Rock Star Elmo £18.50 @ John Lewis

At one point this toy was THE gift to buy for kids and it retailed at a heavy £37.49. So, if you desperately wanted one of these but couldn’t bring yourself to fork out nearly £40, then the fact that it has dropped to below £20 should make you very pleased indeed.

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Elmo is dressed in a concert style t-shirt and he is ready to take to the stage. He comes with two musical instruments, his own microphone and he can sing up to six different songs. He recognises whether you put the tambourine or the drum kit into his hands so you can choose what instruments you want Elmo to play with which song.

The instruments are also designed to fit children’s hands so they can play along with Elmo and enjoy the fun. He needs you to feed him six AA batteries, although the first batch is included, and he is suitable for kids over 18 months old.

Thanks to chesterdraws at HUKD!