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Design, Sew & Sculpt: A Guide to the Best Small World Creative Toys

21 August 2025 · 3 min read

There’s a special kind of magic in making something with your own two hands. For children, that feeling is even more powerful.

In this post
  1. The Fashion & Design Studio
  2. The Artist's Workshop
  3. The Inventor's Lab
  4. The World of Make-Believe
  5. Why Choose Small World Toys?

There’s a special kind of magic in making something with your own two hands. For children, that feeling is even more powerful. Small World is a brand built on that idea, creating brilliant kits that give children the tools to express themselves, learn new skills, and bring their biggest ideas to life.

From a first sewing project to a futuristic 3D sculpture, the range of Small World creative toys is huge. This guide will walk you through the different worlds of fun the brand offers, helping you find the perfect activity for your young artist, designer, or inventor.

The box for the Small World Toys Magnetic Scoop and Play Ice Cream Set, showing the cones, magnetic scoops, and scooper.
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The Fashion & Design Studio

For children who love style, accessories, and dreaming up their own outfits, the Small World Fashion range makes design skills accessible and fun.

It all starts with sewing. The Professional Sewing Machineis a fantastic battery-operated machine with a foot pedal and safety guard, perfect for beginners. It’s the ideal tool for the Haute Couture Fashion Show kit, which includes mannequins and fabrics to create a whole collection. For a single project, the Designer Dress-a-Doll - Sophia kit has everything needed to make a beautiful dress for a fashion doll.

The box for the Small World Fashion Professional Sewing Machine, showing the toy sewing machine and a mannequin with a finished dress.
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The studio isn’t just for clothes. The Hair Flair Styling Set includes battery-operated braiding and wrapping tools, while the Air Brush Nail Salon comes with a handheld airbrush and dryer for amazing manicures. Jewellery making is also a huge part of the collection, with kits like the Braided Bangles for friendship bracelets, the on-trend Heishi Bead Art Kit, and the brilliant Aphrodite’s Adornment Bead Workshop, where you can mould your own polymer clay beads.

  • The box for the Small World Fashion Hair Flair Styling Set, showing the battery-operated braiding and wrapping tools and models with decorated hair.
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  • The box for the Small World Fashion Air Brush Nail Salon, showing the pink airbrush tool, nail dryer, polishes, and glitter pens.
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  • The box for the Small World Fashion Heishi Bead Art Kit, showing the thousands of colourful disc beads and examples of finished necklaces and bracelets.
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  • The box for the Small World Fashion Aphrodite's Adornment Bead Workshop, showing a model wearing the finished bracelets and examples of the polymer clay beads.
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The Artist's Workshop

For kids who prefer paint, modelling, and classic crafts, the Small World Creative range is packed with unique projects.

The Marbling Art Studio introduces the amazing technique of floating paint on water to create incredible patterns on canvas. For a different kind of painting, the Airbrush Artist Kit uses a handheld airbrush device to spray colour from markers for a professional finish. If model-making is more their style, the Build-a-Pirate-Ship Kit is a rewarding project that results in an impressive wooden display piece.

The Artist's Workshop
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The range also includes lovely first craft experiences. The Sew Me Animals kits (available in Lion and Hippo designs) are a perfect introduction to sewing. The Diamond Design Stickers sets are a fun and mess-free way to create sparkling decorations, while the Unicorn Tattoos and Sun Catchies Kit offer even more ways to get creative with colour.

  • The Artist's Workshop
  • The Artist's Workshop
  • The box for the Small World Creative Sun Catchies Kit, showing the six pendants, paint, and examples of the finished colourful suncatchers.
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  • The box for the Small World Creative Diamond Design Stickers Fantasia & Fun kit, showing the sparkling finished stickers of a rainbow, unicorn, and cupcake.
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The Inventor's Lab

The Small World TechArt range is where creativity meets technology. These kits are brilliant for children interested in STEM and design, introducing them to new ways of making things.

The standout items here are the amazing 3D Pen sets. These USB-powered pens let you literally draw in three dimensions, creating solid objects from plastic filament. The 3D Pen Fantasy Studio has templates to build a dragon and a unicorn, while the 3D Pen Jewellery Studio lets you sculpt your own unique beads and charms. For the ultimate design challenge, the 3D Future Fashions kit lets you construct incredible, sculptural outfits on miniature mannequins.

  • The Inventor's Lab
  • The Inventor's Lab
  • The box for the Small World Tech Art 3D Future Fashions kit, showing the 3D pen and mannequins wearing 3D printed dresses.
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  • The box for the Small World Tech Art 3D Pen Jewelry Studio kit, showing the 3D pen and examples of jewellery and sculptures created with it.
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  • The box for the Small World Tech Art 3D Pen Fantasy Studio, showing the 3D pen and completed models of a dragon and a unicorn.
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The World of Make-Believe

Imaginative play is at the heart of the Small World Learning range. These are toys designed for storytelling and creating entire worlds.

The huge Knights Castle Playset is made from durable cardboard and includes knight figures, creating a perfect backdrop for epic battles. For clever, frustration-free play, the Magnetic Scoop & Play Ice Cream Set uses magnets to let kids really scoop and serve ice cream. The range of mix-and-match toys is also fantastic, including the 3D Magnetic Jumbo Safari Animals and the 3D Click Assembly Aircraft, which let children build classic models or invent their own hilarious new creations.

  • The box for the Small World Creative Knights Castle Playset, showing the fully assembled cardboard castle with its drawbridge and knight figures.
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  • The box for the Small World Learning 3D Magnetic Jumbo Barnyard Animals, showing the mix-and-match magnetic animal pieces.
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  • The box for the Small World Learning 3D Click Assembly Aircraft set, showing the various mix-and-match plane and helicopter parts.
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  • The box for the Small World Learning 3D Magnetic Jumbo Safari Animals, showing the mix-and-match magnetic tiger, elephant, and giraffe pieces.
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Why Choose Small World Toys?

With so many options, Small World has a craft for every child.

  • Variety: From sewing and painting to 3D printing, there is a kit to match every interest.
  • All-in-One Sets: Most kits come with everything needed to get started, so there’s no need to hunt for extra supplies.
  • Real Skill Development: These toys teach genuine skills like sewing, design, construction, and problem-solving in a fun, accessible way.
The contents of the Small World Fashion Crazy Critter Nails Art Kit, including animal-themed nail polishes, stickers, and a finger separator.
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