From animal onesies to colourful lights to ride-on cars, children share ideas from their own wish lists of top toys

Asking a five- to eight-year-old what they want for Christmas can be dangerous. With no concept of money, they’re as likely to ask for something that costs a fiver as a Lego set in the hundreds. They could have seen something fleetingly on an advert but not quite know what it is, leaving you Googling “blue flashing monkey toy with wings” for days. And they’re old enough to be very insistent – and remember what they asked for come Christmas Day. No pressure.

So, we bypassed all the “top toys of 2024” lists created by marketing departments and went to the source for you, asking 21 kids what they really want for Christmas, from slime to a load of Lego.