s Storybox

Features

You will get 2 books with a themed toy every month. As my child does in the same way, having both books and toys surely enhances learning. And he is even naming dogs and cats in the street after reading and playing with toys. Impressive how they learn quickly.

Not only the subscription, but also you can get a single box.

Price

The price for the subscription is £19.99. Not a bad price to get 2 books monthly with a toy.

Zaza’s Storybox summary

The books with surprises and findings will surely boost your child’s learning.

Webpage: Zaza’s Storybox.com

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Tea Time Book Shop

Features

Not only for children but you also can find books for adults. The way it works is very easy. You only need to choose what genre you want to read and you will receive 2 books monthly, with teas and snacks for adults.

For children’s books, the age groups are divided into 1 to 3 year olds, 4 to 7, and 8 to 11. For smaller age groups, they will get puppets to play with.
Also, you can choose how many books you want; either 2 or 4.

These are examples for adults. The genre is vast and you should be able to find the ones you love.

This is an example of what you can get inside the genre mystery.

All the books for children are second hand and as people subscribe to this service, Tea Time Book Shop will plant a new tree. It is indeed a very good way to keep the sustainability of the earth.

Price

The boxes for children are £9.99 for 2 books and £13.99 for 4 books.

Tea Time Book Shop summary

Very reasonable price to start with a book subscription and they are serious about earth preservation. If you are looking for a book subscription, I highly recommend this.

Webpage: Tea Time Book Shop.co.uk

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Bring A Book To Life

Features

It is best for aged 3 to 13 year olds and you will get books and toys every month.

The age groups are divided into 4 and they are paying attention to not making the child bored.

For ages 3 to 6, you will get toys with books to enhance their learning.

For ages 6 to 9, children will have more chances to read words.

For ages 8 to 12, they will still receive toys and experimental activity kits to keep them engaged.

As your child gets older to ages 9 to 13, they will be a more independent reader and the books will contain more words.

Price

You will get a box every 3 months in a £9.16 monthly payment.

Bring A Book To Life summary

Compared to Tea Time Book Shop, you will get a box every 3 months, so this service is good for a child who wants to use their time more to enjoy it.

Webpage: Bring A Book To Life.com

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Mysteries in Time

Features

This service aims to learn about history through solving quizzes. How they depict history does not make children boraed but more engaged in their learnings.

The theme they have is vast such as about Queen Elizabeth to World War 2.

This is the example of what’s inside.

Price

Bumper Box contains the magazine and the activity kits int £13.95. If you are looking for only the basics, Classic Pack is right for you.

Mysteries in Time summary

Your child can learn about history while they solve quizzes. Through the activity, your child will not get bored and might be able to go through the whole topic.

Webpage: Mysteries in Time.com

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Summary

I hope you found this article useful and wish you can find the best subscription service for your child.