We put on festive music and made magical winter potions together. She decided one was for helping Father Christmas find our house.

I made the mistake of letting my seven year old open everything before we'd properly set up. We ended up with little decorations all over the place and glitter in the most ridiculous spots. Once we got organised with a tray and some cloths, the actual crafting was lovely.

My daughter is eight and absolutely loves anything involving fairies, magic and making things. I thought this might be a fun little afternoon activity, but she ended up spending ages carefully choosing ingredients and naming her potions. We followed a couple of the included recipes before she decided to invent her own. There was definitely some tidying up afterwards, but she was so proud of the finished bottles that she insisted on putting them straight into the display case.

My daughter enjoyed filling and decorating the bottles, but what surprised me was how much she played with the finished collection afterwards. She spent the evening making up stories about different fairies who owned the potions.

We chatted, laughed and made some very questionable magic potions together. Such a nice afternoon.

Bought it for my daughter originally, but her brother really enjoyed inventing dragon potions too. He made one called Super Fire Breath and was extremely pleased with himself.

The potions have become part of her fairy stories and pretend games. It's lovely watching her imagination take over.

We found it easier to follow a single idea, finish the bottle and then choose what to make next.

I thought we'd finish the activity quickly, but there's quite a lot of scope to make different creations.

Even after the potions are finished, she's still waving it around and making up spells.

We store the kit away from our toddler because of the small pieces and glitter. My older daughter enjoys bringing it out when we can supervise properly.

My daughter enjoys choosing colours and decorating things, but she's never been a huge fan of ordinary painting. This suited her much better.

Her pretend fairy shop is now accepting orders from the whole family. Apparently payment is in chocolate coins.

We spent a lovely half hour making colourful little potions while her dad sorted the washing-up.

My daughter has made a special potion to help me get more sleep. Honestly, I appreciate the thought.

We made it part of the activity to put everything away afterwards. She was surprisingly keen because she wanted her potion shop to look professional.

We followed a couple of recipes and then she spent the rest of the time creating completely new spells.

She's made a little corner with her potion display, fairy books and other magical treasures.

She would've happily spent an hour just choosing which sparkles to add.

My daughter was so excited about her present that we had our first potion-making session before lunchtime.

My girl was eager to take all her creations upstairs, so we helped her pack them safely into the case.

Found glitter in her fringe at bedtime. She claimed it was fairy dust and refused to let me brush it out.

My daughter wanted to finish every bottle immediately. We slowed things down and enjoyed making a few properly.

I love that she can make different colour combinations and give each one its own personality.

My little girl is obsessedddd.

She keeps explaining to her younger brother what each magical mixture supposedly does. He believes every word 😂

One chose the colours and the other decided the spell names. Surprisingly peaceful arrangement!

She's arranged her finished creations like they're expensive perfume bottles. Absolutely adorable.

My daughter wrote little labels for the bottles and decorated them with stars. They look so sweet together.

We packed the kit for a family break and ended up making potions on an afternoon when the rain wouldn't stop. Such a nice memory.

Bright, imaginative and lovely for a crafty afternoon.

Apparently every potion needs a name, a special power and at least one secret ingredient.

My daughter had a little trouble with some of the decorations at first. Once I helped, she was happy to carry on.