Best for home birds

Picked by JESSICA DOYLE, design and interiors editor. Creative ideas for creative loved ones, including f lower pressing, collage art and even a game of ping pong

TAKE THE CAKE

A sweet set of patterned cake tins makes the perfect gift for a baking enthusiast who has honed their skills during lockdown. They’d look good on a pantry shelf storing baking supplies too.

Tala retro design round cake tins, three-pack, £17.95, Amazon, amazon.co.uk

CREATIVE MIND

Ruby Kean makes 3D collage art and has assembled packs of materials for making personalised pieces. Packs contain mount card; vintage postcards, stamps and other ephemera; coloured card and craft paper.

Collage parcels by Ruby Kean, £50, Partnership Editions, partnershipeditions.com

LET THE GAMES BEGIN

This set, including an adjustable net, patterned paddles and two balls, will turn the dining table into a ping-pong table – or the garden into a games room.

Ping Pong Play On set in Monteverde, £30, Sunnylife, uk.sunnylife.com

TOP READ

The second book by Netflix declutterers The Home Edit, aka Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin, offers advice on how to organise your home and work life, illustrated with pictures of their trademark colour-coordinated shelves, cupboards and drawers. The Home Edit Life, £17.60, Amazon, amazon.co.uk

THE SMALL PRINT

Why give someone a tea towel when they can learn how to print their own? This block-printing kit comes with a plain linen tea towel, a wooden pomegranate-shaped printing block, eco fabric ink and a stippler, all packaged up in a pretty printed bag. It might just spark off a whole new hobby.

Block print kit, £38.50, Molly Mahon, mollymahon.com

FLOWER POWER

Flower pressing was one of the traditional skills that saw a renaissance during lockdown. This kit includes a wooden press, scissors, a herbarium to hold pressed plants, a handbook, and a cotton bag.

Flower press kit by Texturesfactory, £36.99, Etsy, etsy.com

PICKING UP THE PIECES

Fun for the design-loving family: this 750-piece jigsaw puzzle from Jonathan Adler comes in the designer’s trademark, colourful style and with this year’s most popular motif. Its gilt-edged, beribboned box will ensure it looks good on the coffee table, too.

Rainbow hand shaped puzzle, £35, uk.jonathanadler.com