Gift Focus inc Attire Accessories - Page number 82 - September/October 2021

EXACLAIR ExaClair Limited, the UK supplier of Avenue Mandarine, has released a selection of new Christmas themed creative boxes, designed to inspire children’s imagination in the run up to the festive season. A 3D puzzle nativity scene to build, featuring 10 characters, including the three kings and an assortment of stable animals, is sure to encourage creative play as a child can learn whilst experiencing the joy of building a puzzle. Designed for ages 4-6+, the high quality, robust cardboard puzzle comes with instructions and is presented in a premium storage box. The creative pompoms box includes all you need to create your own collection of festive decorations to hang from the Christmas tree. Designed for children aged 6-10+, the box features six cardboard 3D winter pompom animals and characters to build, such as snowman, polar bear and reindeer. Each box comes complete with two balls of wool and instructions. Lawrence Savage, Marketing Manager at ExaClair Limited, comments, “These new creative boxes are perfect for encouraging young children to enhance their creativity, whilst also developing their crafting skills as they enjoy the magic of the festive season.” The company has also added an exciting selection of products to its expansive educational crafts range ahead of the festive season. The Graffy Christmas Advent Calendar features 24 pre-drawn shapes made from premium-quality card by paper experts Clairefontaine. Each of these pre-cut house shaped designs are numbered from 1-24, making them ideal for colouring in with pencils, felt-tips or paints. When assembled, they can be hung from Christmas trees as baubles or used for room décor – perfect for small items such as sweets and coins to be placed inside in the run up to Christmas Day. Additionally, the Graffy Pop Number range combines Avenue Mandarine’s exceptional illustrations with the classic ‘colour-by-number’ product category. Available in two different themes, this selection has been designed to appeal to both boys and girls aged 6+. Each book contains 24 designs, based on either Manga or Horses & Unicorns, which can be coloured in with felt-tips, pencils or crayons. All three products are PEFC™-certified, ensuring they are derived from sustainable sources, and fully recyclable. Lawrence Savage, Marketing Manager at ExaClair, states, “The Graffy Christmas Advent Calendar is a fun addition to our range of children’s colouring products, offering an engaging craft activity as both children and their parents get excited for the big day. The Pop Numbers also provide a more traditional way for young children to learn numbers whilst enjoy colouring activities.” With Christmas rapidly approaching, Décopatch has launched some new additions to its ever popular range of papier mâché shapes and papers for the festive celebrations. The new additions include a nativity scene kit containing seven mâché shapes to decorate, as well as a stable that can be used as storage when the festivities are over. The pretty hanging flower wreath comes with brass fasteners and can be decorated to suit individual tastes. The flowers are also detachable, making it easier to decorate. Perfect for small table gifts, the new box crackers can be reused year after year, with the added bonus that they can be decorated to co-ordinate with the table dressing. Just for fun, a number of hanging decorations have been introduced to this festive range and are sure to bring some smiles around the Christmas tree! These include an amusing rotund unicorn, sleigh, mittens, raclette pan and spatula, plus a selection of picture frames and even a nested Christmas tree. Also introduced for Christmas 2021 are four new limited edition textured foil paper packs, named ‘Make a wish’, ‘Snow’, ‘Starry night’ and ‘Natural’. Each pack contains four co-ordinated 30 x 40 cm sheets of textured paper, perfect for creating harmonised decorations. Lawrence Savage, Marketing Manager at ExaClair Limited, the UK distributor for Décopatch, says these new additions offer further choice when it comes to creating festive decorations: “Offering a wide variety of papier mâché shapes and papers for Christmas enables users to unleash their creativity. The process is simple and fun for all ages, so even young children can get involved in creating unique decorations.” T: +44 (0)1553 696 600 E: marketing@exaclair.co.uk www.exaclairlimited.com 82