Spooktacular Halloween toys and gifts for kids

This six-pack of squishy toys would make a great alternative to giving your child sweets. There's a pumpkin, black cat, mummy, vampire, monster and little devil included. They act just like a stress ball and each one releases a delicious smell as they're squeezed.

Review: "Really fun Halloween-themed toys that could be endlessly squished. Each one comes with a different smell and they spring back to shape really quickly after being squeezed. My 8-year-old and his cousin really loved them and each has found a favourite design. Overall a great little present."

Minnie Mouse has had a mini-makeover for Halloween in this gorgeous purple and orange dress. We guarantee she'll be loved and snuggled all year round.

Review: "Gorgeous! Beautiful Halloween outfit - perfect"

Be the first to match the card to the object in front of you in this fast-paced card game. It's recommended for children aged eight plus, but we think this game promises fun for the whole family.

Review: "Brilliant game. So simple, fast and mindboggling at the same time. It says 8+ but our 4-year-old loved it as much as the others. It really gets the kids using their brains but in a fun way. Highly recommended. Listed as a board game but no board involved. Just a deck of cards and the five wooden pieces.

A spooky take on the classic game of Bingo. Instead of numbers, you need a menacing mummy, a bowler-hat-wearing yeti, a multi-eyed monster and many more creepy creatures to get your full house to win!

Review: "My son is a fan of the author who illustrated the monsters on this board, as such we had to get it. Upon receipt of the board we started to become enraptured by the wonder of the characters, who had been featured in a book with different names previously. We now know their true identities and have each found our favourites. A great game for young and old with some beautifully crafted characters worthy of any game collection."

Get your child involved in making some Halloween decorations with this LEGO set. This set contains 132 bricks, which make a haunted house and a spider when constructed and can be hung up as decorative pieces.

Review: "Nice to make my Halloween decoration."

If you've already got lots of LEGO at home, how about gifting your child this book? It is filled with Halloween-themed ideas for kids to craft from existing sets. It also comes with all the bricks you need to make a mini spooky scene model.

Review: "I bought this for my 6-year-old as he loves Halloween and Lego. It’s a lovely book with Lego pieces included to build a small Halloween scene. It is much smaller in size than other similar books I have bought in the past such as Lego Vehicles and Lego Gear Bots. I was very surprised at how compact it was when it arrived in the post! It fit through the letterbox! Even still, it is worth the price and fits neatly on the shelf. Fits neatly in my 6-year-old's hand and he’s delighted with it."

Older kids will love casting spells and creating potions using this Wizard Science kit. It's both fun and educational, getting children interested in science.

Review: "I love the fact there are a few "spells/experiments" not just one, read first as you do need to have stuff like baking soda for one of the experiments! I got caught short."

Is your kiddy a fan of ghost stories? This book is for them. There are 50 spine-chilling stories inside that are perfect for story time with a spooky twist while also being child-friendly.

Review: "I wanted to get my four-year-old a gift for Halloween and this was the perfect book! It is firstly a beautiful-looking book, with brilliant quality and beautiful illustrations both inside and out. It was also a great pick as it has so many different stories inside just the right length to keep little ones engaged and listening before bedtime. You can keep reading the book every night as you can read a different story every night as there are so many so it's really great value for money."

For children who love nothing more than getting crafty, this box is the perfect Halloween gift. There are stickers, an activity book crammed with puzzles and pictures, plus a quiz and other interesting facts. The box it comes in can even be coloured in!

If your little one is a collector of Sylvanian Families, this Halloween house will be a charming addition to their collection. It includes a Midnight Cat baby dressed as a ghost and a Spookie, plus a house and furniture so kids can play with the figures and house on their own or as part of the set.

Review: "An addition to my daughters collection. Bought in advance of Halloween. A good value buy this one."

Help Scooby, Fred and Daphne chase a vampire through this haunted mansion. Just watch out for the revolving and trap doors, fold-away steps, and the coffin that features light and sound effects.

Review: "Bought this for my five-year-old. He loved it. Lots of exciting features. Would definitely recommend it."

Is there anything scarier than a rat scurrying around the place? Kids will love giving parents and friends a fright with this remote-controlled rat toy.

Review: "I brought this for my grandson so he and his cat enjoy playing with it. He is only five and the product is quite big so he and the cat are frightened of it and seem to be always running away from it. Nevertheless, it is quite funny watching the both of them running speedily away from the mouse."